Sentences with phrase «like gratuitous»

It all feels thought through, natural, and not unnecessarily showy — just as the action in the film, and the many climactic lightsaber duels, feels motivated by the characters» passions and their commitment to their ideals, rather than like gratuitous excuses to show action.

We love it for its globe - spanning cast of should - know - better Shakespearian talent; for its mixed bag of ideas (most originating in Herbert's book, others, like the gratuitous heart plugs, from Lynch's own warped mind); for its twisted wedding of ornate Euro - pudding epic, grotesque experimental horror flick and action blockbuster; for the stunning cinematography, immersive sets and beautiful costumes — and yes, even Sting's black nappy.

Because of Depp's detached performance and a rushed third act that seems cruelly indifferent to the horror of the murders, the gruesome ending does not feel like the shocking reveal the film was building up to, but rather like a gratuitous and unpleasant fuck you.

Q: You've said in the past that you don't like gratuitous violence in movies.

That's interesting, I suppose, but the murder subplot never doesn't feel like a gratuitous «hook» in a show blessed with such a unique and potent milieu, and it paves the way for more gangster shit from a former writer of «The Sopranos» (Winter) who apparently can't leave that series behind.2

With an R - rating, the film is afforded the opportunity to go weirder and dirtier than the lame brained spoofs from Friedberg / Seltzer, like the Gratuitous Nudity district or when they keep reminding us that Katniss is underage.

If you like gratuitous Green Pay Packers love, Tuesday's State of the State speech was for you.

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There is no resentment or alienation, because he knows these judgments as gifts from God, as gratuitous rather than possessed or earned, and so he recognizes in the modern naysayer a person like himself, one who does not yet understand.

Everyone agrees they do n`t like the amount of exploitative sex and gratuitous violence which they, together, create.

Since it didn't «work,» it seems like nothing more than gratuitous evil on the part of God, or at the bare minimum, some sort of childish temper - tantrum when the people He created stop doing what He wants.

I like the idea of apples and pecans for crunch — often the most texture you get in an egg salad sandwich is some gratuitous celery, if you're lucky.

That being said, there is a line I will never cross as the Admin is well aware; gratuitous filth, swearing at people and the like.

Like a certain Untolder or two, they prefer a certain minimum amount of gratuitous violence that is not permitted by the laws.

Now, a logical, thinking person would watch something like this and know that despite its gratuitous title, it is not about homeschooling.

In all these cases it does seem like Mr Speaker had valid grounds for intervening, but his gratuitous and over-long criticisms may well have alienated another chunk of backbench Tory opinion.

Credit: momontimeout.com via Lisa on Pinterest Chocolate Stout Cake Okay, okay — this last one is completely gratuitous, but how can you make a list like this without including a recipe for chocolate cake?!

A bit off topic, but this outfit and how I like to address my daily looks, is just that, a bit sexy and ladylike but not gratuitous.

Lovers of Downton Abbey will like this one: Like Downton, it proves that a good period piece doesn't need gratuitous violence or sex to be compelllike this one: Like Downton, it proves that a good period piece doesn't need gratuitous violence or sex to be compellLike Downton, it proves that a good period piece doesn't need gratuitous violence or sex to be compelling.

There's no more organic need for such a thread, and — like many of the flick's elements — it comes across as gratuitous.

This film does seem a lot more pointless and the ending gets racked up into a silly hollywood - like chase, and with some gratuitous cinematic and editing

This film does seem a lot more pointless and the ending gets racked up into a silly hollywood - like chase, and with some gratuitous cinematic and editing decisions made that shows this films wants to be something new but can't let go it's predecessor.

But ultimately, these shocking and violent sequences become repetitive and gratuitous, making «Red Sparrow» feel more like a cheap exercise in exploitation than a visceral tale of survival.

Serreau directs for maximum freneticism, with her actors rushing around and regurgitating great torrents of imperfectly subtitled dialogue (a gratuitous subplot involving drug traffickers seems to have been inserted just to double the hysteria), and while there are more than a few laughs, most of them are laughs of recognition — seeing these gags again is like coming across long - lost (and vaguely embarrassing) relations.

In his director's statement, Damien Power, who also wrote the script, cites»70s «survival thrillers» as his inspiration, and like «The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,» this movie has the hallmarks of torture porn: gratuitous slaughter, remorseless murderers and gruesome acts.

While it is true that the unassailable main character who leaves a wake of bodies in their path isn't often a waiflike teen girl, and not all action flicks feature European scenery (a novelty for North American audiences), the gratuitous content is just like most other offerings in this genre.

Once you've got To's cliché - ridden plot figured out, all that's left for you to do is sit back and relish the ballet - like bloodsport unabashedly served up by this flick's stylized fight sequences, reminiscent of the eye - pleasing, if gratuitous, gore of such over-stimulation mavens as John Woo and Sam Peckinpah.

Lucinda Dickey plays Christie, a telephone engineer working on overhead lines, and her hobbies include cheesy stuff like pastel leotards and leggings for gratuitous aerobics — so her character is obviously composed of welder Alex (Jennifer Beals), from Flashdance, and Regan (Linda Blair), from The Exorcist.

