Sentences with phrase «driven by its character»

A gospel - centered curriculum should be driven by the character of our missionary God seen most clearly in the person of Jesus Christ.

This is a film that is very driven by its character development.

Artful for a Christian film and refreshingly popular for something driven by characters and dialogue, Heaven Is for Real narrowly earns a passing grade.

That rather labyrinthian recap underlines why X2 works so well; like the source material, the film is firmly rooted in and driven by the characters — not that Singer and company skimp on any of the usual comic book / blockbuster trimmings.

It does indeed; they're just hidden in the tapestry and the arcs are driven by characters, not by plot.

Lovers is driven by each character's response to the Fuhrer's expanding power.

A dystopian novel must be driven by the characters reaction to living within a dystopian society.

This is the first game in which the Batmobile will be able to be controlled and driven by the character.

The range «is driven by character; it's about a woman feeling empowered and being her own person in what she wears,» said Pieter Mulier, creative director at the brand.

Not exact matches

Research by Paul Zak found that character driven storytelling led to the production of a hormone called oxytocin in test subjects.

By taking blood draws before and after the narrative, we found that character - driven stories do consistently cause oxytocin synthesis.

The problem was macroeconomic in character, but the bank insurance scheme was only for 1 % of deposits — under conditions where the country's main three banks all were driven under by the combination of bad or outright kleptocratic management and Britain's freezing of Icelandic funds in the aftermath of the Icesave collapse.

My own father, a person of the highest moral character and integrity was accused of being shady by my abuser because he tried to find us alternative housing when my abuser (although court ordered to pay the mortgage) willfully and vindictively drove it into foreclosure and the kids and I homeless, while he went off and bought he and his spiritual wife a new home.

In a study of his earlier pictures, Kolker notes that «Scorsese is interested in the psychological manifestations of individuals who are representative either of a class or of a certain ideological grouping; he is concerned with their relationship to each other or to an antagonistic environment... [and finally] there is no triumph for his characters» (A Cinema of Loneliness [Oxford University Press, 19881, p. 162) The Jesus of the Last Temptation fits this pattern (as do Travis Bickel in Taxi Driver, Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull and Paul Hackett in After Hours) By eschewing any reference to a resurrection — and, in an interesting theological note, allowing Paul to suggest that his preaching of the risen Christ is more important than the Jesus of history — Scorsese presents the crucifixion as the final willful act of a man driven by a God who makes strange demands on his followerBy eschewing any reference to a resurrection — and, in an interesting theological note, allowing Paul to suggest that his preaching of the risen Christ is more important than the Jesus of history — Scorsese presents the crucifixion as the final willful act of a man driven by a God who makes strange demands on his followerby a God who makes strange demands on his followers.

Let's just say it drove me crazy to see the biblical character Vashti criticized for not submitting to her husband (by refusing to parade around naked in front of his drunken friends!?)

We endeavor to create a culture driven by the creativity and character of Christ!

There is a precise description of the man's behavior as a result of his possession, of how Jesus expelled the demon, and how the demon when expelled exhibited his power and legion - like character by «possessing» an entire herd of swine and driving them into the lake.

The theory put forward time and again by members of the football media was that the club and the squad did not have enough strong characters and leaders to get us through the hard times and drive the team on when it was needed.

Until we change our game style, formation, players that are not good enough, spending policy so that we buy in all the positions we need, not just one, buy players with characters, driven by success with lots of titles behind them, change our ambition to titles, not fourth, reduce immense ticket prices, stop being a business rather than a football club, introduce younger members to the board or unbelievably somehow change the manager, I will not be convinced.

Colonial Day at my 4th grader's school required a period character costume, researched and selected by the students four weeks in advance and was specifically billed as «student - driven, parent - enabled.»

As I told you on Twitter (well, as best I could in 140 characters lol), my youngest is 19 months old and she's NEVER been driven anywhere by anyone other than my husband or I.

The following are naming trends that may or may not be driven by celeb babies and characters in television shows, movies, and so on.

«I'm fascinated by the national psyche, by what drives people, it's much more interesting to write a script that has something to say, not just character stories.

Now, a team led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine has found that astrocytes, which perform many indispensable functions in the brain, can take on a villainous character, destroying nerve cells and likely driving many neurodegenerative diseases.

