Sentences with phrase «none of the characters who»

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Most impressively, none of the characters mentioned above (Rev Lovejoy excepted) are simply stereotypical tropes; they are mature humans whose faith is an important part of who they are, but not the only part.

That pride is enduring and transcends any character flaws exhibited by a 15th century man who is being judged by the enlightened standards of today none of which negate a significant navigational achievement.

Except for Grand Moff Tarkin, who was basically a bunch of Peter Cushing - shaped pixels, none of the major players were people we knew; most of them were characters we'd never heard of, the grunts and redshirts of the galactic war, and that meant anything could happen to them, and that the film didn't have to set aside a certain amount of space for enacting things we'd heard about but never seen dramatized.

The characters are mostly boring, and none of the acting performances stand out, perhaps with the exception of Billy Bob Thornton as Davy Crockett, who was a dim beacon of light in this otherwise dull portrayal of an important moment in american history.

The characters are mostly boring, and none of the acting performances stand out, perhaps with the exception of Billy Bob Thornton as Davy Crockett, who was a dim beacon of light in this otherwise dull portrayal of an important moment in american

, director D.J. Caruso admits that Jolie's attachment to the script is what drew him towards it and we meet police consultant Sq Sgt. Francis Dore, who inadvertently contradicts Caruso's claims to authenticity by appearing in uniform, which none of the movie's characters do.

The character of Thor is still very one - dimensional, though none of the blame goes to Hemsworth, who does his best with this least charismatic of all the Marvel marvels.

The movie also features a number of great character actors in early roles, including David Paymer and Ed Begley Jr., although none do so much with so little as James Hong, who shines in an amusing sequence as the co-pilot of a puddle jumper transporting Vince and Sheldon to Central America.

None of these monsters — and I've cited only a fraction of the full repertory — ever comes within hailing distance of a recognizable human; this caricaturing gives John Turturro an enjoyable turn as a vain Mexican bowler (who has practically nothing to do with the plot), but it shortchanges Steve Buscemi, who plays another bowling buddy of the Dude's, a relatively important character we're supposed to care about but mainly don't.

Every blowsy harridan who ever beset W.C. Fields; character actresses like Gale Sondergaard or Minna Gombell, who could always be counted on to make big trouble in»30s films; even Lucile LaVerne, the moustached hag who made the Gish sisters» lives hell in Orphans of the Storm and served as the model for the witch in Disney's Snow White - none of these is an evil patch on Midler here.

They are two of the three playable characters in Yesterday, the third being none other than the enigmatic John Yesterday, who is dragged into this incredible story after his memory is completely wiped.

Adding insult to injury, Disney's newly - produced series of supplements is hosted by Pepe the Prawn, a not - even - ten - year - old character who appears in none of the four movies being released.

I rewound and watched several segments over and over again trying to figure out what relationship some of the characters had with each other, or who the giant robots were that the Rangers keep fighting but unfortunately, none of it makes any sense!

The supporting characters, who would normally give Howard a hand, here simply hang around, stare at each other, throw fits, walk away and change their minds; none of them have any focus.

From a screenplay by Josh Campbell, Michael Stuecken and Whiplash's Damien Chazelle, the film revolves around the character of Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), a young woman who, from the opening few frames, seems to be going through a messy break - up with her boyfriend, Ben (voiced by none other than Bradley Cooper).

A number of colorful characters pop up to help talk Jackie into attending the costume party that night, but none more entertainingly foreboding as Professor Lynch, played by Frank Aard, who is given the film's best speech about the true history of Halloween.

Redford, who enters haggard and finds his journey all downhill from there, is suitably charismatic and wary; though Wayne never becomes a fully - rounded character (indeed, none of the characters do in this too - thin yarn), Redford makes a good enough conduit for the idea of a man reevaluating his life.

Outside of the central idea of Conan swearing revenge on the warlord who slaughtered his people, the film has none of the supporting characters, themes, events, plot or settings of the 1982 film.

A combination of Tolkien's «Hobbit» text and material from his «Rings» appendices, the script, which again saw input from «Rings» film trilogy co-writers Fran Walsh and Phillippa Boyens, takes a great deal of liberties, bringing back familiar characters like Galadriel (Cate Blanchett), Elrond (Hugo Weaving) and Saruman (Christopher Lee), none of whom appear in the «Hobbit» book, and making ample, ominous mention of the «Necromancer,» who will evolve to become the dreaded Lord Sauron.

None of them — the «original» characters or their alternate - reality offshoots — know who will continue to exist once the comet passes.

The speculation for who Kesy would be playing is not confirmed, but sources claim that the character Kesy would portray is none other than «Black Tom» Cassidy, a mutant who can bond and project energy from plant life — I can already see the comedy unfolding with this one — but the rumor is that the character's name could be «Black Bob» instead which could be a simple switch for fun or a really goofy way of throwing us off the trail of who he really is.

Though the aforementioned schoolchildren have heard of John Brown and know that his body lies a-mouldering in the grave, probably none had heard of Newton Knight, a real character on whom this film is based, and whose heroism as a farmer who became a deserter (for good reasons) emerges when he becomes a freedom fighter.

A lot of that has to do with the fact that none of the characters or actors are much fun to watch other than Fiona Dourif, who does do a pretty nice job.

«The Water Diviner» is an old - fashioned Hollywood treatment in which the principal character's excuse for going to Turkey four years after the battle of Gallipoli is to recover the bodies of his three sons, none of whom returned home to Australia and who are therefore presumed dead.

But probably the greatest Deadpool 2 marketing stunt of all saw the character dancing on stage with none other than Céline Dion, who provided the song «Ashes» for the movie's soundtrack.

Other characters emerge, none more compelling than Junger's mother, who had a chilling encounter with De Salvo at the height of Strangler hysteria.

Although others have written of Taub, John Orem, Thomas Gennerelli, and Morrison himself, none have done so as insiders who can speak with authority on the canons of research and the character and dedication of those who do the work.

The player's party for instance includes not - R2 - D2, not - Chewie, and not - Boba - Fett, but on the other hand, it * also * includes characters like HK - 47, Mission, and the neutral Jedi — none of whom had any equivalents in other SW media but who all nonetheless fit in perfectly with the universe.

Anyone who played Gearbox's loot and shoot classic Borderlands last year knows that in an entire game full of crazy characters none stood out more than the Claptraps.

In so many shooters we're placed in the boots of a one - man army, and the only person who seems capable of actually getting anything done, yet none of the other characters ever seem to be aware of this.

None of the original characters are interesting any more — it's as though Capcom expect players to know who the characters already are and so have put little effort into making them stand out; it is plain to see that many character traits have been sacrificed, and they are not as likable as they used to be and it seems Capcom have no idea how to evolve the characters further.

There are loads of interactions blocked by popup windows telling you who to buy, none are unlocked to select via a character wheel by playing the game.

But though Lightning has over 80 costumes in the game, and several of these are adapted from other, better known Final Fantasy characters, none of these seem to quite suit her, or tell us who she really is.

While much has been made of the «international» character of this year's shortlist, with none of the artists ticking the «White British» box, all represent, in one way or another, what it means to be British today — even Andrea Buttner, who is actually German.

(none yet) The society is now concerned that who holds the copyright to the «characters» is unclear, since two or possibly more entities or individuals appear to hold copyright to various parts of the authors work.