Sentences with phrase «made unconvincing»

Pollock dried up, made an unconvincing attempt at reformulating his work, and killed himself in a drunken car crash in 1956.

Aberdeen made unconvincing progress in the Europa League after a 1 - 0 defeat by Fola Esch in Luxembourg.

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Enforcement will be hampered in arguable cases, and courts will make mistakes, sometimes punishing sincere but unconvincing believers while exempting more convincing fakers.

Mary's extraordinary behaviour and her unconvincing story create a problem for the historian who has to choose between two unlikely scenarios: that either she deliberately made up a story that would ruin her life or that she actually believed it.

The script makes a telegraphic, unconvincing stab at a rationale — but in effect, the idea is that the dream of multi-culti America circa 2017 is enough to inspire a Resistance in an alternate 1962.

There was a recognition of a need for change — the stuff we were being taught just didn't make sense and was unconvincing.

This success in bringing organized labor into the middle class made Marxist class analysis unconvincing to many.

Given the Red Devil's unconvincing recent showings in attack, it makes sense that a player like Bale could be on the agenda to add some pace and flair up front.

Chelsea made plenty of changes over the summer and in January, with the likes of Nemanja Matic, Diego Costa and Michy Batshuayi among those to recently leave, while unconvincing additions such as Alvaro Morata, Tiemoue Bakayoko, Danny Drinkwater and Olivier Giroud have come in and made minimal impact.

Chelsea have had an unconvincing start to the season, with a home defeat to Crystal Palace this weekend making it just one win from the Blues» opening four games.

City are also in need of new signings in defence this winter after an unconvincing start in that department, and it looks as though Manuel Pellegrini will make Hummels his top target.

Best possible result for arsenal today # unconvincing performance from Walcott against quality opposition # no thrashing of Chelsea to make them strengthen in the window # mourinho hoodoo over against arsenal # wenger clearly wants a striker because giroud hasn't played much in preseason and didn't start.

There's certainly room for improvement in defense, and the rumor mill has offered up Monaco right - back Fabinho and Southampton's Jose Fonte as possible upgrades on the unconvincing Marcos Rojo and the apparently disfavored Matteo Darmian, but any further improvements will probably have to be made on a one - in, one - out basis, and it seems a little late for that.

With Luke Shaw unconvincing this season, a new left - back makes sense for United, with Real Madrid's Fabio Coentrao believed to be a target.

United look like they need more up front after some unconvincing recent form from Romelu Lukaku, while the ageing Zlatan Ibrahimovic is yet to make much of an impact since returning from a lengthy injury.

Klopp may have been hit with injuries to the aforementioned Gomez and Danny Ings, but he looks to be enjoying more fortune than his predecessor Brendan Rodgers when it comes to Christian Benteke, with the powerful Belgian forward fit and primed to make a big impact against Chelsea's unconvincing defence.

Still an unconvincing performance from Walker once again, but at least he didn't make any game threatening errors.

The home side's unconvincing defence will be given a much welcomed boost with the return of Nemanja Vidic who returned to training last week following a lengthy spell on the side lines looks set to make his 11th appearance in 18 months.

However, they were made to work hard for their most recent triumph, when Fernando Torres scored late on in an unconvincing 1 - 0 victory on Merseyside back in August.

The match against Swansea saw Sam's boys play as unconvincing as they did in their 2 - 0 defeat at Arsenal and the Big Boss admits that he made an error by not making two changes after that defeat.

United will be relieved it did not come back to haunt them after an unconvincing first - half display in West Yorkshire, despite making a superb start.

With Phil Jones» recent injury and an unconvincing back line, it would be wise to bring in a world - class defender in Otamendi, whilst Pedro would give United an attacking spark and flair, which could make the front line more prolific and could take some of the responsibilities off Memphis Depay, who has not yet hit his stride at Manchester United.

[An] overheated, badly written, wretchedly acted and unconvincing drama, which makes mincemeat out of the traditional beauty and the beast fairy tale.

But not all: Bill Condon made like he was David Fincher to unconvincing effect in the Julian Assange quasi-thriller The Fifth Estate, but Benedict Cumberbatch (as Assange) and Daniel Brühl (as his comrade in arms) made it watchable.

Though die - hard fans have clearly come to expect this kind of computer - generated gimmickry, with rare exceptions — the half - horse, half - eagle Hippogriffs are a great success — these kooky bits of business are both unconvincing and a distraction from the emotional core that makes the Potter books so special.

Dimenticare Palermo (To Forget Palermo), made in 1990 and co-scripted by Gore Vidal, re-presents some of the elements of Rosi's earlier films as it attempts to suggest hidden complicities between legal and illegal networks of power but is ultimately unconvincing and disappointing in its superficiality.

