Sentences with phrase «place of real character»

More importantly, he consistently grounds Michael Nilon and Thomas Pa'a Sibbett's overly familiar script in a sense of authentic realism that allows the action theatrics to come from a place of real character - driven emotion that helps make these sequences all the more effective.
In place of real characters, we get placeholder archetypes and a heaping helping of noise and clatter to go along with seeing many shots of towns being ripped asunder by giant tornadoes.

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It also prevents us from making real our relationship to God, for the meeting with God takes place in the «lived concrete,» and lived concreteness exists only in so far as the moment retains its true dialogical character of presentness and uniqueness.
A false security prevents us from making real our relationship to God, for the meeting with God takes place in the «lived concrete,» and lived concreteness exists only in so far as the moment retains its true dialogical character of presentness and uniqueness.
The new season will still take place over a 24 - hour period, with episodes playing out in real time, but because of the shorten season length, not all the hours of the day will be shown (presumably skipping the period of time a major character finds themselves ensnared in a bear trap).
It's a strange line of reasoning, given that studies show women make up half of the gaming community, female characters are at the forefront of some of today's most interesting and exciting video game titles and, notably, the new game takes place during the French Revolution, home to the best - known real life female assassin of all time, Charlotte Corday.
Imagine if Santa didn't leave actual, physical gifts, but was credited for the feelings of goodwill and generosity that people feel during the holidays, and what if he wasn't supposed to be living in a «real» place like the North Pole, but was just an invisible spirit, like some other characters we know?
The poets of antiquity did not simply narrate events, whether historical or fictional using standard prose, but rather placed the characters of the stories in an active and real - time dialogue.
I remind you that ten years ago he scored a hat trick in an England away game but he settled, through weak character and weak body and huge undeserved wages, for a squad place and to stay at a well known club which has no real ambition to challenge at the top strata of PL and CL.
It endures in the hearts and minds of children who grow up hearing and reading about magical people and places, and who find a real live world of those same characters in Glen, NH.
This «family time» turned out to be so much more than just that — my children learned a valuable life lesson: the importance of our military and the fact that these people are real, not fictitious characters in a distant place.
Although it's clear that participants are purposely placed in coercive situations, we nonetheless think we are seeing something real and noteworthy about the character and the psychology of fellow humans.
Characters die left and right, and though a lot of the death and destruction primarily takes place off - camera, there's still an undeniable feeling that, for maybe the first time ever, the stakes are real.
Yet by highlighting the relationships and humanity of even the characters that are not human, and placing real peril in fierce and unrestrained action the audience can feel, the movie is redeemed and utterly necessary viewing.
Levinson has a deft touch with ordinary people and places, and the film's early scenes, especially, take care of business in a satisfying, sideways fashion, developing character with exposition and finding every avenue for real - world humor.
Some of the scenes take place on the screen, as we watch one side of a conversation between the character on screen and the person on the other side, in real time.
The turn - based approach Fire Emblem is famous for is gone in Fire Emblem Warriors, and in its place you'll find hordes of enemies to cut your way through (in real time, naturally), screen - filling special moves and a surprisingly deep character development system which not only allows for levelling - up, but permits you to augment each protagonist's abilities on a more granular level, such as selecting and improving their weaponry.
There's so much happening in a vacuum here with deaths all over the place and a wealth of exposition shoved at the moviegoer — brush up on your Horcrux knowledge and character lists, people, else you'll be lost — the film doesn't sustain the real feeling it engenders brilliantly in the opening scenes.
There is a sense of discovery in scene after scene of «The Phantom Menace,» as he tries out new effects and ideas, and seamlessly integrates real characters and digital ones, real landscapes and imaginary places.
Once in the backwoods, Melanie: reunites with sour Ma (Mary Kay Place) and dour Pa (Fred Ward), both actors modeling their characters on Grant Wood's necessarily two - dimensional painting «American Gothic»; «outs» poor Bobby Ray (Ethan Embry)-- in the real world, they'd probably have been hung from the same pole flying the Confederate Flag outside the local watering hole; and delivers the most embarrassing monologue since Phoebe Cates's in Gremlins to, of all things, a license plate marking the burial spot of a «coon dog» named after legendary Crimson Tide coach Paul «Bear» Bryant.
A departure from what a sports underdog picture is expected to deliver with a decidedly»70s sensibility, it's completely uncompromised, yet it's not a downer: although there's not a hint of a lie about it, nor much optimism in its truth, the feeling of it when it's over is exhilaration at time spent with real characters placed in real situations.
With the demo taking place in the middle of things, there was no real explanation why the characters journey across islands called gardens, all of which are filled with out of place knick - knacks and common household items.
