Sentences with phrase «of a long shot»

As stated, a bit of a long shot here, but worth it in my opinion.

And I think it's even more of a long shot if you're actually looking for a relationship.

The bill even then looked like something of a long shot.

Unfortunately, after all this time, it's kind of a long shot.

I loved the fact that there was almost no cut scenes in the film, it felt like a series of long shots which added suspense to almost every scene.

To «win» this requires identifying which of the long shots really aren't such long shots after all.

Yeah I'm with you on our lack of long shot, sometimes it's not even that long.

UPDATE: It is, however, the same location at which the photo of Long shooting was taken.

Nevertheless most of the longer shots I rallied for didn't make it, he said, pushing away a single tear.

I did realise that the project was a bit of a long shot, but what I hadn't appreciated was how long it would take to fail.

Production, however, is something of a long shot.

The film starts at the end with the introduction of the man in a series of long shots, describing his latest invention.

All things being equal, his Time - Life Presents History's Greatest Humans portraiture should be about as much of a long shot for an Oscar as Meryl Streep, but Darkest Hour was nominated for a robust six awards to The Post's anemic two, which doesn't speak highly on behalf of this purportedly fresh new AMPAS's ability to resist old white men in power.

While «The End of the Tour» might be a bit of a long shot for Best Picture (though who knows at this point), it seems like a much safer bet to net Jason Segel his first Oscar nomination as late author David Foster Wallace.

As Oscars season has continued, Lady Bird has become more and more of a long shot in each of the five categories in which it's nominated.

Of course Leicester showed glimpses of class, moments of pace, but their threats came only from breakaways and a handful of long shots comfortably held by Heaton, bar one.

The problem (well, a problem, there are a quite a few) is that this was shot as though it were on stage, in a lot of long shots in front of cheap scenery.

Hoping your partner will change, and become more attentive or caring, may be too much of a long shot because both parties have already formulated how they see the relationship panning out.

This is a very invasive film, both visually and aurally — cinematographer Stéphane Fontaine isn't a fan of the long shot, and the score is mixed too high, threatening to overwhelm some scenes (remarkably for a film with such melodramatic potential, it still feels very real — harrowing, but real: I thought that after so many JFK movies I'd seen every possible iteration of the man's brains being blown out — it turns out I hadn't).

Both films also have a cool detached sensibility and in The American the frequent use of long shots and medium - long shots makes the characters feel somewhat lost in the environment they are occupying.

Republican challenger Rob Astorino has tried to play a bad hand, making the best out of running without a decent war chest against Gov. Cuomo's 33 million was the longest of long shots from the beginning.

That's bad enough, but removed from all of that, the movie itself is a slog of repetitious melodrama, unconvincing performances (One suspects Allen went with the first take of each long shot), and over-the-top, neon - based mood lighting (provided by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro).

A re-build looking more «76ers» than «Celtics» is less of a long shot.

Okay, this is the last of my long shot, flier bets.

If you're looking for more of a long shot pick, the Seahawks missing the playoffs at +450 is intriguing.

The U.S. women find themselves sixth on the list just as the men do, but are much more of a long shot at 50/1.

In terms of the total number of tickets, the most popular Super Bowl 51 prop bets at William Hill are almost entirely comprised of long shots, as you can see from the screenshot below.

While it seems from the above example that futures bettors on GMU are shortchanged, this is typical of long shots in any futures market.

Muller came on for Thiago and but by this time Atletico were comfortably sitting deep and for a couple of long shots aside, Bayern couldn't create any clear cut chances.

Bit of a long shot here, but considering just how well both Force India cars have driven this season and Checo's excellent performance in Baku last season, the +1000 price is definitely worth a little wager.

The endorsements come little more than two weeks before the Sept. 12 Democratic Primary where de Blasio, seeking his second term in office, faces a handful of long shot opponents, including former City Councilman Sal Albanese; Mike Tolkin, chief executive of a virtual reality technology firm; and Richard Bashner, a Brooklyn attorney.

But if the Republican gains get into the low to mid-teens (not likely but far from impossible), and if a handful of longer shot GOP challengers were to win — such as former Rep. Bobby Schilling in Illinois, state Assemblyman Jeff Gorell in California, state Sen. Torrey Westrom in Minnesota, just to pick some of the most obvious examples — that would be clear evidence that a Republican wave had hit.

He trusted her, and she could argue with him; she knew his rhythms, the pace of the long shots, dialogue and action, how to adapt to changes in tone, sequence by sequence.

His iconic location shooting, realistically rugged and unkempt characters, and mastery of the long shot would cement his legendary status as one of Hollywood's finest filmmakers.

He is a devotee of long shots, the revelatory way a person's face can show less than meets the eye, and the inventiveness of improvisation.

On top of the chaos, McBride uses a number of long shots, following Gamby and Russell as they run down the hallway like Paul Thomas Anderson followed Joaquin Phoenix walking the pier in The Master.

At the same time, it is equally in thrall to Medium Cool (1969), striving for documentary authenticity with its preponderance of long shots and abrupt zooms.

Calls will grow in the US for antitrust action against Amazon - This was one of my long shot predictions from last year, and I'm bringing it back because I think it's becoming an inevitability.

Find out just how much of a long shot stardom really is.

Of course, this is an area already swarming with competition from Netflix to cable companies to iTunes and Amazon, making Reelhouse something of a long shot.

«It was kind of a long shot for us,» Cebrian admits.

Taking lots of long shots (of which the vast majority are bound to fail) is critical for finding that breakthrough innovation that can help increase food security and safeguard the climate for generations to come.

Might be a bit of a long shot for some given that an uncountable large number of games use that engine, but for the unaware, that's also the same engine used to power Transformers: WFC.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former New York Gov. George Pataki has been described as the longest of long shots in a crowded field of 16 Republicans seeking the party's nomination for president.

Sherman - Palladino also pulls off some truly impressive camerawork; while she's always been a fan of the long shot, here the episode in which Joel leaves employs several circular flashbacks, as Midge moves seamlessly back and forth between her romance - drenched past and her forlorn present in the same scene.

Lloyd's videos continue the lineage of experimental film by displaying non-representational imagery and breaking with sequential narrative through the use of long shots, flicker effects, and repetitive variations of visual motifs.