Sentences with phrase «exercise in tedium»

The first two acts of Real Steel are an exceedingly frustrating exercise in tedium: It's stale, generic, follow - the - bouncing ball filmmaking at its worse.

But, their performances can't save 21 Grams, which is a pretentious and needlessly arty exercise in tedium.

Clunky controls and outdated gameplay make Iron Man 2 seem more like an exercise in tedium than the visceral enjoyment that spending a few hours in Tony Stark's suit should be.

An exercise in tedium, Farming Simulator 15 has a very laudable compromise with the recreation of agriculture, but its problematic progression, poor presentation and general dullness detract from its genuine potential as the best simulator on the subject.

The bloody legacy of Fist of the North Star could have yielded a satisfying, violent melee action game, but intrusive and uninteresting cut scenes, neutered enemies, and repetitious combat make Ken's Rage 2 an exercise in tedium instead.

Although the movie attempts to bring in some new ideas towards the end, the entire thing is an exercise in tedium.

However, its repetitive gameplay and steep difficulty make it an exercise in tedium.

Being an F1 fan struck me as an exercise in dissonance: a love of racing lost in a cascade of cash that glorified control and made the races themselves, apart from the wonderful noise, exercises in tedium.

When things aren't done right, you have games that are more exercises in tedium than anything else.

With better execution and more foreshadowing, this could have been a nice respite from the action before the final boss, but instead it was an exercise in tedium.

I was going to buy it, but it sounds like an exercise in tedium.

But to the rest of the world, it may feel more like an exercise in tedium than it does a proper game.