Sentences with phrase «of levity»

There's not too much of a musical score, although the use of a famous piece of music in a late game boss fight will elicit a smile from even the most hardened gamer and is a rare moment of levity in an otherwise unrelentingly bleak gaming experience.

I think it's unfair to condemn the judge for showing a bit of levity in what was likely a highly taxing proceeding.

It's a role full of meaty monologues and aggressive behavior for Washington to sink his teeth into and he does just that, capturing with gusto this domineering, narcissistic father who still has his charms, as he finds sincere moments of levity in the genuine love shared between Troy and Rose.

Add to this a wicked sense of humour from developers Anarchy Enterprises, who have released a «Bromance» Valentine's update including Putin and Trump, as well as a killer Santa character for Christmas, and you have an added sense of levity which only emphasises the game's over-the-top action.

The screenplay was very well - written in my opinion, giving just the right amount of levity before getting too serious, and then letting loose throughout the tense tennis sequences as well.

A rare moment of levity for Captain Phasma.

Aaron Eckhart is fun to watch, simultaneously offering a dash of levity along with with sincerity for the well - being of his boxer.

We would've liked to see much more of Watson, who really only gets one meaty scene in the film as Dido's great aunt, while we want Wilton (most recognizable as Isobel Crawley in «Downton Abbey») to be in every British film to add a bit of levity as a persnickety aunt or a feisty grandmother.

It was a moment of levity during a day of grueling campaigning.

A dose of levity lifts hearts and minds, and believe it or not, the bottom line.

There's even a bit of levity from time to time that breaks up the dread.

Granted, I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in Los Santos, but the game is given a whole lot of levity through humor.

succeeds thanks to a vital injection of levity into the proceedings.

The modern artworks found throughout this private villa add touches of levity and color.

Finally, as I bring this address to a close, I call on you to improve the state of your corner of the Universe and take a vow of levity.

By the gift of joy, I am referring to the great surprise of levity that comes on the other side of pain.

The other thing making Never Go Back a drag (besides that generic title) is its severe lack of levity.

About the last thing the sodden swords - and - sorcery movie Season Of The Witch can be accused of is having a sense of humor, but the few moments of levity come courtesy of Ron Perlman, who plays the bearish companion to Nicolas Cage's AWOL 14th - century Crusader.

But as the ground gives way to the monstrous machines underneath, and buildings crumble and people turn to dust, all hint of levity disappears.

This week's Show Me a Hero opens with a moment of levity before heading back into the brawl, as a montage shows Nick's repeated failure to get fellow Democrat... Read More

By 2016, when the first film was released, superheroes were already funny, but Deadpool 2 imagines an alternate timeline where the genre is still in desperate need of levity.

They specifically investigated the use of humour to create an air of levity for the learning.

Granted, I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in Los Santos, but the game is given a whole lot of levity through humor.

We're expecting a similar kind of serious tone from Red Dead Redemption 2 with rare, intermittent bouts of levity.

Powerfully artistic in that uniquely Refn sort of way, The Neon Demon succeeds thanks to a vital injection of levity into the proceedings.

Much of the story seems preoccupied with the base - level joys and torments of being a teenager, content to float along with occasional bursts of levity from some nonessential but fun minicomics by Bosma.

It's a game that never takes itself too seriously, with moments of levity sprinkled in through good writing and voice - acting.

Johnson, who also wrote the film, actively tries to combat the tone whenever possible by adding a bit of levity throughout.

There are even moments of levity courtesy of John C. Reilly's bearded and frazzled character.

Community is a comedy of levity.

«From women let not evidence be accepted,» reads the Mishna, «because of the levity and temerity of their sex.»

On Friday, April 27th at 7:45 PM comedian Nate Bergatz will take the stage of Levity Live.

The rest of the levity is provided by Day - Lewis himself and by a bewigged Tommy Lee Jones, playing staunch abolitionist with a heart of gold Thaddeus Stevens.

With all the right feel good moments, compelling character developing scenes, and the perfect amount of levity between young and old characters, «The Intern» is a far better movie than it should be and I highly recommend it.

«1001 Grams» achieves a charming equipoise of levity and gravity, of formal rigor and soulful sentiment.

Had Pellington and Perry maybe added some sort of levity to the proceedings, Nostalgia wouldn't come off so heavy - handed in its desire to make the audience feel so much.

Though its themes are so dark they seem to call for the invention of a new color, It Comes at Night does offer a few glimpses of levity and affection amid the unremitting bleakness.

But an excess of levity can quickly become its own kind of leadenness, and for long stretches between its genuinely amusing gags and set pieces, «Thor: Ragnarok,» credited to the screenwriting trio of Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost, is a bit too taken with its own breezy irreverence to realize when it's time to rein it in.

The back and forth between the sheriff and the despondent mother are simultaneously heartbreaking, infuriating, and with his mastery of balance, a sense of levity despite such sadness.

Moments of levity releases a bit of that tension at key moments before building again, by way of scene stealer LilRel Howery as Chris» best friend and TSA agent.

There's tons of levity, but just as much emotion...»

The amusement isn't just for them — it's for the other children, they tell themselves, and it is, providing bright spots of levity for the bored, scared kids.

Lilly is a star — totally delightful, providing much of the levity.

Host Seth Meyers brought a mixture of levity and earnestness to his opening monologue, in which he took verbal jabs at Woody Allen, Spacey, and Weinstein, whose absence from the ceremony was glaring in the wake of over 70 allegations of sexual misconduct.

As you work your way through the levels, he'll say insightful lines that reflect exactly what you're thinking in that moment which adds a great deal of levity to the gameplay.

Orphan Black was a consistently engaging piece of sci - fi storytelling that wasn't afraid of levity, and while the story itself got a little too tangled towards the end, Manson did a solid job of keeping such a unique concept together for as long as he did.

Michael Shannon as Frank is his usual quiet intensity, so his moments of levity really stand out.

The supporting cast is mostly non-existent, save for Russo and the unknown Ahmed who performs admirably in a number of the movie's not always great scenes of levity.