Sentences with phrase «most obvious attempt»

The filmmakers» most obvious attempt at satirical bite is the inclusion of Samuel L. Jackson as right - wing TV host Pat Novak (of, ahem, «The Novak Element»), but his exposition - heavy scenes drag and fall comedically flat.

Not exact matches

The most obvious example is the singular presence of President Trump, and his attempts to lobby for the AHCA.

If culture flows from success, then it follows that an attempt to change culture is far easier to accomplish when the most obvious indicator of success — one that has a direct impact on employee pocket - books — is moving up - and - to - the - right.

It follows from this that the most obvious way in which a modern central bank can attempt to regulate an economy's total money stock is by adjusting the available quantity of bank reserves and circulating currency.

Hundreds of ideologies, the most obvious being Marxism, have attempted to answer this question.

now before you go seeking an explanation and start fumbling in an attempt to reason this wonderful contradi ction... i will provide you with the most obvious explanation:

With that in mind, I will attempt to address some of the myths propagated by those enduring Wenger loyalists who can't seem to see what has become blatantly obvious to most outside observers.

In one of the most obvious acts of brown - nosing ever attempted, Lingaard has now publicly claimed that Josey Mourinho is just a fun - loving hoot in training — constantly cracking jokes etc — just a lovable fellow apparently.

Arsenal have created the most chances in the premier league this year, but go ahead and spew the «Benzema has a great supporting cast» line in a lame attempt to deflect from the obvious.

Governor Cuomo promised the «most transparent administration in state history» early in his first term; however, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) said of Cuomo, «The only thing transparent about Gov. Cuomo's administration is his obvious attempt to avoid disclosure.»

Most directors who attempt real time movies without obvious cuts would make their works unbearably stilted and pretentious.

Unlike A Clockwork Orange (the most obvious comparison) or Badlands, the film makes no attempt to link Bronson's violence to any larger trope outside himself.

Aesthetics still matter, which is obvious from the opening sequence: a purely cinematic attempt to dramatize a cyber-attack, starting from the macro and then plunging down to the most microscopic level.

Those scenes, though, are too obvious and blatant in their attempts to earn our sympathies — especially because Diana spends most of her time trashing other people's lives.

The Scorpion King may hold the title for the strangest and most painfully obvious attempt to cash in on a movie property.

The overly familiar nature of Getchell's screenplay is certainly the most obvious source of the film's downfall, as the been - there - done - that character - study vibe is compounded by Lutter's seriously annoying performance and an ongoing emphasis on thoroughly tedious episodes (eg Alice attempts to find a job, Alice attempts to find a man, etc, etc).

The most obvious is a «missing reel,» which skips over a supposedly key scene only to create a lot of clever humor when we attempt to get back up to speed.

The next, it's a too - obvious attempt to pull at heartstrings with the most maudlin kind of melodrama.

Painfully unfunny much of the time, this film will only appeal to those who find the most obvious of gags to be hilarious, the kind of audiences where any attempt at subtlety is lost.

Comparing the front end of the new R18 with last year's car, the most obvious difference are the bigger dive planes, as well as huge air inlets on the front wheel arches, the latter in an attempt to reduce aerodynamic drag.

The most obvious flaw was some rough cut plastic I noticed around the base of the center console where there seems to have been no attempt made at all to create a finished look.

At the most obvious level, they are exciting stories of crime, conflict and revenge, but they are more than that: ambitious attempts to show us the pain and greatness of a troubled nation that is still being born...» - Washington Post

Worse yet, if you time it so that you make your surge in credit card purchases right before you file for bankruptcy, it'll most definitely be dismissed by the court, since it'll be obvious that you deliberately tried to add on more debt in an attempt to get it erased.

The most obvious symptom of flea bite hypersensitivity and FAD is severe itching of the skin, which your pet attempts to cope with by scratching and biting.

These heroes each boast four basic action card; exploration let's you explore the current location and draw special dungeon cards in the process, vital to completing most missions; attacking does the obvious and is the main method of dealing with the many enemies who will attempt to thwart your quest; rest, which lets you heal your character; and aid, which lets you generate success tokens for other heroes in order to shore up their turn.

The sheriff is the most obvious example; the same man appears to be the town's sheriff, coroner and hotel manager, yet he swears he isn't the same person, affecting little speech quirks in an attempt to hide the fact.

The biggest, and probably the most obvious, is that an arcade type racing game will play more freely; simulation racing and driving games are much more structured, and literally attempt to «simulate» real racing and driving via game physics and variables for almost every part of the cars and environments.

It's here that the difference between a big - screen title and how this port attempts to bridge that gap, is most obvious.

This does not mean that some wouldn't attempt to incorporate such an «estimate»; it would simply be an obvious invalidity seemingly present to justify a budget expense, most likely.

Oh Zeke, your attempts to justify your «adjustments» but completely ignoring the most obvious bias, UHI effect, tells me you are being rather disingenuous with your protestations that everything is OK with the data.

For obvious reasons, most firms attempt to measure individual profitability, but many end up including overhead expenses in their calculations, which is really just a numbers game and tends to put lower - level timekeepers at a disadvantage in calculating their profitability contribution.

If culture flows from success, then it follows that an attempt to change culture is far easier to accomplish when the most obvious indicator of success — one that has a direct impact on employee pocket - books — is moving up - and - to - the - right.