Sentences with phrase «for style over substance»

Instead of using the tried and tested gameplay engine that featured in the AKI games, Inland Productions opted for style over substance.

Opting for style over substance, the minimalist visuals in Cosmophony won't win awards even if their bold, coloured direction will leave a somewhat lasting impression.

Here's hoping Ready at Dawn learn how to construct a proper next - gen experience because as it stands, the Order: 1886 remains the strongest case this generation for style over substance in every sense of the term.

Much darker than your average superhero flick, «Batman» goes for style over substance but just about makes a success of it.

Ridley Scott's visual flair has led to a number of handsome - looking films (and a great deal of success), but his tendency to go for style over substance often leads to a slightly unsatisfactory feel to his films.

One outgoing cabinet minister not likely to stand in any leadership election said: «We have got to make sure we don't pretend this was a victory for style over substance.

Not exact matches

Last week I wrote a post for the CNN Belief Blog about millennials and the Church focusing on how church leaders hoping to win twenty - somethings over with coffee shops and concerts may want to go a little deeper and consider substance over style.

Platon has become famous for his simplistic aesthetic: a modern iconography rooted in provocation of feeling over complexity, substance over style.

Andre Agassi embodied substance over style in winning Wimbledon for his first Grand Slam title

If you're looking for a 50s example of style over substance, you've found it.

Directed by Kari Skogland, «Men with Guns» is a prime example of style triumphing over substance in desperately thriving for an offbeat rhtythm in its depiction of underworld denizens while being overboard with the sometimes literally flowery dialogue.

You just watch one carefully constructed but emotionally vacant image piled up on another - sometimes with regard to an overall effect, but often just for the sake of style over substance.

Battle of Z values style over substance, but for an anime about super humans fighting super aliens while flying through the air, maybe it is the appropriate direction.

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

To complain that it prioritises style over substance is to miss the point: style is substance for Refn.

As evidenced by our episode on Sucker Punch, I have an ambivalent relationship with Zack Snyder; I'm usually more forgiving than others (I love Dawn of the Dead, for example, and I greatly enjoy Watchmen still), but accusations of Snyder's emphasis on style over substance is a common criticism levied toward him.

Sam Raimi (The Quick and the Dead, Army of Darkness) thankfully subdues his usual emphasis on style over substance for one of his best directorial performances to date, evoking quality acting especially from the always excellent Billy Bob Thornton (Armageddon, Primary Colors), who received an Academy Award nomination.

It's also a glowering action reunion for her and director Francis Lawrence, who helmed a triptych of Hunger Games movies, and, by most accounts, is a Soviet tank - full of style over substance.

Director Guy Ritchie has made a name for himself by employing a major over-dosage of style over substance in films such as Snatch and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels; something that oozes out of every scene in The Man From U.N.C.L.E

The movie «Sweeney» is merely an exercise in style over substance, apparently taking nothing from the show except for a few relationships and lesser moments of dialogue.

It might be the best example of style over substance, and the whole thing is played for ironic laughs.

Equally indebted to Martin Scorsese, Guy Ritchie, and Giorgio Armani, London Boulevard represents the apotheosis of style over substance, the kind of gangster flick where the cut of a killer's suit is as important as the motive for his crime.

Even harder to believe though is that some critics attacked Dark City upon its release for being a case of style over substance.

It won't be for everyone and those who dislike style over substance should stay away, but those who can appreciate the ultimate power love has over us should be entertained.

If you have read my reviews with any amount of consistency you know that I mention quite often that games go for far to much style over substance.

Like any coming - of - age teen soap opera, much of the film's appeal is in its vaunting of style over substance — coining whole ways of speaking, dressing and posturing for an impressionable generation brought up on Hollywood tropes — but Heathers embraces its style as an essential keystone to filmmaking, recognizing that even the most bloated melodrama can be sold through a well - manicured image.

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.

Substance over style seems to be the best way to tell this story, and while Liman and Cruise are both good at what they do, we're wondering if they were the right choices for a movie like this.

The Audi A1 and Citroen DS3 are its closest rivals if style pleases you more than substance, but neither can satisfy the driver like the Mini has for over a decade now.

Well, the Abarth comes last but looks the cutest doing it and the Clio wins because for sheer driving enjoyment it is some way ahead — and we still rate substance over style.

This new refreshed Verito is said to be a popular choice for many men and exudes substance over style.

With the priority being substance over style, the Mazda5 is not particularly pretty, but a mild restyling for 2008 has made it at least attractive, especially in the loaded Grand Touring trim of the test vehicle.

My feeling reading this piece was overwhelming sadness for the author and the other commenters who are stuck in this strange bubble of bloggers who are more style over substance.

It's the Frankenstein of post-apocalyptic games for this generation that unfortunately values style over substance.

There's good reason for the lack of any significant SoulCalibur play on the competitive scene; while the series might have provided its fair share of hugely entertaining showdowns, a few game - breaking flaws and an emphasis on style over substance has seen it left in a horrible middle ground between hardcore fighters and anything - can go, mash - friendly action gaming with a competitive twist.

Anarchy Reigns may be a case of style over substance, but if quick - and - dirty brawling is what you're in the mood for, it's guaranteed to scratch your savage itch.

I was initially concerned that this would be another case of style over substance (I'm looking at you, Alice) or, God forbid, a sly propaganda piece for the Republican Party, but the demo and reviews have eased my worries.

Touchdown, like Amaterasu, was also on Game Informer's «Style over Substance» list, stating that «If it weren't for his saber, Travis would just be some nerd...» blah blah blah, well, that's what we like about him, Game Informer.

The quirky graphic style attempts to compensate for the familiar, and at times dull gameplay, and much like developer Good - Feel's other Nintendo platformer, Kirby's Epic Yarn on Wii, feels like it is largely adhering to the recent Nintendo trend of style over substance.

Crossing Souls has been in the works for over three years now and after a successful Kickstarter campaign it's time to see if this 80's inspired platformer is more style or substance.

We'd love to say that Keiji Inafune, Sony's Japan Studio and Marvelous AQL have finally cracked that code - but although Soul Sacrifice has a lot going for it, it falls into the trap of style over substance.

Henrik Fisker is back in the business of modifying cars for the style - obsessed one - percent, and this time he's taking an Aston Martin Vanquish and adding his patented blend of putting style over substance.

Overall, the LG G5 definitely isn't going to win any awards for the way it looks but this smartphone is more about substance over style.

But in these days of super-sleek laptops, the X240 stands out for emphasizing substance over style.