Sentences with phrase «from trite»

The secrets — ranging from the trite to the personal, from the corporate to the criminal, from the artistic to the magical, represent another facet of Kaino's project»» his interest in the archiving of conceptual power; the brokering of and the power of secrets.

Yet, as I approach the painting the barrage of material becomes apparent and I immediate become fearful that she is commenting on consumerism and pull away from the trite use of found plastics and glitter.

To aid the resistance in liberating Mars from their trite tyrannical clutches, Mason must complete a series of missions designed to reduce the EDF's influence and push them out, region by region.

Their closest family, friends and pet dog visit, only to find an empty shell with a basic single name title at the top and no content available, apart from the trite four lined post, «here's my new blog `.

She can even take an Adam Sandler film from trite to enjoyable.

It's a reframed version of the old «What is your weakness» question, but it steers candidates away from trite responses and opens the door for more dynamic conversations, says Boettcher — ones that help him distinguish the real problem - solvers and self - starters from the rest.

Not exact matches

While a concise instant message may seem to be an efficient way to touch base (without strains like rising from your swivel chair), the interaction can quickly turn trite or futile.

Try understanding what theories science is pursuing before say that trite «something from nothing argument»... no one is saying that since «nothing» really never is.

From the pulpit of a church, speaking to a live audience about religious diversity, Obama sarcastically belittled America's Judeo - Christian heritage and degraded its adherents with trite remarks typical of any atheistic antagonist, saying things like: «Whatever we were, we are no longer a Christian nation,» «The Sermon on the Mount is a passage that is so radical that our own defense department wouldn't survive its application» and «To base our policy making upon such commitments as moral absolutes would be a dangerous thing.»

Here again we are up against the trite notion that guilt feelings come from Christianity.

It grows trite to repeat that they were a new achievement of the ancient world; the stories from other oriental lands of the time were crude and commonplace by comparison.

That sounds a bit trite but, on Sunday night, as I tried to grapple with the enormity of what happened in Libya, Bill Murray singing «The theme song from Jaws» helped, in a small way.

I learned this method of tuning in and then adjusting from Ayurveda, and though to explain it, the idea sounds trite, I've noticed improvements in my digestion and mental health from the subtle change in how I season foods, the mindset I prepare them in, and how much attention I give while eating.

It may be trite to point out the different conditions at Manchester City's Eastlands from Droylsden, a mere couple of miles away but they are no less real for that.

Heather, this post is from September, you parachute in in MARCH, leave your trite little comments, hoping to drive traffic to your blog.

After a superficially worthy iteration of that now trite sentiment of British politicians, public intellectuals and commentators that national pride needs to be «reclaimed» from the «small - minded» and the «racist», the following 21 pages provided a tour de force in national chest - thumping that could barely do more to put its small - mindedness and contempt for the rest of the world front and centre.

It is trite that an appeal does not operate as a stay of execution and a judgment creditor can not be stopped from enjoying the benefit of his victory at the court,» Ogundipe added.

Yes Medicaid reform comes up from time to time, but to use this and other recent issues like «Gun Control» as the reason why Republicans are growing cold towards working with Governor Cuomo is trite rubbish.

«The sermon, is both trite and hollow, coming from a party with intolerance for dissent as its hallmark.

Avoid filling your CV with these trite words, says Lindsey Pollak, author of Getting from College to Career (HarperCollins, 2007), as they can make your CV «appear empty to a potential employer and may do more harm than good».

This is what you've been doing in the past: trying to figure it out all on your own, or listening to the same trite advice from the same bad sources.

Wearing gladiator heels is a good way to take a trite outfit from dull to extraordinary.

Not that I needed more talk in this movie, which lurches from one trite catchphrase to another: «I got this,» «This is what it's all about» and (this one's a double - decker) «We can go» round and» round on this all night long, but it's not gonna happen.»

Despite its dour atmospherics and some attempts at higher - caliber acting from Kevin Bacon and a large ensemble cast, The Following is a trite, gratuitously violent exercise in still more stylishly imagined American horror stories.

All the trite talk of nerds and mean girls feels like it's from a forgettable teen soap.

It's clear from the opening titles - dealing out a trite «terrorists or freedom fighters» simplification of Palestinian tactics - that this is going to be a determinedly apolitical movie, and that approach is followed slavishly through the entire runtime.

Grosbard mercifully avoids melodrama — the only real false notes are musical ones, from a score by Elmer Bernstein that turns familiar and trite when the film does not.

There is some heavy - handed symbolism, and a letter written from one brother to another that's almost too clichéd and trite to accept in the otherwise articulate piece of filmmaking.

