Sentences with phrase «more odd your story»

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I have never had a problem with the story of Jesus saving the woman... but that last comment of go and sin no more always struck me as odd... so out of character with Jesus previous statement...» Neither do I accuse you».

Thus the Old Testament is not to be read as an odd collection of curious stories and ideas from a remote and primitive world, any more than it should be taken, on all its levels indiscriminately, as a definitive statement of unchanging truth.

The director who is known for his earlier works like The Sixth Sense, Signs, and more recently, The Visit, is accustomed to bringing very odd and open ended stories that largely deal with bigger forces than we can control.

Sure, the character's inexplicable inflections and odd behavior are milked for comedy (especially early on), but as the story progresses, Franco reveals more layers, flaws, and vulnerabilities, turning a performance that could have just come across as an outlandish caricature into something real.

It's an odd, somewhat repetitive approach, although making side tasks key to story progression does make them feel a lot more worthwhile.

Stay tuned for more on this odd and developing story...

It's an odd concept, to be sure, yet like many of Nintendo's more quirky outings, it's a story that simply works.

Too bad that, unlike director Tom Hoopers Oscar - laden The Kings Speech, where an odd - couple friendship powers the story, Gerda and Einars bond proves more glamorous, but less moving.

As U.N. investigator Gerry Lane, it is his story that leads us through another zombie apocalypse, starting with the odd happenings during his rush hour in Philadelphia, to his increasingly desperate globe - trotting in an... Read More»

John Ford's Fort Apache is an odd film, consisting more of sidetracks than of an actual story, but it showed a new restlessness in Ford, and a willingness to question the norm (and foreshadowing the themes of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance).

Although the Mexican director's odd, arm's - length approach may be celebrated in a festival context («April's Daughter» won this year's UCR Jury Prize), it's too cold and disengaged for most moviegoers, which severely limits the audience for a story that, if told in more conventional terms, would have no trouble attracting interest.

Some odd things happen in «Duck Butter,» which proves to be Naima's story more than that of a couple.

WHY: 2002's «My Big Fat Greek Wedding» is the kind of indie success story that you rarely hear about any more, but it's also very much a product of its time, which is why it strikes me as odd that Universal thought a sequel no one wanted was a good idea.

This week's releases include a movie surpassed by its soundtrack; an action thriller that makes the ride home more interesting; a true story of unintentional heroism; and an odd story of kindred spirits.

And far from being definitive, the creative minds behind Leatherface have merely stitched together pieces of the mythology we already know into a story that has less to do with The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and more to do with the Wrong Turn series and its increasingly odd sequels.

The Brothers Bloom is an odd, somewhat distancing, but still curiously satisfying confection that may not leave the indelible impression in the mind that Brick does, but, thanks to the brilliant performances, literary presentation, and kitschy European art design, offers a nice bit of escapism into its uniquely quirky world, not dissimilar to the way Wes Anderson might do if he were to create a film with more of a conventional plot (Anderson's Bottle Rocket perhaps comes closest to the spirit of Johnson's film from a story standpoint).

Grim Prairie Tales (Wayne Coe — 1990) An odd anthology film that spends more time with its wrap - around story than the 4 tales spun from it.

The first big plot point comes across at an odd distance, more like a news story we'd see reported on TV than as a tragic event dramatized in a big political thriller.

On the downside, The Scorch Trials feels even more defunct; odd diversions in the story last time are now totally meaningless.

This is certainly the strangest project in Sudeikis» career to date, and while it's nice to see him expand his range beyond more traditional studio comedies, his broad style never quite syncs with the story's odd tonal shifts between comedy, drama and suspense.

This is an odd commentary as the brothers spend more time trying to make each other laugh than actually talking about the film or sharing any stories.

The film rights for that property were sold back in the early 2000s, but it's looking more and more unlikely that its odd blend of superhero story and political drama will ever make it to the silver screen.

McMartin is more interested in telling a feel - good Hollywood story than she is in telling a real and nuanced one, which is odd since this is her story (she's obviously the real life Charlie) and it would be more compelling with some shades of gray and relatable emotion.

Directing with an even more restless energy than he showed in Kings and Queen, Desplechin sketches out a family tragedy, the untimely death of a first - born, that precedes the story by decades and then only overtly references it a few times, even as the shadow of that death hovers over the film: in the cancer that family matron Junon (Catherine Deneuve) has been diagnosed with, in the fragility of her teenage grandson Paul (Emile Berling), and in the odd sibling dynamics that have caused eldest daughter Elizabeth (Anne Consigny) to, in effect, legally separate herself from her brother Ivan (Mathieu Amalric, in a mesmerizingly manic - depressive performance).

It's odd that Knight couldn't produce a more palatable dish out of Michael Kalesniko's story.

«The Making of the Counterfeiters» (10:02) is an odd making - of featurette, as it's more interested in the true story behind the film than it is in the actual production.

I hope the dlc for Mario party 10 will be more decent than Mario kart 8's dlc it'll be a 2 pack dlc with 2 new boards and a new character although I am a bit disturbed by the fact that there's no online once again and what surprises me the most is that there's no story mode heck there wasn't even an intro in the game which is an odd thing to leave out

Adam Warren should be getting more mainstream work beyond the odd story or two from Marvel.

I've been arguing for a while that if indie publishing is going to become a viable route for more than the odd success story, something will have to arise that does the gatekeeping role publishers used to play — likely book bloggers in some manner or other.

Here's an odd little story — and one that raises more questions than it answers — out of Chattanooga, where a dog apparently decided to eat a police car.

It was fun to be shown the odd, out of the way places in Budapest which we would never have noticed on our own, and it was even more fun to learn the back story about them.

While there's definitely some performance issues and a couple of odd design choices, I honestly believe that the gameplay systems and the way they interact with each other while creating the story, more than make up for any janky issues.

I hope the dlc for Mario party 10 will be more decent than Mario kart 8's dlc it'll be a 2 pack dlc with 2 new boards and a new character although I am a bit disturbed by the fact that there's no online once again and what surprises me the most is that there's no story mode heck there wasn't even an intro in the game which is an odd thing to leave out

Combine this with a rather generic story, forgettable arcade, odd roster (no X-Men) and bad models and you have a fighter that appeals to more casual players, but likely not what professional / fans are looking for.

Notwithstanding a few odd narrative choices, Secret Files: Sam Peters is a well made contemporary point - and - click adventure game with a tightly scripted and more grounded story.

That odd smattering of dark subject matter also extends to the world and story of Watch Dogs 2, as eventually a series of mostly lighthearted missions is interrupted by something much more grisly.

Pros: - It's genuinely fun beneath the odd design choices and meshing of genres - Voice acting in story scenes make it a lot more vibrant - Getting that perfect combination of skills, facets, and weaponry to take down a swarm of enemies is very satisfying

An existing odd - shaped, two - story tower in the foyer that served no real purpose was removed, which gave this updated livable coastal modern home a more streamlined profile.