Sentences with phrase «gimmicky at»

While it seems gimmicky at first, this new function is rather helpful for larger phones, as it prevents you from having to shift your thumb up to the top of the screen just to grab the shade.

It's a useful feature to have and works surprisingly well, even though it sounded gimmicky at first.

I personally use lemon juice for all of those things quite often, and therefore find Citrus Spray quite a useful object, even if it looks quite gimmicky at first.

This led to underwhelming exclusive titles that were gimmicky at best.

While it might sound gimmicky at first, this new goal, specifically about collecting 1 million coins, is one that changes the way you think and play the game.

Reports suggest that the pressure buttons were gimmicky at best, susceptible to breaking and made the game harder to play.

The Wii balance board is also in the mix for Skate It, but this might be gimmicky at best.

While the idea of the themes or motifs may feel a bit gimmicky at first, like it did for me, there are ways that you can use a motif to buy stocks to create a nice dividend portfolio or other bundle of stocks, and save yourself a bundle on expense ratios you may have traditionally had with ETFs.

Other software elements in the retail giant's debut smartphone are gimmicky at best.

The electrically opening air vents and elevating gear selector are just gimmicky at this point and only make me ask, «How much will this cost when it inevitably breaks?»

It takes some getting used to and seemed a little gimmicky at first, but Crawl Control does work pretty well.

The touchscreen remote key seemed gimmicky at first, but quickly proved its worth when I used it to double - check I'd locked the car in a moment of paranoia.

Joe Wright brings enough artistry to the presentation of Darkest Hour that it's not without its merits, and Oldman's performance is magnetic even if it can feel gimmicky at times.

I remember thinking that it was kind of gimmicky at first, and didn't think it would take off as it has.

Not exact matches

The robotic system may sound contrived and gimmicky, but for Eatsa founder Dave Friedberg, the tech - driven approach is a means to support a bigger mission: selling nutritious and sustainable food at a reasonable price.

I kinda hope it fails, I do not like when some director uses some gimmicky stunt like this, at lease it is not in 3D.

But sometimes I find his actions on the show gimmicky or directed at the wrong players, and when that happens, I don't hesitate to call him out on it (possibly risking my status as a former Jamie Oliver Food Rev Blog of the Month winner!)

At one point I feared Scared Ed might offer to join Michael Gove's gimmicky Mum's Army.

It was gimmicky to me at first.

At a time when gimmicky titles reigned (head honcho, anyone?)

Even though fashion icon Diane Von Furstenberg got gimmicky with Google Goggles at her Spring 2013 runway show (according to recent news, the tech company has since tapped eyewear brand Warby Parker to chic up the futuristic glasses) and designer Vivienne Tam partnered with HP in 2008 on a special - edition notebook meant to appeal to the -LSB-...]

The personal overwhelms any deeper consideration of the professional in Creation; gimmicky, surface - level grieving and hand - wringing gives way to pitched, plaintive and downright grating voiceover narration, and one just knows at some point that Connelly will look beautiful but get all emotional, screaming and crying about how she's had enough and can't take it anymore.

The first hour of the film was excellent but the climax was pretty weak (sinfully teasing at an epic airplane fleet battle that never takes place) and the closing epilogue narration felt extremely rushed (also contains a gimmicky «The end?»

The result, however, is a derivative, gimmicky, at times dizzying puzzle that fails to engage.

The gimmicky references to real - life figures like David Bowie, Elvis Presley and Andy Warhol, all of whom appear in cameos, reeks of look - at - me desperation, while the fictional characters are so unlikeable — each one equally self - destructive and mired in some kind of hilariously manufactured conflict — that it's hard to know who you're supposed to be rooting for.

Also according to this featurette, the film's original ending had Mrs. Reno and Cathy sadly sitting at the dinner table after returning from Clint's grave, which depressed the test audiences so much that they changed it to the more gimmicky ending of Elvis singing «Love Me Tender.»

