Sentences with phrase «not escapist»

Unlike the earlier Corio vehicles, Jungle is not an escapist musical but a somber drama - or at least, that was the intention.

The Apocalypse is not escapist literature or a guidebook for futurists.

Not exact matches

Being Lutherans, people who believe that God rules in his left - hand temporal kingdom (through justice) as well as in his right - hand kingdom of eternity (through love), we were not truly escapists, quietists, or non-participants.

If the truth has made us «odd,» if we have not accommodated ourselves out of all recognition, then it will appear to some people that we're running away, that we're living an escapist existence, that we're outsiders, even outlaws — whereas the truth is that we're the insiders, because we're bearing God's reality, not the world's.

When we talk with biblical precision about the resurrection, we discover an excellent foundation for lively and creative Christian work in the present world — not, as some suppose, for an escapist or quietist piety.

Sure the odd person might actually believe in Captain Kirk (I'm a Canadain, so know he's not real), but for the vast majority it is pure escapist entertainment and noone is fooled or injured.

The answer does not lie in transferring their narcosis from nonreligious to religious programs; it lies in liberation from dependence on mediated experience and escapist material.

The answer does not lie in transferring their narcosis from non-religious to religious programs: it lies in liberation from dependence on mediated experience and escapist material.

I never wanted to write about potty training as, quite frankly, motherhood involves being covered in enough of other people's bodily fluids in real life as it is *, so in your precious moments of down - time you probably want to read something glossy and escapist, not mumsy and ever - so - slightly icky.

As a long standing seeker of knowledge in vast fields, and also as a soldier who had committed time to study wars and had tough combat experience in foreign wars, I don't belong to the present Biafra mindset — a sort of escapist daily vocation.

If the posh elite kept to their historical role as the quasi-comic figures of escapist dramas and not running the country, we would all be better off.

«I go to artsy movies, too, but sometimes you don't want to admit that you saw the latest shoot -»em - up escapist film.»

This campaign was designed to communicate a self indulgent, relaxing, escapist fantasy for mature, busy women, whether employed or not, who felt pressured by many demands on their time.

It's bleak and difficult to watch at times — certainly not traditional escapist fare — yet also intellectually challenging and visually stimulating for those with patience.

What The Escapists 2 does not do is make itself significantly more accessible and forgiving.

Definately not an Oscar contender, but in a year of mediocre to awful films, this one manages to entertain and serves to deliver some escapist entertainment to the public.

Despite the fact that the tedious repetitive mechanisms are part of the game, The Escapists goes beyond that and introduces players to a new level of strategic approach that's being followed by the proportionate rewards that similar games simply don't have.

It's escapist entertainment, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

However, Caruso and screenwriters Landon (Another Day in Paradise) and Ellsworth (Red Eye) aren't exactly setting their sights too high, employing a mixture of teen comedies, romance, and paranoid thriller elements solely to deliver escapist cheap thrills.

Sprinkled with little personality bits here and there (Tallahassee's mad quest for an ever - elusive Twinkie, Columbus's crippling fear of clowns, etc.), Zombieland doesn't break any new ground in the horror genre so much as make for a strong dose of escapist fun for knowing fans of the films.

I remember Jim Sterling of The Escapist ranting about Dark Souls II as an example where the gaming industry attempts to «appeal to a wider audience» or «widen the net» for an already well - made game with a dedicated niche audience (Dark Souls): http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/7340-Guns-Blazing And here we are with one of the same guys saying Dark Souls II is not for Wii U owners?

At a mere 76 minutes, it feels just right, in this escapist creation that delights not only with sights and sounds, but even offers an oddly touching romance that you might not expect.

I don't need to tell you why that's disconcerting, but it also means maybe the best reason to see Rules Don't Apply is that it is the very definition of escapist cinema: It will make you feel as if everything could be all right.

The Rundown is a pretty dumb film, but knows it is, and director Peter Berg (Very Bad Things) wisely plays almost everything for laughs, making this an escapist romp that's not too dark or violent to enjoy.

Not only are «Get Out,» «The Shape of Water» and «Blade Runner 2049» some of the very best films of 2017, but from the no - budget indie realm («Prevenge,» «A Ghost Story,» «Transfiguration,» «Raw») to expensive studio epic scale («War for the Planet of the Apes,» «Kong: Skull Island») and newly blazed ground out of the predominantly formulaic superhero («Logan,» «Wonder Woman,» «LEGO Batman») and Star Wars («The Last Jedi») factory farms, fantasy filmmakers tried their hardest to be smart, visually adroit, sometimes startlingly innovative and — strangest of all for this escapist format — humanely, emotionally credible.

