Sentences with phrase «just gratuitous»

iAuthor is proving both «sticky» and habit - forming; an eclectic user - base with genuine discovery intent, not just gratuitous self - promotion.

(Although those who read for me despite their misgivings always say they were impressed at how I made the sexy stuff important to the story and not just gratuitous.

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It can however be deflated quite easily by changing «evil» to something more tangible but just as problematic; gratuitous suffering for example.

My question is this: Is our gospel accompanied with just as gratuitous, generous, creative and beautiful acts as Mary's?

Roquentin's confrontation with the void in Sartre's Nausea («Everything is gratuitous»), the defeatism of Mr. Compson in Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury («All men are just accumulations dolls stuffed with sawdust swept up from the trash heaps where all previous dolls had been thrown away the sawdust flowing from what wound in what side that not for me died not»), and Nietzsche's ironic and mournful declamations (such as his remark that the moment «clever animals invented cognition... was the haughtiest, most mendacious moment in the history of this world, but yet only a moment.

They contend that «what appears as gratuitous evil is really just the makings of aesthetic value in the Consequent Nature» (ECG 123).

«But it is nonetheless gratuitous as well as exploitative, just the kind of thing we would expect from this genius couple.»

Dean Burch, then Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, indicated at the Senate hearing that the broadcasting industry «s response should be «immediate and decisive,» and that their response should include sharp reductions in «all gratuitous and needless violence» in the programs children watch, and «the creation of substantial amounts of new diversified programming, not just the usual diet of cartoons, to open the eyes and expand the minds of young viewers.»

In a radio interview on Wednesday morning, Governor Andrew Cuomo's top aide dismissed New York City mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to fund pre-kindergarten with a tax increase as gratuitous, calling it a «tax just for taxing's sake.»

And it's not just her — adding gratuitous amounts of sugar to coffee is now quite common.

A bit off topic, but this outfit and how I like to address my daily looks, is just that, a bit sexy and ladylike but not gratuitous.

In fact, sparing us the gratuitous party scenes is not just good sense but an intrinsic element of the narrative since, thanks to a self - administered mickey that turns out to be roofies rather than E, the central characters have no more idea of what went on the night before than we do.

Don't get me wrong, I love gratuitous sex on many levels but this film just didn't deliver any real plot to me.

Serreau directs for maximum freneticism, with her actors rushing around and regurgitating great torrents of imperfectly subtitled dialogue (a gratuitous subplot involving drug traffickers seems to have been inserted just to double the hysteria), and while there are more than a few laughs, most of them are laughs of recognition — seeing these gags again is like coming across long - lost (and vaguely embarrassing) relations.

While it is true that the unassailable main character who leaves a wake of bodies in their path isn't often a waiflike teen girl, and not all action flicks feature European scenery (a novelty for North American audiences), the gratuitous content is just like most other offerings in this genre.

Refreshingly even handed and never lowering to gratuitous extremes, The Queen offers a very compelling drama that will leave audiences with something to talk about afterward — and even young viewers may be surprised at just how intriguing this story is.

This is why the attack on Charleton Heston at the end of the film is gratuitous and just plain mean - spirited.

Reminiscent of the incendiary offerings of the iconoclastic Catherine Breillat like Romance (1999) and Fat Girl (2001), Elles is a thought - provoking immorality play apt to stir up just as much controversy by virtue of its seemingly - gratuitous sex scenes alone.

When a character we are just meeting starts flirting with him, we know that the inevitable result is going to be a gratuitous rationale to keep Conor and Eleanor apart for another stretch of time.

The film isn't for the squeamish, but Travis shows necessary restraint in not making this a gratuitous spectacle just because it's rated R. Yeah, it's violent, but understandably so and Travis has a flair for making what could have been standard action scenes fresh, which is only enhanced by the stellar 3D.

**** Zachary F November 29, 2012 this movie is sooo funny Jon C November 29, 2012 a fun, crude, and hilarious comedy two girl roomates formulate a plan to make their own sex hotline in order to make ends meet hijinks and raw laughs ensue between two very different people who embrace their sexuality via telephone the performances from both Graynor and Miller are pretty damn fun to watch the dialogue is insanely funny and gratuitous there's a very strange cameo in here too by Nia Vardalos Justin Long adds a nice touch being the supporting gay best friend mentoring these two girls it's just very awkwardly humorous listening to these people talk in this kind of film, there's interestingly no actual sex happening on screen, no boobs, no ass, no exposed body parts the plot mainly focuses on the bonding relationship bewteen the two leads which is a good break from the usual norm we're used to I can't help but feel though that the filmmakers didn't have anything left at the end, some of it felt unfinished and unresolved for all those problems, «For A Good Time, Call..»

