Sentences with phrase «no throwaway lines»

In a throwaway line intended to highlight his perpetually boyish good looks, his agent Rick Yorn refers to DiCaprio as a character actor in a leading man's body.

I thought that was a throwaway line, but then I heard variations of it again and again.

When we raised the matter with Barack afterward, he was surprised and frustrated that a debate in which he had generally performed well would be remembered for what he regarded as a throwaway line.

It's a throwaway line, but Nietzsche was onto something when he said madness was the exception in individuals but the rule in crowds.»

What exactly was the relevance of this throwaway line?

That matters a lot more than some throwaway line about the stimulus or whatever.

You've heard the culture's throwaway line to those struggling with being single: «You need to get laid.»

It may just have been a throwaway line, a presumed witticism, to which he gave little thought; in which case he is convicted merely of intellectual sloppiness.

A throwaway line in an Oxford Outlook article about the worship of the Virgin Mary provoked a response from Vivien Dayrell - Browning, a 19 - year - old secretary at Blackwell's.

Criticism of Jihadism is dismissed with a throwaway line: «Islam is accused of violence, as if Christianity is innocent.»

Then he added a throwaway line, something like «and there are free agents, if we get them signed in time, they can go.»

We will have to wait and see whether Wenger's throwaway line suggesting that the medical staff have actually discovered the underlying reason for the fact that Aaron Ramsey's injury problems keep coming back.

Mr. O'Brien said he was stunned and overwhelmed by the viewers» response to what had initially been a throwaway line, and by what that response, collectively, suggested about how the digital world was affecting traditional media like television.

This throwaway line that it is more expensive than sending a kid to Eton — it may be, but it is not more expensive necessarily than sending a criminal out onto the streets.

The directive to «go with your gut» is more than a throwaway line from pseudo-science.

Take for instance, Po's throwaway line after chugging up hundreds of stairs on his way to dastardly Shen's headquarters: «I threw up a little bit on the third floor.

Worse, barely any of the exposition in the film's dreary first half hour affects the rest of the movie; one throwaway line creates a late - movie action beat, but it's not even played as the triumph over personal history that it could have been.

had me laughing out loud despite sitting on my own watching it), but I missed some of the brilliant seemingly throwaway lines that were highlighted in the features.

In this universe rife with inside jokes and gems disguised as throwaway lines, Guest himself appears as the wondrously detached director of the film, who asserts his authority by not asserting it when dealing with addled actors or wounded first - time screenwriters (Bob Balaban and Michael McKean).

Here's the thing: every time a character is introduced, every time a seemingly throwaway line of dialogue is given that little extra emphasis, every time the classic three - act structure requires a very particular plot development... you know exactly what's coming next.

Notable chiefly because their absences are explained in a throwaway line that gets thrown away by the character tasked to deliver it like it's a soiled diaper.

(Ant - Man and Hawkeye are notable exceptions, their absence relegated to a throwaway line of dialogue.)

Some of the throwaway lines are rather funny, as are several of the sight gags, such as a recurring bit in which the Duke keeps accidentally killing his wife's dog, then replacing it with one that looks nothing like the previous one.

What Chase did have was Hughes» tightly written script, peppered with sight gags and such a deep arsenal of throwaway lines that new ones emerge with every viewing («Don't forget the rubber sheets and the gerbils.»)

Key characters are dispatched with little thought, and momentous plot developments are delivered in single, throwaway lines.

It's a throwaway line, but it encompasses the film's eventful downfall, as Whiskey Galore!

«Arrested Development» Award for Best Throwaway Lines: • «Keep it in the oven...» — Jason Bateman, «Juno» •»... Terrorism...» — Michael Cera, «Superbad» (actually, Cera has so many astonishingly brilliant under - his - breath moments in «Superbad» and «Juno» it's uncanny)

In fact there are no throwaway lines in this film at all — the script is perfect.

I think she's fun and cute and it's great to see that she actually gets to do more than stand there and recite a couple throwaway lines.

There are no throwaway lines, and every word we hear tells us a little bit more about the characters.

In a throwaway line, which you might miss if you sip your soda too loudly, it's revealed Hawkeye and Ant - Man gave themselves up to the United Nations offscreen, basically entering forced retirement and / or house arrest.

Disappointingly, other than a few throwaway lines she contributes little to the story, and actually seems kind of pointless...

between Jim, Maggie, and Don (and Lisa); the goosebump - raising way that the show used on - screen text to reveal the BP spill and the Giffords shooting; the structural flourishes of the 2010 election episode and the season finale; that great scene where Don gives a master class in covering trashy news; the way you can see Olivia Munn finding her bearings as an actress, and how that parallels her character becoming a confident on - air personality; the brashness of Jane Fonda, the patience of David Krumholtz, the deliciousness with which Emily Mortimer says the word «douchebag,» the way Jeff Daniels tosses off his throwaway lines, and the way he answered that «sorority girl»'s question the second time.

Or another moment in which an obviously over-dubbed throwaway line is added to describe a villain with: «He looks Afghani!»

Which is saying something, because it's only developed in one elliptic flashback and a few throwaway lines here and there.

who becomes the victim of a female con - artist who lives in Florida, «the worst place in America» (one of the film's few and funny throwaway lines).

One of the most interesting lines of dialogue in Avengers: Infinity War, is also a bit of a throwaway line, but it has big implications for Avengers 4 so let's revisit it.

Some cute and effective throwaway lines include one by Burt to his groupies who must sign a pledge in his bedroom that they are over 18 and a release form to disallow lawsuits.

Ironically, this throwaway line of dialogue effectively describes the editing style of its director.

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Every set up is properly payed off later in the film as well as lots of funny throwaway lines.

It's his way to get easy laughs with throwaway lines.

It's her character who sees through the posturing, the overcompensation and macho social codes of this chamber piece of blunt - force stupidity and survival to utter a throwaway line that could easily sum up the entire movie: «Ugh, men.»

The script by Ted Elliott and Terry Russio has some nice throwaway lines.

This narrative twist has been the subject of intensive theorising and fan speculation since the game's release in January, but you get the impression that Capcom weren't really aware of this, as the mystery is basically brushed aside with a throwaway line of dialogue.

Nothing says more than a throwaway line uttered very nonchalantly by Cameron's model girlfriend Sonja (Shalom Harlow), after she says she has to prepare for a show: «I have to shower and vomit.»

Vexed at the outcome, the villain's henchman said that dealing with the Avengers would be «courting death itself» — a throwaway line that was in fact full of meaning and thrilled fans of the character.

With the blessing of Monsters, Inc. writer - director Pete Docter, they decided not to take a throwaway line from Sulley in the first film — «You've been jealous of me since the fourth grade» — literally.

It is, however, the last evidence that Wright is supposed to be a mixed martial arts fighter, apart from a throwaway line late in the film explaining why it is that this killing machine — a guy with a vaguely hinted at super-secret special forces background — is spending his time taking dives on a second - rate MMA circuit.

In the first of our features looking back at the best acting on film in 2017, we celebrate creative line deliveries that tell you everything you need to know about a character, render potential throwaway lines quotable, and leave you thinking about their precise intonation days later.