Sentences with phrase «more levity»

What made FFIX stand out from its predecessors was the way in which this typically grandiose storyline was handled, injecting far more levity into proceedings and filling out the cast with cute and goofy character designs on a level that had been missing since the series» SNES days.

The saving grace could have been Xandra who provides a bit more levity to contrast Avil's dryness, but she gets little screen - time and they've never properly together, rather she's just a voice in his ear.

After reading Cathy's words of wisdom above it occurred to me that we could use a little more levity, a little more strangeness, a little more melted French brie in our famous travel quotes.

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Voice acting would also bring more levity to the game, tapping into the aforementioned writing style and surely invoking a few laughs.

But there was generally more levity than can be found in classic Russian novels.

Posting the manifesto of UCSB mass shooter Elliot Rodger» manifesto on his website for annotation, Moghadam tasteless decided it could use a little more levity.

You're serious about growing your company, but would replacing grim determination with a bit more levity actually be better for your business?

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«Consider the acronym CALM: Communicate — more frequently and in a venue that works for your boss; Anticipate problems before they worsen, and have solutions; Laugh — use levity to help your boss keep a rational perspective; Manage up — set limits with your bosses diplomatically, and let them see the benefits of your suggestions.

But somewhat remarkably, the night was marked more by Sherman's mostly successful attempts at scientific clarity and levity than the sorrow associated with his stories.

Robin utilizes the many tools of yoga therapy to address the particular imbalances brought on by the tides of change in mid-life, offering practices and practical understanding to help you live with more balance, grace and levity.

She's able to both convey the brutality of the games by making Katniss a more battle - hardened warrior this time out, which also finding moments of levity, such as her priceless reaction to an impromptu striptease by Malone in an elevator.

I think that's what also makes it hard for me to give it a full five since, while levity isn't a bad thing, the somewhat lightheartedness of things and occasional cheesiness undercut the material and stick out more than they should.

(It doesn't help, either, that there's an air of desperation to virtually all of the movie's attempts at levity, with Nimoy's increasingly frantic efforts to elicit laughs from the viewer growing more and more obnoxious as time progresses.)

Though advertised as a buddy cop comedy, The Guard is more like straight crime drama with a fair amount of colorful levity.

While «Before Midnight» certainly has its appealing moments of allure and levity, it's ultimately more «This Is 40 «- style pain with much more honesty and real bite than Judd Apatow would likely ever go for, and when «Before Midnight» bares its fangs and becomes uncomfortable there are few moments of comedic relief or a new jaunty scene to cut to.

Howard excels at infusing lighthearted stories with gravity and more serious narratives with moments of levity; the balance here is as good as it's ever been.

By comparison, Guadagnino's form is more reserved throughout this film, and there's some justification for that, as he's ceding agency to the relationship crafted by his actors — which is one of impressive emotional acuity, at once heartbreaking and sensual, and with an unusually convincing levity about it.

That's not a bad thing, the picture is far more substantive than most teen relationship films, but it could probably use just a smidgeon of levity here and there after the first act.

Newman underscored Hoffman's crotchety pedant with a wry, grumpy theme and generally added levity but also a wistful, nostalgic hue in more tender moments — all on solo piano, which he performed.

Through their play, companion pets provide moments of levity that eventually become more enduring.

We want to encourage people to show pit bulls in happy, goofy ways because we feel that humor and levity can open people to learning more about this often - misunderstood breed.

These are usually filled with dialogue around the city or at Stella's Place, and are typically for some levity thanks to the more lighthearted dialogue.

Berseria seems like a darker tale than the previous games, but I hope it maintains the trademark levity in its skits and that Velvet's ultimate techniques / over-drives / bursts are more interesting than Sorey's.

While this may sound like hyperbolic praise for a game that also features karaoke rhythm mini-games and a protagonist lusting after bikini - clad cam girls, I can't help but feel that more so than any previous entry, the moments of humour and levity in Yakuza 6 only juxtapose and enhance the bittersweet nature of Kiryu's figurative «riding off into the sunset».

He's his own person with his own story that you want to know more about, and his sarcastic charm serves to bring levity to the dangers the two face throughout the course of the game.

Recent exhibitions include: SITE Santa Fe international Biennale, 2014; «Vertical Landscape», 8th Berlin Biennale, Berlin, 2014; LARA -LRB-(Latin American Roaming Art), MAC, Peru, 2014; «Chiral Garden», La Verriere Fondation D'Entrerprise Hermes, Brussels, BR; «Entanglement», Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Sankt Gallen, 2013; «The Exact Opposite of Distance», Motive Gallery, Brussels 2013; The Challenger's Report, Gasworks, London, 2012; The Molyneux Problem, BAK, Utrecht, 2011; Essays on Geopoetics, 8th Mercosur Biennal, Porto Alegre, 2011; 50 Metres Distance or More, Labor Gallery, Mexico City, 2011; El Vuelo de Levy, Motive Gallery, Amsterdam, 2010 and Montehermoso Art Centre, Vitoria - Gasteiz, 2009; The Malady of Writing, MACBA, Barcelona, 2009; Planet of Signs, Le Plateau, Paris, 2009; and Levity, The Drawing Center, New York, 2007.

Remarkably she manages to take us from the Jurassic period (more than two hundred million years ago) to the future tense, from outer space with Meteorite Hanging to the rootedness of the earth's plant life with her brass and glass lichen wall reliefs (2012), accomplishing this with levity and a profound sense of awe.

It seems symptomatic of a broader reorientation in the pop - cultural landscape of early»90s Britain, away from the plaid - shirt nihilism of Generation X, towards a confident levity and engagement with a more localized pop sensibility — a loss of interest in the US as locus of artistic innovation.