Sentences with phrase «nonsensical action»

Rather, at its core — the often - nonsensical action sequences — it's a juicy, handsomely - mounted, expertly - made B - movie, which then allows for belabored philosophical examination of the ideas behind horror tropes to be laid on top.

Before opening the box, the researcher performed nonsensical actions over it, either rubbing the box with the back of the hand and doing a wrist twist in the air or tracing a cross into the top of the box and then tracing the edges.

In a recent study, kids readily imitated a researcher's nonsensical actions, but bonobos didn't.

Indeed, most of the problems of «Living Boy» can be traced to the script, which is filled with silly dialogue and embarrassing narration that attempts to explain the nonsensical actions of people whom we care less and less about as the story moves along.

The repetition of nonsensical actions can create a sense of distance, yet the works often invite participation.

A cast of characters, sometimes cartoon - like and often grotesque, enact a variety of nonsensical actions and poses.

Not exact matches

The sort whose motives and actions are unjust and nonsensical unless they successfully pass through the filter of human reasoning.

The little action that exists in Reindeer Games is let down by the nonsensical plot turns, the uninspired performances and unlikeable characters.

Since 2007, we have all come to expect the same qualities from Michael Bay's Transformers franchise: lengthy action sequences, stilted performances, and nonsensical storylines.

The second act is when things really go off the rails, starting with the dizzying abundance of exposition and progressing to what feels like over an hour of action climax, much of it loud and nonsensical.

It contains the kind of demented action we've come to expect from Japanese nutjob Takashi Miike («13 Assassins»), but it's also nonsensical to the point of being hallucinogenic, as if transcribed from someone's acid trip.

They certainly bring an action pedigree however, although this is also mixed, with hand - to - hand combat resorting to the jittery nonsensical camerawork we were just getting over, while chase sequences are exciting and easy to follow.

This was merely a two - plus hour long video game action sequence with an nonsensical plot (stealing, erm, I mean drawing heavily from Christopher Nolan's Inception) and an excuse to watch young women in short skirts wave swords around and shoot machine guns.

Fans of the book will probably be even more disturbed at how one of their favorite stories would end up dissected into a protracted action vehicle, with skimpy character development and nonsensical plotting.

The action - packed final act moves the film into ridiculousness with nonsensical twists and turns paving the path towards dissatisfaction.

With nonsensical situations, limp and lame action sequences and non-existent humor, The Hangover Part III may be better than the second, but the improvement is minimal and the experience is almost as depressing.

Doom is all about frantic action, vertical mobility, smooth and precise ease of movement, powerful weapons and over-the-top bloody kills, set to a chest - beating soundtrack and contained by a simple, nonsensical story.

As you said, I also think homophone screwups and the like are less impactful than things like nonsensical character actions.

«Today's ruling puts to rest the nonsensical claim by class - action lawyers that our $ 25 Loblaw card is misleading and confusing,» said Kevin Groh, Loblaw's vice-president of corporate affairs and communication, in a statement.

It's that devotion to stylish excess that makes the game's action so appealing, where the battles are so absurd and nonsensical that you can't help but be charmed.

Perhaps an odd thing to complain about for an action film, but Prince of Persia's editing is so nonsensical, schizophrenic, and fast - paced it'll probably give you a headache.

If the game provides too little story, sometimes the context of the player's actions is so ambiguous and nonsensical that the player can either become increasingly frustrated, or lose their motivation to continue with the game.

Fans of over the top crazy action (and nonsensical plots) have waited for any indication of a sequel to 2010's Bayonetta.

* The Financial Review today runs a piece (paywalled) from Danny Price of Frontier Economics, combining absurd alarmism about the supposed cost of a carbon price (already refuted by experience) with advocacy of the nonsensical and dirigiste «Direct Action» policy

Not only is it flatly nonsensical to deny that a problem exists because you don't like its cure, delaying climate action is actually the more expensive course.

Such an action would be as nonsensical as Saudi Arabia suddenly deciding to pay someone to destroy all their oil reserves!

LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline)-- A woman who says she was tricked into thinking lollipops are healthy will be able to continue her lawsuit in a California court, as the defendant that has labeled the case as «nonsensical» attacks the class action lawyers who filed it.