Sentences with phrase «much as any comic»

«I love the Infinity Stones as much as any comic book fan,» Coogler told IGN.

«I love the Infinity Stones as much as any comic book fan, it's just Wakanda already has its thing, which is Vibranium.

I love the Infinity Stones as much as any comic book fan, it's just Wakanda already has its thing, which is vibranium.

As much as comic book movies dominate the theatrical release schedules, sales of actual comic books are miniscule compared to their movie offspring («Amazing Spider - Man 583» is the top - seller of the last decade, at a little over 500,000 copies).

I can't think of a single alarmist possessing so much as a comic flair.

Not exact matches

As the majority owner of the National Basketball Association's Cleveland Cavaliers, he received worldwide attention in 2010 for a scathing open letter (published in the much - maligned comic sans font) decrying superstar LeBron James» decision to leave the team to sign with the Miami Heat.

There was something going on in comics where there was just a lot of raping going on... And I thought there was a much more complex and dangerous road to go down that doesn't have that in it, and as a male creator, do that: teach by example.

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«But don't forget that I also read a lot of comic books as I was growing up, and I think that might have influenced me just as much.

It is infinitely comic that at the bottom of the practical wisdom which is so much extolled in the world, at the bottom of all the devilish lot of good counsel and wise saws and «wait and see» and «put up with one's fate» and «write in the book of forgetfulness» — that at the bottom of all this, ideally understood, lies complete stupidity as to where the danger really is and what the danger really is.

Helmed by Noah Hawley, the mind behind the surprise TV hit Fargo, the tone of the show owes as much to The X-Files as it does to comic books.

Finally, anyone who reads such publications needs to take everything that is printed with a liberal helping of salt, remember as The Jam so eloquently put it, the News of the World is «It's just a comic, not much more»

She hopes her kid will enjoy beagles, cats, metal music, comic books, and The Golden Girls as much as she does.

In the press conference, Gianotti also took questions about a less serious topic: the choice of the «Comic Sans» font for her 2012 Higgs presentation, which prompted much teasing as it seemed incongrous with the solemnity of the discovery.

I wore this exact outfit to San Diego Comic Con last month, however, as I was on my own, failed to get any snaps of it, but I didn't mind too much as I figured Disneyland was a much better place to get pictures.

When I'm not gaming I'm working on writing my comic series, but I still try to play as much as I can.

Though dark hued, particularly in the first two acts, «The Fighter» is, I'm sure, a much breezier film because of Russell, whose specialty is generating humor from darkness, death, and dysfunction as in the bitterly comic «Three Kings,» «I Heart Huckabees,» and «Flirting with Disaster.»

i heard it was awesome, and i like marvel comics (though not as much as DC), and decided to try

I understand that in order to build a climax, the first 2 or 3 episodes should be viewed and interpreted as an introduction to the serie itself and what its about - not so much a comic book serie!

With just as much comic timing as beauty, Rebecca Romijn - Stamos made the transition from model to actress look easy.

As Jamil Smith writes for Time, the character of the Black Panther — the first black comic - book superhero — was created in 1966 during the civil - rights movement and very much represented «a vision of black grandeur and, indeed, power in a trying time.»

Let's begin with a recap of Iron Man 1, not so much the plot (a man puts on an iron suit and beats the bad guys) as what it was that made it so successful, widely considered one of the best comic book adaptations ever.

Cohen and Carter ham it up as the brassy, much - needed comic relief, and their «Master of the House» is a fun production number.

It's much more personal, subdued, even intimate — and obviously something one of our era's great faces sees as an story that he could explore beyond his normal (but already high level) comic and dramatic range.

Readers of the original comic - book will already know that the sequel to Mark Millar's original hyper - violent vigilante caper that KA2 - as no - one is calling it - is very much HG's baby, giving her a lot of time to explore who she really is after Big Daddy shuffled off this mortal coil last time around.

Spider - Man 2 was well received (even if I didn't really appreciate it as much as most), Batman Begins was an incredible cinema experience, and Sin City was the ultimate in live action comics.

This may seem like a dramatic departure to fans of the Spider - Man comics, as May is usually seen as much older, in an almost elderly fashion, with graying hair.

Based on his long - running comic book, which debuted in 2008 before wrapping up at the end of 2013, «Locke & Key» would have combined a classic haunted house tale with complex and rich mythology, and as such managed to attract some heavyweight names: «Star Trek» duo Kurtzman & Orci were writing with «War Of The Worlds» scribe Josh Friedman, Steven Spielberg was producing and «Never Let Me Go» helmer Mark Romanek was brought on to direct the pilot, which reportedly cost as much as $ 10 million.

Merchant's awkwardness as Walter provides some much needed comic relief that isn't Jerry's sardonic bluntness about the whole situation.

Like so many others, Christopher Nielsen's tale emulates some of the comic thrillers that have come out over the past decade, and in fact, it very much feels like an animated predecessor to Joe Carnahan's Smokin Aces, except with an elephant as the being that everyone is trying to get to.

