Sentences with phrase «point of absurdity»

Even horror - fantasy elements are mixed in, as if the very common occurrences within the film are the result of witchcraft or meddling supernatural forces, further diluting an already farfetched film to the breaking point of absurdity.

Evidently, insider trading schemes have continued to evolve in efforts to evade scrutiny to the latest point of absurdity.

Reaching a Point of Absurdity: Illegal immigration has been embedded in American society for so long «that we have forgotten its intrinsic contradictions,» argues Victor Davis Hanson.

But it was people reading everything this politician wrote and elevating those words to a point of absurdity that has done the world so much harm since.

It's going to sit on the bottom of a vast sea, and the odds of it EVER being found by human eyes are astronomically slim to the point of absurdity.

If you watch games with ESPN or some other «gamecast» app, you'll notice that they've stretched the definition of «assist» far beyond the point of absurdity.

Undersized to the point of absurdity, the very last pick in his draft class, Thomas had carved out a niche for himself as a scoring point guard.

I agree with you if your message is that all of football spending has gotten to the point of absurdity.

In some cases this has meant romanticising the pre-Brexit era to the point of absurdity.

To believe that any of today's generation of politicians is likely to uphold such impartial standards is naïve to the point of absurdity.

When political managers and spin doctors are fighting one of the tightest elections in living memory they will often go to the point of absurdity to ensure television pictures tell the message they want.

Eventually, it moves to a point of absurdity.

She takes everything in stride, including vampirism, to the point of absurdity.

The whole of it, though, is held to the point of absurdity for an extra beat — I'm thinking of LaBeouf's open - mouthed gape (enhanced by a film - manufactured mouth injury after a wonderfully - botched ambush), of Rooster's dispassionate treatment of two wayward boys, even of the final, signature showdown involving teeth - held reins and two - fisted gunslinging — so that the picture has about it an almost sarcastic air.

It's only a few notches above a Saturday Night Live sketch, with all of these bald coincidences giving Dickens all the inspiration he could ever need to the point of absurdity.

The lengths to which devastated widower Shmuel (Géza Röhrig) goes to achieve the sense of finality that he can not locate within his religious community eventually reaches the point of absurdity.

Ever since he debuted with 2004's cultishly adored Napoleon Dynamite, Jared Hess has been cranking out broad comedies about loveable losers whose ineptitude is magnified to the point of absurdity.

But the film doesn't do the best job of convincing its audience that the endeavors of these individuals isn't beyond the point of absurdity.

An early film from Sydney Pollack, The Scalphunters was a comic western starring Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas and Ossie Davis, delving into thinly - veiled racial allegories which seem dated almost to the point of absurdity today, but which were genuinely considered risky at the time.

But Blood Wars «screenplay (by Kyle Ward, who co-conceived the story with Cory Goodman) is clunky and uneconomical; for a film that runs 90 minutes, it frequently stops dead in its tracks so characters can narrate the action, or highlight their shallow thoughts and emotions to the point of absurdity.

Both also deal with specific cultures, but while My Big Fat Greek Wedding focused entirely on the Greek origins of the central characters to the point of absurdity, Bend It Like Beckham lets its character be Indian without blinking an eye.

Most new designs are evolutions or derivations of what came before, with little variations in details, maybe as simple as integrating separate trunks into the body form, as was done in the early 1930s, or adding fins to enveloping shapes, as was done to the point of absurdity in the»50s.

Puffed up to the point of absurdity, the kielbasalike steering wheel rim blocks the cruise - control stalk.

The optional power steering had a quicker ratio, but it was overboosted to the point of absurdity.

Many automotive journalists fancy themselves design experts, often examining a new car's looks almost to the point of absurdity, from the quality of the paint finish to the dash - to - axle ratio, and when we find something we don't like, it's blacklisted for eternity.

Jeep owners are known for customizing their rides, sometimes to the point of absurdity (and beyond).

I'll come up with something that I think is taking their arguments to the point of absurdity and damned if they don't outdo me the next day.

In those cases, things most definitely were dumbed down, to the point of absurdity.

Characters also repeat battle lines to the point of absurdity and it does grate the ears (even if you can't understand Japanese), but these are all well - known quirks to hardcore JRPG players who love the grind.

Kudos to Neversoft and Activision for creating an amazing game, the sole competitor in its self - created genre, and curses upon them for distilling it to the point of absurdity.

While the game can be pretty hard and at times frustrating, it isn't difficult to the point of absurdity.

For myself, Aluche felt like a very irritating lead to play as, given the writers made her aloof and unaware of her childhood friend's very obvious romantic inclinations to the point of absurdity.

Walls that you need to jump between seem ridiculously far apart, and gaps you have to jump widen to the point of absurdity.

The games became increasingly action - obsessed to the point of absurdity.

The altered objects push Frank Stella's literalist axiom «What you see is what you see» to the point of absurdity.

Though abstracted to a point of absurdity, it appears that these iconic symbols retain their legitimacy, representational qualities, and the ability to be recognized instantaneously.

A pair of disheveled boys have been caught attempting an armed robbery, wielding fruit knives; they are interviewed by police officers who question them in a bored manner, over and over again, to the point of absurdity.

In complete contrast to Pop art, 1960s Minimalism explored the purity of ultra-simplified forms to the point of absurdity.

Pop sculpture wasn't serious but it was great fun - unlike 1960s Minimalism which explored the purity of form to the point of absurdity.

Last fall, we published the first edition, a basic PDF document which was fairly comprehensive, but the production of which was rushed to the point of absurdity.

As I have stated previously, which you have clearly missed to the point of absurdity, the math problems are, for the most part, on your side.

His argumentation is weak to the point of absurdity.

If you're setting out to describe the attributes of a demographic wave several hundred million people wide, then you're going to over-generalize to the point of absurdity.

I mean, I don't mean to be absurd about it, but I guess I can make the point of absurdity with an absurd point — I guess that would mean if you really had affection for your horse, I guess you could marry your horse.

Whereas the Jarndyce case was the fault of the lawyers and the prevailing legal system, this is a case where it could be said the divorced couple appear to remain obsessed to the point of absurdity — a case of «litigation overload.