Sentences with phrase «from brutish»

Unintelligible and vaguely threatening graffiti seems to originate from some brutish intellect, far removed from the sophisticated organising intelligence behind the painting; meanwhile the landscape itself offers meaningless signs and portents - a skull materialising amongst the leaves, a feeble arc of light which fails to illuminate.

The other party members have a range of attacks, from brutish to magical.

I love that we saw this sort of incapacitated and defenseless Galahad trying to escape from this brutish and overpowering monster, and I have to believe this is only a glimpse of the depth and variety we will eventually see from the title.

Many of them were found injured from the brutish spectacle.

His ex-wife and son do not conceal their hostility, and she suffers threats and assault from a brutish family member.

The sound of chains dragging on a floor, the sight of fingernails scraping against splintered wood are hard to take, however beautifully these elements are executed; by this point, I started to wonder whether, for all its grace, The Eyes of My Mother is really that different from the brutish likes of, say, Martyrs (Pascal Laugier, 2008; remade by Kevin and Michael Goetz, 2015).

Not exact matches

Part of the signal to cut and run from commodities is provided by various neo-Hobbesians (the natural state of mankind is «solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short») who argue that the world has reached a «Malthusian breakpoint.»

From there, Uncle Andrew's logic carried him the rest of the way, so that by the time he is surrounded by curious Narnian animals, all he sees is dangerous, brutish beasts who want to eat him.

Strong from 1885 «that the brutish ancestry of human beings is not incompatible with their exalted status in the image of God» (p. 75) which is true, but falls far short of an explanation.

Raised in Portugal, in the fertile lands of Alemquer, I die a refugee, dead from the foreign air and its foul decay, food for the hungry fish in a brutish sea, that crashes against these wild Abyssinian sands, so unlike Alemquer, and so far away

Perhaps Percy's wickedest irony is to have the most brutish of these secular saviors learn — from an ape that knows sign language — how to communicate all over again.

nice to see you crawl out of your hole just in time to offer your 2 cents worth once again... unlike yourself I started following this team long before Wenger arrived on the scene and will continue to do so long after he's gone... in his earlier years I admired the cerebral elements he brought to the EPL, which at that point was more brutish than beautiful, and I respected the seemingly tireless efforts of Arsene, Dein & staff to uncover and develop talent without sacrificing the product on the field... likewise I appreciated that such a youthful manager wasn't afraid to bring strong personalities and / or world - class players into the fold without being fearful of how said players would potentially undermine and / or dilute his authority... unfortunately this all changed about 10 years ago and culminated in the removal of all our greatest players, both young and old, without any real replacements coming in... from Henry to RVP to Fabergas and Nasri, it was easy to see that this club was no longer interested in competing at the highest levels... instead of being honest, minus the ridiculous claims regarding the new stadium, Wenger chose to side with management and in doing so became the «front man» for this corporation pretending to be a world - class soccer club... without the «front man» this organization would have been exposed numerous years earlier, so his presence was imperative if the facade was to continue... it's for this reason and more that I despise what this once great man and Kroenke has done to my beloved club... the gutless, shameful and manipulative way they have treated the fans, like myself, is largely indefensible and this is why I felt it necessary to start offering my opinion in a public format... trust me, I resisted the temptation for many years but as long as the same shit continues to exist I will voice my opinions and if you don't like it maybe you should look for a different team to pretend to follow

We now move to Pebble Beach for the pro-am, where Jim Nantz will return from calling that brutish football game and get back in his lane, focusing his energies on the gentleman's game.

«There has been a collision of a large amount of immigration from eastern Europe and a UK labour market that is frankly too often nasty, brutish and short - term,» he said.

There's excellent support from Albert Brooks as brutish mobster Bernie Rose, while Ron Perlman is suitably dumb and ugly as his henchman Nino.

On assignment from Atlanta, FBI agent Wendell Everett (Cheadle) is not amused by Boyle's brutish wisecracks and politically incorrect remarks.

You have to give some credit to Jacques Audiard — who's otherwise taking a decisive step back from A Prophet — for going surprisingly easy on the figurative potential of a love story between Stephanie (Marion Cotillard), a whale trainer turned double - amputee after a rough day on the job, and Ali (Bullhead's Matthias Schoenaerts), a brutish security guard and distant father who moonlights as a back - alley boxer.

