Sentences with phrase «justified by the story»

And when the action heats up, it's first rate and entirely justified by the story.

The use (and abuse) of a very young child in peril as a plot device is something I approach with caution, but in this case, without giving away too much of the final act, I feel it is largely justified by the story.

And aside from the dream sequences — all of which enhance and are justified by the story — the authenticity, realism, and social relevance established by writer / director Geremy Jasper is such that, at times, you could almost think you were watching a documentary.

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Christians who want to defend our faith are being duped by the Father of Lies into falling for a story that says Islam is the enemy and therefore anything we do to fight Islam (including posting obvious lies, including inciting hatred for men and women made in God's image) is justified.

Complex historical and literary issues are involved here, but a consensus exists for viewing the genocidal violence recounted in many of the stories in Joshua and Judges as the product of a royal period in which kings were attempting to justify their own nationalistic ideologies by appeal to divine favor.

You are one who has attempted to justify your empty beliefs by supporting them with your version of mans story of creation.

In the Bethel and Peniel episodes of Jacob - Yahweh «meetings» (28 and 32) the stories also mirror Israel's faith that, like Jacob, she is finally sustained and justified only by Yahweh.

I'm secretly just trying to justify the lack of creative story telling and step - by - step pictures around here.

While the bird story was traumatizing enough to justify some PTSD for the next, say, three years, by now I hope you're recovered enough to think about rugelach again:)

Writing a beautiful story to try to justify your prejudices or idiosyncrasies as other would call it, isn't an analysis by any means.

stop buying into the rhetoric coming from the Arsenal PR team, according to Coq there wasn't any locker room issues with Sanchez, beyond the issues created by the uncertainty surrounding his possible transfer, which was caused by the club... like I said many times before Wenger and his propaganda machine created those stories to justify Sanchez's inevitable exit, much like they did many times before... I can only hope that the fans at the Emirates don't give Wenger a moments peace at tomorrow's game... stop being pawns and voice your opinions loud and clear

People will change the story to suit them, so if your baby was «saved» by going unassisted, by birthing at home, or in a birth center, by having an epidural, or by having a c - section or a whole host of other interventions, you will find SOME reason to justify it.

But today's report warns that, while the health risks of smoking are well documented, the risks associated with passive smoking do not justify a ban, and suggests ministers may have been unduly influenced by media scare stories about the issue.

Smith referenced the story in his opening statement at Tuesday's hearing, saying, «Recent news stories report that NOAA tried to deceive the American people by falsifying data to justify a partisan agenda.»

The extravagant makeup and special effects are actually unobtrusive because they're demanded by the pleasantly formulaic story, whose conflicts — and broad, innocuous political allegory — justify the heartwarming resolution.

Created in 2005 to justify a fourth American release on DVD, the extended cut lengthens several scenes by a few frames and reinserts scenes depicting Maximus tending his troops and of political intrigue in Rome, but does nothing to alter the story or characters overall.

Catherine Johnson's story seems cribbed together to justify the endless flow of 22 ABBA hits penned by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson.

Komarnicki's script (based on a book by Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow) is a bit of a mess, unnecessarily jumping all over time in order to try to find loopholes to take this relatively thin story and make it something that justifies a feature length.

It's surrounded by some controversy as it claims to be a based on a true story but there's not a lot of corroborative testimony from the central characters to justify its narrative.

Except there's already one of those, and that justified itself a lot more than this by adding in a proper story and characters.

Soon Caroline happens upon a bunch of mutilated baby dolls and mirrors (see also: Walter Salles's similar - in - so - many - other - ways - too Dark Water), learns the story of how an old black servant couple (Mama Cecille (Jeryl Prescott) and Papa Justify (Ronald McCall)-RRB- were lynched and set on fire for teaching their white master's children the dark arts, and then discovers that Papa Justify, before his untimely immolation, had figured out the secret to eternal life by «borrowing» years from other people.

Harassment Epidemic Updates AV Club on Hollywood's long overdue moral reckoning New Yorker Emily Nussbaum has a terrific piece on Louis CK's comedy through the lens of recent allegations New York Times Louis CK has confessed to the claims against him «These stories are true» Medium Actor Anthony Edwards has come forward to say he was molested by a producer when he was underage Guardian Ellen Page has detailed homophobic remarks director Brett Rattner made to her during the production of X-Men: Last Stand Washington Post showing their utter depravity GOP officials are now citing the bible to justify Roy Moore's sexual assault on an underage girl.

Ullman's Mother Nature character begins the film, and appears from time to time, but she isn't much of an issue as far as the main story goes, and whatever laughs she garners (none, if you go by my laugh count) doesn't really justify her constant distractions.

Told through the eyes of the lesser creatures, the story questions justifying the ends by the means, and whether or not scientific research is abuse of animals.

So narrative gravity is very much a force in the January 17 - premiering ACS, and despite a vivid aesthetic reminiscent of the slain fashion designer's work — and some great performances from a cast led by Edgar Ramirez, Darren Criss, Penelope Cruz, Ricky Martin, Judith Light and Jon Jon Briones — the second installment of Ryan Murphy - and Nina Jacobson - executive produced anthology series simply doesn't have enough story to justify its length, as I say in my video review above.

Schnieders — The history of this French manufacturer — founded in 1910 — is related by Marc Douezy / 1932 Riley special — Malcolm Robertson describes this unique car a replica of the Rileys that drove overland from Australia to enter the 1932 Monte Carlo Rally / 1957 Ferrarids 500 TRC — A superbly restored junior (4 - cylinder) Testa Rossa has been driven by Ian Fraser / History on the Wall — John Dunne describes a series of commemorative plaques of Sir Malcolm Campbell and former Wolverhampton motor car manufacturers / Body - swap Sunbeam — This interesting story of an old (1914) body fitted to a new (1929) chassis is told by Bill Dowsing / 1929 Rolls - Royce Phantom I. — This month The Editor examines a splendid example of «the best car in the world», and asks whether the claim can be justified / Streamlining — Nick Walker writes about the development of streamlining as applied to motor cars from the early 1930s onwards / The Bleriot Whippet — Michael Worthington - Williams recalls the cycle car manufacturer who enjoyed a limited success in the 1920s.

Well read Brutal Gamer readers will remember that Dawnguard was trademarked by Zenimax, Bethesda's parent company, last March, which totally justifies why we pay attention to all those silly trademark stories.

The story unfolds in small bursts that are too spread out to feel fully immersive, and the primary gameplay mechanic doesn't evolve enough by the end to justify its initial creativity.

The MSMs eventually picked up the stories and their investigative journalists started delving into the scandal to reveal yet many more skeletons, and whipping up a general hysteria among the general public because of the lies that had been told to them in order to justify policies which caused the rape of our countryside with thousands of ugly wind turbines, which caused the numbers of people in fuel poverty to increase by five fold in only a couple of years and which caused many energy dependant jobs to be permanently exported.

This may involve justifying publication by establishing some sort of hypocrisy on the part of the subject of the story or it may involve some digging around to fi nd some sort of rule - breaking by the subject.

The ITO was clearly defective and misleading, but many people whould conclude that both the defective statement by the cop, or the full story, would be enough to justify getting a warrant.

Like many games of this genre (even Yooka - Laylee), the story eventually involves wacky animal characters and creatures such as a skeletal jazz musician (justified by the zombie dust) and an aged female scientist who is a turtle (I have no idea about that one).

As for the Nexus 5X, the story is quite the opposite, but this is justified by the lower price tag of the handset.