Sentences with phrase «men as sidekicks»

Gone are the days when ladies more often than not picked more seasoned men as sidekicks.

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Scrawny and socially awkward, his only friend a fishy sidekick in a robot suit (David Cross), Megamind comes to own his outsider status; Metro Man just as easily slides into the role life laid out for him.

As with all classic animated fairy tales, the leading man hooks up with a sidekick who keeps him on the path and bucks him up when shrek happens.

Disney was wondering why the critics dogged it because like me they remember the Lone Ranger as a smart, charismatic man of truth and justice with a keen mind and sense of valor with his trusty sidekick ready to assist and keen as well.

Downey Jr shined as Tony Stark for the same reason, and» Ant - Man» is full of jokes for their own sake — like Michael Pena's chatterbox comic sidekick — as well as tongue in cheek nods about how frankly ridiculous an ant - sized superhero is.

Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, Early Man tells the story of Dug, along with sidekick Hognob as they unite his tribe against a mighty enemy Lord Nooth and his Bronze Age City to save their home.

Todd is being described as being a «compassionate, sweet, smarter - than - average man with biting wit» who definitely doesn't consider himself just a sidekick to Gently but rather thinks that he is «just flat out better than Dirk at a lot of things.»

The 39 year old has made his name in dramatic films with roles in movies like End of Watch, Shooter and Fury, so he was worried he would mess up as the sidekick of Ant - Man's alter ego, Scott Lang, played by Paul Rudd.

As their agent Susan (Alice Lowe) tells them, confident, good - looking Charlie is leading - man material, whereas Oscar is made to play the «chubby, funny» sidekick... or, as it turns out, to sell his soul making nutty adverts dressed as a squirreAs their agent Susan (Alice Lowe) tells them, confident, good - looking Charlie is leading - man material, whereas Oscar is made to play the «chubby, funny» sidekick... or, as it turns out, to sell his soul making nutty adverts dressed as a squirreas it turns out, to sell his soul making nutty adverts dressed as a squirreas a squirrel.

Can't be Jason Statham in the lead, though, he's actually pretty badass, even though he's doing a poor man's Aragorn... Likewise, John Rhys - Davies is clearly cashing a paycheck by playing a watered down Gimli with a touch of Gandalf, but he's okay... Leelee Sobieski and Claire Forlani suck for sure, but at least they're easy on the eyes... Ron Pearlman is wasted in the nothing role of a sidekick who buys it halfway through, but he does what he can with what little he's got to work with... On paper, the idea of Burt Reynolds as the King is priceless, but he's not hilariously bad, he just looks bored and vaguely annoyed throughout...

Tonto is not quite the loyal sidekick, drawn to be more of his own man, and one whose deadpan reactions and sarcastic remarks are a new addition by Depp to give a bit of comic nuance the longtime character, though one might slight Depp's performance as another of his many attempts to chew scenery in place of an honest portrayal.

(For those who recall Depp in Jim Jarmusch's 1995 neo-Western Dead Man, this is essentially a role reversal, with him taking on the Gary Farmer part as a deadpan Native American sidekick to a clueless white maMan, this is essentially a role reversal, with him taking on the Gary Farmer part as a deadpan Native American sidekick to a clueless white manman.)

French's shtick is strictly to get laughs at his inane behavior, which might be fine for a jovial sidekick, but as the man every woman can only dream about, the suit just doesn't fit, no matter how many times his would - be wife changes it.

We begin with a more or less contemporary author (Tom Wilkinson), looking back on his visit to the G.B.H., then flash back some decades to the «60s, where that writer as a younger man (Jude Law) talks to the hotel's owner (F. Murray Abraham), who in turns tells a story from 1932, involving the legendary concierge Monsieur Gustave (Ralph Fiennes) and his sidekick «lobby boy» Zero (Tony Revolori).

Not only do we get the always enjoyably oily Malcolm McDowell as a vaguely Trump - ish autocrat who runs the race; Manu Bennett as a stoic yet dryly funny bad - ass hero; Marci Miller as his plucky sidekick (of sorts); Folake Olowofoyeku as a maniacal rock star who mows down on her owns fans; Anessa Ramsey as an insane evangelist who does the same to her own flock; Burt Grinstead (wonderfully manic) as a genetically enhanced, sexually confused, super-muscular man - child; and veteran character actor Yancy Butler as the furious leader of several ill - fated race protesters.

Like Pulp, Gary King (Simon Pegg) was in his glory in the early 1990s, when he lorded over the sleepy English hamlet of Newton Haven as the big man on its (high school) campus — a leather - jacketed wild man whose pals were only too content to slip into their roles as sidekicks.

The stage is set as Pacino-esque stickup man Blackie and his harmonica - blowing sidekick Curly (Flavio Bucci and Gianfranco De Grassi) mug an alcoholic sidewalk Santa Claus in Munich's Marienplatz.

As well as the following sidekick characters - Iron Patriot, Ant Man, Winter Soldier, White TigeAs well as the following sidekick characters - Iron Patriot, Ant Man, Winter Soldier, White Tigeas the following sidekick characters - Iron Patriot, Ant Man, Winter Soldier, White Tiger.

This episode examines how female sidekicks and companions in games are often designed to function as glorified gatekeepers, helpless burdens, and ego boosters, a pattern that works to reinforce oppressive notions about women as the ones in need of protection and men as the ones in control, who take action and do the protecting.

His role has fluctuated over the years, ranging from vehicle to ally to baby delivery man to tennis player, but Yoshi's role as one of Mario's choice sidekicks will never be forgotten.

His hapless sidekick, Josh Frydenberg will go down in history as the man who, almost single - handedly, destroyed Australia's enviable wealth and hard fought for prosperity.

This won't be the end of crossover characters either, as Capcom previously announced that Mega Man will be joining the game as a Palico, a sidekick companion to help complete quests.