Sentences with phrase «preachiness of»

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.

The sledgehammer preachiness of director 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.

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

Worse, though, is the preachiness of the movie.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.»