Sentences with phrase «establishing his characters so»

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In the great Western civilizations, this manifests itself partly by their individual spheres isolating themselves and each of them establishing its own basis and order, and partly by the principle itself losing its absolute character and validity, so that the holy norm degenerates into a human convention, or by the attachment to the absolute being reduced, avowedly or unavowedly, to a mere symbolic - ritual requirement, which may be adequately satisfied in the cultic sphere.

And so, if their posthumous renown gives to their name a special glory, it is not because of their posthumous life, which spiritists and theosophists have not been able to establish with certainty, but to their apotropaion character.

Just so we're straight on this, though... If you routinely drink yourself into a stupor and show up for work half - drunk, you've got more integrity and character than if you do whatever you can to play as well as you can, within the established norms of your contemporary colleagues?

As kids growing up in the 90's we wrote our own stories, created characters, and drew our own comics, so establishing Black -LSB-...]

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Zemeckis has apparently determined that audiences will no longer support the fiction that a group of foreign - language characters all speak to each other in English, so he's forced to invent all sorts of pretexts for Petit to speak primarily in the language of Hollywood: he's going to New York so he must practice; Annie speaks good English, so she's happy to establish their relationship in that language.

Pacing is a problem for most pilots — so many characters to introduce, meaningful stakes to establish — but Quantico, from «Gossip Girl» producer Joshua Safran, does this effortlessly, with at least one deadly effective twist you won't see coming.

It's never mawkish or manipulative, and its characters are so well - established both in the writing and in the performances that the movie ultimately does the hard work of earning those damp Kleenexes.

As the lead characters tried to decide if they loved or hated each other, the series established itself as a prime example of the «will they or won't they» subgenre so popular in 1980s TV.

Kubrick and Clarke quickly establish the setting and characters, doing so as part of a lengthy summary montage.

And so was his character — Iron Man was not an established icon like Superman, Spider - Man, or Batman.

The film also has some great random casting with established stars like Paul Rudd, William Baldwin and Jonah Hill taking small cameo roles and making their characters so quirky that they're not the stock supporting cast members you'd typically expect.

Date Night starts off by quickly establishing the characters in their natural serious environment, so it can be sped up to the wacky antics of the «real plot».

Additionally, it also had to deal with how to maintain interest in a set of characters who are so established that they may begin to grow stale.

It's mystifying that a movie that represents the great synthesis of so many long - established storylines should attempt to locate its emotional center in the (to put it charitably) fraught relationship between Thanos, whom we've only just met after all, and Gamora (Zoe Saldana), a character whose interiority fails to register, and who has yet to define herself beyond «resident badass.»

However, Not a Hero DLC where you get to play as the not so recognizable Chris Redfield is when I realized that the first - person perspective absolutely can not work for established Resident Evil characters.

Not that the characters look realistic, but within their established cartoon world, their movements are completely fluid, their environs intricately presented, and even the physics of their action carry the proportions necessary to avoid taking us out of the moment, as so many other recent animated films tend to do.

By this point, Oliver has established these characters — their fears, their capacity for kindness, and their intelligence — so firmly it's impossible not to get caught up in their affairs.

So what happens is, «Broken English» establishes a sympathetic character, gets Parker Posey to make her real, and then grinds her in the gears of a plot we can not believe.

The best moments of Drinking Buddies are when emotional tension is displayed without dialog because the characters are so well established that we know exactly what they are thinking.

«Planetarium» is so bereft of narrative direction and bewildering in establishing dynamics between characters that it's impossible to know what is ever happening and why for most of its running time.

There is so much going on here, so many characters, both new and old, to be established and reestablished for the future, that often it can overwhelm the senses, but not in the positive, high - octane blockbuster kind of way.

His character comes to fruition in the second act and apart from being present during pivotal battle scenes, his character is not given enough time to establish, and so comes off rather bland and underwhelming.

Working from a screenplay credited to William Nicholson and Simon Beaufoy, Kormákur (2 Guns, Contraband) sets Everest up in the typical disaster - movie mode, establishing the characters in simplistic terms so that we learn, at most, maybe two things about any one person.

It's done so by establishing some of the most important X-Force characters, including - from the trailer - some we never expected to see at this stage.

