Sentences with phrase «painfully obvious attempts»

These short video previews of books, often featuring a chat with the author or a dramatic depiction of the plot, and typically posted on YouTube, are truly strange cultural artifacts: They're painfully obvious attempts to adapt to technological change, but they're just as obviously off - key, not quite in step with whatever they're chasing.

The Scorpion King may hold the title for the strangest and most painfully obvious attempt to cash in on a movie property.

Not exact matches

This became painfully obvious (and I do mean painfully) when the anesthesiologist attempted to connect me to an IV, twice, with no success.

Painfully unfunny much of the time, this film will only appeal to those who find the most obvious of gags to be hilarious, the kind of audiences where any attempt at subtlety is lost.