Sentences with phrase «lead characters did»

A lifeless cast of lead characters did very little to alleviate the turgid, convoluted plot which only became relevant (and intriguing) in the opening and closing scenes of the game.

Just because they aren't the lead character didn't mean they were marginalized.

Now I see it more about music with the two lead characters doing what non-actors do: talk non-spectacular things in unspectacular ways.

Not exact matches

It can be a confusing platform to use, tweets are often dashed off from smartphones, hashtags can be hijacked and humor doesn't always translate in 140 characters or less — all of which can lead to fiascos like these.

Although much of the Old Testament does have historically verifiable occurances, the lead characters are heads of state or high priests or the stories are about the nation as a whole.

Our lead characters are facing the deep complexities and consequences of resistance, and if it doesn't shock, it stings.

Just adding courses won't do, Theological Literacy for the Twenty - First Century makes clear that thinking about the character of theological literacy leads to good ideas for too many courses to fit into even an expanded seminary program.

We need not recall here the history of what led up to the declaration of Humani Generis (which is doctrinal in character, even if it does not constitute a dogmatic definition), starting with the pronouncement of the local synod at Cologne in 1860 rejecting evolution in any form, the censure passed on the works of theologians favourable to evolution, such as M. D. Leroy (1895) and P. Zahm (1899), the decree of the Biblical Commission in 1909, the tacit toleration of works favourable to evolution by theologians such as Ruschkamp (1935), Messenger (1931), Perier (1938), down to Pius XII's Allocution to the Papal Academy of Sciences in 1941.

Arguing that some criticism has been trivial, Stuart added: «If it's people saying «I didn't like it because God was a black woman», I don't really have a lot of time for that because ultimately, if you read the story, you understand exactly why God chooses to present himself to the lead character, Mack, in that way.»

Ozil is too soft and doesn't have the character to lead us to glory and Theo is the most inconsistent player in the world!

There was no doubt that he was well loved by fans and team alike, so I think it upset a lot of the team as well, and as his character led people to think he was a good guy, and he wouldn't follow through, I guess it was shocking when he did.

Paul Pogba channeled his inner Goku (the lead character of the show) as he got a new, show - inspired haircut done.

This conclusion then leads to an even deeper implication: It doesn't really matter if we label these qualities grit or self - control or tenacity or perseverance, or whether we define them as character strengths or noncognitive skills — or anything else, for that matter.

But a leading child - development expert cautions that two - parent families are in trouble, increasingly hard - pressed to do the thing that human society has always relied on families to do: develop the competence and character of children.

But the review did not allay local concerns over the impact of the development on the community's character and whether it would lead to regular commercial air travel at Republic.

The researchers say the results don't point to racism in particular shows but to a pattern across many shows that viewers may pick up on without realizing it, leading them to associate positive qualities with white characters.

«In most solifuge families, species identification is based primarily on features of the jaws, yet no comprehensive survey of these character systems has ever been done,» said Tharina Bird, a senior curator at the National Museum of Namibia and lead author of the paper.

If the cell's chain of command is led by characters like Homer Simpson, then, rest assured, there's going to be no work done and you won't be able to power the entire city of Springfield i.e. your body.

Well, some of the smaller characters seem underdeveloped, though I'm more willing to let that pass based on the quality work done with the leads.

Every minute of it does not lead into a cohesive narrative, but simply leads us to the next set piece for our idiot characters to stumble into.

You may remember from the last column, US # 77, I wrote about the 1947 film noir Desperate and mentioned that the leading character got his wife out of town before the bad guys could do her any harm.

The lead character in Santa Clarita Diet feels the urge to constantly eat human flesh and, impulsively, she does so, while her husband tries to help her adjust to the changes by helping her out with whatever she needs.

Didn't like the characters (the lead boy and girl), the flat 2D cinematography was nauseating (every shot is either side on, front on, top down, no angles, no depth), and the story was just a little too quirky for me, although I appreciate

Some of the characters, beginning with Matt and closely followed by Peter, don't register much at all, leading to the thought that DuVall should at least have brought aboard a writing partner to help create more distinctive characters and dialogue.

I didn't expect Ceylan to remake Distant, but I was surprised by the shallowness of the lead characters.

Yet these little pit stops feel more like time killers than effective character moments: it's obvious that Dodge and Penny will eventually develop feelings for one another, but our two leads just don't have enough chemistry to pull off the illusion.

Maïwenn brings up the dirty and dark side of Paris with the help of an excellent team of child actors - Malonn Lévana, the lovely little girl of «Tomboy» (where she plays the sister of the leading character) is someone to keep an eye on - and the best known actors of the French cinema of today: Marina Foïs, Sandrine Kiberlain, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Frédéric Pierrot, Karin Viard, Louis - Do de Lencquesaing, Alice de Lencquesaing (L'heure d'été, Le père de mes enfants), Jérémie Elkaïm (La guerre est déclarée), Karole Rocher, and others.

Here both characters do, which leads to a nice scene where Dylan's sister simply explains to him why the whole friends - with - benefits idea doesn't work.

