Sentences with phrase «faced by the characters»

The brutal dilemmas faced by the characters mirror various stories in the Old Testament about individuals being called upon to commit murder in the name of justice and righteousness.

Al the same, the constant peril faced by the characters and the oft - times gruesome depictions of the villainous foes will be enough to scare most youngsters.

As they say, a film is as good as its story, and the incredibly harsh realities faced by the characters provide the basis for a compelling story - one abundant with paradoxes of life's fickle nature

Though the two books approach the modernization of fairy tales differently, readers of both will arrive at the same conclusion: The crises faced by a character in a classic fable are not always meant to be left behind in childhood.

The past and future of the action become irrelevant in light of the urgency and absurdity of the problems faced by her characters.

Not exact matches

Groups of young friends who go to see some of the more death - focused horror films in vogue of late will routinely take bets on which stock character will face a grisly end soonest, as when viewing the Final Destination series» a film series that is, essentially, the apex of the set - piece disaster horror movie as orchestrated by MacGyver.

f The more original Biblical reference to retaliation was from the mythical character Jesus (invented by Constantine at the first council at Nicaea in 325, and modeled after his own «prophet» the Sun God, Mithra, and named Jesus Christos to combine the Celtic God Hesus and the Indian God Krishna, whose Latin name was Christos, into one God) who said «turn your other cheek» (when struck in the face).

Gratitude to God requires that we live not by evading the real nature of existence, not by denying the violent character of nature and history, but by facing reality as best we can, finally affirming the whole of life in all its sorrow and pain as a great gift.

Jackson faces the elephants in the room of whites and blacks having deep, meaningful relationships very quickly, especially in book two when one of the White main character's husband, Denny, is mistaken by, MaDea, an aging African American woman who is suffering from dementia, as one of the men who brutally lynched her brother nearly 70 years ago.

Consequently, the kinds of problems raised by what the Bible says about the character of God or the world or his will for man must be faced openly, without fear or sense of guilt.

Wenger as usual has his head in the sands and is too busy spouting his memorized usual garbage about mental strength and character of the team.instead of facing the reality that once again he has placed his trust and by large the clubs ambition in players who just aren't good enough....

Now, puberty does cruel things to a child — most of us would be best served by serving in camera - free prison camps between the ages of 10 and 14 — and Lino Facioli (the actor playing Robin) is hardly the only hormonal disaster on the show (see also: Stark, Bran), but at least his wiener teen face serves his dainty, dim - witted character.

But for now, the only new face will be the soon - to - be-completed renovation of Kermit's Korner Park, one of the original Bartlett Park District tot lot parks, its name inspired by the Muppets character.

According to Cutie Candy Pop, simplicity is the key to kawaii characters and design: «As if drawn by children... this is especially appealing when the faces are drawn on everyday objects such as a milk carton or a piece of toast.»

Supporters of amateur boxing state that the sport is beneficial to participants by providing exercise, self - discipline, self - confidence, character development, structure, work ethic, and friendships.14 For some disadvantaged youth, boxing is a preferential alternative to gang - related activity, providing supervision, structure, and goals.14 The overall risk of injury in amateur boxing seems to be lower than15 in some other collision sports such as football, ice hockey, wrestling, and soccer.4, 16 However, unlike these other collision sports, boxing encourages and rewards direct blows to the head and face.

Facing violence and bigotry, he said on that sweltering day in our nation's capital: «I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.»

It offers the listening child to join six other anxious children on an imaginary 10 - day camping adventure filled with fun characters, mentors, obstacles, laughter, and music learn how to identify and stop anxious thoughts, calm distressing feelings, and courageously face their fears by using proven strategies (CBT) to overcome anxiety.

The monarch also sounded a note of warning to persons of questionable character lurking in the state that «their time is up» and urged them to «turn a new leaf and be reintegrated into the society, or face the fury of the law because it is clear that there is no place for criminals in Lagos State with the recent empowerment of Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies in the state with helicopters, flying boats, motorbikes and cars by this administration».

