Sentences with phrase «larger than the characters»

Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame, playing the writer and his muse respectvely, are larger than their characters.

The largest enemies I ran past were even more intimidating, taking an appearance of massive dinosaurs dozens of times larger than my character.

The scope of the movie isn't larger than the characters.

Not exact matches

That «I think I can do it» is key — Musk's gut level faith in his ability to achieve any goal, and overcome any obstacle, is one of the most important aspects of his character that has made him a larger - than - life innovator.

«There are 1,500 characters available and the largest paragraph talks more about his father's accomplishments than his own,» said Ruff.

That's fine, though, because what the movie does so well is zero in on its core group of characters while also highlighting that there is a larger world than just them.

But this means that the environment, together with the society in question, must form a larger society in respect to some more general characters than those defining the society from which we started.

The person has not fared especially well at the hands of modern attempts to write about history, which have generally sought to locate historical explanations in the workings of large structures, impersonal forces, and social groups rather than the vagaries and razor - edged contingencies of individual character and agency.

In my family, we see life as a series of grand stories that simply must be populated with larger - than - life characters.

In an era of television characterized by fantasy, science dystopias and larger - than - life drama characters, Penelope Alvarez feels like the Every Mom.

On the contrary, the strength of the enforcement devices, the clerical and moralistic character of the legal approach at large, the duty of disclosure, the close control exercised by the community upon the individual and upon the law, if compared with the analogous legal institutions of the Latin countries, seem to disclose rather a more collectivistic than a more individualistic character of the common - law system....

«He was one of those larger - than - life characters,» she says.

This (literally) larger than life character adopting a crazy throwback technique.

Both at home, and in - studio people are loving Keenan Thompson's over-the-top rendition of an already larger - than - life character.

Fans arent tuning in for less than larger than life characters.

The former Juventus man is a big influence in the dressing room — a quick glance at his social media accounts tell you that — and a larger than life character.

I think it must be due to being so little and having those larger than life characters masquerade at a party, would be enough to scare any person.

Maybe it was something strange about having larger than life characters.

Take a one - hour guided walk, see a real vernal pool, and meet some larger - than - life characters eager to share their stories with you.

Kids love the larger - than - life bronze statues of Franklin, Bear, and other characters.

Together, the innovative brands have collaborated on a series of one - of - a-kind prints influenced by tokidoki's larger - than - life designs and characters.

Hence, the number of representatives in the two cases not being in proportion to that of the two constituents, and being proportionally greater in the small republic, it follows that, if the proportion of fit characters be not less in the large than in the small republic, the former will present a greater option, and consequently a greater probability of a fit choice.

British politics has been dealing with some larger - than - life characters this week.

In the next place, as each representative will be chosen by a greater number of citizens in the large than in the small republic, it will be more difficult for unworthy candidates to practice with success the vicious arts by which elections are too often carried; and the suffrages of the people being more free, will be more likely to centre in men who possess the most attractive merit and the most diffusive and established characters.

Once an Olympic rower, now the Conservative candidate for Wakefield, Alex Story is one of the 2010 campaign's larger - than - life characters.

It is a dialogue he hopes that, though sparked by a larger - than - life character, will be sustained and furthered by all members of the community.

For example, a person with autism who is viewing a movie of people in a room will spend a relatively large amount of time looking at non-social objects — such as chairs — and is more likely to look at the mouths or bodies of the characters than their eyes.

Drawing on the Greek origins of the word hormone they will create larger than life characters inspired by Greek mythology whose characteristics relate to feelings, behaviours and physiological functions affected by hormones.

Honesty, character, humility... The ability and desire to listen and care to be a part of something larger than yourself is very important.

On here looking for genuine female friends - leading to a beach and paddling at dawn - im larger than life character - def a book you should not judge by the cover - lots of interesting stories inside - i like going to watch friends rock band — writing - meeting and talking - im self employed - last job was a steeplejack - but fell through a floor - oops i guess best place to start is to talk to me - best description is a giantgentlebear - im looking for someone to talk too any where in the world or outer

Galifianakis» thoroughly nonsensical character is the film's weak counterpart to Ferrell's slightly larger - than - life caricature.

To his daughter, he's larger - than - life character, a charming prince or movie star.

Downsizing sees Payne and Taylor working on a larger palette than usual, but like their shrunken characters, the filmmakers» humor and their sharp observation of the human condition have survived the change in size and scope.

Though Lawrence is at the center, rightfully so, of The Hunger Games movies, they're made all the better by the excellent supporting cast that commits as fully to the larger - than - life characters of the series.

The combat is a chore as the enemies have hitboxes larger than your dodge rolls meaning you will get hit EVERY TIME, the weapons are about as useful as a toothpick against a sword unless you're playing on super easy mode, the story is an illogical mess with some interesting world building mechanics, the characters are about as deep as a kiddy pool in a hotel resort, and the main character never shuts the hell up.

Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Spartacus details the larger - than - life exploits of Kirk Douglas» title character - with the movie charting Spartacus» journey from a slave / gladiator to the leader of a full - blown revolution.

The film's cool, sober texture and its clever characters are often more interesting than the larger plot.

Canadian - born, Yale - trained Peter Donat made his mark on the theatrical world with his rich portrayals of such larger - than - life characters as Cyrano de Bergerac.

These guys an be very funny and they go above and beyond to sell their zany jokes and larger - than - life characters, best typified with Hefferman (Sky High).

He was in awe of larger - than - life characters — from Superman to the members of the A-Team — and knew the only way to become one was to play one on the screen.

With little personality of her own, and no prior experience of larger - than - life characters like Markway and Theo, Eleanor immediately falls for both of them (though in the case of Theo, her attraction appears to be purely non-sexual, despite Theo's predatory confidence).

From the very beginning you get a sense that Touchy Feely is about something bigger than the characters within the film and that energy and balance are two factors that will play a large part in how the story will take shape.

The single - disc DVD also includes the ten - minute «Larger Than Life: Adversaries,» with Mann and stars Johnny Depp and Christian Bale discussing their characters and their research (actors love to show off their research — did you know Depp was born about 60 miles away from Dillinger's birthplace?).

The film tries to play as a realistic crime drama, but blows it with larger than life characters and situations.

From a technical point of view, this allowed the team a lot of opportunities for balancing, but more importantly, having a large cast of named characters allowed them to tell an even better story than the already impressive efforts in the Loto Trilogy (the first three Dragon Quest games).

No longer limited to terse radio transmissions, Metal Gear 2's plot played a much larger role in shaping the flow of the action, and turned Solid Snake and his peers into legitimate characters rather than mere pixel avatars.

But to me he was always this giant behemoth, and to do it as sort of a normal - size guy didn't seem to fit the character, and more importantly I think we got a lot of value out of him being larger than life and, you know, this fantastic physical presence in - and I mean fantastic like otherworldly - this otherwise very grounded film.

So I played on that, I played on the humanity of the character as much as he is larger than life.»

Smiley is not the kind of character we usually affiliate with Oldman — who made his name on such larger - than - life characters as Sid Vicious, Beethoven and Sirius Black — but he gives a career - defining performance as the taciturn gentleman - spy.

When a character's most private thoughts are perpetually available to the reader, the resulting experience is at once more sensual and more narrow than its cinematic counterpart, our window to the world only as large as a single narrator's experiences, revelations, and prejudices.