Kick - Ass isn't Ibsen, but it knows just what it is (I refer you to the title) and goes for the gusto: gratuitous — well, gratuitous everything.

It all feels thought through, natural, and not unnecessarily showy — just as the action in the film, and the many climactic lightsaber duels, feels motivated by the characters» passions and their commitment to their ideals, rather than like gratuitous excuses to show action.

Jerry Bruckheimer's dusty attempt to reboot the classic vigilante story suffers from a bloated and schizophrenic script, racism, lame attempts at humor, excessive violence, gratuitous vomiting — and that's just in the first hour.

But he's just having fun, acting across from idols and giving himself two love interests, one of those (Beau Garrett) purely for a random gratuitous non-nude sex scene.

No names just A British villain, A moody teen, A CGI character, A gratuitous cameo (all of which are true, by the way), Directed by an overpaid tool.

Brace yourself for gratuitous sex scenes that go on forever — there are four in total including one that's just a rehash of footage from an earlier scene.

It felt like a crossbreed between a Guy Ritchie mystery and a Quentin Tarantino crime flick, just without the gratuitous violence.

Oh, and just for good measure, in a gratuitous slap at House Republicans, the release quoted Barnes saying that the administration was forced to act because its «proposal to fix NCLB has been with Congress for 16 months» but had been sunk by «partisan politics in the House.»

You do get the feeling that the F - Pace could use quite a bit more power, though — 380 hp feels just about right here, and the gratuitous noise and power we love from the F - Type are somewhat missing in car that Jaguar claims is «the practical sports car.»

I just love gratuitous untrue complaints, you have to love those especially when a big part of that work is just made around those products.

This just means we'll have more gratuitous particle systems.»

Just as the original God of War trilogy was a product of its time — hyper - violent and littered with gratuitous sex, seemingly designed for the singular purpose of appealing to teenage boys — and PlayStation 3's maligned God of War Ascension followed the trend of needlessly tacked on multiplayer modes prevalent in that era, 2018's God of War is very much a modern third - person action game.

In Ion Maiden, Shelly «Bombshell» Harrison is about to leave a trail of gratuitous gibs all across Neo DC, and that's just fine by me.

From the perfect gratuitous explosion in Just Cause, to an unbroken streak of combos in Devil May Cry, there are just some things that give us that giddy feeling inside and allow us to experience a real sense of being a badJust Cause, to an unbroken streak of combos in Devil May Cry, there are just some things that give us that giddy feeling inside and allow us to experience a real sense of being a badjust some things that give us that giddy feeling inside and allow us to experience a real sense of being a badass.

In this game, it all just feels gratuitous.

It's gratuitous from the get - go, so after a few hours the violent deaths are no longer shocking, just unpleasant.

If you're looking for some tips, or just want to know how many Wang references are in the game, check back in as I'll be posting Easter Egg guides and an article with nothing but gratuitous Wang references.

The delivery of just one new work a year under the new scheme won't be able to redress any significant imbalances, but it should help ensure that the work is of quality and not gratuitous (although the budget for the purchase has not been disclosed).

davidmhoffer, I'm not sure I like your levity, and now look at what you've done with your gratuitous yelling just moments after the mods stopped goofing around with the italics.

Of course it ramps down, so effort expended is minimal.Susanne Labarre of Fast Company wonders why «What would seem gratuitous and gross anywhere else just kind of makes sense in go - go capitalist China, right?»

So, we won't have the luxury of being, in your words «a long way down the road to knowing just how much «self - sacrifice» we need to invoke — and we will have avoiding increasing the amount needed for survival through gratuitous delay of the «action steps.»

If we can do the best possible job of de-carbonizing our energy economy, starting from where we are right now, we will then be a long way down the road to knowing just how much «self - sacrifice» we need to invoke — and we will have avoiding increasing the amount needed for survival through gratuitous delay of the «action steps.»

Jack, a fellow SLAW contributor and CEO of BC's tech darling Clio, just posted on this a couple hours ago, so I won't provide a gratuitous retread of the particulars.

That means that if there's any hope for solving the massive spread of misinformation, hate speech, and violent content (to name just a few offenders) readily available on all of these popular platforms, it won't be throngs of poor souls struggling through hours of gratuitous posts.