«The Hard Goodbye» has Marv (Mickey Rourke) an brutish ex-convict who avenges the murder of prostitute Goldie (Jamie King) that he had fallen in love with; «The Big Fat Kill» where private detective Dwight (Clive Owen) finds himself helping hookers fight mercenaries from the red light district and «That Yellow Bastard» sees disgraced cop Hartigan (Bruce Willis) protect dancer Nancy (Jessica Alba) from a psychotic sadist and sex offender (Nick Stahl).

Oozing with brutish charisma, Rainer Werner Fassbinder embodies the eponymous anarchist poet, who feels himself cast out from bourgeois society and sets off on a schnapps - soaked rampage.

Certainly the homeboys have their brutish moments — in an early scene, Vinny, Willie, and Tom place cash bets on how Tom's girlfriend will rate physically on a scale from one to ten.

Its characters come from a well - worn stock of war movie stereotypes; along with Wardaddy's tough but honourable leader, we have the god - fearing Bible basher (a fantastic Shia LaBeouf), the token ethnic guy (Michael Pena), the brutish redneck (Jon Bernthal) and, of course, the scared newbie, Norman (Logan), whose innocence is eventually corrupted.

Following the disastrous knock - on effects when a middle - class couple, who still love each other deeply, but are cripplingly divided on the future (Simin sees no future in the restrictive nation, Nader has to stay to care for his Alzheimers afflicted father), seek a divorce, it displays Asghar Farhadi as one of the great humanist filmmakers working today; he has empathy for everyone the camera points its lens at, from the couple's daughter to the brutish husband of their new employee, even as they do terrible things.

Other standout turns from the more experienced portion of the cast come from Bruce Campbell (the Evil Dead trilogy) as the realistic brutish gym teacher, Dave Foley («NewsRadio», A Bug's Life) as the peppy sidekick teacher Mr. Boy, Lynda Carter («Wonder Woman») as Principal Powers, and Cloris Leachman as the goofy Nurse Spex.

Joel Edgerton and Tom Hardy on the brutish and untrustworthy characters from classic fiction they play in «The Great Gatsby» and «Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,» respectively.

He needs to choose a successor from his three sons: brutish Cassius (Tiny Lister), conniving Julian (Rhys Ifans) and quiet, innocent Nicky (Sandler).

And now Weinstein, often portrayed in the press as a brutish and brash film enthusiast who could make or break movie dreams, has been officially ejected from the film community, civilized society, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, if not in that order.

The 2016 Tundra from Toyota is big, brutish and, despite its limited engine options, still holds strong resale value and customer loyalty.

Without knowing the history, the game looked like it was pulled from a 10 - year old's imagination and put together with terrible dialogue and brutish warmongering driving the comic book - like story.

Nasty, brutish and short, Ryse: Son of Rome has emerged from a seven - year development hell as a visually resplendent, preternaturally dumb action game that exhibits a galling, monotonous bloodlust.

Blending the brutish hack - and - slack gameplay of all but the first game (which was a fighter) along with basic strategic elements from Koei's turn - based Romance of the Three Kingdoms franchise, the Empires games are a discordant but oft - diverting mix.

With deadpan drollery, LaDuke raced through a gamut of concerns, from abject life to brutish death, presenting images of paintings that veered from the photorealistic to the abstract and of extraordinarily painstaking, lifelike sculptures.

He has at some point been identified with nearly every style of the 20th century — from surrealism's free association and the gestures of abstract expressionism to the cerebral forms of minimalism and the brutish marks of graffiti.

A large footed bowl from 1881, for example, features a pair of lively crabs entangled near its lip, their delicate modeling in contrast to the brutish facture of the bowl and the splash of greenish - black glaze over its otherwise unglazed surface.

The following as been excerpted from Twilight of Abundance: Why Life in the 21st Century will be Nasty, Brutish, and Short by David Archibald:

Like me I'd think he'd give environmental activists like Greenpeace very little credit for improving our environment, and technology / industry plenty for changing our lives from short / brutish / nasty to something much better.

It's a shorthand language that keeps corporate life from being solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

From candlestick Casanovas to brutish buffoons to headstrong heroines, we've got the home screen themes for you to represent your favorite character in a tale as old as time.