Sentences with phrase «make gratuitous»

I think it is very telling that, in order to argue, denialists need to make these gratuitous analogies to Red Soviet programs and American racial bigotry.

In the midst of this, artists make gratuitous land grabs, fixing a portrait, a still life or a landscape into the image.

The film isn't for the squeamish, but Travis shows necessary restraint in not making this a gratuitous spectacle just because it's rated R. Yeah, it's violent, but understandably so and Travis has a flair for making what could have been standard action scenes fresh, which is only enhanced by the stellar 3D.

The IPCC makes the gratuitous assertion that 110 % (their PDF says it could be more), of post 1950s warming is anthropogenic.

'' The law states that, where a parent makes a gratuitous transfer of assets to an adult child, there is a presumption of a resulting trust, such that the child is presumed not to be the beneficial owner, but rather to hold the assets as a trustee for the parent.

Not exact matches

I would not use gratuitous sex and violence — as in Game of Thrones — but make sure the violence, for example, was appropriate to the story, its historical setting, and to my characters.

They contend that «what appears as gratuitous evil is really just the makings of aesthetic value in the Consequent Nature» (ECG 123).

But what could we possibly mean by calling God perfectly good other than that God would, if possible, prevent all gratuitous evil — all things that would make the universe worse than it would have otherwise been?

A second problem with Hasker's argument is that, although he claims that he is arguing that God should allow gratuitous evils, he is in fact arguing that even the gratuitous evils are not really gratuitous, because they contribute to «God's intention to make us responsible moral individuals,» which from his perspective is a more important consideration than the relative balance of enjoyment and suffering in the world.

No that wouldn't work because it is much easier to make an unsubstantiated, gratuitous attack against those of the Christian faith.

Seeing as it's been one of those weeks — and I don't have all of your numbers — I hope you'll accept some gratuitous photos of these blissful muffins I made earlier this week in lieu of more than a two - word description.

Even if you don't want to make a preseason bet, there are plenty of opportunities during the season to make a wager at gratuitous odds.

The first principle of the NCB is smear is to start with a gratuitous swipe combined with a little made - up «medicine.»

a) the value of any imported goods; b) the value of any imported services, including management services; c) any amounts remitted out of Zambia whether unrequited (gratuitous) or otherwise; d) the amounts, if any, deposited abroad but generated by a person resident in Zambia from the supply of goods produced or services rendered in Zambia; e) loans granted to non-residents; f) trade credits from non-residents; g) investments made in the form of equity outside Zambia by persons resident in Zambia; and h) investments made in the form of debt securities outside Zambia by persons resident in Zambia.

He exhibits a brevity and wit sorely missing elsewhere as professional thinkers struggle to make a point without positively paving the reader over with gratuitous jargon.

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?!

But it's so well made, the violence is so gratuitous, and the general reception has been so delighted, that attention must be paid.

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.

The Proposition simply doesn't have that sense of weight which makes a good western into a great one, and that makes the violence in the last twenty minutes feel all the more gratuitous.

And while some scenes do portray a gratuitous amount of almost Tarantino - level violence that comes out of nowhere, most of Gangster Squad's violence feels justified, and redemptive, echoing a theme of the film that makes it more fun than your average action fare: heroism.

The titular battle royale feels entirely contrived, and ultimately amounts to limit more than gratuitous superhero - on - superhero violence with a foregone conclusion: that Batman and Superman will make nice and join forces to fight a greater evil, yadda yadda yadda.

Seizing on the flimsiest of excuses for gratuitous full - frontal nude shots, Apatow again remains faithful to his shallow, stated mission to feature male genitalia prominently in every movie he makes.

Its refusal to linger on the sexy, flashy or gratuitous is also a good move from the directors, it instead makes Linda's story the main focus of the film and is all the better for it.

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.

In the past, Emilia has had to deal with uncomfortable questions about how she, as a woman, justified the arguably gratuitous female nudity and gruesome violence for which Game of Thrones initially made headlines.

He doesn't make a complete sale, however; after all, sometimes the script shoehorns in gratuitous extreme sports tricks with all the seamed non-grace of Gymkata, as in a dinner tray - cum - skateboard scene whose only apparent purpose is to serve as the obligatory skateboarding scene — and that's where Diesel's knowing sense of humor comes in handy.

