Sentences with phrase «into hokey»

This takedown of capitalism could easily slide into hokey, but Marche guides the narrative with immense skill.

Not exact matches

I have very little doubt that our generation will be looked back upon with jaw - dropping incredulity by future historians who will marvel at how, in the 21st century, having peered at the mind numbing infinity from Hubble, delved into the quantum irrationality of CERN and unraveled the beautiful simplicity of the DNA codons, we still made important life decisions based upon the presumed wishes of some hokey, invisible, all - powerful sky - fairy dreamed up by some illiterate Arab tribesmen in a tent in the Middle East 2,000 years ago.

Again, I'll avoid going into any kind of details that would spoil the fun for those blind to what happens in the last 20 minutes or so, but after the intimate nature of the majority of the film, things jarringly veer into a really hokey, odd area that clashes with the rest of the film in a very unflattering way.

One extraordinary, discombobulating sequence sees the film transform into a Youtube video of a hokey»90s TV movie about a Victor Hugo séance.

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One could at least give the script by Schenk (Turkey Shoot, Barquero) and Simon (Phase IV, Marooned) some credit for taking the basic premise into a different direction, but not when that direction is this predictable and hokey.

Don't play it for its hokey and forgettable story, but instead dip into Dead Rising 3 whenever you want some mindless, delightfully excessive popcorn entertainment, as Capcom goes all out with the (then) new hardware to offer more elaborate weaponry, over-the-top chaos, and hundreds upon hundreds of zombies.

But if you're going to have a comic book depth, it's not a bad choice to bring aboard Ron Underwood to direct, as he has proven to be able to elevate hokey material into entertaining fare, as he did with Tremors and Heart and Souls.

Franco's Tommy Wiseau is an oblivious creature who bangs out the script to his mystifying tour de force in a furiously hokey typewriter montage; without any internal conflicts, motivations, or backstory to speak of, his ambitions are simplified into his relationship with Sestero, a character whose two modes are «wide - eyed» and «peeved.»

before launching into a superficially amusing but highly hokey modeling scene that parodies a few popular films.

As Horacia puts two and two together at a key point late in the film, Diaz gives his own spin on a hokey, century - old visual trope by placing the entire scene out of focus; his heroine only comes into sharp definition as she walks away, toward the camera.

Hokey period details, like Wilson's Elvis - like flip haircut and sideburns, or Farmiga's Liberace - style collar ruffles, are meant to lull viewers into complacency.

A fine example would be the Golden Temple theme, going from a somewhat hokey, disjointed jumble of notes into a grand Chozo Ruins inspired epiphany.

In fact, it took me a little bit to get into it because some of the dialogue is a bit hokey, especially when they're about to sing a song.

In an effort to make her into a team player, Coach assigns her to the 4x800 relay race and makes the relay team do hokey things like waltz in practice to «learn each others» rhythms.»

Two noisy American gifts made their way into Addis Ababa orphanages: Greene's whoopee cushion (265) and the Hollingers» Hokey Pokey Hamster (379).

A fine example would be the Golden Temple theme, going from a somewhat hokey, disjointed jumble of notes into a grand Chozo Ruins inspired epiphany.

The combat here isn't nearly as fluid as it is with ICEY, and it could probably use a once - over to downplay some of the hokey dialogue, but the art style and concept could be enough to push this into must - play territory.

Unfortunately Double Helix decided to wrap this delicious meaty core inside a fetid mess of hokey narrative, awful voice acting and some deeply linear levels; turning a great experience into a deeply flawed that's difficult to recommend to the mainstream audience.

It feels a bit hokey to make nature paintings, so I'm trying to play up the kitschy imagery; at the same time, I am sincerely interested in delving into all the diversity and visual richness of plants.

He adds, «Although doing this exercise might sound silly or hokey, it is based on a wide body of research into the power of rehearsing positive thoughts.»