Similar to Vergara, his character is familiar and is essentially the same guy from start to finish, however, whereas Vergara pops up intermittently, Leguizamo's character is so well woven into the script, he becomes essential to the tone and environment established in the second half of the film.

Character attributes are founded and problems established, only so that they can be called upon, reversed and overcome as quickly and obviously as possible.

I realize that character relationships have already been established in previous MCU films so maybe there is no need to build and develop.

So the idea in Genisys is that John Connor (now played by Jason Clarke, Zero Dark Thirty) and the gaggle of characters established in the other movies are finally going to crush Skynet for good.

It's (almost) never mawkish or manipulative, and its characters are so well - established both in the writing and in the performances that the movie ultimately does the hard work of earning those damp Kleenexes.

I just see no reason to change that which has already been established when it's so easy to add new characters.

Raiden in Revengeance seems like an entirely different character from the one that has been established so far.

You'll need to have a good bit of patience yourself in this nearly three - hour feature (the 70 mm roadshow presentation, now playing, features an overture showcasing legendary composer Ennio Morricone's terrific score and a roughly 15 - minute intermission), particularly since the first half or so is all about building tension, establishing characters and setting all the pieces in motion.

Unfortunately for us, studios rarely see anything besides dollar signs, so until they realize that they can't try to set up an entire universe in one movie which took Marvel a decade to accomplish, they will continue to fall short on some great stories and characters that are so much more deserving than what we have gotten, and Marvel will continue to add great content to an already impressively established world.

But like the costumes, which have to be lived in so as to reveal character, the lighting is also crucial to establishing character and mood.

With so much time spent establishing the character's malcontent, there is, ultimately, very little for the movie to do with her or itself once the familiar story finally begins.

Rocky's lack of boxing - movie plot and false drama actually serves it well as a first movie; it establishes a lot of characters, from Adrian to Apollo Creed to Rocky's trainer Mickey (Burgess Meredith) and louse of a best friend (and prospective brother - in - law) Paulie (Burt Young), who will return to the series for years to come — characters who are so beloved by Stallone that even their absences from later sequels must be marked as plot points.

It's because of this brotherhood and the personal connections established between so many of these characters that Only the Brave stands out as a movie more interested in storytelling than simply in special effects.

Poems are intense: A novel may take chapters and hours to establish an emotional connection through the characters and plot — poetry can do so in seconds.

«With more than 100 schools and 13 networks now engaged in the programme, involving schools of every character and context, Aspire is now well on its way to becoming established as a national school improvement movement, reflecting the power of research and evidence to guide in - school practice, building collaboration and trust between schools, and investing in the development of the current and prospective leaders that are so critical to the future health of our education system.»

For some authors, having fans write new plots with their established characters is a flattering look at the ways their readers engage with the characters, and symbolizes that the authors» works were so meaningful to the fans that they weren't ready to let go of the fun.

Has great character is so well built and established.

So, within about two minutes, two of the main characters establish an awkward relationship that had me rolling my eyes and saying, «Will you two just get a room?»

It tries to cover so much ground over such a short space of time in order to conform to the established format that, whilst in a general sense it hits all the right notes and goes out of its way to offer players a more grounded, recognizable, and ultimately more human glimpse at the nature of war, it's never really given the chance to expand on its themes or characters.

After all, establishing characters and their various motivations is crucial in trying to get a player feeling invested in the world, and it is all but impossible to do so if the focus lies in cramming in as many characters as possible.

How could they possibly do justice to the expansive, universe - shattering story with so few established characters in their stable?

This game basically established the «primary eight» characters of the Mario universe (though Rosalina and Bowser Jr. probably make it a primary ten these days), so there aren't any complaints with the selections (no babies or Pink Gold Peach here), though players may feel a little underwhelmed by the lack of unlockable characters.

That's what makes the Porsche Design BlackBerry P» 9981 so interesting: it's actually managed to sell respectably and establish a high profile for itself — if you watch House of Cards on Netflix or Community on NBC, you've likely seen characters sporting P» 9981s.

It is well established that past behavior predicts future performance, so employers need the insights a good background check can provide about an applicant's character.

With a relatively blank slate established, the cooking / dining / living space was ready for some personality, so Yanic set about casting his characters, starting with the hero: «That custom blue sectional is the piece,» he says, adding that he had fabric samples sent from as far away as Europe and South America to find that «delicious» velvet.