Sentences with phrase «of meaningful character»

More insight is offered by the deleted scenes, which show where a couple of meaningful character beats were excised from the final cut.

The lack of any meaningful character progression for its hero, Hal Jordan?

Expanding on themes of humanity and identity native to Phillip K. Dick's novella «Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep», Blade Runner 2049 both expands a world wherein humanoid androids and their homosapien masters co-exist while narrowing it down to a small ensemble of meaningful characters, all who have their part to play.

Led by Paul Rudd, just about all of the meaningful characters are interesting in their own right.

Not exact matches

Though the concept of a persona, a fictional character used to understand a particular audience segment, has existed for years, this study sought to uncover why organizations fail to create, update, maintain or apply persona intelligence in meaningful ways, rendering them ineffective.

Like Weber, Berger adopts an interpretive approach to social life, emphasizing the meaningful character of human activity.

Jackson faces the elephants in the room of whites and blacks having deep, meaningful relationships very quickly, especially in book two when one of the White main character's husband, Denny, is mistaken by, MaDea, an aging African American woman who is suffering from dementia, as one of the men who brutally lynched her brother nearly 70 years ago.

In this situation how could we give meaningful content to the idea that God extends subjective aims to the various actors in the little drama we have constructed, that is, provides subjective aims which have the potential, at least, to affect the outcome of events, and have, therefore, the potential to affect the character of God's future experience?

With Wenger at the club next year there will be no hope IMO for a meaningful change in character and results of our squad and games.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

Therefor, if crying can be regarded as a meaningful «target behaviour» for intervention with depressed mothers, research needs to address how to identify it (cry), what aspect of its character is meaningful (to the mother and clinician), who should be the target of the intervention (mother and / or infant) and whether the crying infant or the mother's processing of the signal matters (i.e., mother vs. infant).

Mr. Bharara continues his work, pursuing investigations in a Capitol where the remaining cast of characters are incapable of meaningful ethics reform.

«4 - H helps shape the mind and character of children and young adults through meaningful hands - on education.

The show quickly captured the hearts of viewers around the world with its beautiful scenery, fast - paced wit, meaningful characters, and shocking plotlines.

Dating back to the 15th century, and still retaining some original features, The Firs Bed and Breakfast is full of character If you are looking for a meaningful Christmas gift idea for your loved ones, use these printables to create 12 months of dates to enjoy throughout the year.

Our mission is to create a movement of God's men who are empowered to lead others on a meaningful journey into personal character and leadership, ultimately having a positive impact on generations of women, children and families.

While SoulCalibur V doesn't quite excel with some of the greatest fighting sequels out there, it's a huge step forward from IV, complete with online multiplayer that's meaningful again, a worthwhile character roster (Ezio rocks it, we're telling you) and a presentation that's as good as the series has ever seen.

We get to see cheesy, poorly produced scenes of lame flirting between Troy and Riker inbetween plays of the Holodeck program, one of the main Enterprise characters dies in a really forced, badly - directed and pointless way (the character deserved a much more meaningful and dramatic death than that at least).

Although Viola Davis offers a fantastic performance here, this disgusting melodrama is much more concerned about making you cry than saying anything meaningful, while most of the characters are one - dimensional and several unnecessary details are constantly added to the story with the sole purpose of cheap sentimentality.

The brief moments of ultraviolence are cartoonish in a similarly sub-Tarantino way, all B - movie sound and fury that only partially makes up in virtuosity what it lacks in meaningful plot development or character revelation.

In effect, that lack of explicitness damns The Second Mother, as character relations are hinted at and even primed for confrontation, but without payoff or meaningful conclusion.

A key incentive is meant to be unlocking each of the 80 - odd different characters, but not only does this mean repeating the same missions over and over again but there's very little meaningful variety outside the first handful of main characters.

You're not going to get much in the way of meaningful development here, but the opposing Separatist forces have a bit of character to them.

You will be able to take control of a wide variety of characters throughout the game's narrative rich story, although these characters don't compare to the number of character in past Warriors games, they are all integrated into the game's story which makes their addition to the game meaningful and not simply canon fodder.

The film is anything but rushed and that is in its favor; a string of fast - paced set pieces weighs down any movie and Miyazaki has the good sense to balance the adventure with quiet but meaningful character moments.

The film doesn't have anything meaningful to say about this pattern or the reason it exists for these characters, save for what a few of the characters themselves have to say for those things.

