Sentences with phrase «obvious affection for»

What could easily have been a work of pure, unmitigated ultraviolence instead has numerous unlikely moments of tenderness and humor, thanks to Matsumoto's nuanced writing and obvious affection for his characters.

Though Argento wouldn't work with Storaro again despite their obvious affection for each other, their one and only film together shows the seeds of Argento's celebrated visual style.

He finally consummates his obvious affection for her with a swooning kiss, she kisses him right back... then bam!

There's an obvious affection for the Friday the 13th and Halloween films being batted around here, and other trashy 1980s exploitation movies, but it's welded with the self - referential fourth - wall deflating nabe of David Wain's Wet Hot American Summer, with gags outnumbering the gore by an ample ratio.

The Grant Morrison comic books that inspired it has enough energy to fill a dozen more movies, and while Oliva shows obvious affection for his source material, he's also willing to add his own details if they serve the story well.

Even after the film's last half - hour descends into a silly season, Mr. Rudolph writes and directs with obvious affection for his characters and with a deep knowledge of whatever makes them tick.

Tina's obvious affection for Bette affects her dating prospects; Shane's last - minute gig styling hair at a wedding results in a series of erotic encounters; Tasha reveals her reason for not shipping out to Iraq.

Sharing a family with this guy would be a mixed reward, but the film's obvious affection for the lug, like its excitement over a loose tiger and its chuckles at the thought of Mike Tyson singing a Phil Collins song, are easy to like.

David's obvious affection for pancakes meant I needed to master a killer pancake recipe.

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And so he kept her for appearances, but it's obvious his affection was mostly for «the disciple that Jesus loved».

Their respect and affection for him, and his respect and affection for them, was obvious for all to see and enjoy.

What truly appealed to me most was Nigel Slater's deep affection for his subject and his recipes, which was obvious in each and every word printed in the book.

Add to all that a generally pleasant demeanour, an unimpeachable attitude and an obvious affection and respect for the club and everyone involved with it, from the fans to his manager and his teammates, and he was, in summary, exactly the player you'd come up with if you sat down and attempted to create the attacking heart of a football team from whole cloth.

Their affection for each other is real and obvious.

-- It is obvious that humans have had a strong affection for biological diversity in their domestic animals, says Leif Andersson.

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When Manaury is transferred to another wing of the Najayo prison, he trusts Julian to continue to flirt in Manaury's name, but when the obvious occurs — Yanello transfer her affections to Julian — Manuary is out for blood.

For example, it's obvious that at some point the scales will fall from the eyes of the Washington character, and he'll realize that his prejudices against homosexuals are wrong; he'll be able to see the Hanks character as a fellow human worthy of affection and respect.

It's hard to forget that the Vatican itself initiated the project, but Wenders» affection for his subject is nonetheless obvious and genuine, and as soft as his focus is, the film only occasionally lapses into outright hagiography.

James Stewart and Ginger Rogers were «an item» when Vivacious Lady was filmed, and their obvious real - life affection for one another pours over onto the screen.

Lucky has the same affection pouring out of it, which makes it easy to forgive its clumsier attempts at symbolism (there's a much - discussed lost tortoise that serves as a cheerfully obvious metaphor for Lucky's own hard - shelled existence) and its mostly caricatured picture of community.

While the unsettling violence and cold ambivalence of Huppert's performance here certainly recalls her work with Haneke (one scene in particular is an obvious homage), it is arguably just as much indebted to Chabrol's love of seedy melodrama and his signature affection for the moral spectacle of social transgression.

Bryson travels from Sydney to Perth and throughout the continent's Martian - like desert middle, and his affection for Australia's people and its varied landscapes is obvious.

There's an obvious affinity to California artist Wayne Thiebaud's whimsy and affection for the stuff of everyday life, particularly in the paintings of wagons and campers and the wood sculptures of pies, ice cream cones, steaks and hammers.