Sentences with phrase «for complex characters»

This normally only works for complex characters, and Tara wasn't complex, at least not in the beginning.
This will allow for complex characters and symbols.
More than anything, she looks for complex characters who make the unrelatable relatable, and for a smart, distinctive narrative voice.
With both actors matching his enthusiasm for complex characters and the taut, challenging story about a brain - damaged ex-jock (Gordon - Levitt) being played by a seductive sociopath (Goode), the conversation turned from defying audience expectations, to what constitutes normal, to the wonders of location filming during winter in Winnipeg.

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So to hear Rae talk about standing up to a room full of network execs, her new bosses, and fight for two insecure black characters who have messy lives and are fully realized as complex characters?
A deeply complex password — a long string of random characters, for example — really only helps deter what's known as a «brute - force attack,» where a computer program tries millions of password combinations in an effort to find the right one.
It was a complex, plausible, and excruciating character note for a Character We Like, and as such it forced us to consider how we may be character note for a Character We Like, and as such it forced us to consider how we may be Character We Like, and as such it forced us to consider how we may be like her.
At a time of unprecedented transition in the Christian Movement, when (as George Orwell once put it) «the little orthodoxies of the right and the left vie with one another for possession of our souls,» it is necessary to assert both the modesty and the complex, nuanced character of Christian faith and theology against the false certainties of true belief, ideology and religious simplism.
The cooperative activities provide for the realization and survival of ever more complex characters.
As the «one relational complex in which all potential objectifications find their niche,» (Process 66) for Whitehead the extensive continuum certainly corresponds to the breadth of vision of the divine primordial nature, even as the space - time continuum as a partial realization of the extensive continuum corresponds to the more limited character of the divine consequent nature here and now Thus, even though Whitehead does not make explicit use of field - oriented imagery to describe the God - world relationship, the concepts are at hand to sustain that line of thought.8
What makes George Bailey one of the most inspiring, emotionally complex characters in modern popular culture is that he continually chooses the needs of his family and community over his own self - interested ambitions and desires — and suffers immensely and repeatedly for his sacrifices.
By taking this approach to understanding social forces, a way may be open for developing a social ethic and pastoral praxis that recognizes the complex character of collective power in black people's experience of oppression.2 As McClendon has made clear, the idea of a «social ethic» must not stand alone.
Thus the thesis from which we proceeded (cf. 2.1), that the world is to be thought as a unity and as being of a «simple» basic character, is reformulated in such a way that is has become compatible with experiences of complex associations of happenings: The world concretizes itself in events which for their own part are to be thought as a stabilization of a network of relations.
Such a move would have been out of character for the 24 - year - old and he spent five hours at the Spurs training complex at Enfield.
I love physical comedy (I mean, you've got to have a sense of humor if you're raising kids) and I'm all for complicated and complex characters, but do we need to cue the laugh track or denounce breastfeeding every time it is depicted on screen, both big or small?
«For any writer, he's a fantastic, complex, character, both in terms of who he was psychologically but also in terms of what he represents,» says Graham.
The complex pattern of memories, aspirations and actions which make up a character were carried for a time by the atoms of her body, but we believe they are also stored up in the Cloud of God's being.
These complex programs automatically regulate the basics of a game, from managing memory needs efficiently for smoother play to changing the lighting as a character moves through a landscape.
«We show that this novel complex of dental morphology and tissues characterizes Theropoda, with the exception of species with modified feeding behaviors, suggesting that these characters are important for facilitating the hypercarnivorous diet of most theropods.»
Grace / Julie is a fully complex, almost twisted, character that you don't want to sympathize with because sometimes it feels like she's just a little whiny about her very perfect life and a boyfriend who just loves her to pieces, or at least loves the person she's made herself be for him.
Sure, an eighth movie released just shy of the first one's tenth anniversary seems more than a little overwhelming, but the payoffs have been grand for anyone who has remained faithful and invested in these characters and the complex whimsy over the years.
Sure it doesn't make much sense that the teenagers of this small town that has outlawed dancing for five years could all dance so well, yet this is an enjoyable film with a great soundtrack and John Lithgow as a character who is more complex than your typical zealot antagonist.
The sequel to 2016 ′ s surprise hit — which proved that the global box office could not only stomach a comic - book character who swears and slays, but was desperate for such a bad widdle boy — is the closest Hollywood's superhero industrial complex has come to appealing directly to the mind of a Grade 5 classroom.
There is nothing too complex or overdone about it, which is kind of what I was hoping for, but there are no real stakes aside from seeing if our main characters make it out alive, which in the end does not really matter, because they all pull of ridiculous stunts, making for a very far - fetched film.
It's deeper and more detailed and complex than ever, with expanded player choice, four - player co-op (plus competitive multiplayer), a separate Dungeons & Dragons - inspired Game Master campaign creation mode, and full voice acting for every one of the game's 1,200 characters.
Jacob Lofland wasn't far behind, with an incredibly complex character for such a young guy, showing again that this is a kid worth watching.
But Oldman takes this potential for irritation and turns down the volume in a way that paradoxically amps up how evil and complex his character actually is.
Sachs commits a major error by deciding to center on Lincoln's character, for John is a far more interesting, complex and disturbing personality.
The man, in the grip of a daddy complex he shares with various other characters, helps his woman, a Cuban expat played by Zoe Saldana, open a beachfront colony for abandoned women and children, for God's sake.
