Sentences with phrase «much every character serves»

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Yes, in the case of character flaws, it's much easier for a Christian to claim that god made them that way to serve a particular purpose in the body of Christ or that god will forgive their sins.

«Really, what he's doing is very much in character,» said the Rev. Thomas Rosica, who has served as a Vatican spokesman during the papal transition.

But the vast majority of the passengers are a nameless, voiceless mass of humanity, with the exception of an elderly German Holocaust survivor who briefly bonds with Bruhl's character and the flight's engineer (a very good Denis Menochet) who serves as the much - needed, level - headed voice of reason.

The director's verbal digressions (he's as much a motormouth as his characters are) usually serve purely to establish character depth, most notably in the gratuity debate in Reservoir Dogs (in his next life, Mr. Pink was reincarnated as a mediocre waiter) and the foot massage debate in Pulp Fiction which concludes with the meta - aside, «C'm on, let's get into character.»

What this prequel serves is to fill in all of the necessary gaps in order to flesh out just who all of the characters are, why they do what they do, and why the police can be seen as not much different than any one of the other powerful triad families in trying to maintain control of the city by any means necessary.

A Single Man Tom Ford's adaptation of the Christopher Isherwood novel, about a gay man grieving over the death of his lover, is a bleak, intelligent film that serves as a showcase for what may be Colin Firth's finest film performance, the ultimate elucidation of the character he has been playing, in one form or another, for years: The man who feels too much to allow himself to show it.

That's not entirely the case but don't get me wrong, there is much to enjoy here in terms of its humour, it's vibrant well - drawn characters and its colourful palette but this opening actually serves as irony to the events that take place throughout the film.

And outside of a few characters that serve little purpose than to move the plot forward, the rest are treated with just as much care as Kendall.

But the film's other main female character serves as its much - needed voice of reason: Shazi Raja as a musician friend of Troy's who's already studying at Harvard.

Sam Riley is an able lead, though his character serves much more as an observer than anything else.

The conceit is that the only way to get this monster off your case is to have sex with somebody else, and the moral and interpersonal implications of this serve for much well - drawn tension among the characters.

As a result, the play earned eight Tony nominations, including Best Play and Best Direction for Sam Gold, with Ben Brantley writing for The New York Times that «every character in A Doll's House, Part 2 is very much a living individual — a solipsist, as we all are, with his or her own firm and self - serving view of things.

And even when Tim and Eric have Will Ferrell (who also serves as a producer), Zach Galifianakis, Jeff Goldblum, Will Forte and John C. Reilly (who sadly doesn't show up as incompetent, man - of - medicine Dr. Steve Brule, a character from the Adult Swim show I always found funny) co-sign for them by making cameo appearances, their involvement don't add much to the proceedings.

Unfortunately, the ensuing escapade proves to be strictly garden variety as the process of transplanting Gnomeo and company into the more expansive milieu serves to underscore how much their original stomping grounds, however limited, played a key role in defining the characters.

Despite sourcing Wil Haygood's Washington Post article «A Butler Well Served by this Election», this is very much an uneven, fictional account that recklessly uses Allen's biographical details to ask about the separation between servant and slave, while filtering these characters through the various decades of racial tension and the Civil Rights Movement of America.

Whatever his gifts or lack thereof, it isn't Hemsworth's fault that his character evolves from bellicose hothead to scrambled - egg - serving nice guy much too quickly.

Characters are also just thrown in to serve as meat for the slaughter, when their place in the story and influence on events could be so much more enthralling.

Scott also noted the most troubling factor of Avengers, and indeed, the whole modern blockbuster genre: The sense that Avengers is not so much a movie as it is an annual product launch for a major corporation, featuring characters that are all «dutiful corporate citizens, serving a conveniently vague set of principles.»

Having since known all the songs used in the film, I marvel at the little layers that reveal themselves upon rewatching and realise that songs take up a big part of the story and serve as the voice of the characters in conveying what they want / feel much more evocatively and persuasively than non-sung words.

Much of the film's back story dealing with the main character's family dysfunctions only serves as a means to jump start the plot back on track when it starts to stall... And that happens a lot.

This feeling is deceiving, as all along there are elements that serve for much - needed character development, and the grittiness of the story does keep you on the edge of your seat, wondering what terrible acts will await us as Creasy goes on his one - man rampage of vengeance.

While it may not look like much at first glance, note the V - shaped archway behind Bolt serving as a visual signifier of the character's famous forked antennae as he physically presses up against his runtier, evil brother.

While it deals primarily with the friendship between future enemies Charles Xavier [James McAvoy] and Erik Lensherr [Michael Fassbender]-- better known as Professor X and Magneto — it also serves up an unnerving villain and a group of intriguing young mutants in a story that pays as much attention to character as effects.

Navirou, the little Felyne mascot, serves as much more than your silent - RPG - trope's voice, and developed into a cute character I must admit I sort of admire.

Showcasing the pairs» impressive talents and highlighting their tragic backstory, the featurette doesn't give too much away (despite hinting at possible narrative points) but serves as a solid introduction to two of Marvel's longest serving characters.

When Abraham leaves the camera on Hiddleston and Olsen long enough to let them chew on their characters, the film offers flashes of something much more interesting: a handful of domestic scenes prove that the actors, not to mention Hank, would've been much better served by a ballsier script and braver direction.

Every new scene invites a single - serving character whose testimony doesn't so much shift the goalposts as suggest that Doc has, up until that point, been playing the wrong game.

While the game's anime-esque plot and graphical style are undoubtedly served well by sticking to the Japanese audio, the fact that so much of what goes on is spoken about while you're trying to avoid a hundred bullets makes understanding the plot and the character's relationships extremely difficult.

Characters who aren't so easily aligned to one side or another could serve as mercenaries for hire, able to be utilized as a supporting character, much like the companions in the Diablo series, allowing you to further utilize the franchise roster and catering to some of the fan base.

The special abilities don't serve much of a purpose, and really just seem tacked on to try and offer at least some differentiating qualities to each character.

Much like Tekken 5, Tekken 6 serves the player more characters with varying styles that actually don't feel like a cheap palette swap or lazily designed add - on characters.

Enemies — uninspiringly palette - swapped between areas — only serve to interrupt the player's traipsing around; they have too much health but pose little danger to the characters, making fighting a grind instead of a challenge.

For cutscenes, the game uses footage from the film — never mind that the plot and characters are different — and these scenes only serve to remind you how much better the movie was than this game.

Open declaration of such an alliance may allow for combat situations with player characters of opposing factions, but characters may also take sides vvithout such a public announcement, alloving them to serve their faction without drawing so much dangerous attention from rivals.

Much of it works perfectly well as abstraction, including tondos, or round paintings, that might serve as bundling for characters unseen.

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