Sentences with phrase «preachy message»
As they worked with elementary and middle school kids in Nantucket, there was no scary talk or preachy message — simply an exercise in trying to step out of now and look forward to what coasts could look like when today's children are elders.
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Plenty of Lego spoofs get thrown around, and the film's message of creativity and independent thought — though omnipresent — never comes off as preachy or overbearing.
And not preachy - the story gives a message but doesn't smack you in the face with it.
Now don't get me wrong, the movie isn't all about some preachy PC message (not all of it anyway), there is some fun to be had.
It makes for tiresome viewing, particularly as the message being put across is both questionable and preachy.
No preachy dialogue, no condescending messages.
Although predictable and with a preachy patriotic «United India» message, this is a heartfelt, heady, homage to hockey.
It is a bit preachy and a little full of itself in regards to its message and theme, but is still an important and memorable story worth watching.
Because director Ryan Coogler and his team have made an excellent superhero film that is culturally aware and has a message without being preachy, and the villain of Erik Killmonger (a terrific Michael B. Jordan) has a rich level of tragedy unmatched by other MCU villains.
Whether Paddington is doing kind deeds for his neighbors or winning over the prison's cantankerous cook, Knuckles McGinty (Brendan Gleeson), he moves through London spreading generosity, joy, and acceptance — a message that's never preachy but feels particularly powerful in the wake of Brexit.
In the least preachy terms possible, Spy Kids 2 pushes a message of family unity — adding to Buscemi's Frankenstein subplot is another involving Gregorio's invasive in - laws, played with perverse glee by Holland Taylor and Ricardo Montalban.
It hits all of main messages, includes the right voices, is positive rather than preachy, and effectively connects with the larger strategic goals of K - 12 education.
I guess when I see it specially labelled as «Christian fiction», I'm expecting that there will be a specific Christian message in there somewhere (hopefully not too preachy).
CC can provide a perfectly adequate backdrop for a story — there's some decent SF that happens to be set in a world stricken by runaway global warming — but if it's all about the message, then the tendency is towards something that's awkward, preachy, shrill, long - winded, unfunny (or unintentionally funny) or just plain dull.
Some of it was a bit too preachy for me but the gist of the message was inspiring: real estate is first and foremost a relationship - driven business and it DOES require constant personal interaction.