Sentences with phrase «much hidden character»

Not exact matches

If you gave Theos pace to someone of more determined character, then you may well a winner, but Theo hides much too often for my liking..

One of the people who helped popularize that idea as much as anybody is Paul Tough, the New York Times best - selling author of «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity And The Hidden Power Of Character.»

By hiding much of the detail involved in programming character behaviour beneath intuitive modules, Storybricks could provide a new kind of playing experience, he says.

Because as much as Baker's suavely sly version of a gotcha artist is a welcome addition, thanks to a few not - so - hidden laws of character - actor placement, you'll guess the pilot scenario's killer before anybody else.

And there's a hidden triumph in the supporting cast from the always - reliable character actor Bill Camp (Black Mass, Midnight Special), whose spectacular, hideously convincing wipe - out as a guy called Harlan Eustice, in the course of a single night, sets much of the plot in motion.

Much of this lies at the feet of a pivotal elongated dinner scene where all the characters are obviously due to find out each other's hidden agendas and in trying to emulate so many other classic Tarrantino scenes that stick in the memory, he tries to hard and fails to create any of the tension that this scene desperately needed.

Otto Preminger directs with a sharp clarity, remaining just slightly removed from the drama, the better to watch all sides and take stock of the characters, the conflicts and the courtroom tactics, and doesn't get much better than Stewart and Scott sparring with witnesses: the cagey country lawyer hiding his endgame behind a folksy manner versus the smart, sarcastic, thoroughly urban legal eagle who makes a show of his intelligence and showmanship.

And no matter how much money is thrown on screen, it can't hide the fact that the story and characters are as vanilla as they come.

The Good: Great graphics, a lot of fun vehicles, great level editor, some fun deleted scenes, lots of hidden items The Bad: Trick system feels like it gets in the way, Joe Danger is a horrible character, not much cont... Read Full Review

His riotous, undervalued second feature, Go, hopped and skipped between different characters that end up at the same stupid rave, and much of the narrative hurdles that they clear to arrive there involve lies and keen, acute performance to hide their true intentions and past actions.

Much like other horror and thriller films, A Quiet Place has a dominating, droning score that, while fairly good in terms of melodic interest, somewhat undermines the feeling that everything should be utterly silent as our characters hide desperately from the monsters.

Viggo Mortensen has a habit of placing characters defined by their duality; in his Cronenberg double (A History of Violence and Eastern Promises) he grappled with hidden pasts and self - deception, and Far From Men continues much of this thematic exploration.

Outside of a few stylish visual touches by director Wan, some solid cinematography by John R. Leonetti (The Perfect Man, Honey), and an apt score from Charlie Clouser (Death Sentence, Resident Evil: Extinction), Dead Silence doesn't have much to offer to viewers who aren't weirded out by such things as sinister looking dolls and «jack - in - the - box» moments in which characters must slowly reach out to reveal what's hidden under blankets in order to see what scary thing lies underneath.

As such, it's a film that's predominately about grief, and most effective when that's what it's focusing on: as much as the characters try to hide or repress it, the loss haunts them — and smartly, it's not just Eleanor and Conor who are bleeding, but their parents and friends too.

Eroticism is scorching hot — perhaps because there's so much earned emotion behind the characters» overt and hidden sexual desires.

Much of what we read in these «Corner Office» conversations would certainly justify Paul Tough's applause for «persistence, self - control, curiosity, conscientiousness, grit, and self - confidence» — traits that he wrote about in his recent bestseller, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character — and subject of an IdeaLab essay last week.

The white was a great looking color option while the blue felt muted in a way that hid much of the new character lines.

When he discusses his efforts to become invisible like Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Underground Man (a character in Notes from Underground) and to hide his supposed sins, Conley writes, «If I didn't say too much, if people didn't notice me, then I might also escape God's roving Sauron eye.»

I LOVE the secrecy... the surprise in discovering that this character you know so much about is hiding something so close to his heart that it just wasn't shared with players in the past.

So the conclusion is that this game was rushed since the main feature is the fun gameplay, Camelot is inexperienced with the new graphics, however they spent all their resources on where it counts, certain characters didn't make it due to being hard to model or animate, and the hidden characters were much more feasible.

New gameplay systems provide more exciting interactions for players experiencing the gruesome finale to this tale of an inescapable, otherworldly school populated by vengeful spirits, including a dynamic lighting system aided by an in - game flashlight, talismans to protect the player characters from danger, deadly traps to disarm, cabinets to hide in, a stamina system that allows for limited dashing, and much more.

I think part of the reason I can \» t complain much about the game \'s graphics in general is because, having actually played it and seen its monsters animate beautifully and with so much character, much of what I appreciate is hidden in between the screenshots.

Applications might include, for instance, being able to capture the dimensions of your home by walking around with your phone, playing hide - and - seek in your house with a game character, transforming your hallways into a tree - lined path, and much more.

Now I know the Captain Underpants series is known for its potty humor, which is one of the main reasons why children love the stories so much, but as a parent of an ADHDer, what I love the most about the series are the relatable characters for my ADHDer and the hidden (perhaps not - so - hidden) messages that kids with ADHD pick up on.