This deconstructs what makes the formula work, first by replacing the effete Daniel with the masculine Julie, then by splitting the father figure emphasis between two characters engaged in an adolescent and howlingly - unconvincing kiddie romance.

Undercut by dumbed - down dialogue, unconvincing characters, and a thirst for blood which borders on the Mel Gibson - side of excessive, Antoine Fuqua's latest feature seems interested in only one thing: making Gerard Butler look more of a man than... Continue reading Olympus Has Fallen

It doesn't help that no one in the film acts like a real person would in his / her situation, setting up another mind f*ck thriller that will probably make you angry at the unconvincing explanations.

While this sibling comedy makes some sharp observations about the push and pull of family relationships, it's also one of those deliberately wacky movies that wears us out with nonstop gags that are utterly unconvincing...

There is also a hot and heavy kissing scene which also feels too adult for the material and the young teen characters perform it without a hint of awkwardness, which makes it all the more unconvincing.

It doesn't help that the ordinarily great Mann is an unconvincing leading lady here, perhaps realizing she already made a better version of this movie called Funny People.

Her impatient retraction, made as Academy members are publicly sighing their collective exasperation over being called out, simply felt unconvincing.

Though he is spared any heavy lifting dramatically, he makes for an unconvincing guilt - ridden swordsman.

Where Twilight started as a «true love waits» metaphor, it makes in this segment a grotesquely unconvincing argument for maternal martyrdom, in the form of taking a baby to term even if it kills the mother.

Joss Whedon's quips sit ill with Zack Snyder's leaden direction, while Ben Affleck makes for an unconvincing Batman in this dire DC offering

Full of lazy dialogue, unconvincing performances, and lackluster action sequences (made nearly incomprehensible if you have the misfortune to see the movie in its 3 - D version, inarguably the worst conversion to stereoscopic imaging since the trend began anew), The Last Airbender is an unintentional laugh riot.

There are some other problems as Showman unspools, perhaps the most obvious being the weird and unconvincing CGI used to make already - tiny actor Sam Humphrey appear to be even smaller as Tom Thumb, Barnum's show's resident little person — it looks like he's awkwardly walking on his knees throughout, and he occasionally appears then disappears from group musical numbers.

Undercut by dumbed - down dialogue, unconvincing characters, and a thirst for blood which borders on the Mel Gibson - side of excessive, Antoine Fuqua's latest feature seems interested in only one thing: making Gerard Butler look more of a man than he already does.

Making matters worse is the forced, unconvincing, and downright disturbing subplot involving Pope's wife (Gal Gadot), to whom the decades - older Jericho forms an attachment due to acquiring Pope's memories and personality.

It's when the film reaches Candie's plantation that it drops off considerably, largely due to less dramatic tension as well as an unconvincing performance by Samuel L. Jackson as Candie's trusted house slave (while the other actors at least make some attempt at period verisimilitude, Jackson sounds as contempo as he did in Jackie Brown and Pulp Fiction).

A highly entertaining remake of The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933), that is made competently enough and solidly acted so that one might forgive all the plot holes, its predictability, unconvincing romance and outdated cornball antics.

The true story of a Klansman who turned his back on hatred makes for an underwhelming drama with an unconvincing lead performance

If the unconvincing repertoire between Smith and Robbie feels a bit undercooked, they make up for it through impeccable cosmetic beauty where even a hard thrown punch or gushes of tears don't smear their make - up or make them any less unhandsome.

Almost all of the characters are dumber than they should be, examples; a doctor ends up committing one of horrors most offending rules, a young cop who is completely unconvincing, and one of the sisters that wants to make an escape but never tries very hard to do so.

The actors are set against completely unconvincing green screen backdrops or walk in long helicopter shots through the snowy mountains (a tableau that will be overly familiar to anyone who's seen a fantasy epic in the last five years (the fact that most of the movie is shot in New Zealand makes the effect more apparent)-RRB-.

That's not quite enough to make up for a pair of under - realized female characters played by Emma Stone and Parker Posey, or the rather unconvincing depictions of romantic confusion that complicate the plot, but it's close — and for Allen fans, it's enough.

In face these walls are used far to often, sometimes even to stop you jumping up to a little crate and it makes the world feel much more linear than it looks and some unconvincing water also drags you out of the experience.

The Aliens are disgracefully dumber and less stealthier than in the movies, which makes the game unconvincing.

It's also notable that while men of all ages appear in the film, no woman or girl receives any screen time — making the case for «Art for All» a little unconvincing.