Sentences with phrase «preachy at»

I did think the text got a little bit preachy at times as the author expressed her opinion of both the situation in Afghanistan regarding women's rights and the practice of bacha posh; at times the material felt overly judgmental.

Yes, it's preachy at times and many of the characters are oh so earnest, but you'll find yourself rooting for them.

D - 9 definitely has a lot going for it — character development, great acting a at least a few people, awesome alien weapons; it felt a bit preachy at times at different times though

It almost felt preachy at times.

However, the author's tone may sound preachy at times.

You don't sound preachy at all!

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Bright does a solid job of exploring how people with social and financial power can and do abuse those who have none, but at no point does the experience become preachy.

and at the same time, not sound overly preachy and cliche that people would just puke.

All of this is true; yet in common parlance «to preach at someone,» «to give someone a sermon,» or «to sound preachy» are decidedly pejorative expressions.

Again, he gets too pastor / preachy for at times.

This book is simple and to - the - point, and not at all preachy.

5 This headline seems quite promising, but a closer look at the article reveals preachy warnings to stay away from «harmful» saturated fats (sorry, kids, no zinc - rich red meat or full - fat dairy products) and bland advice telling vegetarian teens to forestall nutritional deficiencies by eating more soy foods.5 The popular press is rife with such articles, most of which star endlessly hungry teenage boys with nicknames like «The Gaping Maw.»

Without getting preachy or «science - y» on the topic, we simply implement at Hu what our own personal experience has taught us.

Unfortunately, it got a little preachy / eye rolling at the end.

Suzanne, I have trawled many blogs supposedly aimed at what women over 40 «should» wear and most are condescending and preachy - and tend to assume everyone works in an office.

The switch he has at the end in his confrontation with his old friend ends up feeling like a super moralistic preachy lesson about «doing the right thing».

At times, the new film plays like a Wayans brothers parody of a late Malick picture: Sleepy Movie, Floaty Movie, Preachy Movie.

Hoot isn't really trying to recapture a sense of nostalgia for these sorts of vacuous, sometimes - preachy little films, but it does appear to be made by people that haven't really matured past that era in terms of what they think of when they conceive of movies aimed at young adults.

At least Evan Almighty isn't blatantly preachy, although Evan does tell Long simply to «Repent.»

The naughtiness that's supposed to be providing us vicarious thrills is at odds with the preachy, moralistic narration from Fonda's character.

This warm Italian comedy takes a look at generational issues without getting preachy about it.

Not exactly screwball, it's occasionally funny, but is too long and at times even a little preachy.

I do think the topics at hand were well managed and in a preachy kind of way do work.

The movie gets preachy and moralistic, when at the end, Mrs. Dorrance encourages Vic to use his talents and skills for «something clean and honest.»

For best actor I would not have chosen Norton simply because I don't like the film (I find it veeery sentimental, preachy, and «look - at - me - I'm - important!»).

At a certain point, we have to come up for air after drowning in information, and Andrew Stern's screenplay, which starts as a preachy look at the dangers of being inundated with technology, ultimately is focuses on those moments — the ones in which people do come up for air and quickly realize that their lungs are straining from lack of usAt a certain point, we have to come up for air after drowning in information, and Andrew Stern's screenplay, which starts as a preachy look at the dangers of being inundated with technology, ultimately is focuses on those moments — the ones in which people do come up for air and quickly realize that their lungs are straining from lack of usat the dangers of being inundated with technology, ultimately is focuses on those moments — the ones in which people do come up for air and quickly realize that their lungs are straining from lack of use.

Greenfingers is so entrenched in provincialism that it encourages American audiences to chuckle knowingly at the staid peculiarities of the English — and so dedicated to soft - pedalling dangerous criminals that it reveals itself as preachy and pernicious.

The action is at its strongest when employing the humorous elements, however the pace starts to drag around the midpoint due to the repetitive and preachy nature of the good vs. evil theme, as the action loses sight of its comedic roots.

We've sat through your multicultural lectures and your preachy games aimed at degenerates and miscegenators.

My general sympathies may lie with libertarians, but I don't want to be like the preachy locavore who reaches for the imported Scotch or the pious enviro who drives his Prius back along a freeway to his metropolis after a weekend at his fussily organic country farm.

«Posting about climate change and a green conscience may strike some as preachy, and we at the Gopher have to confess a great deal of pickiness when it comes to reading up on it... Franke James is the opposite of preachy.

Without being preachy or over the top, Steampotville takes readers on a fantastical journey where animals repurpose our junk into a world of fun yet absurd perspectives, that definitely challenge the way you might look at the world... or... um, their world.