Why in fact, here on outer Mongolia, insist that the county executive actually pay any attention to the daily operations of this overwhelmingly dysfunctional county and their separate and coequally dysfunctional departments that fails to serve the elderly in great need and I have my own story on how this perennial smiley - face character's office easily accomplished such which resulted in the death of someone by clear and consistent neglect, and then you tell me then why should we not just continue to speculate as to why this man is either fit or not for running for Congress and I will tell you to take your «relative trivia» and shove it where neither smart phones or their apps «SHINE»!!

«I was really impressed by [Thompson's] character and the way in which he approached working at the issues facing New Yorkers.

Sadly, whereas there are agreements by everyone of the need to put anti-corruption war at the top of the agenda, the 8th National Assembly has been playing the role of a Janus and in the typical character of the famed double - faced Roman myth — the 8th Assembly has one face where it speaks of the importance of anti-corruption and another face, a face and symbol of corruption.

By the time we reach adulthood, we are snap - judgement specialists, jumping to conclusions about a person's character and status after seeing their face for just a tenth of a second.

Avatar also employed two other amazing bits of technology: Skullcaps worn by the actors had tiny cameras capturing their facial performances, which allowed for more detailed and realistic animation of their characters without the burden of dozens of miniature sensors placed on their faces.

Today's Halloween makeup tutorial was inspired by Batman and the Two Face character.

The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) Player Allocation distributed the national team players that would be paid for by the United States Soccer This year's Hot 100 has a lot of new faces, and most of them come from TV shows that created queer characters we can't help but obsess over.

Still, there are times that you feel cheated out of character and plot development as the swirl of faces pass by.

Most men she's surrounded by don't want to commit, yet Isabelle isn't necessarily willing to commit either, and Binoche expertly channels the constant uncertainty her character faces.

Announcing that the 1996 - 1997 season of Roseanne would be his last, Goodman limited himself to infrequent appearances on the series, his absences explained away as a by - product of a heart attack suffered by his character at the end of the previous season.After making his 10th appearance on Saturday Night Live (2000), Goodman could be seen playing a red - faced bible salesman in director Joel Coen's award winning O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000), and participated in Garry Shandling's film debut What Planet Are You From?

The film's most memorable moments belong to Streep's sometimes awkwardly sympathetic character as she enters yet another boardroom populated by men or, later in the story, when she emerges from the Supreme Court to find a sea of upturned faces of young women there to cheer her on.

When we first meet Tommy, Franco initially keeps his face out of view, dramatically building up the character's mysterious persona by framing him from behind as he takes to the stage with fearless swagger during an acting class.

By far the best aspects of the movie are the performances by Bale, Studi, Pike — her character is rescued early in the trek and becomes an emotional lifeline to Blocker and he to her — and the many familiar faces peppering the proceedingBy far the best aspects of the movie are the performances by Bale, Studi, Pike — her character is rescued early in the trek and becomes an emotional lifeline to Blocker and he to her — and the many familiar faces peppering the proceedingby Bale, Studi, Pike — her character is rescued early in the trek and becomes an emotional lifeline to Blocker and he to her — and the many familiar faces peppering the proceedings.

An Amazing Fps game with Amazing graphics... Also the most violent game I've ever played plus with the realistic graphics it makes it gruesome... The aliens (Stroggs) like to experiment on humans, people are shown with parts of their face torn off, intestines hanging out, there is a scene where you can see your characters legs being sliced off by a bloody saw while strapped down, limbless people are attached to machines, some strange experiments like that, Do nt play this game if you are a little kid or some idiot thats going to copy what you see in this game...

Both the truths and the dares are tailored to the players, designed to ruin their relationships or to kill them trying, and delivered by familiar faces that contort into evil smiles, looking, as one character puts it, «like a messed up Snapchat filter» (much less scary than it sounds).