Though seemingly born with a battered bulldog countenance and a rattly voice best suited to such lines as «We don't like you kind around these parts, stranger,» tough - guy character actor Kenneth Tobey was originally groomed for gormless leading man roles when he came to Hollywood in 1949.

This film does not have a big budget and this film could almost still work without any other characters but the two lead so the film feels very independent.

Black's feature directing experience might be limited to Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, but that underappreciated gem did feature plenty of quick quips from Robert Downey Jr.'s lead character.

I don't know how thin these characters are, as they are rich historical figures and are very often very well - portrayed, but there is something lacking about the expository aspects of Philip Dunne's, Gina Kaus» and Albert Maltz's script, which pays little mind to secondary characters, and isn't even all that layered with the leads, who, to a lesser extent, join most all other characters in supplementing a sense of melodrama.

Characters respond dynamically to what you do all over the world and even react differently based on who you have in the lead.

All the lead's do well in this character study that becomes a chase movie, the actors given space to not explain every character nuance to us, the photography's decent, wide vistas of rugged Western canyons.

How do you review a film with a lead character so self - aware he's capable of reading said review, then cracking wise about it with numerous inventively offensive putdowns?

Like its lead character, In Stereo does not want to do the necessary work.

He reportedly auditioned for a small part, and though the show's producers did not deem him right for the characterization, they felt so impressed by Eigenberg's presence that they created the character of Steve Brady especially for him, as an extension of his own personality; the plan, again, was to create a sincere, committed, down - to - earth male paramour to offset Miranda's (Cynthia Nixon) cynicism.Though initially intended as a temporary part, the popularity of the character among viewers (and Eigenberg's onscreen chemistry with Nixon) led to Eigenberg's permanent inclusion on the show, as well as subsuquent movies.Circa 2002, Eigenberg expanded into film roles by playing the business partner of Richard Gere in Mark Pellington's underrated supernatural thriller The Mothman Prophecies.

Often cast as a sex - symbol on the basis of her looks, here Robbie's hair is dyed in some effort to deglamorize her (it only half works) but she's wonderful in the part, doing a good job with her southern accent, and excellently conveying a character that's clearly led an ultra sheltered life, but now has to totally fend for herself, and even physically care for the often sick Ejiofor.

As if it's not enough that the characters are kind of unlikable in certain areas, this narrative that does little outside of simply meditate upon the questionable leads is pretty thin, and that really undercuts much momentum, to where natural shortcomings play an instrumental role in bringing the final product to mediocrity, and yet, I won't go so far as to say that this film's story concept is completely juiceless, as its portrayal of a nerdy manchild's lifestyle is pretty realistic, if not genuine, and therefore kind of intriguing.

Like its lead character, these films say and do a lot of dumb, sometimes offensive things (and have a tendency to be long - winded), but they have good hearts and want nothing more than to please.

It was too short, the lead character Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes) was a whiney little # $ ## who didn't do much in it, but the book's biggest sin was it didn't really delve into what it must of been like for the Pevensie kids — High King Peter Pevensie (William Moseley), Edmund Pevensie The Just (Skandar Keynes), Lucy Pevensie — The Valiant (Georgie Henley) and Susan Pevensie (Anna Popplewell) adjusted to the idea that they were adult Kings and Queens trapped as powerless 13 — 16 year old children.

He did not simply depart from the facts of history, inventing, in the title characters, a squad of mostly Jewish - American killers led by a United States Army lieutenant from Tennessee; he rewrote the past in the vivid, visceral language of film fantasy.

McKay and star / co-writer Will Ferrell certainly know their audience, and their buffoon of a lead character has just as many bizarre rants and nonsensical catchphrases as he did the first time around.

We know where the story will go, but we invest so heavily into the lead characters that we don't mind this fact.

If you don't know, the lead character is sixteen - year - old Katniss Everdeen, and, according to Variety and EW, the list of actresses reading for the part includes 2010 Oscar nominees Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone) and Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit), as well as Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine), Chloe Moretz (Kick - Ass), Emma Roberts (It's Kind of a Funny Story), Lyndsy Fonseca (Kick - Ass), Saoirse Ronan (the upcoming Hanna), Emily Browning (the upcoming Sucker Punch) and the lesser known Shailene Woodley (TV's The Secret Life of the American Teenager) and Kaya Scodelario (U.K. TV's Skins).

At one point, our lead character is asked the question «how does it feel to the bargain basement Stephen King?»

Ms Green does well with the confused lead character.

I don't normally notice, or care about, such trivialities, but this was one of the most plotless movies I've seen in a long while, filled with wooden acting performances (Urban seemed to be on auto - pilot, and Clancy Brown as the lead Viking looks to have had his usual menace stifled by the uncomfortable head gear) and underdeveloped characters.

Yes, do note that I said that the underdevelopment makes it «hard [u] er [/ u]» to get invested in the characters, because as if it's not bad enough that the characters are so undercooked and, well, kind of bland, they're unlikable, or at least the lead is, for although Sam Eidman's portrayal of the Scott Weidemeyer character is engaging convincing, the character himself is just too much of a manchild - concerned with the superficial and his own self - esteem over the concerns of others and growing up - for you to feel for him all that much.

Emily Blunt's character had casual sex out of loneliness and cried at the most girlie of times not something a male lead would do.