Sentences with phrase «favoring style over substance»

Though it would be easy to criticize the film for favoring style over substance, there's a lot more going on behind the sumptuous visuals, including some excellent performances by its lead actors.

Anna Karenina becomes a case of director Wright favoring style over substance, with the unfortunate side effect that the style makes it very difficult to maintain a sense of place and time.

In this capacity, he brought what some considered the «MTV Look» to network television — a look which favored style over substance and technique over storytelling, in the «short attention span» manner of the MTV cable network.

Not exact matches

If, like me, you favor substance over style and solid storytelling over quirk, there's absolutely no reason for you to see this movie.