Sentences with phrase «more gratuitous»

The entire trailer was rendered using the in - game graphics engine, and had to be edited to get past that pesky ratings board — the actual videogame will be much more gratuitous (i.e. — uncensored harpy nipples) and much more violent (i.e. — vividly rendered entrails).

This just means we'll have more gratuitous particle systems.»

It weaves in and out of finding its path again, but there are far too many narrative digressions — most centered on graphic depictions of torture — that were, in my opinion, far more gratuitous than necessary.

It is also profane, vulgar, and probably filled with more gratuitous bloodshed than the collected cinematic adventures of pretty much any debonair spy.

Maybe he was trying to create a situation more along the lines of Metal Gear, only with (slightly) more gratuitous titillation and bawdy content.

It's more vulgar, there is even more gratuitous nudity, and the main characters are drunk in nearly every scene.

More muscles on Pratt and more gratuitous shirtless scenes to show them off.

The Proposition simply doesn't have that sense of weight which makes a good western into a great one, and that makes the violence in the last twenty minutes feel all the more gratuitous.

It's giddier in its mayhem, more gratuitous in its splatter, more confident in its mixing comedy and superhero pathos.

Not to be a curmudgeon, but I walked out of that movie... the nudity and sex scenes were even more gratuitous and tedious than HBO, also compounded by the French prerequisite of nudity and sex whether it helps the plot or not.

Have clergymen been responsible for more gratuitous suffering than doctors?

Not exact matches

«Simply by being labelled a specialist,» Nass writes, «you will be perceived as more compelling, even if the label is obviously gratuitous and irrelevant.»

Fewer rescuers than non-rescuers reported being slapped, spanked, kicked, and beaten or having their hair pulled by parents; 3) Many more non-rescuers than rescuers perceived punishment as gratuitous — a cathartic release of aggressiveness by parents; and 4) Rescuers most frequently used the word explained to describe parental approaches to correction and discipline.

The worst harm done by gratuitous, judgmental proclamations that «AIDS is God's damning curse upon homosexuals» is precisely in the tremendous temptation on the part of the AIDS sufferer to believe it, thus raising one more obstacle to faith in God's all - sufficient grace.

It can however be deflated quite easily by changing «evil» to something more tangible but just as problematic; gratuitous suffering for example.

Unless reason reasserts itself over passion, the potential for short - term chaos is great and the risk of long - term damage even greater: an ongoing cycle of resentment, bitterness, and revenge that will lead to more of the gratuitous violence that was seen on the streets of Washington this past January 21.

The first couple of books start out as typical «solve - this - murder» sort of books (without being gory or cruel or gratuitous, it's more about the story and the characters)-- very satisfying Saturday night read — but as the books go forward, the layers and complex storytelling becomes even more clear and right around book three or four you begin to realise that everything is connected and everything means something and something major is unfolding and OMG MUST KEEP READING.

In the case of the latter theory the fact of such hierarchies of composites is strictly gratuitous, as it is merely a state of affairs which is empirically found to be the case; in terms of that theory composites can not be any more than pure aggregates.

A second problem with Hasker's argument is that, although he claims that he is arguing that God should allow gratuitous evils, he is in fact arguing that even the gratuitous evils are not really gratuitous, because they contribute to «God's intention to make us responsible moral individuals,» which from his perspective is a more important consideration than the relative balance of enjoyment and suffering in the world.

Since it didn't «work,» it seems like nothing more than gratuitous evil on the part of God, or at the bare minimum, some sort of childish temper - tantrum when the people He created stop doing what He wants.

Seeing as it's been one of those weeks — and I don't have all of your numbers — I hope you'll accept some gratuitous photos of these blissful muffins I made earlier this week in lieu of more than a two - word description.

More than once, Clegg opposes Osborne for pursuing a too - narrowly pro-trade and pro-investment approach to China, leaving readers to infer that Clegg would have preferred some kind of more robustly human rights - driven policy towards China: «too many of our politicians have rushed to embrace authoritarian capitalism: George Osborne's gratuitous pandering to China's rulers in Beijing in pursuit of commercial advantage springs to mind» (2More than once, Clegg opposes Osborne for pursuing a too - narrowly pro-trade and pro-investment approach to China, leaving readers to infer that Clegg would have preferred some kind of more robustly human rights - driven policy towards China: «too many of our politicians have rushed to embrace authoritarian capitalism: George Osborne's gratuitous pandering to China's rulers in Beijing in pursuit of commercial advantage springs to mind» (2more robustly human rights - driven policy towards China: «too many of our politicians have rushed to embrace authoritarian capitalism: George Osborne's gratuitous pandering to China's rulers in Beijing in pursuit of commercial advantage springs to mind» (226).

There's no more organic need for such a thread, and — like many of the flick's elements — it comes across as gratuitous.

