Sentences with phrase «more gimmicky»

You can also answer calls and take pictures by simply touching the scanner, however most of these gestures feel more gimmicky than useful most of the time.

Some features like Miniature Mode, which makes everything look like it's in a dollhouse, are more gimmicky fun than anything, but hey — who doesn't like a little whimsy now and then?

Two other smartphone photography tricks Google has added are more gimmicky than useful.

The Android Oreo software is perhaps not as «clean» as we'd like, and something tells us facial recognition is more gimmicky than convenient.

Some of the more gimmicky skills can really come in handy from under your sheets, even though this cloud - based service is still growing.

Animojis are one of the more gimmicky features included with the iPhone X, so again, rather than copying the best aspects of the latest iPhones (Face ID, for example), we're instead getting uncanny - valley representations of ourselves.

There's also a beautification tool that lets you make your eyes bigger, remove blemishes on your skin, and more, but these are more gimmicky than actually usable.

There's nothing wrong with hobbyist projects in renewable energy, but the promise seemed a bit more gimmicky than I wanted.

In any event, Saville remains one of a very small number of high quality classically trained figure painters in postmodernist art: an era dominated by ever more gimmicky types of art.

In any event, what's more gimmicky than a performance developed under such a strict veil of secrecy?

It feels more gimmicky than anything else, and I'm sure that many players would prefer to create their own levels from scratch.

Nintendo's more gimmicky approach springs from the company's winding history as a toy - maker.

Setzer is one of the more gimmicky characters in Final Fantasy VI.

Other games in the series tend to have more gimmicky goals, mainly having to restore towns or make two villages befriend each other, have more complicated crop growing mechanics, etc..

Maybe, a fiver but if VR keeps being more gimmicky games then ports of triple A titles (Seriously, Skyrim VR managed to not only work but be good) then it'll fall the way of Kinect, Virtual Boy, the Move etc...

The «back» stage tends to be a bit more gimmicky, or mixes things up in a unique way.

While I probably wouldn't ever invest in motifs that feel more gimmicky, like the motif that invests in companies with the most likes on Facebook, I can see how it might be a useful tool for those looking to create certain types of investing baskets.

In fact, one could say that in the hunt for more gimmicky features, Amazon has completely ignored the core of the Kindle through the years, since the devices are still riddled with the most basic flaws and are still unable to properly handle even the most basic typography — not to mention that many of their software readers have been stuck in 2010 in terms of their technology and don't support even the most basic Kindle features.

Social features are more gimmicky than useful.

It also gets a gesture - controlled infotainment unit but that feels more gimmicky and a feature that you may not end up using too often.

No more gimmicky selling points.

Maybe, a fiver but if VR keeps being more gimmicky games then ports of triple A titles (Seriously, Skyrim VR managed to not only work but be good) then it'll fall the way of Kinect, Virtual Boy, the Move etc...

Another minor problem with the core gameplay is that it could afford to be more gimmicky.

He's a man who isn't afraid to partake in the more gimmicky cinematic techniques.

Also according to this featurette, the film's original ending had Mrs. Reno and Cathy sadly sitting at the dinner table after returning from Clint's grave, which depressed the test audiences so much that they changed it to the more gimmicky ending of Elvis singing «Love Me Tender.»

As it stands right now, each bill has some components that are more fiscally responsible than its counterpart as well as other aspects that are more gimmicky.

Below is a table comparing the two on some of the main features, noting the more fiscally responsible approach for each (shaded green) as well as the more gimmicky approach (shaded red):

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I believe the term «gimmicky» was used more than once.

The reality is that McGregor's gimmicky public persona has lost it's luster and people (besides die hard CM fans) are more than ready to move on from it.

I do think we can be sure there have been more then a few gimmicky unbalanced GOP budgets also.

There's so much confusion these days about what a healthy diet that promotes fat loss really is... after all, we are bombarded by conflicting messages in the media about what is healthy and what is not, and you have all of these gimmicky diet books about low carb, low fat, high protein, vegetarian, fasting, atkins, south beach, liquid diets, and hundreds more.

I don't recommend those gimmicky and over-hyped exercise supplements that can actually cause more harm than good.

Pop Art might be a little gimmicky to some, but it is all about having fun through fashion & making it accessible for all, so this theme is so appropriate & the timing couldn't be more perfect.

A good chunk of the collection was gimmicky and overly adorned, but there was much to love in the few more streamlined pieces.

The graphics impress yet can definitely be improved, the gameplay is fun and intuitive with the touch integration feeling less gimmicky and more natural.

Even fueled by Reynolds, whose likability is practically a super power, a new director in David Leitch («John Wick» and «Atomic Blonde»), charismatic new costars like Zazie Beetz («Atlanta») and Julian Dennison («Hunt for the Wilderpeople»), bigger stakes (and more money to execute them), «Deadpool 2,» suffers from the sequelitis that typically threatens gimmicky gambles turned tentpole franchises.

After a couple of gimmicky transgressive comedies (Humpday and Your Sister's Sister), writer - director Lynn Shelton takes a more observant approach this time.

The soundmix feels a bit more modern than the cinematography, with a wiretapping making gimmicky use of the discrete surrounds, the various gunshots packing a wallop, and Alberto Iglesias's conspiracy - jazz score enveloping the viewer.

No B - movie, this spooky 1953 hit holds up remarkably well, as does the less gimmicky, more dated thriller it remakes.

It's telling, too, that the scene is no more nor less gimmicky than any other scene in the picture, and even more telling that the only memorable visual in a piece filthy with visuals sees failed reality - show model Jasmine Lennard desecrating a lollipop.

An arresting cast doesn't hurt, and some pleasing performances smooth over some of the film's more rudimentary life lessons and gimmicky assay into the nature of sainthood.

The loss in cinematic power is more evident in the types of visuals (split - screen shots that allowed focus choices now merely seem gimmicky) and in the runtime, where the movie is shy of even just an hour - long commercial television program and lacks the sensory overload to explain it.

However, this outward ploy undermines certain characteristics that distinguish the film as something more than a mere gimmicky curiosity.

But I'm here to tell you it's more of a gimmicky stylistic choice, paired hilariously with Oasis» overplayed song «Wonderwall».

One of the night's more memorable wins, due to the gimmicky nature of the film — Franco even doing his Wiseau mimicry in his speech — and for Tommy Wiseau joining him on stage (though not permitted to speak!).

While new ones like Sniper, Rainbow and Titan successfully add more variety, I felt they were gimmicky and enjoyed the classic options a bit more.

These tend to be gimmicky and more of a distraction than anything else, but in Grand Slam Tennis, the mini-games are actually quite engaging thanks to the excellent control scheme.

Most scenes are choreographed to music but the effect is more subtle than gimmicky, receding into the background as the story takes hold.

Where Divergent felt gimmicky and a bit shallow, this chapter pushes the characters much deeper, giving the actors a chance to bring them more engagingly to life, which makes the odd set - up more involving as well.

Almost tempted to take off a star for the gimmicky use of music (Cameron Crowe said that he actually starts writing a film around a song he likes) but it all works so well, and the cast is fabulous: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Frances McDormand, even Kate Hudson, more than almost.