All the more impressive is that Tarantino accomplishes this with one hand tied behind his back, as it were: At least 90 minutes of the film takes place in real time, with the same characters in one large room, a cabin where they are sitting out a snowstorm.
Players can place real - world toy versions of favorite Disney characters onto a device called the Infinity Base and transport them into the virtual game worlds of Monsters University, the Incredibles, Cars, Pirates of the Caribbean and The Lone Ranger, as well as into a giant Toy Box.
It is a toys to life game that allows players to build their characters in real life out of LEGO bricks and then place them on a game portal that transports the characters into the game.
Because the movie takes place while the characters are in and out of performing the fictional Broadway play, you could see how each actor slightly changed from real acting to fictional acting with subtle facial expressions and vocal inflections.
The performances are stellar across the board, the story is compelling and emotional, the characters are real, and the humor that keeps the film from being a slog is never out of place.
Fights take place in real time, with your character auto - attacking while you choose special abilities from a row on the bottom of the screen.
Little Fugitive takes place in a palpably real world: the concrete neighborhood of Joey's home has a life and character unique to it and Engel takes the camera into the crowds of Coney Island and through the weekend beachgoers off the boardwalk to capture the real life rhythms of New Yorkers and the atmosphere and energy of Coney Island in the summer.
And to cover - up the lack of any real character development, they overuse action gimmicks, especially when they can take place on a moving train.
Oscar nominee Eisenberg feels so out of place in the casting but his wacky persona in real life only authenticates his character.
The country's vibrant colors and life are affectionately captured by director of photography Seamus McGarvey (whose stunning cinematography alone makes the film worthy of a cinema release), with the work of production designer Johnny Breedt and art director Vivienne Gray further giving the place and community a character and pulse of its own: warm and inviting, often funny and friendly, but also not without real danger lurking on the fringes and beneath the surface.
The characters, the places, the names, and even many of the objects are real,» he says.
76, dean of Harvard Law School, examines the ways in which Brown's legacy continues to affect equality issues in public and in school choice programs, and argues that the terms placed on such initiatives have real repercussions for both the character of American education and civil society itself.
76, dean of Harvard Law School, examines the ways in which Brown's legacy continues to affect equality issues in public and in school choice programs, and argues that the terms placed on such initiatives have real repercussions for both the character of American education and civil...
«The best place to start is with the characters... my best characters are part real world crossed with something unexpected... like the loud and obnoxious goldfish... often stolen from parts of my own character or that of someone I know... I am confident that once I have the character the rest will flow.
It called for a greater emphasis to be placed on monitoring and evaluating character education so that the «real - world impact» of schools can be highlighted in league tables.
«To marry the traditions of the Victorian novel to modern technology, allowing the reader (or listener) an involvement with the characters and the background of the story and the world in which it takes place that would not have been possible until now, and yet to preserve within that the strongest traditions of story - telling, seems to me a marvelous goal and a real adventure,» Fellowes said in a statement.
Many of her characters are strong women, very different from the stereotype of the gender, who she places in real - life predicaments that stem from her own experiences.
Chabon's new novel is about the distinct character of each place, as well as the borderline between them (where the author lives in real life).
With Orient, Bollen takes a real place — the North Fork of Long Island — and weaves a mesmerizing fictional web of characters and mysteries into a story that is as viscerally thrilling as it is intellectually precise.
Her world - building is so detailed and well - integrated, each character and place so well - drawn, one wonders if they truly exist somewhere... Seraphina is an engaging and innovative fantasy that uses the plights of dragons and humans as an allegory for the real prejudices we all must face.»
Real quotes and apostrophes Here is another place where typewriters are limited by the lack of characters.
He's got a real sense of things like names, and his sense of wonder at creating a world comes out in things like the names of characters and the names of places.
Once you select the character of your choice, they appear on the camera app placed over the real world surrounding around you.
There are size limitations in place on your deck, plus certain restrictions on what card types can be used based on the character, but its clear that this customization is going to be one of the most enjoyable aspects of the entire game since it brings a real sense of progression and ownership.
Have a system in place where each character could be obtained with in - game and / or real currency alongside a plethora of cosmetic items.
Using the same figures and formula as previous Skylanders games, SWAP Force allows you to take real world character figures and place them on a device known as the Portal of Power in order to use them as playable characters.
New motion and facial capture techniques were developed during the long process of making the game, including the real - time motion capture where the graphics are rendered on the fly with character models, costumes and props already in place.
Despite Rockstar's sometimes secretive aura, Houser is very direct and has strong views on GTAV's relationship with the movies («We don't need to hark back to film when technology allows us to produce our own response to real places»), on the lack of playable female characters («The concept of being masculine was so key to this story») and on game conferences like E3 and Gamescom, which he no longer attends («You don't play a videogame in a room with 20,000 people doing the same thing unless you're a lunatic»).
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