In fact, sparing us the gratuitous party scenes is not just good sense but an intrinsic element of the narrative since, thanks to a self - administered mickey that turns out to be roofies rather than E, the central characters have no more idea of what went on the night before than we do.

This film does seem a lot more pointless and the ending gets racked up into a silly hollywood - like chase, and with some gratuitous cinematic and editing

This film does seem a lot more pointless and the ending gets racked up into a silly hollywood - like chase, and with some gratuitous cinematic and editing decisions made that shows this films wants to be something new but can't let go it's predecessor.

The best performance was given by the CGI animators, but again, seemed more akin to the brutal comic books than the toys or cartoons with gratuitous dismemberment aplenty.

Sure, there are gratuitous murders by the bucketload, more deus ex machina's than you can shake a stick at and the whole black egg thing is a little too close to the 2001 - A-Space-Odyssey-bone, i.e the monoliths,,, not the mention the falling pink stars,,, which may be a metaphor for something,,, perhaps the disgracing of gay celebrities,,, I've no idea.

But ultimately, these shocking and violent sequences become repetitive and gratuitous, making «Red Sparrow» feel more like a cheap exercise in exploitation than a visceral tale of survival.

Serreau directs for maximum freneticism, with her actors rushing around and regurgitating great torrents of imperfectly subtitled dialogue (a gratuitous subplot involving drug traffickers seems to have been inserted just to double the hysteria), and while there are more than a few laughs, most of them are laughs of recognition — seeing these gags again is like coming across long - lost (and vaguely embarrassing) relations.

And while some scenes do portray a gratuitous amount of almost Tarantino - level violence that comes out of nowhere, most of Gangster Squad's violence feels justified, and redemptive, echoing a theme of the film that makes it more fun than your average action fare: heroism.

That's interesting, I suppose, but the murder subplot never doesn't feel like a gratuitous «hook» in a show blessed with such a unique and potent milieu, and it paves the way for more gangster shit from a former writer of «The Sopranos» (Winter) who apparently can't leave that series behind.2

The story goes where it has to go and ends how it has to end, hinting at more than it reveals and going over the top with gratuitous fight scenes while still leaving you wanting more.

The titular battle royale feels entirely contrived, and ultimately amounts to limit more than gratuitous superhero - on - superhero violence with a foregone conclusion: that Batman and Superman will make nice and join forces to fight a greater evil, yadda yadda yadda.

One more game with over the top action and gratuitous violence.

What follows is a stylishly decadent voyeur's delight: As if paying retribution for the understated tone of his previous films, director John McNaughton (Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer, Normal Life) fills Wild Things with group sex, gratuitous nudity, graphic violence, an abundance of authentically sweaty Florida atmosphere, and more plot twists than a season's worth of Melrose Place.

Those expecting more than grunts and violence, with some gratuitous (but not unwelcome) nudity thrown in, should look elsewhere.

Though sloppier and more monotonous, «London Has Fallen» ups its precursor's ante in terms of gratuitous violence, not to mention foul - mouthed dialogue, such that Banning — after a particularly hectic skirmish — greets a glass of water with «I am thirsty as FUCK.»

It has awesome fight and action scenes that are more realistic than over the top gratuitous.

But after shifting social mores led to a liberalizing of the laws in the Seventies, virtually overnight the land Down Under became more associated with sexually - explicit romps and gratuitous violence than with cuddly koalas and kangaroos.

The camera gawks more pornographically at the gratuitous footage of their handsomely appointed woodland home, the luxe private jet they fly around in, and the tasteful fabric of Ana's wedding dress than the material actually verging on pornography.

Tasteless and gratuitous enough on its own terms, this Dawn Of The Dead would still be much more palatable had the original never existed.

The result is a picture that's surprisingly restrained in regards to gratuitous cheesecake (shower scenes are more effective in men - behind - bars films, anyway) and which actually tries to address issues like prison violence, corrupt administrations, and a flawed legal system.

I found myself shaking my head more often than laughing, whether in reaction to the obvious physical jokes, gratuitous situations, or sudden bursts of violence.

Pay more than the average price (currently tracking at $ 4.61 on the Humble Bundle site), you get Cave Story + and Gratuitous Space Battles as well.

Trip Runner, Jamestown, Shank and Nightsky, as well as Cave Story + and Gratuitous Space Battles for paying more than the average selling price.

Daniel Craig's first Bond film presents a slightly different tone, with a more serous plotline and less gratuitous sexuality.

Ridiculously conceived, one can only laugh at how the film is set - up, with gratuitous car chases chock full of spontaneous explosions, muscle - bound pretty boys, and rooms in deserted buildings which seem to be used for little more than storage for dangerous objects for Seagal to use in hand - to - hand combat.

Of course, Pilz was quick to add that they understand many gamers see the added content as an advertisement more than a feature and that they're carefully walking the line between valid content and gratuitous advertising.

Of course, Hiller is no master, and he does more than his share of distractingly gratuitous things with the camera, including fancy angles and movements that have no justification at all.