Sentences with phrase «n't land»

You don't land one of the year's hottest artists and then not get a bonus feature about the bonus feature.

And then it doesn't land and then you realize, oh, this was a misguided effort, for whatever reason.»

Amidst a maelstrom of one - liners that don't land, it's the spy's brief interaction with a rodent that sticks.

the best strategy I've come up with for mp9 is win to most of the minigames, I say most because of all the luck ones, save my dice blocks for when I need them most, try to become captain for the boss battles and captain events so I can choose peoples fate and earn captain bonuses, and hope that I don't get screwed up by having people earning lucky spaces that give them a million mini stars, hoping that I don't land on spaces that make me lose lots of mini stars, and hoping that I don't end up getting caught by the bomb / boo / sushi / lava.

If DiCaprio doesn't land an Oscar for it, the Academy Awards are a hoax!

Bobby Canavale is weak as the villain, some of the humor didn't land, it can drag a little bit, and I do think certain scenes could've been filmed a little better but that doesn't take away from the enjoyment I did get from this film.

If it doesn't land with audiences and suffers at the box office, Tessa is not going to eat it.

Admittedly they don't all land, but as the Inuit saying goes: swing at every pitch and you'll at least hit a few out of the park.

The film itself hasn't exactly caught on as well as some predicted, which could somewhat ding his chances when it comes to taking home the prize, but regardless I'd be quite shocked if he didn't land a nomination.

I'd be screaming for dear life and hoping I don't land on Jamie Foxx's career.

I have to say that even though my fighter was slow and couldn't land a decent punch to save his life, I really felt compelled to push onward with him in the game and couldn't wait to see him get better.

Despite this, if my kick didn't land, I again was left open to attack as with every other special move.

The voice acting is surprisingly similarly uninspired; Hamill generally seems up to it even with a few big lines that don't land, but Conroy's performance makes him sound like he's just in it for the paycheck.

This isn't to say that Stillman has hit the ground running immediately; there are storylines that never come to anything, jokes that don't land, and the picture's genuinely ugly, lit for the most part like a summertime flashback in a Lifetime movie of the week.

(N.B.: McDonagh didn't land a best - director nomination; del Toro is a favorite in the category.)

And if the film doesn't land a coveted best - picture trophy, that could be for myriad reasons that may not all be about race.

This is after all a comedy and if the jokes don't land, we are left with a empty character piece that would feel like a sequel that is no longer sure how to compete in the comedy genre.

You're right about the Lord of the Rings snubs: How Astin, Mortensen, Serkis, and McKellen didn't land a nomination is beyond me!

On the actress side, Brie Larson was the winner over favorite Cate Blanchett for her role as a troubled foster - care counselor in «Short Term 12,» the indie darling that is likely to have a tougher climb at the Oscars (as in, it unfortunately won't land any major noms).

But for all its strengths, A Quiet Place doesn't land perfectly on all fronts.

When the revelation does come, it doesn't land near as hard as it should for all that build - up, and it poses some practicality questions that detract from the emotional impact.

But the damage to their love story doesn't land as hard as it might, because we barely know them as characters.

2, but couldn't land him.

«I've been doing improv since I was 11, where if something doesn't land, you just have to push forward and keep going.

The idea of a renewal of society is common in Hitchcock's work (even The Birds, his most nihilistic piece, finds Melanie eventually supplanting the mother and taking her catatonic place as the broken, passive, utterly domesticated housewife), but in Mr. and Mrs. Smith, the standard sunny resolution to the screwball master plot doesn't land with a hint of irony — the suffering in the picture is the couple's joy.

Walker won't land an Oscar nomination like James Franco and Tom Hanks did, but perhaps this will show a softer more nurturing side to the actor who has a career of forgettable action flicks.

«Lights» is simply one of the best shows ever on TV, and yet it aired only on satellite, DIRECTV in the fall, «he says, pointing out that the series didn't land back on NBC until 2010.

It adds a bit of danger to the show, even if the jokes all don't land.

Director Shawn Levy may step away from the project if he can't land Will Smith or another A-list actor to star in this sci - fi remake.

McKay's gimmicks shouldn't land as well as they do, but the film succeeds because its indignation is righteous and earned.

James Ivory has three nominations in his career for directing but can't land one here for writing?

I was upset three years when Jake Gyllenhaal didn't land an Academy Award nomination for what I consider his best performance, in the creepy and memorable Nightcrawler, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.

The emotions don't land as hard as they could, and I would've liked to see Jonze wrestle with those themes a little bit harder.

That likely wasn't the only reason Elba didn't land a nod, but perception is everything in Hollywood and it would be smart of Netflix to modify their strategy in the future.

In fact, the last December movie to take that Oscar was Clint Eastwood's 2004 film «Million Dollar Baby,» a late entry that Eastwood had shot that summer and didn't land on Warner Bros.» release schedule until the leaves began changing color.

He didn't land the role, but had a action hero body transformation for Michael Bay's 13 Hours.

In which case, his barrage of f - bombs and references to mothers named Martha feel a little too familiar, and just far enough behind the curve of what is being discussed in the cultural conversation that they don't land with the same merciless cruelty that made the previous film, well, if not better, then somehow more incisive.

However, it's not enough to elevate the entire piece, which, when taken a whole, just doesn't land.

Too much of the kids arguing, too much jokes that didn't land, and let's face it, if you're not married / have kids / and or 40, alot of what might be subtle humor just will fly over your head, but at the fault of not directing the humor in a way that us minority might understand it.

But the jokes aren't there, and the ones that are just don't land.

So, anyway, there are a lot of cat antics in «Nine Lives,» and also an awful lot of jokes for «adults» that don't land on their feet.

Hart's hyperactive, motor - mouthed shtick provides a few chuckles, but they're few and far between compared to the gags that don't land, while the addition of the equally obnoxious Ken Jeong only makes things worse.

But, overall, that comedy just doesn't land.

One Mississippi doesn't land with heavy - handed force on the ideas and values it favors, but its world is so confidently rendered that it doesn't have to.

That makes it easy for me to overlook that it didn't land without some turbulence.

And in spite of what Wiseau thinks he is shooting, the movie just doesn't land the way he thought it would.

Franco can hit a joke as Tommy, even though Tommy can't land a punchline on camera to save his life.

If he throws too many shots early and Chavez is still there he could run out of gas, if he doesn't land enough Chavez may be encouraged to press freely and gain momentum.

I saw some cool animal prints, but I just didn't land on the right pair to buy, either the print was off or the fit was.

And in the case of his quest for the Mr. Olympia crown, if a routine is working, but didn't land him the Mr. Olympia crown — Jay Cutler changes it.