Sentences with phrase «handed inanity»

Alas, Gutierrez's script doesn't do her performance justice, especially the final scenes, which are an excursion into ham - handed inanity, unraveling in the most cliché of ways until even most viewers who may have been reeled in by the thriller elements will lose interest, having traveled down this road enough times to not be surprised.

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While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have failed to convince you of the deep inanity of your silly faith, some priest doing magic hand signals over grocery store bread and wine is enough to convince you it is thereby transformed into the flesh and blood of Jesus, because of the priest's magic powers (or «sacred powers» if you prefer the more euphemistic term).

While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have failed to convince you of the deep inanity of your silly faith, some priest doing magic hand signals over bread and wine is enough to convince you it is thereby transformed into the flesh and blood of Jesus because of the priest's magic powers (or «sacred powers» to the extent you see a difference).

These self - aggrandizing, self - appointed avengers think they win by screaming inanities louder than we can talk, believing they win when we throw our hands up in disgust.

When failed concert promoter Uncle Sweetheart (John Goodman) asks down - on - his - luck folk singer Jack Fate (Dylan) about the importance of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin to American rock - and - lore, the inanity of the answer (and the evasiveness of Dylan's demeanour — «Well, it matters to someone, I guess») isn't mysterious so much as inane and disingenuous; even the evocation of social phenomena as important and galvanizing to roots rock and the inner city as the myth of Stagger Lee is tossed off with a wry flick of the hand.

On the other hand, a few minutes of mind - numbing boredom or inanity can be torture worse than weeks slaving on the chain gang.

I picture Steve McIntyre holding his face in his hands every time DM posts yet another of his inanities.