(remix) music video by Danger Mouse and Jemini; deleted scenes and alternative takes, five in total, including an alternative ending (9 min) with a less subtle conversation between Richard and Mark, but a haunting final image of Richard with Anthony; images from Anjan Sarkars graphic novel animation matched to actual dialogue from the films soundtrack (the scene where Herbie first sees the elephant); In Shanes Shoes (24 min) documentary featuring the premiere at the 2004 Edinburgh Film Festival, interviews with Shane Meadows about run - ins with violent gangs in his youth, and on - location clowning; Northern Soul (26 min) also made by Meadows in 2004, and starring Toby Kebbell as an aspiring wrestler with no actual wrestling experience or talent - this comic short is as amateurish as its protagonist, and serves only to show how much better Dead Mans Shoes is.

Let it also stand as an example of a very effective way for a comic book adaptation to deal candidly with the fact that its main villain, while canonical, is a pretty much unredeemable racial stereotype.

The polar opposite of Mike Leigh's grimy, naturalistic overviews of contemporary Britain, Topsy - Turvy's Victorian recreation and light comic touch match the flair of the Gilbert and Sullivan focus even as the director digs into some of the underbelly of both the stage and period society, with various insecurities and much darker, half - spoken bindings at work on the men and, especially, women.

In an interview Rudolph helpfully singled out an Altman film he worked on as assistant director, The Long Goodbye — a much better film, one that can accommodate in its gallery of gargoyles a tragic figure like Sterling Hayden's alcoholic novelist as well as a nightmarishly comic one like Mark Rydell's Jewish gangster.

Written by Freaks & Geeks / Undeclared / KNOCKED UP's Segel — so committed a comic actor that he goes the Full Monty not once, but twice — and directed by Undeclared writer Nicholas Stoller, this heartbreak - kid comedy is very much a Judd Apatow production: It even features Jonah Hill as an obsessed Infant Sorrow fan who works at Turtle Bay.

As someone who never was wild about the comic series, I didn't expect much from Thor.

The Phelps brothers, James and Oliver, resume their comic relief roles as Fred and George, the mischievous Weasley twins, who bravely join the Order of the Phoenix and come away much holier than thou for their troubles.

Part of the movie focuses on abuse and the cycles of violence it can create, but it's treated with the same clunkiness as the supposedly - comic romantic subplot that sees sidekick characters, played by Whannell and Angus Sampson, hitting on a couple of much younger women.

In the case of Pacific Rim, apparently not much as director Guillermo del Toro seems determined to make sure the film does not to come across seriously, which is disappointing considering del Toro's background making both dark fantasy films with political allegories and creative comic book adaptations.

Plus, as Cars showed, Mater is perfectly fine for comic relief, but he is grating when given such a large role, with Pixar proving that sometimes there's such a concept as too much of a good thing.

But the biggest surprise here is that much of Infinity War fairly zips along, as directors Joe and Anthony Russo and their armies of previz teams and editors cut between dozens of competing characters and cliffhangers — they've yanked all the good parts from a colossal Marvel comic - book crossover event and chucked them onto the screen.

Though Wikipedia claims he's nearing 60, Regan feels very much the middle - aged everyman, belonging to the same generation as Louis C.K. and Jim Gaffigan, comics ten years or so his junior.

Moments like that one, as well as another that finds Doug and Jimmy hitting the dance floor at a wedding — breaking out moves ranging from hip hop to disco to Charleston with incongruous flair — momentarily breathe some much - needed comic life into «The Wedding Ringer.»

The special, from the folks behind Comic Relief, didn't attract as much attention last year as in 2015.

In many key markets, «Black Panther» is outpacing previous comic - book movie hits such as «Doctor Strange,» «Wonder Woman,» and «Guardians of the Galaxy,» all of which augurs for a healthy opening weekend and much to celebrate in the halls of Marvel.

Once in a while, you'll see story sequences that I can imagine would be much more entertaining if they had voices or cool effects but instead they play like short silent films as if you're reading a comic book with no text.

Spider - Man is a fun movie, much in the spirit of the comic book's early days, that amazingly is able to give Spider - Man's origin, as well as that of the Green Goblin, while also introducing many characters like J. Jonah Jameson, Mary Jane, Aunt May, Uncle Ben, and Harry Osborn, enough to seem familiar, and then set up the exciting showdown all in the span of a modest two hours.

Much as he did on his Method - earnest 2001 made - for - TV James Dean biopic, Franco uncannily reinvents himself in the guise of his subject — this time, for comic, rather than tragic effect.

There's gambling, guns, and plenty of gangsters, but I won't go into the plot much more than that, as one of the most enjoyable parts of «Get Shorty» is the way it effortlessly moves from one comic hitch to the next.

Thanos is being billed as a much more sympathetic figure in Avengers: Infinity Wars than his comic book counterpart, and it's a change for the better.