Given the difficulties faced by actor Carlyle and the screenwriters to successfully convey pure, unadulterated evil, much of what we learn about Hitler is conveyed by the observations and reactions of other characters, notably crusading but ineffectual anti-Nazi journalist Fritz Gerlich (Matthew Modine), and especially German publisher Ernst Hanfstaengl (Liev Schreiber) and his wife, Helene (Julianna Margulies).

By following five Atlanta - based couples, the film wants fervently to incorporate all its character's diverse fluff into one sitting, but such hopes are subverted to an emptily - flat experiment that pairs audiences with familiar faces acting out a weak script, while the experimenters stand back and pray that the audience doesn't notice just in fact how hollow it all really is.

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.

Now it seems she's out to prove she's more than a cute - faced belle by portraying the particularly nasty title character of director Miller's final film, completed before his death last year.

The screenplay, by Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle, and Christopher Yost, gives each of the characters something worthwhile to do and something amusing to say, and when its various strands are tied together in time for the momentous finale, even the most superhero - wary viewers will have smiles on their faces.

That they're not developed beyond quips and quirks is the major failing of The Magnificent 7, but because these stock characters are suddenly populated by Asian and Mexican and Native American faces, that failing becomes a meta - triumph of sorts.

«Facing Windows» stars the late Massimo Girotti, an icon of the Italian cinema who starred in films by Visconti, Rossellini, De Sica and Bertolucci, as the old man whose presence compels characters — played by luminous Giovanna Mezzogiorno («The Last Kiss») and Raoul Bova («Under the Tuscan Sun»)-- into peering into the facing windows that symbolize unfulfilled loFacing Windows» stars the late Massimo Girotti, an icon of the Italian cinema who starred in films by Visconti, Rossellini, De Sica and Bertolucci, as the old man whose presence compels characters — played by luminous Giovanna Mezzogiorno («The Last Kiss») and Raoul Bova («Under the Tuscan Sun»)-- into peering into the facing windows that symbolize unfulfilled lofacing windows that symbolize unfulfilled longing.

In each game, the player's face is determined by a series of questions that the introductory character asks.

There's also a strong performance by Alexandra Holden, as the heroine's best friend, facing an unexpected pregnancy with more character than some of the adults show.

Based on the character created by legendary crime novelist Elmore Leonard, and raising the stakes of the electrifying debut season, Raylan faces his most daunting adversaries yet.

And because some voters not inclined to vote for Oldman may have this very thought on their minds, we give Kaluuya's seething struggle in the face of molecular - level marginalization in Get Out equal odds to upset alongside Chalamet, stunning in Call Me by Your Name as any privileged character possibly could be in 2017.

Surely Jason Bateman's character, a glib and thoroughly unspecial «specialist,» is the very epitome of the American missionary - tourist - soldier, more fresh - faced, pencil - necked, and ill - informed even than the U.S. diplomat played by Jeremy Piven.

And from scene to scene, Johnson gives veteran characters (Chewbacca and R2 - D2 especially) and those who debuted in «The Force Awakens» enough screen time to showcase them at their best while also introducing compelling new faces (including a heroic maintenance worker, Kelly Marie Tran's Rose Tico; a serene and tough vice admiral in the Resistance, played by Laura Dern; a sort of «safecracker» character played by Benicio Del Toro).

Tarantino's frequent use of the N - word will no doubt inspire both challenges and defenses — I'd argue that, as it was in «Django Unchained,» the term allows modern audiences to experience period racism that much more vividly — and there's also the matter of Jennifer Jason Leigh, who spends much of the movie getting punched in the face by various characters.

On the contrary, the most recognizable face in «Dunkirk» is almost completely obscured by an oxygen mask, and even the film's loudest champions would be hard - pressed to identify any of Nolan's characters by name.

Other characters are challenged by their outward appearance in the movies Hunchback of Notre Dame, Man Without a Face and The Mighty.

The series stars now - famous faces, with the main character Lindsay Weir played by Linda Cardellini («ER»).