Sentences with phrase «much of a compelling story»

Just like one of the characters in the film, Siri is so unsure what to do, he chooses to «burn it» down, hoping that all of these techniques he employs will make is blind to the fact that there really isn't much of a compelling story here.

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RB director of sport, Ralf Rangnick — who in 2008 - 09 famously coached Hoffenheim to the Autumn Championship — felt compelled to compare the Leipziger success story with Leicester City's stunning English title last season and the pair do share much common ground.

Not only is much of the undeveloped land in one of the fastest growing towns, but with the restoration, it also has the potential to showcase the importance of creating a climate resilient habitat and telling a compelling story about a healing landscape.

In reviewing videos, Shanley «learned that a focus on the personal stories of the citizen science volunteers themselves, and what motivated them to contribute to scientific research, made for a much more compelling story than a strict focus on the science.»

We begin with a compelling love story that evolves into a dissection of marriage in all its facets, a thrilling possible - murder mystery, a scathing indictment of American national media and... well to go much further I'd wade into spoiler territory and honestly, this film is best experienced without them.

It's a distinct change of pace after the first section of the film, which is, I think, why I didn't like it as much the first time I saw it, but in fact this part of the story is well done and quite compelling.

Some of the best episodes carried controversy lightly on their shoulders — The Six Southern Gentlemen of Tennessee dealt with race and the Confederate flag; Jeremy Goodwin dated an «adult film actress» over a four - episode arc; The Head Coach, Dinner and the Morning Mail dealt with date rape by a sports star; co-anchor Dan begins therapy, and so much more — not for the sake of controversy, but always in service of telling a compelling story.

«The Theory of Everything» is about the power of the human spirit, and while the first half makes for more compelling viewing compared to the generic story beats that encompass Hawking's later years, Redmayne and Jones are so good that even if their performances overshadow the movie itself, it's still very much must - see viewing.

The truth is, no matter how much time we spend with people, the evolution of the characters and story aren't compelling enough to transcend its shotty material and poorly constructed product.

But in the hands of Tom Hooper (The King's Speech, Les Misérables), much of the nuance and complication surrounding her story is stripped away, resulting in a film that's sensitive and often touching, but not remotely compelling.

Personally, I've never had much interest in any Youtube curiosities beyond their 15 minutes of fame, but that wasn't the case with director Ben Steinbauer who was compelled to track down Jack Rebney not only to learn the back story of the filming of the automobile ad, but to make a bio-pic chronicling his subject's life both before and since.

Given the themes of the film, there's not much of a love story, or a hate story, left to compel us.

The Book of Henry feels like it started out as a much smaller, more personal story that went horribly off the rails in an attempt to make it more compelling.

Based on This American Life's segment entitled «Heretics» that focused on Pearson and the controversial decision to tell his flock that Hell doesn't exist, director Joshua Marston (who made an impressive first film in 2004 with Maria Full of Grace but has largely worked in television since) and screenwriter Marcus Hinchey struggle to give the compelling true story of Pearson some much - needed dramatic mojo.

«There's so much to explore with a character whose history was as a villain, and you know, Scarlett does such a good job of playing that character and people are so used to that character and people are so used to that character that you forget the character's history, and so there's a lot of compelling stories to tell about someone who has a dark past.»

Lots of interesting visuals dominate much of the screen time, some fascinating to behold, and if there were a truly compelling story to go along with them, this could have been an all - time classic.

While it is hard to tell how much of the story is fact and how much a young man's fantasy, the film does offer a compelling look at this public icon, and the power the media has to make or break those whom it honors with its spotlight.

The page - turning potential of such a story might be enough for other writers, but Picoult's focus on her characters makes the story that much more compelling.

But it's all part of the process and at the end of the day, I know that the right changes will make a much more compelling story.

While Tartt crafted very compelling characters and a story line that gripped readers, the pivotal painting on which so much of the story relies actually disappears for hundreds of pages at a time, only to be casually mentioned later.

Toward the end of the novel, I learned so much more about her, which made the story so much more compelling.

Pretty much, the eBook was made out of his best posts on Dividend Mantra, edited and arranged in a way that it tells a compelling story.

This isn't really a fault as much as it is a fact, because the main purpose of the title is to tell a compelling story, which is something that it does a swell job of.

For those who value gameplay above all else it's probably one to skip, but if you're seeking something more story and emotion driven then Last Day of June is for you, and makes a compelling argument for why games can be as much art as anything else.

It has a very gripping and compelling story, something we don't see much of from Nintendo 3DS games.

What follows is an often grotesque and always entertaining adventure that, while much smaller in scale than Deadly Premonition «s sprawling Pacific Northwest setting of Greenvale, is equally engrossing with its varied cast of eccentric characters, exciting motion - controlled action, and bizarre but ultimately compelling story.

I wouldn't even of wasted my time completing the campaign, but since I love the online so much I was compelled to know what the whole story behind the game was.

The combat elements offer the strongest battle element of any title in the franchise and whilst the story is not original, not overly compelling, Ninjago is just too much fun to put down.

The game delivers a superb story with a great cast of characters, and while important side - characters in the series don't get much screen time, the compelling narrative makes up for it.

Though not exactly compelling, this character does provide some much - needed comedic relief that helps even out the tone of the story.

It is a standard JRPG and the story isn't much different to its ilk, but the mix between classic Dragon Quest with its menagerie of monsters really did make for a compelling DS title.

I'll broaden it and say that I love any game with a very hidden, well thought out secret area or optional but utterly compelling bit of story, something that suggests that there's much more to the world or scenario than you would ever have imagined.

Aya is just as much of a capable assassin as her husband Bayek and arguably shows a more compelling story arc.

To oversimplify Agee's compelling contention, much of early 20th - century American art history was jettisoned either because it either didn't make a good story for the press, a cohesive argument for historians, or a particularly flattering narrative for those artists who came afterward.

In fact, Houston was full of refugees from Katrina, sharing their firsthand stories, and making the threat that much more compelling.

Much of lawyers» professional education is based on the interpretation and application of stories, but many information professionals are not collecting the compelling stories that would help give the qualitative information decision makers need to see beyond the stories that are easily told using simple statistics.

While during Alette or Rook's story, I felt compelled to what was best for the people, instead of myself, Bolverk's story had me making much more brash decisions and doing things like executing those that questioned me.

Too much discussion of technologies, tools, and initiatives - and not enough of the compelling story that demonstrates what you have - and can deliver.

Portraying strong, sound leadership on a resume through examples and stories is much more compelling than simply including the phrase «effective leadership» in a summary paragraph or a listing of expertise.

We in the field of Relationship and Marriage Education (RME) have a much larger and even more compelling story to tell and we need to learn how to tell this story in ways that successfully engage the media.

Her personal story reveals so much about the experiences of Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations, and her prose, interspersed with poetry is compelling reading.

While Grodzins had done much of the same work as Gladwell, Gladwell was able to sell a compelling story of how a tipping point can relate to life.