Sentences with phrase «flawed characters into»

The performances of the players are so uniformly terrific that you could do worse than to bring these deeply flawed characters into your living room on a regular basis, as this is a series for which TiVo was invented if ever there was one.

Not exact matches

The curse in the film creates a striking visual for the shackles that our character flaws or attitudes can lock us into and the dramatic effects and harm that this can cause to those around us.

maybe it's just me but i like flawed characters that even though as a viewer you might say you wouldnt do that sitting all warm and comfy in your house watching the show with a nice drink in your hand; you may be bottlenecked into reacting just like these characters developed.

It's easy to scrutinize Betty Draper's character flaws as neatly fitting into the stereotype of The Bitch, The Bad Mommy and / or The Frustrated Housewife but Betty's role is subtler.

So, Gillibrand has managed to turn something that was once viewed as a character flaw and political liability — her absolute refusal to take «no» for an answer — into a big plus.

But this year something funny happened: I realized that the previous 25 or so New Year's resolutions had been so flawlessly executed, that I self - improved myself right into a perfect, un-improvable corner — leaving nary a single character flaw or physical shortcoming on which to focus.

Sure, the character's inexplicable inflections and odd behavior are milked for comedy (especially early on), but as the story progresses, Franco reveals more layers, flaws, and vulnerabilities, turning a performance that could have just come across as an outlandish caricature into something real.

Whenever it glimpses into the private lives of men like O'Neill, The Looming Tower accentuates these individuals» character flaws, but it leaves us only with a sense of conflicted anticipation, waiting for O'Neill and his cohorts to return to work so that we can witness their critical failures.

Kelly Fremon Craig's film eschews the kind of glossy veneer that so often coats current high school - based offerings, instead opting to deliver a charmingly flawed lead character who is thrust into some very relatable situations.

Continuing Falcone's bizarre penchant for making films that don't acknowledge any flaws in his wife's characters, Deanna is continually portrayed as endearing for her clumsy attempts to reintegrate into youth culture, with nearly every character constantly reminding her of just how loveable she is.

In fact, none of the characters in Mistress America (as with Francis Ha) are ever presented as villains or unlovable, just as deeply flawed people struggling to navigate the world around them and grow into better people.

Not that I have anything against DDL or Charlize's magnificent performances... I just have a soft - spot for human drama that doesn't feel this need to go all out on the «transforming into the character» stuff... but maybe that's more a flaw with me (it's certainly not a flaw with those performances!).

Unlike cookie - cutter Hollywood productions that have leads who are only as appealing as the actors they plug into the roles, there are actual characters here that have their own baggage and personality flaws.

Once again, Russell puts fascinating, flawed characters on display, which the perfectly cast and uniformly excellent actors build into a close - knit universe to which we have boundless access.

Though Insecure's DNA is rooted in typical half - hour comedies — sending its characters into interpersonal misunderstandings and dating mishaps that we've seen a million times before — the show still manages to feel fresh by giving its characters room to be a little messier, a little more selfish, a little more realistic in their flaws than most other comedies would allow.

What started with humble beginnings with 2008's Iron Man has since blown up into a cultural and financial supernova with no less than 30 recognizable characters and all that comes to a head with the Russo Brother's astonishingly ambitious though perfunctorily flawed Avengers: Infinity War.

Which brings us to one of the chief flaws of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past — all the women, except Garner's character, are malleable women willing not only to jump into bed with Connor, they're also stupid enough to fall in love with him.

Instead Portman manages to turn the character's massive personality flaws into cute little foibles and somehow the result is a desirable human being.

Even with all of the flawed logic and character decisions (and there's plenty of both) taken into consideration, I'm still a...

Using Will Arnett's brilliant, self - aggrandising, shallow, desperately insecure Batman as a starting point, The Lego Batman Movie then spirals out into an all - encompassing deconstruction of the character, his world, and all the inherent joys and flaws therein.

A perfect distillation of character and mood expressed in silence and in shouts; of emotion visualized through quick cuts and slow motion into a tone poem of stark eloquence with nary a flaw in its running time.

As easy as it may be to analyze a thriller like Panic Room to death, the film offers more than enough insight into its characters and situation to keep whatever flaws may exist as afterthoughts, and ones that are easily dismissed when placed within the context of other details.

With fresh, fast - paced dialogue, Reynolds» debut novel chronicles Ali's friendship with next - door brothers Needles and Noodles, flawed but unforgettable characters all their own, as the three prepare for the party of a lifetime — and pay the consequences for thrusting themselves into a more sordid encounter than any of them could have envisioned.

«Surprisingly, Jackson is also one of the few convincing characters in this plot - propelled tale, a flaw readers may be willing to ignore — until they slam into a contrived denouement well below Walters's usual standard.»

Damascus by Joshua Mohr (Two Dollar Radio) Brilliantly written by an extremely talented indie writer, Damascus features a rag - tag set of incredibly flawed and fantastic characters who leap off the barstool and into your life.

Andrea Kaufman does a marvelous job creating characters with major personality flaws and turns them into people with heart and substance... I especially enjoyed the intellectual aspects of the book as Gloria writes and comments about her women poets and she collaborates with Henry regarding the poetry / music of Van Morrison.

My favorite part was actually the character of Claire, she was so flawed but wanting to do right, yet always talking herself into things for various reasons, like many of us do..

By delving into Dr. Verbank and Janet's strengths, flaws, and desires, Jonuska creates inner conflicts in both main characters that inform and influence the outer conflicts they face.

For all the grace and fun that is inherent in the combat system there is flaws to be found, and most stem from certain characters being over-powered and others having combos and moves that can be spammed to lock your opponent into a never - ending cycle of pain.

Throughout the game you're trying your hardest to like the main character but he continues to point out all of his flaws which slowly leads you into thinking «wait, this guy is just a douchebag».

If you go into a discussion of the Best Downloadable Game of 2010 thinking that Monday Night Combat should win, you're less likely to think about its flaws (e.g., limited maps, repetitive comments from the announcer) and more likely to remember its strengths (e.g., class balance, fun character design) relative to someone who didn't hold the same assumption.

However, despite all of the flaws listed below, I put several hours into the game with two of the available characters, and finished the game completely with two others.

This turns your complaint into a character flaw or defect of theirs.

Often these attacks take a specific situation or mistake and turn it into a global character flaw.

They understand how to discuss issues and differences of needs and opinions without invalidating the other's point of view, or turning a difference of opinion into a character flaw of the other person.