Sentences with phrase «little gimmick»

What seems like a silly little gimmick on the surface has actually managed to capture the hearts of at least some iPhone X users, leading Apple to bolster the Animoji ranks in the upcoming release of iOS 11.3.

At a glimpse, it looked like a little gimmick movie — son in the 90's can talk to his dead father back in the 60's — that they would milk for all it's worth.

In a video game it's a cool little gimmick, but as the glue for a summer block buster movie it simply doesn't work.

They look awesome hon, and a great little gimmick.

It's his little gimmick.

Doesn't that trump this little gimmick of yours?

All these little gimmicks are used to lure you into paying for a membership to interact with women on the site.

There are a lot of smartphones out there with nifty little gimmicks, but have you ever heard of a smartphone with a Pico Projector?

Not exact matches

There was little money for trade advertisements, merchandising gimmicks, or promotions.

His reluctance to appear in Infinity War was a fun gimmick, but at the end of the day, I was bummed the green guy only had one little action moment.

In the past, gimmicks and window - dressing proved to be too little, too late.

It's great news because Alfa has a massive history in motorsport, so to see the brand officially back at the top level just feels right, even if it's currently little more than a marketing gimmick.

However, like most political conundrums, this one will take a little more than a cheap gimmick and a throwaway headline.

Labour's shadow immigration minister David Hanson said: «Theresa May's immigration system lurches from one gimmick to another with little effect.

But at the same time I think it's a little bit of a marketing gimmick, or maybe it's a total marketing gimmick.

Yeah, the title on this one might sound a little «hypey», but I promise this isn't some silly gimmick... and it doesn't involve pre-workout supplements, pills or powders of any kind.

It's also assuming that you ran in the Land of Magic where post-exercise stretching for some short predetermined time now all of a suddenly prolongs gains just by adding in this little extra movement gimmick.

Hi Ikwo, thanks for your comment — funny word «gimmick» I know — apologies — what I meant was little touristy treats such as purses with Paris motives on them etc... you find the same ones everywhere, only near Sacre Coeur there are a couple of shops in which you will find very special a little more trendy ones — smile, hope this helps!

5) Best Tourist Gimicks — Like any big city there are loads of tourist shops all around Paris but the absolute best gimmick can be found in the little shops around the Sacre Coeur — here if you look carefully you will find Parisian gimmicks with more of an arty / trendy flair

All of this is little tricks and marketing gimmicks to get you excited about registering on whatever dating site they're promoting, it's a con because the dating sites they promote are not free.

Many critics have described this as an all - too obvious gimmick; Schindler spies the little girl in a crowd, and later sees her body lying in a heap.

For the most part, outside of the sensationalized gimmick of a man on a ledge calling the shots, most of the plotline involves spinning the wheels until the final showdown, but by then, it's too little, too late.

There is an attempt at some sort of twist ending, a la M. Night Shyamalan, but even this adds so very little to the story as a whole, and comes off like a gimmick just to give the film a «big reveal» even if it doesn't really merit one.

This tweaked perspective feels really cool for the first couple hours, but eventually the uniqueness fades and you realize that a shifted perspective is little more than a gimmick that adds nothing truly significant to the shooter genre.

I would like something a little bit more different, looks too similar to the gamepad unless it has a hidden gimmick and although I woudn't mind if the final controller would end up like (for example) the wii u pro I think Nintendo needs and will for sure (knowing past nintendo controllers) try something out of the ordinary

By the midway point, Wright has pretty much given up on the theater gimmick in favor of a more traditional storytelling method, and it saps what little energy the movie had going for it.

Some of these shorts are too concerned with the gimmick or apparently feel forced into the «little love story» element.

Another side gimmick worth mentioning is the Crank - a-kai, a fun little capsule machine that accepts both in - game coins and system Play Coins.

The gimmick works, too, but it's always nice to have a little more.

Julianne Moore is a fellow passenger with a second act revelation that is a screenwriter's gimmick with no satisfactory payoff and Michelle Dockery is a stewardess who knows a little of Neeson's backstory and his problems with the bottle, but Lupita Nyong» o (an Oscar winner for 12 Years a Slave) is shamefully wasted in a nothing role.

It's an infinitely more confident film than Nolan's debut, controlled and playful, and the structure (perhaps bar the black - and - white segment, which feels a little too much) is far from a gimmick.

Also, yes, it's only January, but between this and The Darkest Hour 3D, the added dimension in 2012 is becoming less of a gimmick and more the sole tool of bad films to make a little bit more money.

Unfortunately, Kami 2 [Free] runs into a lot of the same troubles that puzzle game sequels usually do, and with much of the novelty of its gimmick worn off, its fundamental issues shine through a little too brightly...

Despite plenty of on - screen parties, there's little to celebrate regarding this predictable romantic comedy about a midlife crisis, with a central narrative gimmick.

On its surface, «Little Black Book» looks like an tritely pedestrian, gimmick - driven chick flick about...

The plot of director Mark Palansky and Mike Vukadinovich's screenplay is little more than a murder mystery, and it's one that doesn't even incorporate the central gimmick into the story enough for the concept of a memory - recording device to really matter.

Rather like 2011's Your Highness, the initial gimmick proudly, even boastfully, revealed in The Little Hours is based on the notion that medieval characters can be just as puerile as their contemporary counterparts.

But, as with so many of its modern big - screen cousins, the addition of 3D to «Dial M for Murder» is just that — a gimmick, little more than a cinematic curiosity.

This leaves little room for exaggerations, sales gimmicks, and technical jargon.

«If the pupil premium turns out to be a token amount of money compared to existing deprivation funding, extra funding on top of a smaller budget, or paid for by cutting other programmes that help the most disadvantaged children then this announcement may turn out to be little more than a gimmick.»

Sure, it's a gimmick, but it does seem plausible and the little I know about hydraulics suggests it should work.

Unlike some semi-autos, where the manual shift is little more than a gimmick, the F - Type's gearbox combines the control, accuracy and punch of a double - clutch transmission with the smoothness of a traditional self - shifter.

That said, the rear doors make it very convenient to use the back seat for groceries or other cargo; you might think these little doors are a gimmick, but they aren't.

I found the plot a little too busy and the art style was just too much like a lot of other manga based on Eroge or Hentai manga in genral also the romance of the thrre kingdoms gimmick never really got used all that well.

I'm a little bummed that I still haven't gotten Hot Gimmick yet through my comic shop, because I love love love that series.

A lot of people responded rather negatively to my last post questioning whether Nokia had a tablet strategy and decrying the entire idea of the tablet market as little more than a gimmick — Too large to be a phone and marginally more functional but smaller than an even a netbook and significantly less productive.

Motif Investing, while it felt a little like a gimmick at first, does seem to offer an intriguing new way to basically create your own ETFs, without the associated fees.

What we also deeply appreciate is that OptionsHouse's structure is clean cut, with little or no gimmicks or special - case scenarios that can ramp up costs in a hurry.

In fact, according to PetMD, «breed - specific dog foods are little more than a marketing gimmick and do not have sound nutritional science backing them».

When he first signed up for it, he says he assumed it was a «gimmick,» but now he likes tracking his expenses in whole dollar amounts, and the little bit of money is nice, too.