Sentences with phrase «fell flat at»

With Sonic Generations many players would shout to the high heavens that the 3D sections were better designed and the 2D sections fell flat at times.

The game fell flat at times and I wish they would've spent more time on the characters all together to help make the story a little better.

Although this ambitious combination open - world adventure with complicated cases fell flat at times, Rockstar has certainly laid down a solid base for games like L.A. Noire to grow from.

Of course, there could be other reasons my promotion fell flat at OTOH while working at other sites.

But it was not just the German crime (or thriller) and action genre films that fell flat at this year's Berlinale.

After a magical MVP - worthy regular season, James Harden and his Houston Rockets fell flat at home in Game 6.

Efforts to weaken the cap by making it a «straight» 2 percent limit and discarding the rate of inflation component have fallen flat at the Capitol and is opposed by Cuomo.

Maybe achieving a perfect strike in bowling is all in the technique, the game, and the way you're able to coordinate so perfectly that all the pins fall flat at the same time.

Cate Blanchett dazzles, Natalie Portman keeps it simple, and Nicole Kidman falls flat at this year's Oscars.

My hair is incredibly fine and falls flat at the first sign of humidity.

Given the script for Shanghai Noon, they've come up with a middling Old West oater that falls flat at least as often as it finds the funny bone.

The N.W.A. biopic from Comcast Corp.'s Universal Studios earned $ 26.8 million in its second weekend with this weekend's three new releases falling flat at the domestic box office.

Mulan falls flat at the precise moments where it stops pushing and leans back on Disney conventions, specifically conventions which neither add to the story itself nor assist in the telling of it.

-- If it opens wide and falls flat at the box office (Steve Jobs).

Of course, like practically all comedies centering on a boorish and unlikable individual, this wraps up with a few insincere moments of character maturity and empathy, but here such bits are no harder to take than the desperate gags flailing and falling flat at a rapid clip.

Back in December, Paramount Pictures sold off the international rights to its upcoming eco-horror thriller Annhiliation to Netflix amid concerns that a cerebral sci - fi movie wouldn't sell after witnessing Blade Runner 2049 fall flat at the box office.

«CHIPS» doesn't break any new ground, but it delivers on its promise, even if the gags fall flat at times.

Rarely does a film of his fall flat at the box office, but it will probably divide audiences into two distinct factions: those who are willing to leave their brains behind and watch a mindless Bollywood film, and those who are disappointed that Khan did not deliver on the spectacular cinematic experience he had promised.

Anything that threatens tech companies: harsh new privacy regulations, a rash of premature tech IPOs that fall flat at the same time, even the sudden downfall of an industry titan.

Major concerns over microtransactions and the story falling flat at the end turned many people off.

For a massive open - world game with so much to do, so much to see, so many things to discover... Fallout 3 really falls flat at the end.

A return to «proper painting» falls flat at the Saatchi, but there are welcome sparks of creativity at the ICA and Sadie Coles

Not exact matches

Home Capital's attempts at messaging fell flat, too.

The best talk in the world will land flat if it's introduced at a moment when the audience isn't ready to hear it (just as, entrepreneur readers will note, even excellent, groundbreaking products fall flat if they're out of the sync with the market).

In 2014, Gap's comparable sales fell 5 %, compared to a flat performance at sister chain Banana Republic, and a 5 % jump at value chain Old Navy, the company's biggest division.

«Looking at the quarterly data, the underlying trend as suggested by the three - month on three - month movement is one of growth, following a fall in quarter 1, suggesting a relatively flat first half of 2017.»

While immigrant - led entrepreneur activity peaked in 2010 during the economic slowdown and has since fallen to 0.43 percent, activity among native - born entrepreneurs essentially has been flat at 0.3 percent or below during the past decade.

As a customer champion over at Wistia, Dave Cole understands how happiness metrics can fall flat when used incorrectly.

With Fox selling ad space at more than $ 5 million for each 30 - second spot, companies seeking brand visibility on the world's largest stage are risking an expensive disappointment if their commercials fall flat.

Wal - Mart lowered its full - year profit forecast on Thursday and warned sales would be flat through the end of January, after sales fell for a third straight quarter at U.S. stores open at least a year.

Surveys and official data indicate flat or falling house prices across the UK; according to the Nationwide and Halifax surveys, house prices increased at an annualised rate of 1.8 per cent over the past three months, compared with annualised growth in excess of 20 per cent in the first half of 2004.

South Korea's Kospi was flat at 1,971.00 and shares fell in Indonesia and Singapore.

The company has been struggling with weak demand for its fitness trackers, and its first attempt at a proper smartwatch fell flat.

If price does reverse, it can be expected to fall initially to in term support around 1.3000 flat, (illustrated on the chart by the level marked 2), and if this level is broken then previous low support at 3 could be a potential target.

To be really successful at link building you need creativity, because without a great buzzworthy idea, your «link bait» will fall flat.

Housing market developments have been at the heart of the divergence, with a house price boom contributing to rising household wealth and an increased appetite for debt in France and Spain, while real incomes and house prices have been flat or falling in the other major euro - zone economies.

Employment growth in the recent period has been concentrated in part - time jobs; full - time employment has been, at best, flat in recent months, even allowing for the prospect of some reversal of the large monthly fall recorded in March, and there has been little net gain in full - time jobs since October 1995 (Graph 12).

For no matter how hard I try, however eloquent, dynamic, or (at desperate moments) guilt - inducing I may be on Friday afternoon, on Monday morning my arguments have fallen flat and sunk into the muck, idealistic words overwhelmed by a depressingly powerful reality: Sunday Mass at the parish.

they have really talented writers who are pretty good at what they do, who are not going to let a brother fall flat on his face.

This is going on in a part of the world you probably didn't even know existed before reading this article, and would probably will never visit anyway, out of fear that your boat might take a wrong turn and fall off the edge of the «flat» earth on the way over (I'm assuming that if you intend to fly over, you'll just end up spending the entire the entire time at your local airport staring in amazement at the moving sidewalk).

«When I go to SNL, they have really talented writers who are pretty good at what they do, who are not going to let a brother fall flat on his face.

I believe, on the contrary, that it is a matter of the greatest importance to make clear the true implications of the negation of sexual difference and to debate publicly what is at stake rather than falling back on principles, such as equality, that flatter those who set themselves up as their standard bearers, even though the way these principles are invoked to justify the homosexual - marriage agenda does not stand up to critical scrutiny.

I half them, place cut side down on a baking sheet with peeled whole garlic and some olive oil and bake at 325 til they «fall flat».

With the espresso brewed at normal strength, the flavor fell a little flat.

The value of Spain's wine rose 8.9 %, with volumes flat at 0.1 %, fed by a number of different factor: although bulk wine volume fell in value as the price per litre rose «significantly», this was offset by value sales rising 11 % and there was an improvement in PDO wine exports which make up around 16 % of sales.

However, the price of CCA's Mt Franklin 1.5 - litre water has fallen by 18.5 per cent at Coles and the price of 750 ml Pump water is flat compared with a month ago, indicating a 6 per cent price reduction.

If normal baked goods have problems deflating at high altitudes, keto goods famously fall flat.

The Gunners have been actively pursuing a striker to add to their squad this summer, but have so far fallen flat on their face, and are now looking at their options.

Again and again the bones flee at the fall of the lure or bait, flashing away in rippling panic only to turn far down the flat and come back toward us, feeding again but doubly wary.

It has become something of an overriding theme of the sport at the moment that a club's expenditure determines, more or less, a club's achievements, and so it's almost refreshing to see a club spend as much money as Newcastle have and fall flat on their faces.