Sentences with phrase «needed escapism»

It also didn't hurt that it was pretty much the perfect game for me at the time: Solid Snake was pretty much everything young me thought of as cool meaning he was also my complete opposite, making him the perfect avatar for my much needed escapism.

And that's why this franchise remains a much - needed escapism release valve.

Not exact matches

If mysticism loses touch with sacramental symbols, with apophatic patience, and with the needs of the social world, it becomes a form of religious escapism.

Better still, it seems that in learning to do this people also get better at tolerating, and so engaging with their more difficult emotions — meaning less need for disengagement and escapism to cope with them.»

That behavior is rooted in escapism or even just the need to control something.

I've lost my sweet tooth for slice - and - dice escapism, and perhaps this is why I feel the need to see movies that don't simply glamorize or fetishize or supernaturalize brutality.

It's a full - bodied adventure movie that's responsive and reverential to the needs of sci - fi escapism.

This is gloriously self - aware hokum, a fantasy movie that is, above all, about our need for fantasy and escapism — and even our need for movies like The Astronaut Farmer — to help us combat the depression and disappointments of the everyday.

It's almost as if its distributors, Warner Bros, knew the film would find a world in dire need of escapism when they chose its release date of mid-November 2016.

For Nolan, entertainment need not be escapism.

All told, the film industry gave us what we need... plenty of entertainment, escapism and thought - provoking moments.

Young people in the United States today, she says, are suffering because of «school stress, the college admissions process, high - stakes testing, cutthroat competition, the emphasis on stardom rather than on enjoyment of activities, sleep deprivation, parental pressure, the push for perfectionism, the need for escapism, the Age of Comparison, [and] the loss of leisure and childhood...» Among her favorite culprits for this state of affairs are testing in general, the SAT in particular, the «Nation at Risk» report, and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which she believes turned elementary schools and junior high schools into testing factories.

Is the need for escapism that great?

Inside there is a big open lounge / dining room / kitchen, two big bedrooms, a luxurious bathroom and a laundry — everything you need for a weekend of pure escapism.

While the first two gave me escapism, adventures on the high seas and prettiest beaches the GameCube could handle, Animal Crossing gave me a cozy, much - needed taste of home.

Reading subject matters outside of your industry can give the escapism you need to balance your day - to - day.

[citation needed] In his book Masochism and the Self, psychologist Roy Baumeister advanced a Self Theory analysis that cuckolding (other forms of sexual masochism) among otherwise mentally healthy people was a form of escapism.

Oooooh Luciane, I'm swooning over some of these hugeeeeee White kitchens and bathroom I They are sooo big I'm sure I would need a map Thanks for the escapism and have a good week going to Fontainbleau tomorrow fay xxx