The storyline - which follows a compulsive gambler (Jay Baruchel's Andy) as he's given one hour to live by Australian hitman Reuben (Randy Quaid)- has been augmented with a whole host of gratuitous elements, with Andy's pointless detours (including a visit to a fast - food chicken joint and a quest to find a prostitute that looks like Rosie Perez) certainly ranking high on the list of Cole's unfortunate transgressions.

Rather than playing up the gratuitous pointlessness of cash - in sequels like itself, however, Craven's latest merely adheres to the very convoluted whodunit formula (and mounds of inane exposition) that it outwardly addresses via a from - the - grave video recording by Jamie Kennedy's genre know - it - all.

The film plays like a revenge fantasy, but it is really clever and never feels gratuitous.

I was hoping for the latter and also hoping that Roth may have moved on from his gratuitous early films like Hostel and Cabin Fever and actually managed to mature somewhat.

Once you've got To's plot figured out, all that's left for you to do is sit back and relish the ballet - like bloodsport unabashedly served up by this flick's stylized fight sequences, reminiscent of the eye - pleasing, if gratuitous, gore of such over-stimulation mavens as John Woo and Sam Peckinpah.

Spoilers be damned, anyone familiar with Christie's story knows that not everyone is going to make it out alive, and for as gratuitous as the movie may seem (the red - band trailer ensures this is going to be a hard R), it looks like an absolute blast.

Ted is hobbled by a labored third act and a subplot involving a demented loner played by Giovanni Ribisi that is so ragingly gratuitous, it almost feels like an homage to the famously unnecessary diamond - smuggling subplots of the»80s, but Ted is so consistently, even explosively funny and oddly good - natured throughout that it really doesn't need a plot at all, let alone an even - less - welcome chase scene.

Reminiscent of the incendiary offerings of the iconoclastic Catherine Breillat like Romance (1999) and Fat Girl (2001), Elles is a thought - provoking immorality play apt to stir up just as much controversy by virtue of its seemingly - gratuitous sex scenes alone.

It's not gratuitous — Regan is deaf (as is Simmonds), so they've been using it since well before the invasion; or like the way the family says a silent grace before a meal; establishing that they believe in something greater than themselves.

Fans of the series will find everything else exactly where they left it — the gratuitous objectification of women, the slight side plots to keep all four dudes entertained, the foul - mouthed diatribes, the casual homophobia that's acceptable because Ari really does like Lloyd, and the excessive party scenes of their too - awesome lifestyle.

Now don't get me wrong, there is plenty of blood, but it's not gratuitous like it was in Evil Dead or other gore fests.

Not that I'm complaining here, as the gratuitous cleavage did keep me from falling asleep, but with every woman looking like a model while almost every man is a middle aged comic, it only shows that Franklin must have a lot of time on his hands in the television business to concoct plenty of similar fantasies.

The result is a picture that's surprisingly restrained in regards to gratuitous cheesecake (shower scenes are more effective in men - behind - bars films, anyway) and which actually tries to address issues like prison violence, corrupt administrations, and a flawed legal system.

In a movie like this, the only nudity worth having is gratuitous.

Such admirable aspirations might make her seem like an automatic nemesis for director Zack Snyder, whose hedonistic movies have, to date, reveled in cynicism (Watchmen), gratuitous violence (Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice), and the objectification of women (Sucker Punch, 300).

Very eloquent, but I think the major difference between grindhouse violence, and the violence in something like Antichrist, is precisely that the latter is not gratuitous.

Whilst that I can acknowledge that it did take the film in a slightly different direction, and tried to do something a little different than the original (for example letting Murphy retain his memory whereas in the original Murphy was wiped or delving more into the family life of Murphy both as a human and as RoboCop), but for me it missed out on having the main villain, it cashed in on using the original them tune (which to be honest I did kinda like), the shoe - horning in of some of the original one liners that really felt out of place, there was tonnes of CGI which unfortunately is to be expected these days and I felt it was considerably toned down to appeal more to the younger audience, losing the over gratuitous violence and blood that the original had which in my opinion gave it some of the charm that it still has today.

It's also quite graphically violent, purposefully gratuitous in many ways, although so absurd that you actually are able to distance yourself from the horrors of the sadism to actually find it amusing without feeling like a sick bastard.

The stunning, cinematic style feels like an homage to sci - fi films past, but within the four walls of the laboratory or Elisa's apartment above a movie theater is a mismatched story with gratuitous nudity and gruesome visuals.

It felt like a crossbreed between a Guy Ritchie mystery and a Quentin Tarantino crime flick, just without the gratuitous violence.

The story of Schlenker's first issue of Gratuitous Type is a lot like the story of many first issues, which are often a tense combination of a passionate desire to make and say something new, a lot of head bashing with printers and distributors, and a clueless, frantic stab in the dark.

Spoiler Alert: I guess it's not like books come with a banner that reads, «Warning: Children get raped and murdered in this book,» but at times the violence and its descriptions were a little too gratuitous for my tastes.

Another tale of obsessive love, it's full of gratuitous beauty and throwaway set pieces, like a garden in which all the flowers are gray, evoking a black - and - white photograph.