The fierce, female warriors and the complex heroes of color are not just an overdue and welcome change, they inject a jolt of relevance into escapist entertainment that signals a seismic cultural shift on the big screen.

Those who enjoyed that movie thought it an amiable time - killer full of enough escapist laughs and action to sate their yearning for low - overhead entertainment, but they didn't exactly think that two more hours of the same is what is called for.

Part escapist action - adventure, part would - be exhilarating quest of self - discovery, «The Secret Life of Walter Mitty» isn't so much a mess because it wants to be everything at once, but because it employs hackneyed and mawkish methods to achieve a false sense of joyfulness.

«Choke» (2008) 2008 was not a great year for the festival, with films like «Assassination Of A High School President,» «Transsiberian,» «What Just Happened,» «The Escapist» and «The Great Buck Howard» all under - performing when they finally made it to screens.

Arrival, with its handwringing worthiness and easy answers, certainly meets these criteria as escapist balm for the masses, but this analysis ignores the fact that M Night Shyamalan's 2002 film Signs is not just a superior film about alien invasion (funnier, darker, more cinematic), but also a stronger allegory for the apocalyptic fever that has gripped America and, by extension, the world.

It makes me wonder whether Scorsese wouldn't have rather gotten rid of the kiddie stuff altogether and focused only on the more grown - up geeky side of it all... except that movie couldn't have been marketed as an escapist holiday treat for families.

We are not sure whether we are watching a realist drama about a kid experiencing poverty and hardship or an escapist fantasy in which the young hero is on a fantastical journey.

Although the original Escapists was released without any multiplayer, the sequel not only features a versus mode, but both online and local drop - in / drop - out co-op that allows for up to 4 players, which is an incredibly exciting improvement for any game series.

The adventure itself is the film's main selling point, and if you enjoy historical pieces and don't mind the inaccuracy that runs rampant in Hollywood releases, it's not bas as popcorn escapist fare.

Not every show on TV needs to be taken seriously, and «Strike Back» is a fun slice of escapist entertainment.

It's as if the entertainment industry has crises of identity whenever they think people don't want escapist diversions but direct addresses to their ills.

But the man, who hasn't directed a film since the brilliant but bleak Munich in 2005 (no, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull doesn't count), has became Hollywood's most heavy - handed melodramatist in his later years, bombarding even his most escapist work with daddy issues and inoffensive, utterly sentimental narratives.

Courtney Howard / / Film Critic RETURN OF THE HERO (LE RETOUR DU HÉROS) Not Rated, 90 minutes Directed by: Laurent Tirard Starring: Jean Dujardin, Mélanie Laurent, Noémie Merlant, Christophe Montenez By now, we've seen almost all of our favorite female authors» classic romantic works turned into fully cinematic, swirling, escapist period pieces.

While not offering much in the way of engrossing and emotionally involving human drama, Twister does deliver all the exciting, exhilarating popcorn thrills one would expect from an action blockbuster, making it ideal summer escapist entertainment that should cause a storm of business at the box office.

This high - budget (supposedly $ 135 million) summer - blockbuster escapist film is dull formulaic fare that has a questionable history premise, a star who does not light up the screen with charisma (Matthew McConaughey), a foreign - born female lead (Penélope Cruz) as eye candy who struggles with the English language to a point where it's an unwelcome distraction, and a tiresome and silly plot line to fill in the gaps while the adventurers are involved in their all too familiar set action pieces.

Though you wouldn't have any real reason to suspect it, Stardust stands out as one of the year's purest and surest forms of escapist entertainment.

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There's no shame in putting together a supergroup of talent like this for a bit of escapist entertainment but Caine and Freeman couldn't look more bored.

Pure escapist fantasy wasn't enough anymore.

Escapist cinema, it is not.

Not for all tastes, but if you ever wished that Guy Ritchie could re-capture his initial potential, The Escapist is a good fix.

Opening with a close - up of Brian Cox's wonderfully craggy face and Leonard Cohen's «The Partisan» on the soundtrack, prison movie The Escapist promises much... It doesn't quite deliver on that set - up, but deserves kudos for ambition and intensity.

The several minuscule issues coupled with the primary, yet still small concern of ambiguous song difficulties mean it's imperfect, but not by much» said The Escapist.

It's perfect summer television: escapist but not dumb, and terrifically fun thanks to one of the most likable casts in television.

Science fiction, fantasy, and other types of speculative fiction can be escapist, but this genre of literature can also take you into the heart of the matter relating to freedom and whether or not human civilization can exist without some form of tyranny.