, these quirks are hung on the character in lieu of real development; like Steve Carell's obsession with Proust, or Paul Dano's desire to be a pilot, they don't reveal anything meaningful to us about these people, it's just lazy writing.

Far from empty - headed, though, Stardust is a deeply meaningful series of sweet - nothings, wholly apolitical even in a macho supporting character revealed as a cross-dresser and hair stylist; and by its end, it wins not in spite of being so exuberant in its indulgence of flamboyant clichés, but because it is.

Screenwriters William Nicholson and Simon Beaufoy don't spend nearly enough time on meaningful character development to explain the lure of the summit.

As far as we've come, films featuring meaningful LGBT + characters are still the preserve of independent productions.

But like many other sequels that have come before it, A Bad Moms Christmas makes the classic mistake of thinking the addition of several new characters and subplots is the same thing as building off of the first film's story in any meaningful way.

He blends intricate subtleties of human characters and relationships into a meaningful story bent around fascinating sci - fi ideas to fantastic awesome results.

It is tough to generate feelings of sympathy for most of the characters in Please Give and while the film isn't oblivious to this, it doesn't compensate for it in any meaningful way.

This one is dominated by the Tramell character so completely, the balance is out of sorts, with the advantage decidedly lopsided in her favor in every meaningful way.

Instead of all this needless dialog, why not develop the characters in more meaningful relationships.

Arlo and Spot are not the kind of characters that are going to be having deep and meaningful conversations along the way, so a majority of the journey is told through silence and the physical altercations and rough spots that occur along the way.

James Rhodes / War Machine (Don Cheadle) has a smaller, but meaningful role to play in the proceedings here by comparison, while Clint Barton / Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and Scott Lang / Ant - Man (Paul Rudd) are the established MCU players who get the least onscreen development - but Civil War makes up for that by giving these characters some of the best action scenes in the movie.

Saoirse Ronan gives a remarkable performance, giving subtle but meaningful hints and clues about the transformation of her character from a shy and reserved child to a confident and self - reliant woman.

«About Ray,» on the other hand, is a mainstream family affair that too often relies on sitcom - ish punchlines instead of meaningful dialogue, while giving short shrift to the very character that should rightfully be the reason for its existence.

It's unlikely to spark any meaningful conversations about eco-terrorism beyond «man, effin» hippies» or «man, effin corporations,» surrounded by murmurs of assent, but it uses that topic as the framework for some terrific suspense and character work.

To be fair, anyone hoping for characters, tension, meaty exposition, meaningful subtext, or anything of the sort, will leave The Conjuring hungry.

Making the most meaningful impression of the supporting characters, however, is Hal Holbrook, who clocks in for only a portion of the screenplay but demands at least a tear or two in his role as a kindly grandfather type which earned him a rightful Oscar nomination.

Berger's camera is rarely still, and Nicholls» script is layered with clever and sometimes very meaningful dialogue, all of which is reflective of its titular character's nature: Patrick is restless in body, mind, and soul.

It injects some quicktime action into the script by having powerful characters briefly bash on generic Kree mooks, but there's not much in the way of meaningful stakes, so it falls flat.

The movie diminishes the role of its own female lead, mishandles its characters of color, and gives women and POC no meaningful impact on the final story.

As it's always been, American Horror Story is more of a showcase of fine actors going H.A.M. on crazy characters than it is a narrative achievement, eliciting performances that are far more engrossing and meaningful than the show's often nonsensical and disappointing plot.

Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri's ensemble is probably the best of the year — Frances McDormand holds nothing back as the fiery Mildred Hayes, Woody Harrelson is simply sublime throughout and Sam Rockwell does some serious heavy lifting playing with deep shades of moral gray area — but the way that the story shapes up — taking meaningful detours, all of which provide new avenues to explore the colorful collection of characters — is so wholly satisfying and so consistently sassily written (McDormand relishes every hateful lick dripping from Mildred) that I just couldn't get enough of it.

But this contrast feels even more meaningful and cruel in The Florida Project because, as misguided as these characters are, it is hard not to feel like the beauty of their environment played a part in their complacency — the bright and optimistic colours a total deception, conning them into a false sense of security.

The vastness and the wide angle lenses in certain moments, I think, intended to show the main character's sense of isolation within his community, so we tried at times to use framing devices and use camera movements to amplify that sentiment to have a very meaningful impact.

The stellar supporting cast includes Nancy Reilly, Margo Martindale and Thomas Haden Church none of whom get sufficient material to develop their characters in any meaningful way.