Sentences with phrase «n't bombastic»

The Dredd in this film isn't bombastic, or based in ego.

«It follows that the eloquence, which is in keeping with the Spirit of God, is not bombastic and ostentatious, and does not make a lot of noise that amounts to nothing,» he wrote.

(The reference to Cairo here is not bombastic and shouldn't be misunderstood.

Those are the people who say they see not a bombastic nut, but a caring, intelligent businessman with charm behind the piercing dark eyes; a tough guy tempered by the death of his son a year ago.

One can feel a determined hand behind much of the action, which is muted and not bombastic, focusing on hand - to - hand combat and outsmarting one's opponent.

It's not a bombastic mix by any means, but it's still quite impressive.

Fiona Bradley, director of the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh and also on the panel, said she loved Wilkes's work because «it doesn't shout, it's not bombastic.

But if they're not bombastic telefantastic, then I think I can live with them.»

Not exact matches

«I don't think he does our issue any favors by making it so incredibly jingoistic and bombastic,» said Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, a group that allies domestic steelmakers and other manufacturers with the United Steelworkers union.

BamBrogan's bombastic attitude has served him well in this space — but the hyperloop does not exist in the real world.

Erbert & Gerbert's was not the flashiest or most bombastic company that I worked with.

With all the bombastic talk of millions in funding and unicorn companies with valuations of more than $ 1 billion, it appears things are not as flush for disruptive startups as they seem.

Hagel came off incredibly shifty and dishonest, while Cruz showed that being rhetorically tough doesn't mean being bombastic or rude.

While we shouldn't be bombastic or imprudent, it is precisely our countercultural witness to what St. Paul called the more excellent way that will bring people to Christ.

I normally don't like Dawkins because I find him to be to bombastic and inflammatory.

If these nasty bombastic Christians that protest funerals and wrap their lives around political candidates as a savior actually read the Bible they would see they are not in line with God's will.

A «cameo essay» explains the reasons for this decision roughly as follows: the gospels contain sayings proclaiming God's rule as both present and future; Jesus could not have said both things; the future eschatology appears «bombastic and threatening»; therefore, Jesus must have spoken of God's rule only as present reality.

Just don't see the hype at all besides his arrogant / bombastic personality.

Crucially, this bombastic political culture did not arise overnight, but emerged gradually over the course of many decades — in Parliamentary posturing against the European Commission, and in paranoia over immigration whipped up by the less scrupulous sections of the tabloid press.

Republican Party leaders have decided that Bo Dietl, the bombastic former NYPD detective and Fox News contributor, should not be allowed to run on their party line in his bid to become mayor of New York City.

While the mayor deflected questions about his views on Cuomo's opponent, tea partier Carl Paladino, he did say that, «anger is not a governing strategy,» an apparent allusion to the Republican nominee's bombastic style and his campaign slogan, «mad as hell.»

Republican Party leaders have decided that Bo Dietl, the bombastic former police detective and Fox News contributor, should not be allowed to run on their party line in his bid to become mayor of New York City.

The bombastic councilman, for instance, launched his unsuccessful bid for Congress last year by declaring, «I don't care what they say, I'm still not saluting the flag!»

Bombastic Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino hasn't mellowed since getting trounced by Cuomo in the 2010 gubernatorial campaign.

Many senators, such as Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer of California, often do not face contested reelection bids, allowing them to move across party lines and make fewer and less bombastic promises during campaigns.

Looking back at 2014 through the prism of renewable energy, it's hard not to get bombastic.

Ranging from a variety of different sizes, our wardrobes have been packed with black leggings that we wouldn't mind styling with a loose top and a bombastic jacket or a pair of knee length boots.

In a pathetic, won't - you - please - like - me kinda way, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Franchise has transmogrified from the actively sucky, loud, overblown, bombastic original into perhaps the most perfunctory big - budgeted action flick ever.

On the down side, the writing isn't very good, and the score ranges from sentimental to bombastic.

This is the perfect sort of movie for a bombastic audio assault, and the Blu - ray does not disappoint.

The experience opens with a bombastic, but not - entirely - serious confrontation between a power - hungry Lego figure named Lord Business (Will Ferrell, back in evil - with - a-wink «Megamind» mode) and good wizard Vitruvius (Morgan Freeman, poking fun at every voice - of - authority figure he's ever played) for a force that gives whoever possesses it control of the entire Lego universe.

The director, however, can't decide whether or not the clash of civilizations is more important than the Queen's antivirginal itch, so he cuts randomly between the two, with everything pumped up by bombastic music and sound effects, enervating both to increasingly risible effect.

The exact reasoning behind the Suicide Squad's pact is a little iffy and the movie doesn't find a satisfying conclusion after the bombastic finale.

-- distasteful, unhinged and bombastic that you can't help but suspect that director Peter Berg contracted a case of the Verhoevens while making it.

Although not directly from Michael Bay, this film reeked of his bombastic, oversized reptilian wet dream.

But I thought a lot about the 1979 film while watching Ready Player One, and not only because Alan Silvestri's score deliberately quotes John Williams's bombastic military march from the earlier film (one of hundreds of hidden nuggets in a film that is quite literally an Easter egg hunt).

Another solid performance by Zac Efron is flattened by bombastic filmmaking; this weepy drama couldn't be any more obvious if it tried.

So it goes with «Maleficent,» the Disney corporation's bombastic, moderately entertaining explanation of why the «queen of all evil» from its 1959 animated «Sleeping Beauty» got that way, and why she wasn't, really.

Meanwhile, in a more bombastic version of his plotline from the last two seasons, the black ops agent Peter Quinn (Rupert Friend) is once again demonstrating that two wrongs don't make a right, blowing up a bomb maker with his own wares.

Buy it for: the Michael Bay action movie fan who likes his shooters bombastic and nearly devoid of a comprehensible story, one who doesn't shy away from ultra-violent fare.

While some of the MCU movies try to replicate the bombastic panels of dozens of characters fighting at once, it doesn't always translate the same.

Don't worry though: The more obvious effects, such as Clint Mansell's beautifully bombastic score, will appropriately rattle your speakers in Dolby surround.

As much as we I like to be bombastic in my chastising of those same people for trotting out nine hundred Michael Bay movies a summer, they are inevitably not going to receive anywhere near the credit they deserve for taking a financial risk on something a little out of the ordinary.

It isn't that often that quiet, subtle and yet profound films gain a major commercial release against the more bombastic.

While that may sound boring, Spielberg, Cline, and screenwriter Zak Penn do a great job of making the scavenger hunt exciting and interesting, using the time to not just dive into only Halliday and the references but also revamp the story to feel more streamlined, bombastic, and entertaining.

The songs may still sound tuneless and bombastic to my ears, but Jackman can not only sell this kind of material, he can sell it for twice its value.

The set - up scenes, in which a misanthropic national news anchor played by Daniels releases his frustration at a college seminar and then on his TV colleagues, seems bombastic and unduly thunderous and (dare I say) not very original.

Of course, we're not too concerned about whether the thud of physical comedy emanates from the speakers perfectly, but the overall experience is as intense as needed, quiet when it wants to be, and loudly bombastic with music when the comedy gets going.

Bass is robust and effortless; it's not quite bombastic but when the English cavalry charges the field at Stirling the sound will hit you like a wall.

The danger the gang encounters along the road is palpable and immersive, thanks to the excellent sound design, and a minimalist musical score that allows you to focus on the action, unlike the average Hollywood blockbuster which smothers every fight scene with a bombastic musical score that more often than not distracts from the action.