From an N - word laced opening sequence to a steady diet of profanity to its graphic dialogue to gratuitous frontal nudity to its much - anticipated sex scenes, Zack and Miri Make a Porno leaves even less to the imagination than its suggestive, testosterone - teasing title.

I can't read this yet because I haven't seen the film but I love Rich Juzwiak's articles The Hairpin «32 Things That Are All In Your Head» MNPP Gratuitous Miguel Angel Silvestre The Film Stage PT Anderson made a music video again.

**** Zachary F November 29, 2012 this movie is sooo funny Jon C November 29, 2012 a fun, crude, and hilarious comedy two girl roomates formulate a plan to make their own sex hotline in order to make ends meet hijinks and raw laughs ensue between two very different people who embrace their sexuality via telephone the performances from both Graynor and Miller are pretty damn fun to watch the dialogue is insanely funny and gratuitous there's a very strange cameo in here too by Nia Vardalos Justin Long adds a nice touch being the supporting gay best friend mentoring these two girls it's just very awkwardly humorous listening to these people talk in this kind of film, there's interestingly no actual sex happening on screen, no boobs, no ass, no exposed body parts the plot mainly focuses on the bonding relationship bewteen the two leads which is a good break from the usual norm we're used to I can't help but feel though that the filmmakers didn't have anything left at the end, some of it felt unfinished and unresolved for all those problems, «For A Good Time, Call..»

Then, reincarnated as a cute cannibal, she proceeds to spend the balance of this gratuitous splatter flick making major mayhem, projectile - vomiting black bile when not luring unsuspecting males into the woods in order to eat them alive.

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).

The violence is never as ferocious as in Nicolas Winding Refn's «Bronson» (it makes its point without being gratuitous), but director David Mackenzie doesn't sugarcoat anything either, providing an unfiltered look at what happens when the red mist descends on these wild men.

Hopefully someone comes up with a solid movie, with well envisioned special effects that are not gratuitous, but make things look real.

With realistic violence, but not gratuitous in nature, the somber painting of Juarez Mexico would make even Edgar Allen Poe shutter is disgust and fear.

Soviet director Timur Bekmambetov makes an unforgettable, if quite controversial, English - language debut with this relentlessly - amoral exercise in 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.

Malloy told the delegates Monday in a well - received speech that he's made mistakes, but he stopped far short of apologizing for what teachers still say was a gratuitous and deliberate insult.

By submitting a Photo, you agree that your submission is gratuitous, made without restriction, will not place American Honda under any obligation and that we are free to disclose or otherwise disclose the ideas contained in the photo on a non-confidential basis to anyone or otherwise use the ideas without any additional compensation to you.

The designers dispensed with the gratuitous chrome exterior trim that was as passe as disco dancing, replacing it with flush door handles, body - color trim and curvaceous lines that make the LeSabre a lot more stylish in an understated kind of way.

(Although those who read for me despite their misgivings always say they were impressed at how I made the sexy stuff important to the story and not just gratuitous.

As with many prestigious award winning books, this one has everything that makes it stand out in the eyes of a snobby, musty committee of literary judges: it's got a Victorian setting, a unknown journey, gratuitous and inexplicable violence, and opium.

But consider how much effort you put into making each of your sentences feel right and look right, informational and tonally true, not choking on gratuitous adverbs or clunky prepositions.

The internet especially has make it easier for sly lenders to mislead and take advantage of naïve consumers using any number of tricks, from quoting bogus rates over the telephone to slipping gratuitous costs into their loans.

There is a full - time house manager to make sure your holiday goes as smoothly as possible, three trained twenty four hour security guards for maximum safety, house keepers, and there is the option and gratuitous service at Villa Matisse of an airport pickup, drinking water, and internet service.

I just love gratuitous untrue complaints, you have to love those especially when a big part of that work is just made around those products.

If they are going to sneak gratuitous violence into our video games then they might as well try making it as a cute as possible!

I have worked with some of the students and fully support their decision to make the unfair and gratuitous tuition increases at Cooper Union known to the media and the rest of the world.

But public criticism is gratuitous and makes you actionable for defamation.

The gratuitous ad hominem attack on a family man when combined with confused aspersions aimed a Bastardi tell a different story — i.e., the Left is seriously lost at sea without Bush to blame and their cries that we are all headed for the edge of the world make humanity look small indeed.