Sentenced to three years in jail upon getting into a scuffle with a couple of fuzz trying to stop him from busking in the park, Otis, for starters, would be a far more resonant character if he were portrayed by a black actor (it doesn't count that the icky Matthews suffers from delusions of soul), since there's nothing to justify his martyr complex.
Ruth Wilson and Dominic West return as the unfaithful lead duo, but our quartet of complex characters will be joined by a fifth perspective for Season 3: that of Irène Jacob's Juliette Le Gall, Noah's new love interest.
Scrat, in his eternal chase of the acorn, causes cosmic chaos which sets off a plot that is rather complex for little children to understand, and, on top of the various solar system issues and the need to save the planet, each of the main characters has family woes to contend with.
A powerful epic - scale Western with a rich story full of nuances, following a complex character of dubious motivations in a search that stretches for many years - an anguishing journey set against the imposing vastness of the Monument Valley desert with stunning panoramic shots.
Director Bruce A. Evans initially infuses Mr. Brooks with a slow - paced, character - driven sensibility that proves to be irresistible, as Costner effortlessly steps into the shoes of one of the most complex characters of his career and somehow manages to turn a sociopath into a figure worth rooting for.
Though sadly overshadowed by the overrated dynamic duo of Wall - e and Kung Fu Panda, this warm, familiar animated movie with stunning visuals and beautiful, hand - painted backgrounds doesn't only mark a successful return for Disney on the animated area, but manages to introduce characters and themes that are in many ways more deep and complex than that of the widely glorified Pixar flicks.
Known for complex narratives that often concern a network of characters engaging with the mediation of identity, truth and history, Egoyan's work over the last decade plus applies these concerns to a variety of film subjects, as well as installations, plays and operas.
Dowd and executive producer Chad Hodge on how her «complex and odd» character is a welcome change of pace for the actress.
It takes a while for the characters to reveal their personalities and complex inter-connections, but as the movie progresses they become remarkably vivid and involving.
Beneath the makeup Elba can deliver an ugly, broken, adversary that is evil personified; not a terrifying or particularly complex character — it's a Star Trek blockbuster, we had a convoluted villain last time — but one with a simple plan for power i.e. to retrieve an ancient alien artifact.
He focuses on four main characters: idealistic urban planner Steve (Campbell Scott); independent - minded environmentalist Linda (Kyra Sedgwick), whom Steve falls for; and would - be rockstar Cliff (Matt Dillon) and peppy design student Janet (Bridget Fonda), who live in Steve's apartment complex.
While a pretty thin premise for a film, the movie succeeds thanks largely to the charm of the cast and the clear effort made to create characters more complex than most of their comedy film counterparts.
Given the fascinatingly complex, ever - evolving central relationship it's no surprise that there's little room for substantial supporting characters, although Ben Whishaw pops up as an admirer of Lili's, while Matthias Schoenaerts plays Hans, an art - dealer and old school - friend of Einar's who provides Gerda with some much - needed masculine comfort — and the audience with the prospect of a conventional romantic resolution.
It was especially poignant to see Robinson, a lesbian filmmaker who's been working in the industry for years on various projects including The L Word, present such a radical film to both older audiences who were familiar to the character and young audiences who are growing up with the chance to see a complex women - centric narrative propelled by her.
This is a departure for director Paul Thomas Anderson, known for complex, layered stories with a myriad of characters and subplots (Magnolia, Boogie Nights), but he handles the tight focus on Daniel Plainview beautifully.
Not shitheels, exactly, the central characters have all been dealt bum hands by life, which make some of their behaviours understandable, if not forgivable - problems with authority, complex vocabularies of offensive language paired with an inability to meaningfully communicate, and possibly - related penchants for domestic violence.
It is time for you to meet the most complex character ever created.
This week, he trades in the orange overalls and vests of a «hot shot» firefighter for the combat fatigues of a U.S. soldier, Sergeant Adam Schumann, returning from the Iraqi War in 2007 in writer - director Jason Hall's (American Sniper) earnest, authentically told, compassionate Thank You For Your Service, another «based on a true story» throwback war - at - home drama elevated — just like last week's Only the Brave — by Teller's unfailing, unflagging commitment to bringing the inner turmoil, turbulence, and torment of his character to complex, contradictory lifor the combat fatigues of a U.S. soldier, Sergeant Adam Schumann, returning from the Iraqi War in 2007 in writer - director Jason Hall's (American Sniper) earnest, authentically told, compassionate Thank You For Your Service, another «based on a true story» throwback war - at - home drama elevated — just like last week's Only the Brave — by Teller's unfailing, unflagging commitment to bringing the inner turmoil, turbulence, and torment of his character to complex, contradictory liFor Your Service, another «based on a true story» throwback war - at - home drama elevated — just like last week's Only the Brave — by Teller's unfailing, unflagging commitment to bringing the inner turmoil, turbulence, and torment of his character to complex, contradictory life.
Norrell — who is by turns achingly overwhelmed, marvelously tried, or fallibly villainous — feels like a character Marsan has been waiting for; he answers the challenge marvelously, creating a complex and deeply human scholar whose relationship with celebrity is as thorny as his relationship with magic.
The director does give ample room for his actors to plumb the depths of his half - shallowness to find what humanity they can grasp in characters equally as psuedo complex.
The best Iranian film in years, invisible in its own country save for a series of screenings at the latest Fajr Film Festival, a sum of Banietemad's work (both fictional and documentary): characters from some of her earlier films meet and have complex, intimate interactions over the landscape of contemporary Tehran.
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