Sentences with phrase «look pretentious»

I find both are terribly silly and look pretentious.

Don't make it look pretentious, mean what you write.

Personally, I don't like fancy textured or parchment sheets — to me they look pretentious.

Newman creates a painting called Cathedra, but on a human scale that could make even the marvelously human artefacts of Rachel Whiteread today look pretentious by comparison.

It only makes you look pretentious.

It's so easy, it makes Dunkin' Donuts look pretentious.

Sometimes they describe themselves terribly, which makes them look pretentious.

Lincoln Navigator looks powerful and capable without looking pretentious.

Although the large candelabras look very decorative with swoops and swirls, their functionality keeps them from looking pretentious, while adding gorgeous and functional item to French country home decor.

Not exact matches

Not as pretentious looking, classic stuff like a crossword puzzle, and excellent articles as always.

- Axe: Those in the know pronounce it «ah - shay»... Looks more pretentious from the outside than it actually is - we walked to Axe for a late Sunday lunch.

whether for the right or wrong reasons, our leader chose to stay on when things took a turn of sorts... a new owner arrived on the scene, plans for a new stadium emerged and Wenger became the bearer of bad news... he sold us on a new story, one that required patience on our parts... financial constraints were the order of the day, so that the enormous sums spent on the new venue could be recouped... although some would question the validity of such claims, why wouldn't they believe their faithful leader... according to those within the hierarchy, the future never looked so bright, as this new home would ensure our place among the elites for years to come... as we all know now these claims were a well constructed fabrication and so those who feel they were duped in the process are infuriated and rightly so... the fact that this club and it's manager have continually misled the fans, especially following Gazidis's claims about our financial liquidity, simply rubbed more salt in an already gaping wound... this surely isn't how you treat your «family», especially when they supported you through the supposed «lean» years... it was a dirty trick played by Kroenke but the fact is was orchestrated by Wenger himself hurt the most... as for those in the media, many of whom are former players or longtime pundits, who observed the early years firsthand, saw this as the perfect opportunity to vent the anger they felt towards this pretentious man once and for all... all in all, karma's a bitch

I have looked on in astonishment, as a bunch of pretentious and self - obsessed television «experts» mistakenly interpret his infantile ramblings as pearls of wisdom.

The straw casing looks wonderful, modern without being pretentious.

Not looking for pretentious / hippster artist.

Looking for a spot to meet people that's stylish and welcoming without being pretentious?

But, you should make sure that photo does not look fake or pretentious.

I think cool / nerdy has taken over as what people think of when they think of artistic and pretentious is what people who want to look like they don't give a f*ck call art.

The epitome of what a feel - good movie is supposed to be but rarely is, this one is beautiful to look at and life - affirming to think about, and it doesn't have a pretentious bone in its head.

This looks schmaltzy as all hell, and not in a good way but in a pretentious self - important way.

His leads are slim until he begins looking into the works of a rather sadist author named Kozlow (Marton Csokas), who specializes in writing the kinds of novels where sexual torture is narrated with a pretentious tone.

It's a word one person looked up and now everyone uses to make them seem... «pretentious»

This morose tale of a beautiful Polish immigrant caught in a sick love triangle with her pimp (Joaquin Phoenix) and his wacko magician brother (Jeremy Renner) is unrelentingly bleak, pretentious, and looked like it was shot through a glass full of piss.

(If you think it pretentious, it is probably because you were looking for something that wasn't there, darling.)

After rattling through some news, he begrudgingly looks ahead to the new Hercules movie then tears apart pretentious independent filmmaking with his take on American Blogger.

His new film, Good Kill, is one of the first mainstream fiction films to deal directly with the subject as opposed to some wishy - washy, pretentious subtext in a Hollywood picture (I'm looking at you, RoboCop remake).

It wasn't just a not - so - clever saying that would look totally rad on a t - shirt, but an indication of just how we were kicking against the establishment of film criticism — and those two reviewers were the figureheads of giving thumbs up to boring, pretentious films and thumbs down to many of the films we enjoyed.

As James Franco interviews his «female self» for i - D magazine, we look at the most pretentious celebrity interviews ever

It is said that a horror director will cast you as a victim because he admires you — or, in this case, because he admires your hypothetical camp value — but I can't help but sense some rage in the targets Mancini chooses: Set loose in La - La Land, the doll family goes on to kill unworthy pop stars (a Britney Spears look - alike), icons of cinematic change (John Waters — himself much more talented with the whole camp thing — here playing a doomed paparazzo), and pretentious, unlikely filmmakers of the 21st century (rap artist Redman, standing in for Mel Gibson -LRB-!)

When Kim lands herself a chalet girl position at a swanky ski resort abroad she finds herself working for the family of Jonny which includes Bill Nighy as his father Richard and Brooke Shields (who at least looks hot in the film) as his pretentious mother Caroline aswell as Chloe (Sophia Bush) and her brother Nigel (Nicolas Braun) tag alongs on vacation.

The production values are great — the zombies look impressive and the special effects awesome without being pretentious.

This very small airflow trip strip across the back is doubtless something developed in the wind tunnel, but it looks just fine here, not too big or pretentious.

out Porsche'ing Porsche at their own game making the likes of Singer as good as they are look like pretentious wan na be's in comparison

That said, the redesigned Jetta does look somewhat plain without pretentious sport - styling cues, swoopy creases, or the like.

Mercedes makes no compromise and pours wood, aluminium and leather, pretentious and precious materials that make the interior look just like a museum, where you are afraid to even touch the exhibits.

They are all somewhat typical of the publishing industry and include the self - published author, the newbie and the pretentious literary writer who looks down on Lucas.

Personally, and this is just my perception of gameplay and trailers and promotional material, Fable III looks like a pretentious waste of time and money on a project that isn't ready to be shipped yet.

Despite the somewhat pretentious slow motion cuts used in the new trailer, the game looks good.

looking at art - it is a little pretentious to think someone comes to my blog to look at my art.

Ripped from their contexts, its pleasures may even be multiplied, but they look strangely alike and a little pretentious.

They look less pretentious than Bradford's actual billboard scale.

If you're just looking for stuff that isn't pretentious and is useful, why don't you nominate B&Q or Oxfam?

Associations such as these might sound pretentious or arbitrarily imported had not Thiebaud spent a long lifetime looking at pictures and thinking about how, why and by whom they have been made.

Take a look at this rather pretentious video for an explanation of the tower.

Android 5.1.1 Lollipop looks stunning on the Moto X Style, and the complete lack of clutter is refreshing after all that TouchWiz, Sense UI, Emotion UI, (insert pretentious Android skin name here) nonsense you see on other phones.

If used in the wrong context, the word may look ridiculous, or arguably worse, pretentious.

Many gatekeeper interviewers like to ask what they think are insightful questions, but actually make them look like pretentious wannabe therapists.

ATA, I don't know who you think you're going to impress by suggesting anyone should look for «verbal» verification of anything important, but in the interests of not pretending to be someone you're not, I feel you need to come up with a new pen name — because, quite frankly your current one is more than a little bit pretentious!

Only it isn't the pretentious sort of cookie cutter lodge look, we see often.