Sentences with word «preachiness»

The sledgehammer preachiness of Mark Pellington's Nostalgia almost scans as a failed hipster joke.

In the context of Perry's other work, the sledgehammer preachiness of Nostalgia almost scans as a failed hipster joke.

This movie communicates spiritual urgency through honesty, not preachiness, and it's not the smallest revelation to find this approach is much, much more effective.

It's a shame Cooper couldn't dial down the authorial preachiness, as if he didn't quite trust himself to allow the medium to be the message.

Armed with a taut, uncluttered screenplay by Simon Reade and a splendid group of actors, Dibb evokes the terror and misery of the trenches without lapsing into preachiness or sentimentality.

So, yes, though I'm none too excited about Immortals (looks like the most blatant rip - off of 300 to date), it wins out easily over Eastwood's latest offering of boring - as - hell, pathetically paced, hyped - up political preachiness.

It manages to avoid overt preachiness, despite the somewhat overwrought choice to frame the movie in terms of a college application letter, and strong performances elevate it over other movies of this type.

A Wrinkle in Time Ava DuVernay's screen version of Madeleine L'Engle's 1962 classic is competent but never quite soars and is hampered by a certain preachiness.

Fortunately, De Palma never sacrifices entertainment for preachiness, dropping Carlito into a sewer of moral compromise against the pulsing nightlife of 1970s Spanish Harlem.

Luckily, LB2 delivers this message with a tongue - in - cheek style that makes it go down easy, without the hangover of preachiness generally associated with grandstanding comedies of this variety.

The superpowered characters all trying their hardest to look cool, the jutsus, peculiar, colorful clothes, the whole ninja faggotry and everything about the Naruto world fuels their escapist fantasies, while the pity - party character backgrounds, emphasis on revenge, and overall preachiness of the series make it fit just right with the mary - sueish drives of your average preteen and his sense of unwarranted self - importance towards the world.

Yet despite packing «shrill» subject matter close to an effectual «soapbox preachiness», Mudariki's acuity regarding the mise en scène creates a remarkable «Brueghelesque pageant of infamy and transgression», that seems to sweep political tropes aside.

The sledgehammer preachiness of director Mark Pellington's Nostalgia almost scans as a failed hipster joke.

But that's preachiness, not preaching, and there's a difference.

Worse, though, is the preachiness of the movie.

Music Box stands out in its consistent ability to tap into the everyday realities of childhood — bugs in the house, hot chocolate, the love of a favorite toy — and illuminate those experiences without condescension or preachiness.

At the same time, part of what rescues the movie from any vestige of preachiness is that it's framed as a business drama.

Despite a few high - spirited sequences, School Daze succumbs to preachiness and choppiness.

It was a film that was intended to tell a story about service and self - sacriice, not one of preachiness or «propaganda».

The story's a simple quest / coming of age story, but in managing to stick to the story action it avoids the preachiness that some other Pixar films suffer from.

Worst - case scenario: Nothing but preachiness and straw men, as far as the eyes can see.

To the credit of McQueen and Oscar - winning screenwriter John Ridley, they are able to portray the epic journey of one man and offer an implied critique of slavery without falling into the pitfalls of preachiness, melodrama, or clichés.

Paul Logan's script may err on the side of preachiness (some of the more self - conscious scenes could have come from a 1950s stage play), and at times you expect someone to declare «I told you so,» but Hunter's work is a triumph.

The film also has it's share of hollow philosophizing, which almost undid the other Mars outing, Mission to Mars, but thankfully doesn't take it to the level of preachiness.

There was something nice about McDormand's very direct approach to the subject of inclusion and women in film that provided something of an antidote to all the preachiness and precious self - congratulation that characterized much of the evening.

The preachiness is also extremely annoying, especially if you've seen it once already.

Exploring the natural mysteries of the ocean as well as its relationship to humans and commerce, the movie will end up making you feel much more intelligent than before you sat down to watch it, and without the preachiness of other recent nature docs.

One critic complained of preachiness, which I have noticed is a word often aimed at women who speak up.

* October 20, 2014: «The Kill Zone,» an online hangout for prominent mystery and thriller writers (and readers), hosted a guest post of mine, ««Preachiness» in Novels: How to Present Controversial Ideas in Fiction.»

Okabu makes a very clear point about environmental stewardship, but it does so without judgment, preachiness, or mania.