Sentences with phrase «levity where»

He can both acknowledge the daftness of the plot and add levity where needed, but Johnson also is wise enough to know how not to play it.

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Most interesting are the World War II — era army - commissioned cartoons demonstrating to soldiers with disconcerting levity how to avoid malaria - packing mosquitoes and where to relieve themselves to avoid contaminating their buddies.

From here Katniss and Peeta are primped and prepped for The Hunger Games by a host of well - known actors (Woody Harrelson, Wes Bentley, Stanley Tucci, Lenny Kravitz and a scene - stealing Elizabeth Banks), all of whom help bring weight or levity when and where required.

By 2016, when the first film was released, superheroes were already funny, but Deadpool 2 imagines an alternate timeline where the genre is still in desperate need of levity.

Doctor Strange's first cinematic debut, however, gives viewers a quickly paced origin story that feels as familiar as most contemporary superhero stories, where the viewer tags along to see how a man adapts to become something extraordinary, but in every other aspect the film provides relentless spectacle and levity.

Jennifer Jason Leigh plays Sutter's brittle working mom, raising him alone; Bob Odenkirk, whose salty Saul Goodman adds a dash of levity to Breaking Bad, appears as the owner of the men's clothing store where Sutter clerks.

Chazelle's script rides a fine line between intensity and levity, as well as success and failure, by taking the story to places not many are expecting, but it's right where things need to go to keep these characters — and subsequently the audience — on their toes.

That's what we find exciting about games, that there's still this levity to it, where you can go crazy and come up with combinations that people don't necessarily expect.

This is a bleak film, where the heroes efforts to save his daughter feels futile, without a single moment of levity, and never a positive moment of family bliss.

There are a couple of decent laughs to be had, and about a dozen or so smiles, but unlike its predecessor, Legally Blonde 2 has several stretches of scenes where the levity and mirth take a break, leaving us a bit bored when there's not much going on except some necessary explanations in order to make this ambitious plot work.

On the other side of the coin, it is nice to have an RPG not take itself too seriously, so if you want an RPG that takes the whole «we need to save the world» thing with some levity and where your characters have some fun along the way, L: CotS may be your cup of tea.

That's what we find exciting about games, that there's still this levity to it, where you can go crazy and come up with combinations that people don't necessarily expect.