, while a little gimmicky (Lloyd reprises his librarian character), does manage to provide a good deal of insight into the difficulties of cel animation as well as the odd priorities of the filmmaking team (animation director Maurice Hunt declares, «Animation is the best art form in the history of the world» — a contention at direct contretemps with The Pagemaster's literary ethic).

It's a terrifying wake - up call, but it could do without the gimmicky sci - fi framework, which has Pete Postlethwaite in a cheaply computer - generated future, looking back at the early 21st century and asking why we ran so carelessly into the abyss.

The shot that stuck out to me when first watching the film might be considered too gimmicky to some, but I couldn't help a crooked smile at the playfulness on display.

Cameos offered up by the men behind Zack and Miri briefly inject energy and laughs into the film, but given the topic at hand it seems unnecessarily gimmicky.

At home, I took in some top - notch erotica, an Oscar - nominated documentary, a David Lynch mindf * ck, a faltering, gimmicky horror and a classic in the theater.

Setting a stoner comedy the night before Christmas might seem like a bad idea (or a gimmicky one at least) but in the hands of gifted director Jonathan Levine, this it's a brilliant one.

At first I assumed it'd be an annoying gimmicky, but the orange and blue duo adds an intriguing element to your tactical prowess; there's something else to focus on, aside from making it around the next corner in one piece.

I thought the plot, such as it is (a woman's boyfriend kills himself at Christmas, so she takes credit for the novel he wrote and goes on vacation to Spain with her best friend), was kind of gimmicky and not really believable, but I didn't really care that much.

As the first weekend of Sundance comes to an end, FC Editor - in - Chief Nicolas Rapold and Eric Hynes, FC contributor and Curator of Film at Museum of the Moving Image, discuss the white privilege and bacchanalia of Sebastián Silva's disorienting Tyrel, Ethan Hawke's biopic of heavy - drinking country singer / songwriter Blaze Foley, Gustav Möller's gimmicky debut thriller The Guilty, and the joyousness and charm of Sandi Tan's first - person Singapore - set documentary Shirkers.

The touch pad at first sounds like a gimmicky sap to iPhone fetishists, but in fact it is rather useful.

At least we were able to extinguish the gimmicky blue flashing light that accompanied changes in sound system volume (look in the «Audio Cont» menu).

It might seem like a gimmicky feature at first, but in practice it sounds surprisingly good.

You're looking at $ 41,445 to achieve both the useful and gimmicky technology.

Getting a 360 - degree view of your surroundings might be helpful when reversing, but seeing the sides of your car when it's just sitting still feels gimmicky, at best.

It's a touch gimmicky, but is aimed at the younger audience Renault is trying to attract with its raciest Clio.

Heads - up displays may be inherently gimmicky, but the one of the Mazda is at least very well executed.

Personally, I find that night vision is a bit too gimmicky to be useful — I'd rather be looking out of the windshield when driving at night than staring at the infrared video feed in the digital instrument cluster — but it somehow seems like a good fit for the Maybach's kitchen sink approach to gee - whiz features.

The only way this phone will be relevant at all, with its woeful specs and gimmicky nature is if they give it away for FREE for Prime members.

The 3D aspect sounds a bit gimmicky but if this hits the market at a lower price than the Motorola Xoom's SRT of $ 800, it should make for interesting competition.

For these reasons, investors should avoid QTEC at all costs; its gimmicky structure of holdings only Nasdaq - 100 companies that are in the tech sector is rather arbitrary and will not help investors accomplish any objectives effectively.

You will never find gimmicky analysis, sensational headlines, or careless recommendations at Simply Safe Dividends.

I'm always amazed at all the gimmicky strategies advertised on how to pay off your mortgage early.

In other words, in the future as now, your best shot at investing success lies not in guesswork and intuition — or chasing after trendy or gimmicky investments — but in setting a reasonable strategy you'll feel comfortable following in good times and bad.

Motif Investing also has a bit of a twist, and when I heard about it this past month, at first I thought the idea sounded a little bit gimmicky.