Sentences with phrase «interesting points in its story»

Interesting point in a story in today's NY Times about «purpose built devices» which seem to have the upper hand but become irrelevant much more quickly.

While The Fall Part 2 has a lot of interesting points in its story, I'm sad to say that its gameplay isn't treated with same weight.

Not exact matches

There are many interesting lessons in this story, but one main point that the reader is invited to take away is that part of America's opioid problem has to do with patient expectations.

«There's no point in really being interested in the story,» he says.

Printing ushered in the Reformation and with it religious plurality and the differentiation of consciousness reflecting competing and conflicting classes and other interests (all struggling for the right to tell stories from their own points of view) in the same society.

Nearly everyone, I have found, is interested in the dramatic story of AA, and this is a natural point of departure for a discussion of alcoholism.

I have no interest in making such an argument, but I would insist that those who believe the story happened and those who believe it did not — or, at any rate, do not believe that it did — should both recognize that their beliefs at this particular point are largely irrelevant.

That is, the Bible is interested in such stories because they point beyond themselves («signs») to something more important.

Off topic,,, I must admit there must be some people out there who make it a point they spite Arsenal fans by cooking up stories about Wenger interest in players which just proves false when he signs an injured KK in January....

At one point the Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, obtained an injunction against the BBC, preventing them from reporting a story they claimed was in the public interest while he argued that the story was sub judice.

Website contributors with less media exposure can also learn how to answer questions or convey scientific information in a general interest story by reading more experienced commenters» input, Guilyardi points out.

My favorite exhibition was The Secret Lives of Objects, which shows several interesting objects and tells the story in their point of view!

However, I do think my experience as a U.S. immigrant has had a big effect on my point of view, and must have influenced the kinds of stories I'm interested in writing.

Kiyoshi really is the heart and soul of the movie and, in my opinion, the story would have been INSANELY more interesting from his point of view.

When the dance is finally beat, Robert Baker... or Alabama, there's something endearing enough about the pretty points in cinematography and score work, touching occasions in entertainingly well - paced direction, interesting spots in a colorful story, and across - the - board decent performances - especially the one by Evan Rachel Wood - for the final product to border on decent, ultimately falling under the overwhelming weight of the glaring tonal and narrative incoherencies, flat humor, dramatic contrivances, problematic themes, even more problematic leads, ridiculous story and onslaught of clichés which render Andrew Fleming's «Barefoot» an occasionally charming, but mostly mediocrely misguided romantic dramedy.

I consider myself a director first and a writer second I guess and while I am writing a new story at the moment I am also interested in the possibility of directing someone else's material at some point.

If you're interested in the subject matter but aren't really sure where to begin, The Fifth Estate an interesting starting point to whet your appetite, but those who already know the full and accurate story will likely be bored, while those who are wholly unfamiliar or uninterested will likely not find it good enough as a movie, or even a basic story, to want to sit through for over two hours.

It's clear right from the get - go that director John Huston (who co-wrote the screenplay with Peter Viertel) isn't interested in presenting both sides of this story - said Chief of Police is almost ridiculously evil, completely devoid of any redeeming qualities - but that's not necessarily a bad thing, as the filmmaker does an effective job of establishing each of these rebels (to the point where we're genuinely rooting for them to accomplish their complicated mission).

It's a great looking movie with and the story has an interesting, if not as original as Roger Ebert seemed to think it was, structure, with Fiennes's story told in flashback to Binoche until it reaches the beginning point of the film.

There are just enough historical and political details; the movie touches quickly on the fine points of British - French - Indian - settler conflicts, so that they can get on to the story we're really interested in, about the hero who wins the heart of the girl.

The story is there, I can't say I am all that interested in Afro Samurai but it all is cohesive enough to get the point across.

What's problematic in Luhrmann's version is that while his screenplay (co-written with frequent collaborator Craig Pearce) takes pains to parallel the book's tale of Jay Gatsby's star - crossed love for Daisy Buchanan, his filmmaking point of view suffocates beyond resuscitation any dramatic interest the story might have generated.

While the story of the successful man hitting his low point and having to turn his life around isn't original, the film is able to avoid cliche by making some interesting choices in how those themes are explored, which help them feel a little more unique.

by Walter Chaw John Hough's cult favourite The Watcher in the Woods is a movie about how a camera presents a point - of - view and of how that point - of - view, if it's not attached to a specific identity, can become menacingly voyeuristic; shame that The Watcher in the Woods isn't also about a story with characters in whom you're interested and performances that don't set teeth on edge.

