Sentences with phrase «of generic»

While the hype around micro learning is very much deserved, all the discussion focuses mainly on how to replicate technologies and formats of generic content platforms like Facebook and YouTube that arguably deal with micro content well.

The director also makes great use of HBO's talent pool, including «Deadwood» regulars John Hawkes and Pavel Lychnikoff, and «The Wire» star Domenick Lombardozzi, but fails to give Justin Theroux any discernible role other than that of the generic team member.

When it does, it shoots for the sort of generic jokes that you can shove into a script in the last minute, most of which are delivered by Smith playing a version of the dude he invented on «Fresh Prince» and refined in «Men in Black.»

A group of generic twentysomethings (slut, virgin, jock, brain, and stoner all present) hit the road for a weekend getaway of frolicking and fun.

He's not that scary, since he looks like the textbook definition of generic horror - movie villain, and his pet, a hellhound that eats the faces of his indirect victims, is a computer - generated character that would have looked cheap 15 years ago.

That isn't to say the alien - invasion framework and neatly - bifurcated dystopian road movie / romcom structure are purely excuses to see how much mileage Kurosawa can get out of his generic indeterminacy.

Think of Police, Adjective as the direct antithesis of the generic, Hollywood crime thriller featuring such staples as gunplay, fisticuffs and that obligatory chase scene where a careening car plows through a fruit stand and sideswipes a woman with a baby carriage before flying off a cliff and exploding in a fireball.

That said: a directorial switch - up can be very tricky when it comes to franchise fare — especially when studios trade in a respectable filmmaker who leaves a recognizable artistic fingerprint on the series (see: David Slade with The Twilight Saga: Eclipse or Bryan Singer with X2) for someone who delivers more of a generic take on the property (see: Bill Condon with Breaking Dawn or Brett Ratner with X-Men: The Last Stand).

In his attempts to evoke the silvery sentimentality and seductive charm of Midnight in Paris, the film becomes a victim of its director's overambition, unable to execute its profusion of generic conventions satisfactorily.

Alas, with overbearing music blaring in almost every scene, and treacle punctuating the laughs, the overall effect is that of a generic sitcom (of particular note, since almost all of the players come from far more unique television series).

Funny Games extends the counter-cinematic strategies of alienation in the debut trilogy and superimposes the framework of the generic structures of the thriller and the horror film in order to attract the very spectators who, according to Haneke, need to be critically aware of the cine - televisual medium.

Granted, Sorkin's not the sole auteur of the genre exercise, per se; both director Bennett Miller and second screenwriter Steven Zaillian are ensconced enough in specific iterations of the generic for us to glean their influence.

«Beauty and the Beast» stars Luke Evans and Josh Gad got a break from the regular round of generic promotional interviews when they appeared on The...

There is a sense of generic exhaustion about the Chick Flick, and an uncertainty in the current gender order that means ensemble casts and female friendship movies take precedence.

To begin, Prof. Negra gave a brief overview of the period of generic stability the Chick Flick enjoyed from the 1980s on, and how it has steadily declined in representation — to the delight of its many detractors.

Never rising above the level of generic B - movie, Sleepless represents the sort of disposable fare typically dropped into theaters in January.

These third - level sequences take on the guise of various sorts of generic action set pieces — always introduced by the Wise Man, always following a go - here - shoot - them - grab - that goal.

One of the most controversial aspects of Dead Rising 4 was the removal of the series» beloved 72 - Hour Mode, where the player would have to race to do as much as they could in 72 in - game hours in order to get the best ending, in favor of a generic, linear story with interspersed cutscenes and no variation.

We are spoonfed a rushed epilogue, complete with latex old - age makeup, that plays like a Saturday Night Live parody of a generic period melodrama.

With the subtlety of a hammer, Schumacher positions his phone booth in front of a generic «advertisement» which screams, «Who Do You Think You Are?»

All signs of engagement from the community have been positive regarding Dead Rising 4, despite the general mixed reception of the game itself, which included complaints of generic gameplay, the removal of the 72 - hour story mode, for which the first three games were beloved, and its overall lack of difficulty.

As adapted and shot by writer - director Leslie Greif, Funny Money suffers from a low budget look that has this one tagged as a straight - to - video or basic cable release, with video textures, spotty use of the generic soundtrack, and sets and props that give off that «we found this stuff lying around, so let's use it for the movie» quality to them.

The big name ensemble cast are all eminently watchable, including Josh Brolin as the proxy Noiresque gumshoe studio executive, Scarlett Johansson as a glamorous yet acerbic Brooklyn - accented starlet and Alden Ehrenreich as the goodnatured but talent devoid star of generic cowboy pictures.

