Sentences with phrase «melodramatic way»

Yes, that's a melodramatic way of putting it.

I thought he toed the consensus line but did not come over as very dispassionate, indeed I was surprised by the somewhat melodramatic way he had of phrasing things but perhaps that is normal at these hearings?

The fact that we get to know Oscar beforehand makes the climax all the more emotional and tragic in its own melodramatic way.

If he hadn't leaked the story in a very melodramatic way there wouldn't have been a run on the bank.

Neither the refined nor the melodramatic way to play these characters is wrong, or any less entertaining, it's just they belong in different plays.

Einar switches between himself and Lili in transparently melodramatic ways, and Redmayne's performance has the quality of a quiet martyr instead of an actual person.

Not exact matches

Yes he's a great player when he's in the mood, but when things don't go his way, he sulks and throws his toys out of the pram, so if he wants to go, off you trot sunshine, I can't be arsed with your melodramatics any more.

This and less melodramatic examples of interspecies interaction are intended to illuminate the fact of our common community with animals and our duty to respect their rights and needs in exactly the way we would those of semi-dependent human community members.

Completing the deal the nicer way robs Cuomo of a melodramatic finale, but he's nevertheless basking in positive headlines.

This biblical action drama that feels excessive in every way imaginable, from running time (nearly 2 1/2 hours) to melodramatic acting to the conspicuous amount of computer generation.

What could have been melodramatic if told in a different way, takes on a lyrical, even sweet journey into the mysteries of the heart.

The film may veer towards the melodramatic, yet it excels in other ways.

It's only as director and co-writer John Walsh starts to emphasize a more laid - back pace that one's interest begins to falter, and there's ultimately no denying that the movie fizzles out in a serious way towards the end (the inclusion of several melodramatic elements, including the dreaded fake break - up, certainly doesn't help matters).

It covers the three preview performances leading to opening night in one, digitally - unbroken take, making room along the way for Method asshole Michael Shiner (Method asshole Edward Norton)-- who steals both the play Birdman is about and the play - within - a-play conceit of the movie by stealing the movie — and tons of narrative melodramatics, including a neurotic leading lady (Naomi Watts), Riggan's burnout daughter (Emma Stone), and his stressed - out lawyer / manager (Zach Galifianakis).

Although the noted writer / director continues his trend of capturing excellent performances from his leading ladies (having worked with Jane Birkin in La Fille prodigue, her daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg in Amoureuse, Juliette Binoche in La Vie de famille and Isabelle Huppert in La vengeance d'une femme), The Three Way Wedding fails to turn its significant female presence into anything more than an expressive yet insubstantial feature, instead existing in the space between amusing and neurotic, and passionate and melodramatic.

One gimmick wasn't enough for director - cowriter Arie Posin, who continually twists and turns the events in ways that are both bizarre and melodramatic.

It doesn't alter the standard serial killer scenario, but writer - director Scott Frank knows his way around crime dramas: Seven of his first eight screenplays (including «Out of Sight» and «Get Shorty») were crime - based, and he marches us forward with grim skill toward the melodramatic ending.

All that painstaking work was definitely worthwhile, making the singing as intense and personal as possible, something that pays off as «Les Misérables»» way melodramatic plot gets increasingly wild and crazy.

The film's story can be summarized this way: veteran actress Marilyn Hack (O'Hara) is working on the World War Two melodramatic indy film, Home For Purim, playing a dying Jewish woman from Dixie, and gets wind of a possible Oscar nod for her role.

It's an interesting companion piece to V for Vendetta in that way, at once a melodramatic throwback and a progressive scalpel.

That sense of guilt and / or discomfort coupled with a certain morbid curiosity goes a long way to heightening the impact of the admittedly rudimentary and melodramatic turns to be found in Baker and Chris Bergoch's screenplay.

No matter which way you think of him, Street Fighter's Ryu has one of the most memorable themes of any fighter, from the adrenaline - pumping bassline to the synth melody that's always sounded strangely wistful to me — perfect for Ryu's melodramatic, neverending search for new battles.