Sentences with phrase «jettisoning most»

Uprising is a weird concoction insofar as it manages to retain a tiny shred of the original movie's charm while primarily jettisoning most of its character and spirit.

On one hand, this kind of restraint is admirable, showing a mostly stripped - down Spielberg narrowing his focus and jettisoning most of his tricks.

And he has a history of jettisoning most managers at the companies that his division has acquired.

The aircraft had jettisoned most of its fuel into the sky and ignited it.

Taylor - Johnson and Marcel wisely jettison most of James's unspeakable dialogue.

Just a couple of decades ago, flicks like this were commonplace — sequels that jettisoned most of their main cast and creatives, trotted out a flimsy approximation of their predecessors, and didn't take things too seriously.

At just one minute in length, this trailer jettisons most of the plot details and instead zeroes in on Vin Diesel's Dominic Toretto as he leads the crew on one wild ride.

After the events of Street Fighter 4, but before the third game, which at the time was subtitled New Generation, since it jettisoned most of the old cast.

Maybe this is why the filmmakers have jettisoned most of the old fogy Gene Roddenberry tropes and pitched their cybertent with the under - 25 set — the Twitter Trekkies.

Legal recruiters knew when law firms jettisoned most of the transactional real estate and corporate lawyers during the recession that, when the economy improved, they'd be looking for mid-to senior level transactional associates who wouldn't exist, since none were being trained.

Not exact matches

The commitment most quickly jettisoned was the plan to replace Ontario's cap and trade...

Places that become sacred to us or places that we jettison because they no longer afford us the opportunity to grow to to contribute or to protect our relationship's status as most important.

The Christian foundations of our civilisation have been jettisoned as outdated and unnecessary by a large portion of our society but most especially by the political classes.

In fact, you could argue that Millennials» comfort with re-examining long - held traditions — and, sometimes, jettisoning them without hesitation — is one of their most Christ - like qualities.

Most of us agreed with the decision to jettison Shanahan at the time.

In 2015, tired and sore, the belle decided to get married to the town's most handsome suitor called Mr Progressive, and jettison the Conservative rapist forever.

This movie from NASA's Curiosity rover shows most of the high - resolution frames acquired by the Mars Descent Imager between the jettison of the heat shield and touchdown.

The works of Max Brooks, who wrote 2003's satirical and subversively political, «The Zombie Survival Guide», and 2006's, «World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War», provided the kernels of inspiration for this mega-budgeted horror - action - thriller that mostly makes up its own narrative, independent of much of the book content (jettisoning the first - person account style and most of the events), to make it fit more with the ranks of current, eye - candy loaded popcorn movies than a thoughtful adaptation of the best - seller.

Anderson wisely jettisons some of the inessentials and introduces a few new elements, the most pronounced and ingenious being Sortilége, a minor character from the novel who transforms into a narrator / guardian angel / apparition played by Joanna Newsom.

The worst moments are ported complete from the Tolkien source material (and the theatrical version of The Two Towers): the convenience of a fortuitous in - battle as little Sam storms an enemy keep by himself, the deus ex machina of giant eagles arriving at moments of crisis (in fairness, it seems as though the scene establishing their summoning has been jettisoned), the curiously limp money shot of Aragorn's grasping of his legacy, and a general narrative choppiness that defeats pacing and deadens interest for all but the most invested.

But Peace Walker takes those complaints and jettisons them into the ocean, making this portable title one of the biggest, most expansive Metal Gear outings ever.

Yes, you read right: Austria's king of feel - bad cinema hasn't jettisoned his formalistic rigor or suddenly embraced sentimentality, yet the White Ribbon filmmaker has delivered his most blatantly heartfelt, humanistic work to date.

Thus, jettisoning DB pensions, as the authors recommend, can be expected to cause increased turnover and attrition of our most - effective teachers, hurting productivity and quality, in other words, exactly the wrong solution for our schools.

Rather, Duncan's much - touted «loose - tight» proposal entails jettisoning NCLB's overdone remedy cascade for most schools in return for a more prescriptive federal role in «turning around» schools that score in the bottom five percent on tested achievement.

Lately, most of PAG's components have been jettisoned, lest they distract Ford — pockets no longer bottomless — from the new Job One: keeping the namesake brand alive.

Most significantly, the new Mustang now has independent rear suspension, a move that comes 30 years after most manufacturers jettisoned live rear axMost significantly, the new Mustang now has independent rear suspension, a move that comes 30 years after most manufacturers jettisoned live rear axmost manufacturers jettisoned live rear axles.

On the down side it is lumbered with a truly dire voice control system which shout have been jettisoned at birth, rubbish characters and dialogue (with one exception) and an arse - about - tit structure which puts most of the good stuff near the front of the game.

The most gratifying of these is undoubtedly the Digger, as while the Boomshot functions as a typical grenade launcher, the Digger has the opposite effect as it jettisons a piranha mole that tunnels underground with a proximity payload strapped to its tail.

In its jaw - dropping ambition and painful excesses it signals the apotheosis of the brand of curator, most prevalent in Europe, who seems more interested in politics than aesthetics and is intent on jettisoning anything resembling spectacle in favor of ponderous pedagogical entreaties.

With a sensibility that resists serial rigor and jettisons the notion that you can get everything right, Butler fully realizes her belief that the most interesting and enduring stories are imperfect and incomplete, showcasing an appealingly unresolved tension between restless impetuosity and grounded rigor.

But as Jordan Furlong observes at Law21 such knee - jerk reactions don't necessarily make good business sense since jettisoning associates indiscriminately can lead to a loss of top notch legal talent that can hurt a firm in the long run (indeed, intellectual «capital» is perhaps a law firm's most valuable asset).