While elements seem trite and I worried about the «message» being lost in the realm of «I get it» with adults being the audience it doesn't detract from how well put together this movie is.

The other elements of the film come together splendidly as well, from the loving - but - not - trite shots of Manhattan, courtesy of cinematographer Ben Kutchins (the «Veronica Mars» movie), to a first - rate comic ensemble that also includes Jason Mantzoukas, Andrea Savage, Natasha Lyonne, Amanda Peet, and Marc Blucas (plus brief but memorable appearances by Adam Brody, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Billy Eichner and Michael Cyril Creighton).

Then, when you least expect it, the script veers into soap opera and melodrama, invoking trite and mediocre sci - fi movies from years past.

As one should expect from Demi Lovato, the song is boring, disgustingly trite, and not particularly well - sung.

In Welcome to The Rileys (2010), a trite indie drama about a grieving father (James Gandolfini) trying to help care for a teenage prostitute in New Orleans, Stewart first divorced herself from Bella Swan.

On another level, the film is an overly glossy, ostensibly intellectual but deliberately trite mass - market romance (from the screenplay written by Pierce) about a reporter and a movie star falling in love while she shadows him on the set of yet another movie (in which he plays a cop along side Brad Pitt) for a magazine fluff piece profile she's writing.

The movie's major theme seems rather trite compared to the undercurrents about prejudice and self - empowerment, because the lessons Ned learns from his own experience are our entryway into and exit point from this story.

Performances from Serkis (Ceasar) and Kebbell (Koba) are simply spectacular and rich beyond the imagination; it's just a shame much of their homosapien rivals are boiled down to weightless stereotypes spouting trite unimaginative dialogue.

While far from perfect and falling into the expected predictable and trite storyline we've seen before in dozens of other buddy cop movies, «Ride Along 2» certainly works as a broad comedy.

They did this movie dirty, cutting terrible trailers that made the movie look hokey and trite and Paddington himself a demonic hellbeast unleashed from our nightmares.

Director Amma Asante and screenwriter Guy Hibbert (working from Susan Williams» acclaimed book «Colour Bar») have smoothed the edges and flattened the complexities of Seretse and Ruth's story, filling it with one - dimensional characters and trite expository dialogue.

The result, U-Turn, is a derivative, trite noir that resembles better films and better stories, with Stone trying his best to distract you from that sameness by dangling lots of flashy things and big name actors in small cameos resulting in a melted banana split; very colorful with no substance whatsoever.

Despite the fact that these comedies have been built almost entirely around boorish body fluid jokes and a very few bawdy gems («This one time, at band camp...»), in «American Wedding» director Jesse Dylan jumps so impetuously from dog - doo - mistaken - for - chocolate gags to trite tender - moment montage sequences to sex scenes involving invalid grandmothers that none of it — the jokes or the sentiment — comes across with any conviction.

As he transitions from one tale to the next, he doesn't get wrapped up in clichéd epiphanies or trite characters that are placed there just to keep the story moving.

The beats are predictable — it's obvious from the get - go that some sort of coming together against a common foe is going to happen — but even the trite bits are carried wonderfully, thanks to a stellar voice cast and outstanding facial animations.

Yet, the way the film is presented, it's also hard to fault the creators for the bad elements, as it draws inspiration from many films and comic books of the 30s and 40s that are exactly like this — fantastic stories with trite heroics and corny dialogue to string it together.

The relationship drama between John and Lori is the most trite of them all, but thanks to winning performances from both Wahlberg and Kunis, it's tolerable.

THE BAD: some horribly trite jokes liberally lifted from The Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy and other older and oft - used sources, film - flubs galore (the girl who falls into bed under the covers, several darts hitting a car when only one flew out the window, the monster's position changing while on the table, etc.), the Inspector Kemp (Mars, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) and Frau Blucher (Leachman, The Last Picture Show) characters, and Madeleine Kahn's (High Anxiety, History of the World Part I) singing.

Giving the monster rules and a backstory wouldn't just detract from our ability to identify with the blind terror of Maika Monroe and pals, it would open the door to laziness and trite horror conventions.

By the end of the movie, no character has been developed beyond trite descriptions, and whatever emotional weight the movie has from its outset is buried within a formulaic underdog story.

The only mildly creative touch comes from the scene selection menus, which present the chapter screens in a pill capsule shape, but even that seems a bit trite.

The conceit at the heart of Mr. Chartwell - the re-envisioning of Winston Churchill's famous bouts of depression as actual visits from a huge, slobbery black dog - is not cutesy or trite, as the book jacket blurb might lead one to fear, but clever and disarming.