Sentences with phrase «own languid pace»

Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve (Fed) is highly unlikely to raise rates more than once in 2015, and will probably adopt a similarly languid pace to tightening in 2016.

600), where life proceeds at the same languid pace as the Amish horses and buggies clippity - clopping along Wiggins Street.

Talkers at this speed, «a nice comfy pace,» were much more successful than «a languid pace» and these talkers «boy, I'm really hopped up.»

Although the word «avalanche» often brings to mind billowing clouds of snow racing downhill to smother skiers and snowmobilers, another type of snow slump is on the rise: a slow - motion slide of thick, wet snow that despite its languid pace can pummel structures with devastating force.

Detectorists is a show so refreshingly in the slow lane that it takes an episode or two to adjust to its languid pacing.

The languid pace of the film is utterly perfect, reflecting the time investment that McCandless put into his journey, while the beautiful, subtly - played performances he gets from Vince Vaughn, Hal Holbrook, and especially Emile Hirsch as McCandless are nothing short of phenomenal.

It's just as clear, however, that the film's incongruously languid pace stands as an almost insurmountable obstacle virtually from the get - go, as filmmakers Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg have employed an episodic structure that becomes more and more problematic as the thin narrative unfolds - with the ongoing emphasis on subplots of a decidedly underwhelming nature (eg Jim's continuing efforts at resisting the advances of a sultry neighbor) compounding the movie's increasingly lackluster atmosphere.

With standalone ventures, the scope of a languid pace is a more balanced approach.

Its languid pace worked against it initially but the storyline eventually grew into its own, with the respectfully delicate disconnects emphasizing on events that push the characters towards acceptance and resolution.

There are some cracker scenes amid this languid pacing.

The issues lie with the languid pace and odd editing that the flick has, along with the script by filmmaker Richard Curtis and Lee Hall (based on the aforementioned book by Michael Morpurgo).

The film moves at a languid pace that seems appropriate for its setting, utilising the true beauty of Bruges to great effect while imbuing the experience with a sense of make - believe that perhaps allows the violence that comes to be even more shocking.

A lot of people may be turned off by the languid pacing and overly - serious tone, so it's probably wise to rent it first.

With disagreeable characters, languid pacing and a band that makes no sense, it is a difficult one to recommend to anyone else.

It's like saying that Drive is just about a getaway driver — it's not and for anyone who's seen it will know that the languid pace, the cinematography, the mood and the score are just as important to the film as any plot developments.

Instead it strolls at its own languid pace, challenging the viewer to share its patience — run ahead and you'll get lost, because this sure as hell doesn't follow a set plot path.

Besieged is indeed a Bernardo Bertolucci film: it features enthralling location photography (done here by Fabio Cianchetti) and a fairly thin story (based on a short story by James Lasdun) set to a languid pace.

I found its slow, languid pacing to make it nearly intolerable.

Certain Women moves, as all Reichardt's films do, at a languid pace, and a handful of characters — notably Williams's — could be a little better developed.

Nevertheless, Day - Lewis proves himself a more than adequate replacement as the 16th U.S. President, commanding the screen with a vigor that combats the film's languid pace.

No other film on the list inspired such low expectations from me before viewing it, but celebrated Irish playwright Martin McDonagh has kick - started the played - out Brit gangster genre with a dose of existential neurosis, refreshingly languid pacing and ream upon ream of rapid - fire, ferociously literary dialogue that credits its audience with as much intelligence as its audience.

Usually we're treated to one compressed scene after another in quick succession, but here the languid pace means that in some scenes we have time to truly relish the strong performances.

The Illusionist is a much more subtle film, and its languid pace is instantly at odds with The Prestige's «look at me!

If there is a major flaw, it would be the languid pace, which becomes challenging for even the most skilled movie watcher.

Instead, he insists on experimentation and sharing of best practices with an understanding that the languid pace of status quo reform efforts won't do.

Choosing to get lost in memories of the last time I was here, I take a few photos along with Michael and Jeannie, and begin my pilgrimage up the steep steps to the viewpoint a little faster while they set a more languid pace with their cameras.

Today the city moves at a more languid pace, but I wanted to see if the influence of China, Japan and France was still as strong in its dishes as it was in the old town's architecture.

Not exact matches

Despite his displays often seeming to be languid and slow - paced, Dzeko has a fine goalscoring record for Manchester City, having bagged 46 league goals for the club, an impressive record considering he has spent much of that time playing second fiddle to Sergio Aguero and Mario Balotelli.

The film's pacing is languid, at times hypnotic, especially effective in sequences where Vance rides his bike at impossible speeds along the back - roads of the verdant yet barren South.

While the pacing can get frustratingly languid at times, and there's a bit of a disconnect between theme and what's on screen, Christian Bale terrifically anchors this memorable and haunting entry in the Western genre.

Co-written and directed by Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt was the other writer who helped on the screenplay, Thelma is a slow paced, almost languid twist on Stephen King's «Carrie.»

There are times when the pace is a bit too languid for the film's good, but McKellen and Laura Linney are always worth watching, investing their characters with subtle grace.

The first half of Atonement is almost flawless, but the pacing is off enough in the second half — too rushed in some spots, too languid in others — to mar the overall work.

The film moves at an effectively erratic pace: action in the real world moves fairly swiftly, but once it's in the world of the mind, the pace becomes more languid, befitting the surrealism of dreams.

There isn't any sense of urgency (or of any narrative destination at all, really) present in the film and the pacing feels languid at best.