Sentences with phrase «more poignancy»

So, too, does Stallone gain more poignancy in those two films, not necessarily by doing things differently (in the worst of circumstances, he's pretty charming as Rocky) but by allowing his advanced age to sink in on screen.

There is more poignancy, and pain, in Crane's sexual sidekick John Carpenter (Willem Dafoe), a techie consultant who introduces Crane to the new VTR video system.

This assertion by the Apostle Paul possessed considerable more poignancy for antebellum Americans than for us because, whereas they lived in death's presence, we have largely banished it from ours, making the good news seem not quite as good.

For example, the Dutch painter Joseph Isräels (Frugal Meal, 1876) attempted to show that the most mundane acts of human experience conveyed the presence of the divine with far more poignancy than the traditional subjects of cross and cathedral.

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More important than the technical precision of the actors» turns is the rapport they all share — which ultimately lends this story of a family its authentic, immediate poignancy.

It's the poignancy of just being — and then more being.

But, again, the film doesn't offer much more than a watered down version of the original, and it doesn't have the poignancy of that film, and probably won't until a cast member either achieves fame or OD's.

The World Trade Centre attacks are commandeered for faux - poignancy, turning this C - rate action flick into something all the more deplorable.

Bookended by war scenes that dramatize the fine line between civilized society and the brutality of war, it all comes together... bringing more power and poignancy to the two best scenes: as previously mentioned, Letts and Lerman go mano y mano in arguing the brilliance of Bertrand Russell, and their word battle highlights the age - old idealist vs. real world struggles; a mother - son scene towards the end is as heart - breaking as any we're likely to see on screen this year.

And in a film full of dick jokes and drug humour, it takes quite the stretch to make any of the more serious moments with any real pathos or poignancy.

Despite all its ironic detachment --» The Cabin in the Woods» has tons of laughs, some truly jaw - dropping moments and a couple scenes of unexpected poignancy that make it more than a parody movie.

Elizabethtown mistakes countless scenes of people throwing their hands over their heads as they're walking away to some alt - pop tune as poignancy while mistaking Bloom as a viable romantic lead when he's more accurately a plaster casting of one.

The trailer's poignancy was linked to its use of family and the zombification of the little girl; not only do you see her die, but learning that it is her father who has to kill her makes the sequence all the more harrowing.

His character's elitist, intelligence - fueled humor is paired with a whole lot of poignancy, which, though feeling somewhat out of place alongside Emmerich's bombast, makes Ifans's effort all the more memorable.

(Even though it's been long enough now since release that if you've remained unspoiled, you're kind of amazing and you should definitely go into this film knowing as little as possible — not because it depends on not knowing what's going on, but because it just gives it that much more oomph and poignancy if you learn gradually along with the film.)

It is this surprising poignancy that elevates this romantic comedy into something more than the usual fare.

The poignancy of the film comes from these unspoken desires — for understanding, compassion, or, if one wants to put it bluntly, love — that are communicated through more prurient methods, from Razmik's quick sexual encounters to Sin - Dee's physical manifestation of jealousy over the loss of what she believed to be a genuine romance.

The trailer has been released for Enough Said; a rom - com that will bear a more potent poignancy for those who were fans of the late James Gandolfini,...

Weaving together moments of humor with poignancy by way of personal anecdotes — as well as reflections on newsworthy events of the past 12 months — Ryan told graduates to take pride in their work and accomplishments, while asking themselves what more might they do to help others.

By the late 1950s he shifted to more representational subject matter, often depicting everyday scenes with great poignancy.

There is a certain poignancy to Grigonis's precarious «constructions,» making each of their isolated gestures more sensationally intense.

«There is an immediacy and poignancy to each work, showing that Benton was more than just a pictorial journalist.

Though the installation speaks well to more universal feelings of death and memory, it seems to convey a piece of the Colombian conflict with special poignancy.

Toward the latter period of his documentary work, Siskind's growing interest in the poignancy of less referential images began to reveal; the repeat of windows perforating abandoned brownstone façades in Harlem translate more as an exploration of pattern and texture than as social commentary.

By saturating the room with the feeling of the work, the walls are defeated and the poignancy of each single work... become [s] more visible.

And on the table, nothing says spring with more delicate beauty and, for me, poignancy than lily - of - the - valley (these were favourite flowers of my late sister Thomasina).