The ashes of interesting commentary about the inherent classism in the professional ice skating world, as well as the cult of the true crime celebrity in the 1980s, point to the darkness that lies at the centre of the story.

The main story missions allow to be approached through multiple points of interest and strategy and this is what makes the game somewhat salvageable considering it fails to achieve anything notable in the story and technical department.

It provides a Rosetta stone for Anderson's career to this point, Pynchon's work serving as a template for an artist crossing genres while holding true to a certain standard of intellectual rigor, a certain florid prosody, a specific interest in telling true the story of whatever the times may be.

Some may also find the intentional revisionist history of the glam - rock story and its participants (David Bowie, Iggy Pop, etc) sacrilegious, though by this point it should be evident that Haynes is not interested in events as they actually happen.

The story feels like a whole lot of half - hearted attempts at an interesting idea, and this is where I can only assume (since this is from the director that brought us the awesome La Haine) that all the clever plot points were blunted in an attempt to make the film a little more mainstream.

QuICS is a reading response in which students record their initial thinking about a story by noting Questions, Interesting points, Connections, and Surprises.

While Selman and Elizabeth point out that the traditional view has been to steer students away from the movie version of a book, for fear that they'll watch the movie instead of reading, the two researchers hypothesize that creating a deep and thought - provoking connection between a movie and a book could actually increase students» interest in reading that book and that the very act of comparing and contrasting the way a story is told in two media could lead to a deeper understanding of the ideas in the story and of the characters and the choices they make.

For those interested in the finer points of education policy, I'd also recommend: Alyson Klein on helping long - term English - language learners, Chad Aldeman on the difficulty of «raising the bar» for teacher preparation entry, Mike Petrilli's Education Next piece on a schools agenda for working - class families, Kathleen Porter Magee on a great - news story for Catholic schools, Nat Malkus on the Title I funding fight, and Paul Peterson on the «Bush - Obama» approach to reform.

A good starting point for teachers to develop this interest in words for themselves is the book The story of English in 100 words (Crystal, 2012).

Narrative essays are told from a characterized perspective, regularly the author's, so there is feeling and also particular and frequently tactile points of interest gave to get the reader included in the components and grouping of the story.

If the blog is about the locale in which you set your book, include details about points of interest and how you incorporated them into your story.

As you suggest, the point of a good query is to get at the heart of what the book is about, so I'd think in the long run, better, more focused queries would help agents see more quickly whether this is the kind of story likely to interest them.

Walker's side of the story adds a valuable explanation, especially for those readers interested in reaching a better understanding of mental illness and its impact on families, but the choice to tell her sections in third - person point of view feels like a misstep.

With the Wikitude Augmented Reality application, users can find nearby BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) contacts in real - time, read reviews on restaurants close to them, or get the story behind an interesting landmark and points of interest.

Very interesting point about how non-genre stories might have a harder time in the self - publishing world.

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Most magazines forbid simultaneous submissions (submitting the same story to two or more publications at once), but I read an article that pointed out it isn't likely two magazines will show interest in your story at the same time.

We will publish your fiction, novel or short story in E-book and paperback format completely free of charge, with no fees at any point — we earn our interest by marketing your book worldwide.

The far more interesting story is the many thousands of indie authors who are now earning $ 10K, $ 25K, $ 50K, $ 100K, or even $ 250K a year — real living wages, earned by far more authors than at any previous point in history.

(Summersdale, 2011) has a really interesting social media success story from an author's point of view, which he shares with us in issue 2.

It's important to point out here that we are looking for diversity in perspective, so we're not just interested in stories that reflect a Christian point of view or its diametrically opposite, atheism.

He is most interested in stories that blend genres, in characters that have been historically underrepresented, and in voices that enrapture him to the point of missing his subway stop.

In addition, if you can provide personal stories from your own life or others to support those main points, your book will be much more interesting.

My point here is merely to demonstrate the flaws in ABC's deceptively straightforward assertion; once again, ABC is more interested in a good story than they are in good science.

Here's a few stories in the points and miles world that I found interesting: Barclays is finally getting into the transferable currency game.

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