Sentences with phrase «less a character piece»

It was more or less a character piece disguised as a raunchy comedy.

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The Bible is full of fairy tales and should only be taken as a piece of literature of great importance just as the Odyssey is, but it shouldn't be used to govern one's life, much less to help build a relationship with the biggest fictional and ever - changing character in human history.

It takes a similar plot (a girl's inexplicable obsession with a jerk as the crux of a police investigation), similar structure (flashbacks and an unreliable narrator expose the truth of the jerk's vanishing act), similar setting (a gothic academy), and even a similar conclusion (Abandon's is a million times sadder, if atonally winking in and of itself), but Gaghan, besides sparking with his characters in a way that is foreign to the makers of The Hole (there, director Nick Hamm is less interested in compulsion than in repulsion), has no use for sensationalism — The Hole is a piece of tabloid reportage next to Abandon, which wallows humanistically in the epidemic of loneliness.

His recent pictures, including the 1950s psychodrama «The Master» and the»70s noir «Inherent Vice,» feel less like stylized period pieces than weird, indelible relics of their respective eras — impeccably crafted, rich in mystery and deeply attuned to their characters» turbulent inner states.

I wish «Milk» had been more of a character piece and less of a manifesto.

While it allows Bronson to be a little less serious than the brooding characters he's better known for, the plot is an utter mess and the rescue attempts (there are several) are nothing more than a string of haplessly assembled action pieces that only serve to illustrate what a terrible rescuer Colton is (as is his sidekick of sorts, played by Randy Quaid).

But that's less of a problem when we come to realize this isn't a character - driven piece, that Lockhart is really just a plot device rather than an actual human being for whom we're supposed to feel something — perhaps pity.

While a bare plot summary — the Doctor meets Vincent Van Gogh and helps him defeat a giant chicken from outer space — might suggest a less than serious episode, «Vincent and the Doctor» is in fact a deeply felt piece of work, with a wonderfully complex portrayal of its central character and plenty to say about topics that Doctor Who doesn't normally touch.

While the thin story is divided into tonally conflicting parts that move at different paces, it is less tiring than following one indestructible character through dull set pieces — an annoying staple of this genre until now.

Smoothly edited, tautly paced, it's less a technical piece than a surprisingly cerebral play revolving around the interactions of smart people doing their best to squelch that last iota of empathy squirming around in them — the ultimate undoing of at least one major character.

Compared to the precise character study of Obvious Child, it's a sprawling and less focused piece, but the film remains eminently appealing thanks to its wide - ranging empathy and lived - in performances.

Some of the characters are even heartwarming and charming, such as Barry (Michael Cera) as a defective hot dog often bullied by his peers; he goes through the tried - and - true story arc of finding courage while also realizing that his differences don't make him any less of a person... err, piece of meat, and it's a joy to watch.

As a piece of Christian propaganda it fails on the level of emotional manipulation because you couldn't care less about the characters.

The large - scale action set - pieces are far less interesting than the character work, and are often plagued by — now - typical — shoddy editing.

«In Dubious Battle» is monotonous in its messaging, working only when it allows itself to be a character piece less tied to Having Something to Say.

It is this array of characters that really give the film its soul, turning it into less of a chase thriller and more of mood - piece that revolves around a (not so sweet) country, whose inhabitants and climate can spell death in an instant.

The One Piece spin - off, which had the less playable characters of any Warriors game, had around 15; on the other hand, we know of at least 10 playable characters on Hyrule Warriors.

Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks Brooks approaches her latest novel through the character of Bethia Mayfield, a minister's daughter with a hungry mind who has picked up her learning a piece at a time while eavesdropping on the lessons of her older (and less intellectual) brother Makepeace.

Visually, Check vs. Mate delivers a decent punch with individual character / game piece animations, a little less than a dozen stunning backgrounds, and a smooth framerate to keep everything nice and tidy.

Battle Colosseum in One Piece: Unlimited World Red is comprised of a few sub-modes — Battle Royale (which is a free - for - all in where two to four characters can duke it out), Duel competition (where players battle one - on - one, kind of like a VS mode), Boss Rush (a survival mode that pits players against bosses one after the other), and Chaos Battle (allows players to take on multiple, less powerful enemies).

This custom piece of hardware can even be laser etched with their gamer tag, name, or favorite phrase (16 characters or less of course).

Over in the graphics department, while the characters models and set pieces are much smoother than before, the textures seem a lot less detailed and the more open levels feel a lot emptier.

In addition, while the Netflix genres go beyond the standard Hollywood categorization (Rom - com, buddy flicks, period - piece, family - friendly), the descriptors are kept to 50 characters or less.