Sentences with phrase «play against characters»

It was neat to get to play against characters that were created by other gamers out there.

Not exact matches

Overall, the character plays more like a potential antagonist for the next season of «Silicon Valley» than anyone who should have been going up against the likes of Superman.

Holiday parties are typically set up to play against introverts» natural character, but Zack says understanding your strengths can help introverts survive and thrive at holiday get togethers.

But to ease those fears, the Deutsche Bank character played by Ryan Gosling took the fund managers to meet the people they were actually trading against.

The essential plot elements of Inherit the Wind — the lonely stand of the brave individualist against the small - minded bigotry of the townspeople, Cates» fear and trembling as he waits in his prison cell, the threat of ruin hanging over his head («The Scopes character and his fiancee play each scene as if he were on the way to the electric chair,» wrote one film reviewer)-- are pure fabrication.

Sonny has some actor in him, and against the Giants he was in true character, clasping his helmet in disbelief at officiating calls, scooping up a handful of dirt in disgust, either with himself or because of a dropped pass, and looking at times as if he would not be able to raise up from one knee after he had called a play in the huddle.

When we had teams like 1997 - 98 and 2001 - 02 double or THE INVINCIBLES, the opponent felt intimidated even in the tunnel itself due to the shear quality and the character of the personnel involved, let alone fear playing against us on the pitch.

my point been you can prepare all you like for the inevitable, it will happen if you are up against a team with iron will, strong character and the determination to win, and that is why Leicester has been able to grind out wins... they used to sit back and soak in the pressure before hitting teams on the break and by January team sussed them out and tried to adopt a pattern to negate that but they found other ways to win, mainly by playing and defending out of their skins and standing up to whatever is thrown at them....

In the movie, «Bull Durham,» Tim Robbins» iconic character Nuke LaLoosh found himself in a situation in which he really wanted to throw a fastball against the advice of his catcher, played deftly by Kevin Costner.

Arsenal played well and showed great character with 10 men against Chelsea, but taking striker Olivier Giroud off after 22 minutes was a mistake that cost them the chance to get something from the game.

I fail to see how complaining that your players lack character and aren't good enough, that the transfer policy has left you with a poor «mish - mash» squad of players, and that your keeper will have to play against Manchester United (despite not being good enough) is going to help Spurs improve results.

«When you play in one team for a long time, with the best manager in the world, you want to give your best every day, that is why you can see it when we are on the pitch — we showed very good character against West Ham and never gave up, which is very good for the future for us.»

The plotting against Neil Kinnock became so public that David Hare wrote an entire play about it, «Absence of War», which included a scene in which the Kinnock character physically assaults an aide who has been exposed for his disloyalty.

Sterling Holloway is very good as Kaa, playing completely against type and adding the character's now - characteristic lisp.

The combat is a chore as the enemies have hitboxes larger than your dodge rolls meaning you will get hit EVERY TIME, the weapons are about as useful as a toothpick against a sword unless you're playing on super easy mode, the story is an illogical mess with some interesting world building mechanics, the characters are about as deep as a kiddy pool in a hotel resort, and the main character never shuts the hell up.

Very much a character study, with most of the focus mostly on Bjorn Borg (played by Sverrir Gudnason)-- notably, the film was titled Borg in Sweden — and his meticulous, robotlike preparation pitted against the wild - child spirit of John McEnroe, who was seemingly perfectly stunt cast with real - life powder keg Shia LaBeouf.

Bateman does an effective job directing the movie, which is based on a novel by Kevin Wilson (with a script by playwright David Lindsay - Abaire), smartly opting for understatement from his performers, so that their characters» eccentricities have something to play against.

While I can understand why people do nt like Michael Cera, I thought he did very well in the role and I was glad to see him playing against type, since movies like Youth In Revolt have shown that Cera is more than capable of playing characters other than the stereotypical nerdy, awkward guy.

In the comics, the character is a native of Wakanda whose family was exiled after his father was caught working against the monarchy by helping Ulysses Klaue (played by Andy Serkis in Black Panther) attack the nation.

That's nothing against the strong work from Amanda Seyfriend and Naomi Watts, but the script is just more concerned with the characters Adam Driver and Ben Stiller play, while Charles Grodin gets to steal his scenes in a more subtle way.

An amiable, minor crowd - pleaser, Battle Of The Sexes plays out as a pair of character studies: King, the reserved but powerfully motivated champion butting up against the insidious sexism of sports and media while coming to terms with her own sexuality; Riggs, the middle - aged compulsive gambler and clown playing the part of an exaggerated chauvinist pig for attention and publicity.

The character played by Handmaid's Elisabeth Moss in Ruben Östlund's Palme d'Or winner The Square makes a furious stand against being sexually used.

Playing out against the casinos and hotel rooms of Reno, Nevada, it's a noir - flavored character study that stars Philip Baker Hall as Sydney, an aging gambler who takes a down - on - his - luck drifter named John (John C. Reilly) under his wing.

Don't get me wrong, they deliver typically fantastic performances, but all the same I wonder if they only took on the characters just «cos they were playing against type (and probably paid a heck load of money).

In a smart move, Coogler and his co-writer, Joe Robert Cole, flesh out his personality by playing him against a large cast of supporting characters: his teasing teenage sister, Shuri (Letitia Wright); his friend W'Kabi (Daniel Kaluuya); M'Baku (Winston Duke), the leader of the hostile, mountain - dwelling Jabari tribe; Zuri (Forest Whitaker), an elder mystic of Wakandan ancestral ceremonies; the CIA operative Everett K. Ross (Martin Freeman); the aforementioned Nakia and Okoye.

