Sentences with phrase «lack of substance»

One of my biggest problems with the first game was the severe lack of any substance in terms of other game modes.

Rather than understatement I felt it was a case of lack of substance.

This is an election which is fundamentally about lack of substance.

Sometimes I literally want to cry over the terrible writing and its complete lack of substance / plot.

What do you do when a game has broken mechanics, little to no story and a complete and utter lack of substance?

These choices feel like cheap distractions and attempts to hide the movie's basic lack of substance.

An abundance of style and an almost total lack of substance make Wong Kar - wai's Happy Together a visually arresting but ultimately unrewarding excursion.

And in a thinly - veiled attack upon Mr Cameron, who like the prime minister has been criticised for a perceived lack of substance, Mr Blair said: «I could once have just stood up and been a touchy - feely politician people kind of liked and who looked a bit different from the normal.

Predominantly silent, this animated film has moments of charm, but mostly its slow pace and lack of substance makes for a dull time.

Always good to hear the likelihood that Labour will be ousted at the next election is increasing as PoliticsHome suggests, but I hope that we do not turn out to be the same lack of substance and abundance of spin that Blair / Brown brought to the table.

The eHarmony rep focuses on his barren profile and subsequent lack of any substance in his life to add to his profile.

Though colorful and fast - paced, Flushed Away nevertheless possesses an oddly uninvolving vibe; the almost total lack of substance ensures that most viewers will have an awfully hard time finding much here to embrace, though the computer animation (a first for Aardman) is surprisingly impressive.

Lack of substance aside, though, Ouija might offer easy thrills for those in the mood this Halloween season.

The touch screen control scheme is well done, however, the simplistic battle system and lack of substance keep this game from standing out amongst the dozens of other JRPGs on the system.

He has said repeatedly — as recently as six days ago — that the presidential hopeful would have to significantly change his tone and lack of substance in order to win his endorsement.

The Conservatives have made an impressive start to the week; party strategists knew their key vulnerability was the charge of lack of substance to Tory plans.

Her piece («The Will to Disbelieve,» February 2009) supports the equally trenchant observation by one analyst (whose name escapes me) that all the loud pronouncements from academia have one thing in common: their total lack of substance.

It's just a shame that the script was written with a grade school audience in mind, and a complete lack of substance to go along with it (though we don't know if screenwriter Jon Spaihts or Damon Lindelof is to blame).

Some have found profundity in the images, but I found them to be empty ciphers masquerading as profundity, making Only God Forgives into the sort of film that covers up its utter lack of substance with extreme style.

Though «Shell» is visually stunning, it's likely its lack of substance (a deep psychological story about keeping your soul in an age of cyborgs) that might have gone over everyone's head.

Deeply unhappy, he had learnt the hard way that hype can not hide a lack of substance forever.

The reasons you sight around the lack of substance are right - on.

Granted, I gave in to the lure of the article premise and brought it up... but was not very impressed with the lack of substance to this posting by CNN writer John Blake.

They have seen the real Carl and they know he is unfit to be Governor with his unstable outbursts, smears, and total lack of substance.»

From the beginning of Campaign 2008, liberal media pundits have fawned over the Democrat presidential candidates while ignoring their lack of substance on the issues.

Despite that, it was fantastic how little he managed to say, in his own words at least, pulling instead the old undergraduate trick of hiding a lack of substance behind a flurry of worthy academic quotes.

They have seen the real Carl and they know he is unfit to be Governor with his unstable outbursts, smears, and total lack of substance,» Vlasto said.

[They have seen the real Carl and they know he is unfit to be Governor with his unstable outbursts, smears, and total lack of substance... As we all know by now, Carl has a casual relationship with the truth.»

Katko has been critical of Trump throughout the GOP primary race, blaming the billionaire reality television star for a lack of substance in the campaign.

U.S. Rep. John Katko says he's undecided about which Republican presidential candidate he'll support this year, and blames frontrunner Donald Trump for a lack of substance in the campaign.

U.S. Rep. John Katko, R - Camillus, last month blamed Trump for a lack of substance in the GOP presidential campaign.

Mike Haynie, a national advocate and Syracuse University's vice chancellor and director of the school's Institute for Veterans and Military Families, says he was so upset by a lack of substance on the issue Wednesday night at a presidential forum that he turned to his 1,667 Twitter followers in disgust.

I doubt that they will be fooled by such a speech and its lack of substance suggests that there is as little desire within the Conservative Party to address the real issues as there is within Labour and the Libdems.

Katko has blamed Trump for a divisive tone and lack of substance in the 2016 presidential campaign, and said as recently as last month that the Manhattan billionaire would still have to earn his vote.

«When you think about it, it masks his lack of leadership, his lack of substance and perhaps most important, his lack of any really meaningful accomplishments,» Katko said.

Daredevil is not fluff, or lack of substance but real action, and drama that knows its past.

She adds that this type of profile also suggests superficiality, lack of substance, and / or laziness.

Despite a fun, lively start, I, Tonya eventually becomes buried beneath its lack of substance.

Some perceive this nature as a lack of substance which somehow makes this work less important than one of the studio's denser fare.

While the negative stance this film takes on the institutions of religion is interesting, there is no follow through, with the impressive dystopic aesthetic not covering up for the film's lack of substance.

The lack of substance in the film isn't surprising, though this is coming from someone who enjoyed The Hangover (at least, the first time around) and is actually a part of the key demographic.

Unfortunately for all of The Good Dinosaur's style, it's overshadowed by its lack of substance.

A little bit of flair can't hide the lack of substance, his insufficient camera coverage, or the limited acting abilities of cast members like retired MMA fighter and Expendables support Couture.

It tries to flesh things out with period tunes, a stop to a predominantly black donut shop, and a subplot involving Elvis» associate wanting to get home to propose to his girlfriend, but you still come away recognizing and quite possibly lamenting a lack of substance.

The 79 - year - old director of The Exorcist has criticised the lack of substance in contemporary blockbusters and claimed that television is where the great storytelling lies