Sentences with phrase «more cynical approach»

Those charmed by feel - good Capra films might find this gentle baseball nostalgia pic a winner, while I took a more cynical approach as I found myself unmoved by such a hokey ghostly baseball story.

The more cynical approach by the pundits that the Oscar brand will prevail no matter what.

Director Phillip Kaufman's re-imagining of Jack Finney's novel Body Snatchers takes a decidedly darker, more cynical approach to the premise than the original 1956 film adaptation.

Not exact matches

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While many that come to serve Haiti get tired, cynical and sick of the battle, Beth seems to get more energetic, more empathetic and more willing to give of herself with each passing year and approaching challenge.

Its release date in the UK — just three days after the polls close across the Atlantic — suggest the distributers are being somewhat more cynical in their approach over here.

Russell and Rivers propose utopian communities and spiritual / aesthetic ecstasy as alternatives; Reichardt's approach is more cynical and existential: she reinvigorates well - worn conventions from film noir and heist pictures to analyse the problems of radical political action in the era of late capitalism.

The movie approaches their circumstances with a tone that's more playful than anything, except when it turns maudlin with a cynical degree of timing and manipulation.

And that task is especially difficult in secondary schools, where many teachers are subject - oriented and uncomfortable with adopting new approaches and where students are often more cynical and less engaged than their younger peers, principals say.

Or perhaps it's my general appreciation towards artists, storytellers and creators that makes me have a more «slap on the wrist» approach towards their missteps (they are the ones actually making the games, after all), compared to my utter distaste towards the far more cynical fanbases?

Because of such methods, this artist earned himself numerous comparisons with the movement of Minimalism, although Joe's approach is a lot more ironic and cynical in nature when compared to the original intentions of minimalistic painters.

This approach has earned him comparisons to Minimalism, though his is a more ironic, cynical approach than the movement's first - generation practitioners.

Speaking of court Ross Wilson, my opinion is neither cynical nor based on negative experience, I just simply refuse to place any of my clients in such a precarious position — I like and respect them far too much to diminish the service I promised to provide and immediately deny any buyer expecting I'd be more than happy to give them a break in price because I'd get all the commission — after all, every single one always say that to me, to every Realtor I know who has been so approached.