And this is the characteristic that unites all the characters in the stories throughout the book is they just were driven by this passion to explore, the passion to understand the unknown; and you know, physical discomfort or, you know, great physical exertion was no obstacle.

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As one of the best known French actors working today, Vincent Cassel has a penchant for playing compelling characters driven by a deeper desire.

The first two films were very funny and managed to keep the proceedings lighthearted and inoffensive (but still gross) by making the centerpiece gags relatively innocent and character - driven.

Gravity becomes a character study driven by a riveting central performance and a radical thrill ride delivered with near real - time urgency which thrusts you through its implausibilities.

There's no story being driven forward by the characters, it's just things happening and aren't they scary?

As many others have said this movie is filled with cliches, but I think they are overcome by the character driven plot and great classic rock.

While it remains a fascinating character study driven by Cummings» striking delivery, it also falls back on conventional twists.

A prolific filmmaker who is more concerned with the drive of her characters rather than the plot that weaves them together, she has been dubbed by one critic as one of the only current French directors who «has been able to reconcile the lyricism of French cinema with the impulse to capture the often harsh face of contemporary France.

Driven by the capture and killing of the titular character, he is on a mission to destroy Tarzan.

Well - considered and sincerely acted, Kodachrome is a character - driven drama that has been wrongly labeled a comedy by some so - called critics.

Still, the character - driven screenplay co-written by Braff and his brother Adam features some ambitious if calculated ideas that don't achieve either a consistent tone or a satisfying emotional resonance, especially when it comes to the plight of its protagonist torn between personal dreams and family obligations.

Driven by a powerfully internalized performance from Dolores Fonzi as the title character, Paulina eschews straightforward answers in favor of questioning observation.

However, I do think that I saw Neeson give his gate key to the character played by Todd Fielding when he drove the «Mary» character into town to the doctor.

His Will is gently prickly, a little aloof, driven by money rather than sentiment — and spared from having to learn the lessons three - act screenwriting usually imposes upon such characters.

Drive is, in other words, Taxi Driver if Mann had made it in the eighties, a meticulous character study done in long, drawn - out takes and extended silences punctuated now and again by extreme violence.

To dull the pain of their rudderless existence, he and his friends drive around, smoke pot, burn down abandoned buildings, and generally behave like multicultural, Midwestern versions of the kids from Saturday Night Fever, another bleak working - class character study driven by a mesmerizing central star turn.

Flashback narration by lead character Hannah Baker (Katherine Langford) drives the series forward as her friend Clay Jensen (Dylan Minnette) listens to her 13 prerecorded tapes — each one addressing individuals who wronged her as she reveals the reasons why she made her decision.

These character - driven journeys are made during a singing contest produced and presented by Buster Moon (McConaughey).

Violence: C Teens carrying guns; two drive - by shootings; car catches on fire; fist - fighting and kicking during two brawls with minor bleeding injuries; clawing and scratching fight between female characters; male character slaps and threatens two female characters; bloody head of dead woman.

The last of Schwarzenegger's early ones, before megastardom called with Conan two years later, this TV movie plays like a 100 minute dream sequence imagined by Naomi Watts» character in Mulholland Drive.

Voted on by 111,228 eligible SAG - AFTRA members and coming just over three weeks before Academy Awards ballots are due, the SAG Awards tend to honor character - driven films with sprawling, starry casts, like last year's winner, «American Hustle,» 2013's «Argo» and 2012's «the Help.»

First came Martin Scorsese's Oscar - scooping epic The Departed, then Ben Affleck chipped in with The Town, both movies driven by their portrayal of tightly - knit groups of characters immovably rooted in their native Bostonian soil.

The story is driven by three women, all different characters, damaged in their different ways and linked at the same time, even if they don't know it.

Instead of character driven scenes and diving into the why's and how's of the story, the actors are expected to just «ooh» and «ahh» at the newest monster or helpful item given to them by the Gods.

The series, controlled tightly by the Broccoli family, had typically eschewed A-list helmers in favor of solid workmen, but Sam Mendes, and writer John Logan, gave «Skyfall» a distinct persona that built on the more grounded, character - driven approach of Daniel Craig's previous entries, brought Judi Dench's M front - and - center, and gave him a worthy adversary for the first time in years thanks to Javier Bardem's Silva.