Sentences with phrase «less bombastic»

I love Grant, but understand that he has a very specific style - if you adopted his techniques you'd be very deficient in the less bombastic consultative style of sale.

But instead of raging against the machine like Mr. Weiwei, Ms. Crosby tells subtle, complicated stories about her homeland, herself and colonialism in a way that's far less bombastic, yet just as powerful.»

He may have used the less bombastic John Hoyland to open the gallery, deflecting press questions about just how much obscene cash he really has, but this time he's going full whack with peacocking his Jeff Koons collection.

I suppose there's a statement about race being made here that's less bombastic than the Ku Klux Klan gate, but not by much.

Shapero Modern's «Rack «em up: British Contemporary Editions, 1990 — 2000» (until 27 March) is a thrilling survey of the less bombastic side of the movement's output.

This game is less bombastic.

The artist's ethereal remix of I'm Not Calling You A Liar, already one of the less bombastic tracks on her Brit Award - winning debut album Lungs, is the perfect compliment to the sequel's more personal, emotional story.

He is well known to moviegoers for his droll turns in big popcorn projects such as «Die Hard,» «Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,» «Galaxy Quest» and «Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street» as well and his nimble work in less bombastic films such as «Truly, Madly, Deeply,» «Love Actually,» «An Awfully Big Adventure,» «Michael Collins» and Ang Lee's «Sense and Sensibility.»

Given all this multimedia competition, a slow, tentative rollout is thus a necessity for a less bombastic film like Lady Bird or Phantom Thread.

The less bombastic a Scorsese film is, the less the Academy or general public show interest.

Yet although Gordon - Levitt presence helps to keep us invested in the story, you'll be left wondering how this dull, overlong film might have turned out in the hands of a less bombastic filmmaker.

Ukip is genuinely challenging the party in its northern heartlands and Wales, and it could be re-invigorated under a new, less bombastic leader.

Many senators, such as Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer of California, often do not face contested reelection bids, allowing them to move across party lines and make fewer and less bombastic promises during campaigns.

It is no less CGI'd and no less bombastic, but it gives special attention to character development and resists the neat ending we expect.

Too often, corporate hiring processes reward empty bluster and punish less bombastic competence.

Not exact matches

Ottawa's intentions are noble, but it is the bombastic tone used as a backdrop to promote the plan to Canadians that has been less than effective.

Palin has become less popular as she has become more bombastic.

Crucially, this bombastic political culture did not arise overnight, but emerged gradually over the course of many decades — in Parliamentary posturing against the European Commission, and in paranoia over immigration whipped up by the less scrupulous sections of the tabloid press.

MANHATTAN — Less than a week before Election Day, Andrew Cuomo is maintaining his commanding lead over bombastic challenger Carl Paladino, according to a new Quinnipiac poll.

Assumedly aware that he's making a movie about one of the less inherently cinematic of sporting events, director Janus Metz compensates with a lot of bombastic, jittery style, amplifying the crunch of flashbulbs to a deafening roar, restlessly skittering his camera around, generally taking notes from Ron Howard's Rush playbook.

Director Peter Berg introduces this animatic, which, less abrupt than the film's actual ending, features no dialogue, but bombastic score and sound effects.

A little less on the bombastic side this time, opting more for an arcade feel to the soundtrack.

Because as a reflection of society as a whole, the louder and more bombastic someone offers up their opinion, the less inclined I am to believe them (unless they are particularly compelling or the loudness is associated with some form of impending doom — WATCH OUT!).

As I am certain you definitely know, they will cost you a lot less that the stuff sold by bombastic ladies wearing pounds of ostentatious make - up.

Just as with the single - player campaign, the multiplayer version of Battlefield 1 feels less like a World War I simulation and more like the latest really bombastic shooter.