Maya Rudolph plays Ralphie's harried mother against type, with a straightforward warmth that's a refreshing change of pace from her signature zany characters.

You do however need two characters from the same universe to play two - player in these worlds, which obviously goes against the whole «Infinity» aspect.

Currently following a huge ape around with her camera in Skull Island and soon be seen wielding a firearm in Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, Brie Larson is used to playing characters that can go up against the very best of men.

The characters will act as a special CPU character that learns the more you play it making it a more difficult foe for you to fight yourself or use as an ally against friends.

Still, both Schwarzenegger and Abigail Breslin, who plays the 16 - year - old title character, should be commended for going way against type, particularly Ahnold.

Originally, Jason Statham was rumored to play the villain against the protagonist characters, played by Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, but Evans seems to be the guy they are going for now.

[5] The game also features amiibo support, where players can use compatible amiibo to train and play with or against a CPU - controlled character.

The experienced actress has competing character types to play against in her three roomies, not to mention her reflective solo scenes, and she plays well against them all.

Instead of giving him an ah - ha moment of self - awareness, the movie preserves this essential part of his character, and then plays it against him, perhaps too subtly for most tastes.

Whether you're playing solo or with other players, it's one of those games that you wouldn't play all the time but when you do, you'll have a blast as you play against both real and virtual characters.

Pierce Gagnon, who plays the son of Blunt's character, makes the 5 - year - old Cid one of the most fun, and one of the most terrifying, characters in the entire piece (and he's up against people who maim, torture, and kill for a living).

In the course of Fuckhead's aimless wanderings he meets a series of characters whose own travails are played out against the backdrop of his befuddled, often hallucinogenic visions.

The new version of the character is a Vegas stage magician, who gets roped (kind of) into a battle against a vampire (Colin Farrell) by a high school kid, played by Anton Yelchin.

Down Star Destroyers the size of cities, use the Force to prove your worth against iconic characters such as Kylo Ren, Darth Maul, or Han Solo, as you play a part in a gaming experience inspired by 40 years of timeless Star Wars films.

In «Tully» Theron again plays a character crashing against the rocks of life's chosen paths, this time while dealing with the daunting experience of raising other human beings.

«The Spelling Bee» sees contestants — played by Melissa Villaseñor, Luke Null, Chris Redd and Pete Davidson — struggle to compete in the middle school competition against the snarky host's character, who perhaps takes it all a bit too seriously.

The major Caucasian characters in the film are almost all forces of opposition: Tim Roth plays bigoted governor George Wallace as a weak man raging pitifully against progress, while Dylan Baker brings a perfect squareness to J. Edgar Hoover, assigned by Johnson to spy on and possibly discredit King.

Activision has released a new trailer for the upcoming Transformers title, Transformers: War For Cybertron. This newest Transformers title features two distinct storylines: the Autobot campaign tells a story of heroism to save their home planet against overwhelming odds, and the Decepticon campaign tells a story of an unquenchable thirst for power to control the universe. For the first time in a Transformers title, fans will be able to play the game with their friends through team - based online co-op, or go head to head in a variety of online multiplayer game modes. The game features a sci - fi art style that introduces to fans the entire living, metallic world of Cybertron, as well as all - new visualizations of the iconic Transformers characters in their original Cybertronian forms.

Lyonne and Greer are both brilliantly cast against type here, with Lyonne taking the role of the cheery optimist and Greer diving into the chance to play a morose, bitchy character.

Despite the specific nature of the character Stiller plays, «Brad's Status» finds a universality in the uncomfortable truths it explores: the human tendency to take stock, especially around middle age, and to compare our lives against both our friends» achievements and our youthful visions of our future selves.

Cooper at the time was convincing as this tough - guy jock who really had no interest in his girlfriend, Claire Cleary (Rachel McAdams), other than to make her his trophy wife, but the character is so much funnier now when one pauses to consider how against - type he was playing.

Hiring a deaf actress to play a deaf character is definitely a bold move on Haynes» end, something that most filmmakers would've opted against.

Among the other fiction films to look for in theaters or on VOD: John Michael McDonagh's Calvary, in which Brendan Gleeson gives a beautifully modulated performance as a dedicated priest who is no match for the disillusionment of his parishioners and the rage of another inhabitant of his Irish seaside village, determined to take revenge against the priesthood for the sexual abuse he suffered as a child; the desultory God Help the Girl, the debut feature by Stuart Murdoch (of Belle and Sebastian), all the more charming for its refusal to sell its musical numbers; Tim Sutton's delicate, impressionistic Memphis, a blues tone poem that trails contemporary recording artist Willis Earl Beal, playing a character close to himself who's looking for inspiration in a legendary city that's as much mirage as actuality; and two horror films, Jennifer Kent's uncanny, driving psychodrama The Babadook, with a remarkable performance by child actor Noah Wiseman, and Ana Lily Amirpour's less sustained A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, which nonetheless generates some powerful political metaphors.

It does boast a memorable villain, of sorts, in the form of Irving, played by veteran character actor Timothy Spall as the picture of self - impressed conviction, who has a ridiculous answer for every charge against his work.

The main characters, Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx playing MTV cops Sonny Crockett and Rico Tubbs, are constantly framed against the Miami sky, with it's incredibly detailed and expressive clouds (and the occasional flash of lightning).