The benefit here is that Dragon Quest has such a rich roster of enemies to draw from - rather than waves of generic soldiers you'll encounter series mainstays such as Slimes, Skeleton Soldiers, Golems and Dragons, all in the series» iconic Akira Toriyama style.

Rockstar shouldn't be afraid of adding wacky and otherworldly cheat effects to the game, since that's pretty much the whole point beyond your typical arsenal of generic cheats making things easier.

Aside from the sort of generic title Gangster Squad, this film could also be titled after some people's reactions to a movie that is just fine, and harmlessly dumb — «I Mean, It's Not Gon na Win Any Awards or Anything...».

I had worried the partnership with Australian and English cricket might have prohibited the blatant (but ingenious) infringement of likenesses and logos, but it returns to allow you to replace all of the generic international, state and T20 teams with ease.

When: January 13th Why: It's pretty funny that a movie about counterfeiting should turn out to be an imitation itself (the Icelandic film on which its based featured the U.S. version's director, Baltasar Kormákur, in the lead role), but despite the fact that its clichéd plot seems to have been ripped off from a number of generic action thrillers just like it, «Contraband» has one thing that a lot of those films didn't — a killer ensemble cast.

The movie might best be described as a relentlessly - haunting saga of Shakespearean proportions, only arriving overlaid with many of the generic elements of the gratuitously - gruesome gangster genre.

Most of the game's soundtrack is composed of generic techno music that isn't all that bad but is fairly repetitive.

However, the best thing about Pulp Fiction is Tarantino's refusal to conform to the rules of the generic movie.

The movie itself is pretty boring as well, because while «Obvious Child» pretends to be groundbreaking in its candid treatment of abortion, it's even safer than most of the generic romantic comedies that it mimics.

Any interest (and it is minimal) in following the familiar trajectory derives from the movie's meta - critique of the rom - com, a foregrounding of the generic clichés that it will then itself shamelessly deploy.

Farrow's His Kind of Woman takes this idea of generic hybridity and cranks it up to 11.

Seriously, Sticker Star may be...» flawed» but World 4 was one of the most enjoyable worlds, I had so much fun in that world, each time I played it, I couldn't wait to get to the Ice World... I thought at least a few of the generic snow worlds from the Super Mario Bros games would be dismissed before this.

In spite of its generic design, tackily assembled cast, and plainly commercial ambitions, Battleship is at least watchable and coherent, which is more than can be said for some of its ilk, i.e. Transformers.

The lowlife scum of the earth are here: crooked cops, mobsters (of the generic Italian - American and Russian variety), pedophiles, pimps, spousal abusers, etc., etc., ad nauseam.

Even with these complaints, I have to say, this film is really solid especially considering the wide array of generic horror / thrillers that are released each year.

Providing a mentally disturbed villain of the generic variety and the dangers of an all - powerful web of technology, I.T. gives us two, obvious bogeymen for the price of one, pretty dumb movie.

Two hours that basically consists of generic characters doing stupid things for no clear reason and ascribing great meaning to them, with the occasional justification for war crimes thrown in.

Let me put it this way: the new «Ghostbusters» is certainly watchable, like its leading ladies... but when it ended, it made me long for the old films instead of this generic product.

Any close - up shots inside the cockpit of the cars are a meaningless visual frame of generic production line characters.

(There's a 21 - second gag deleted from the season finale that constitutes 15 seconds of actual scene and another six of the generic blah - blah - blah title card that's attached to every clip.)

But, all in all, «Layer Cake» gave me hope that, after several years of generic disappointment, there could still be life in the British gangster flick yet (and yes, Matthew, that IS what this is!).

There are one too many layers of generic fatalism decorating the action of Farewell, My Lovely, but they do lend the film a certain sepulchral grandeur.

Instead of trying for a new spin on the recycled formula, Kenan and writer David Lindsay - Abaire opted to just go back and redo the original so they can add an iconic title onto their prepackaged routine of generic thrills.

As it turns out, Lennon wrote to Danny in 1971, advising him to stay true to himself and his music — kind of generic advice, but if a Beatle tells you to remember to brush your teeth, you scrub like it's your job — but Danny receives the letter 40 years late, the result of it being sold to a collector instead of delivered.

Their competition consists of generic country & western group Saddle Up, oddball DJ DragonNuts, and all - female rock band Evermoist.

There's no threat of generic world domination and our hero doesn't have standard issue mentor, love interest,

Though lost for many years, it turned up in a Universal archive and has been lovingly restored for a new generation to appreciate the conventions that it put in place, ones liberally bandied about by legions of generic horrors ever since.