Sentences with phrase «more as an antagonist»

Instead he's undermined them frequently, pursued his populist and protectionist agenda, and generally acted more as an antagonist than ally.

Not exact matches

We are hearing more voices of women who regard men and women as partners rather than antagonists in the eternal quest for better ways to love and work.

He added: «We provide the first comprehensive recommendations on the use of NOACs in this setting, as well as more emphasis on the need for good anticoagulation control when vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) are used.

Oddly though, when threatened by a predator such as an amphibian - collecting academic — and presumably more common antagonists like snakes — the frog urinates, jettisoning its valuable water supply before springing away.

To date, although more than 20 different chemical classes have been claimed as CXCR4 antagonists, only a few have been described in detail including tetrahydroquinolines, N - substituted indoles, 1,4 - phenylenebis (methylene) derivatives, and N - containing heterocycles.

Sure it doesn't make much sense that the teenagers of this small town that has outlawed dancing for five years could all dance so well, yet this is an enjoyable film with a great soundtrack and John Lithgow as a character who is more complex than your typical zealot antagonist.

Where plenty of more serious - minded modern films would try to build a relevant message into this plot about the dangers of unchecked corporate power, lax regulations, or genetic experiments, Rampage seems to consciously make the antagonists as shrill and unrealistic as possible, to avoid any unfortunate associations with reality.

Steve Carrell and Jason Segel each do a respectably funny job as the protagonist and antagonist (or is that antagonist and more - antagonistic antagonist?)

Also, one thing that can make a mediocre film great is an evil villain and Pearce as the antagonist is more annoying than evil.

Cable is introduced more as a foil for Deadpool — a cybernetically - enhanced straight man — and as a temporary antagonist who helps give the movie more focus as it struts towards its final act.

The latest X-Men: Apocalypse trailer offers us a few more hints about the antagonist's rise to power — and, of course, Oscar Isaac gets a chance to shine by delivering a few new lines as that villain.

Yes, many horror films do depict the mentally ill as crazy, broken madmen, and though Split «s antagonist is indeed a villain who does some awful things, there's something way more going on just beneath the surface.

Indeed, when the antagonist proudly announces himself as a messenger of God, there's obviously something more to the character than a mere plot device.

However, the one most worth discussing in greater depth is Daniel Brühl (Rush) as Helmut Zemo: the shadowy antagonist with a mysterious agenda in Civil War whose true motivation makes him more complex than your average Marvel movie villain.

Arguably the more interesting performance came from Tom Hiddleston as the villain of the piece, Loki, looking as though he borrowed a lot from Brad Dourif's slimy performance as Grima Wormtongue in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films, albeit with much more command and presence that such an antagonist requires.

Though Mildred is introduced as the protagonist of Three Billboards, she evolves into something more like an antagonist in the end, while Dixon undergoes some kind of transformation.

The script is also cleverly structured so that each of Victoria's male antagonists is dearer to her than the last and, as a result, more difficult to handle.

Perhaps if the film were shorter (with credits, it's 163 minutes), they might have excised some unnecessary plot threads (mostly involving the inventor who took over the Tyrell Corporation, which made replicants in the first movie) or characters (said inventor, plus many more), or given our heroes (K and then Deckard) a truly worthy antagonist (as was Rutger Hauer's Roy Batty in Blade Runner).

Hoffman, in particular, shines as the group's unhappy antagonist, while the drama is given even more depth by Imogen Poots, who puts in an astonishing turn as Robert's passionate daughter.

Great post as usual, M, and a good reminder to add more depth to the antagonist.

Scorpions may be more likely to appear as antagonists in people's nightmares than as pets in their home, but they make for surprisingly easy going and interesting pets.

You have your typical races, trick events, and ghost runs against the main antagonist Griff (more on that in a minute), as well as what are essentially boss levels in the form of «Deadly Descents,» which up until recently was this game's subtitle.

Overall the story is quite compelling and as the mobile game progresses you learn a lot more about the characters and the world, however, there is rather a lack of information on the antagonist as not even his order of the sworn six of Pardia is mentioned in the game.

In it, Barnard talks more about the trailer, as well as the group of sinister looking antagonists shown at the end — The Cleaners.

In this expansion you play as the antagonist faction The Banished, more precisely, as the brothers Pavium and Voridus.

As a collective whole, the antagonists are truly horrifying and very reminiscent of Vaas from Far Cry 3 but with a few more sympathetic layers to their personalities.

Perhaps Joel will be more of a predator this time around, maybe even serving as an antagonist of some sort, considering the ending of the first game.

They announced a digital expansion featuring the Flood as the antagonist — which you can check out more here.

Seemingly embracing the all too common comparisons with the Indiana Jones series (right down to the chapter played as a youthful Drake), Uncharted 3 is more about Nathan Drake's relationship with father figure Victor Sullivan than it is about the antagonist's motivations.

It's probably a little bit of a misnomer to refer to them as «villain» themes, but that is the term I feel lends more symmetry to the «heroes and villains» dichotomy, so I will divide up villainous themes into Individual Antagonists, Beasties, and Events as Antagonist.

They did add more to the game, though, with a mysterious woman who shows up as an antagonist, fleshing out quite a bit more story than the original release.