Sentences with phrase «plodding pace»

It is challenging to keep from becoming frustrated with a plodding pace of change that sometimes feels like one step forward, two steps back.

It touched me deeply and inspired me this late night as I just spontaneously created some beautiful art «outside the lines» while feeling some pangs of impatience with the plodding pace & details of «getting it out there» - wondering if anyone will EVER see it lol!

Not bad by any means, but the seriously plodding pace for the first few episodes kills much of the excitement in Batman - The Telltale Series.

The dialogue is presented almost entirely through text menus with only small samplings of voice work here and there and the story moves along at a plodding pace without much progression.

BattleTech finally goes turn - based and gets a whole lot right, including the plodding pace.

Actually there are 4 - 5 exceptional scenes in the movie which make up for the often plodding pace... not typically a good thing for a thriller.

Director Roger Michell and screenwriter Hanif Kureishi previously collaborated to turn Kureishi's novel «The Buddha of Suburbia» into a successful serial for British television, which is exactly where «The Mother» also belongs, as periodic breaks for advertisements might well serve to cover up its somewhat plodding pace and occasionally aimless repetitions.

Death Proof and hence Grindhouse as a whole end on a high note with the final car chase and Bell's death - defying antics, but the dragging, plodding pace and creative misfire of Tarantino's movie is enough to put a big damper on the sum total of the Rodriguez / Tarantino double feature experiment.

Olga Kurylenko almost literally phones it in as his former CIA handler and the script dabbles with some truly dire dialogue — «It's no secret that you and Ben were... intimate,» recites one agent, who might as well be called Basil Exposition — but Stölzl's visuals actually benefit from the film's plodding pace.

The excessive familiarity of the film's storyline is exacerbated by the almost unreasonably plodding pace, with the hopelessly inert midsection - in which Ben and Jane investigate their demon's tragic past - certainly proving a test to the viewer's ongoing patience.

Though its plodding pace brings it down in some parts, it is a well crafted story that gives a Human dimension to the defenders of the Alamo, portraying them as people, rather than the larger than life legends that have since permeated history.

Unfortunately, the story moves at a plodding pace, and the game falls into more unfortunate strides of repetition than I'd hoped for.

Not bad by any means, but the seriously plodding pace for the first few episodes kills much of the excitement in Batman - The Telltale Series.

American Pie Presents The Naked Mile's latter half, as a result, moves along at a plodding pace that's compounded by an episodic structure, as the movie lurches from one ill - conceived set - piece to the next with little thought towards momentum or consistency - which inevitably does confirm the film's place as just another interminable waste of time designed to cash in on the original trilogy's success.

Though its plodding pace and soft flesh would seem to make it easy prey for a predator, it harbors a secret defense: a network of ultrathin cellulose fibers embedded in its skin.

Romelu Lukaku responded with a header that smashed back off the crossbar, but referee Felix Zwayer whistled for an infringement as the match returned to its plodding pace.

But this will be a low - scoring game, especially if the Tigers play at their usual plodding pace on offense.

Any golfing partner who provides running commentary and unsolicited advice, plays at a plodding pace and takes 200 shots to card an 82 would never play golf with me again.

Likewise, it's easy to imagine the occasionally plodding pacing of both titles getting under the skin of more impatient players.

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They set off, all except Simeon imprisoned in Egypt, and plodded along through the day beside the slow - pacing donkeys.

Much like the No. 1 seed in their region, the Bearcats have ground their opponents down with defense and are more than comfortable playing plodding games in the 50s (or lower), but if those shots stop falling through unfamiliar rims, their slow pace can keep lesser teams within striking distance longer than Mick Cronin would prefer.

Some of the aggression is plodding, and some of it is aggressive, but it also looks like Randy Orton is picking up the pace already, too.

There is something about plodding through those first five minutes to get the kinks out and then finding your pace, focusing on your breathing and just letting your body move smoothly and naturally.

No, after all, I was plodding along at a slow pace that wouldn't impress anyone.

The Grudge 2 is only 95 minutes, but it plods along at an excruciatingly slow pace, padding out its sparse moments of dialogue at lengthy intervals.

The Danish Girl will almost certainly not reverse this trend, for despite compelling performances and a fascinating concept, the film fails to develop its characters, and plods along at a pace that almost dares the viewer to give up on the story.

It's a shame that Aidyn's slow pace and plodding combat mean many of its pluses will be discovered only by the most stubborn players out there.

Michael Mann doesn't make standard frantic - pace thrillers (see Heat and Public Enemies); he prefers to work at a more controlled stride, so while this hacking adventure - mystery is intriguing it also feels a bit plodding.

A film top - heavy with plot, but one that plods along at a oddly pedestrian pace as it charts the end of the world as we know it.

A mostly dull thriller that plods along at a maddeningly slow pace, «Escape Plan» is almost completely devoid of action or humor, making both stars» involvement questionable.

The pace plods with uninteresting sidebars and the banal scenes of dialogue and storytelling outnumber the fascinating or interesting ones that could have offered a richer and more absorbing look into the man's method or the historical art period itself.

Along the way, we meet a few new friends, a new villain, and everything plods along at a leisurely pace with very few surprises.

Instead, I would plod through the course pacing guide and helplessly observe many of the bored or confused expressions I saw daily on my students» faces.

Rather than having to plod through semester - long courses or sit through ineffectual workshops, they can focus on mastering a specific competency, demonstrating that they have done so, and then moving ahead, all at their own pace.

Personalized learning too often connotes technology - driven individualization, where children are plodding through curricula, albeit at their own pace, but still for the purpose raising scores on standardized assessments.

Also, nobody seems to have pointed out that Romance readers are the most voracious readers on the planet, while «other» genres seem to plod along at «normal» pace, ie: about three to four books a month.

Narrated by a lackluster Ernest wannabe, this trailer plods along at a snail's pace.

If you're a fan of the look 90's shooters had while also wishing they were slower and more plodding in pace, then STRAFE is the game for you.

Shadow Fall isn't as fast paced as Call of Duty but it isn't as slow and plodding as the Halo franchise's multiplayer mode often is.

By contrast, the actual pace of the game sometimes feels ponderous; waiting for Harry to plod over to collect an item needed for the next part of the puzzle when you already know the next three steps he needs to complete can be tedious, especially in the earlier parts of the game where there is less atmosphere to soak up.

At the start of the game, you are obviously at your weakest, only able to drop a single bomb that has the smallest explosion at your slowest pace against plodding enemies.

But that's also one of For Honor's downfalls — the pace of the game rarely feels anything but slow and plodding.

There are few genres that have been as overcrowded as first person shooters, and the genre plods forward year - by - year with innovation happening at a snail's pace.

Hydropower and nuclear will mostly plod along at their current pace.

Then you might agree that the pace of change actually feels fairly plodding sometimes.

Likewise, payroll job growth is likely to plod along at the recent 1.3 percent to 1.5 percent annual pace, while personal income growth, the principal fuel powering rent trends, accelerates only moderately to the 4.0 percent to 4.5 percent range.