Sentences with phrase «put upon character»

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Conversely, the stress Kraemer put upon the unique character of each religious tradition has been adopted by many who disagree with him and who argue that these faiths offer alternate and parallel avenues of God's saving action.

Building up a character with abilities, items, and weapons is engaging as you find new ways to deal with what's put in front of you, but to have that all ripped away upon death is truly heart - breaking.

Laight as the put - upon but understanding Harper has a tricky role, but she is the character that resonates the strongest with the audience and never comes across as mean - spirited, even when talking down to Philip.

The two main characters are even named after the scribes: Hill plays the hyperactive Seth, while Arrested Development's Michael Cera is the put - upon Evan.

The characters in «The Conjuring 2» are secondary, introduced with minor definition (mom worries about money, one of the boys stutters, etc.) and then put - upon enough that the Warrens have to save the day.

His statements are not dulled by any overbearing cruelty to the characters, but instead the minor atrocities put upon them help to give weight to their problems, not make them seem like cartoons of a sadistic artist.

Although the film ends with a hopeful note about putting the past behind and building upon happiness for the future, the downsides of pat characterizations is that we never get the sense that the burdens they carry and flaws in their character will ever allow them anything more then a temporary lift up out of the abyss of misanthropy.

Because her thinking man's Ilsa act in The Reader is at least conceptually riskier than her put - upon dishrag Debbie Downer in Revolutionary Road, we were that close to throwing her by the wayside in this category, especially because there's a clearly superior crypto - leading role in the mix (Rosemarie DeWitt, whose titular character in Rachel Getting Married has been shut out of a lot of races thus far, but we feel anyone who actually watches enough of the film to justify throwing their vote toward frontrunner Anne Hathaway should have no other choice but to recognize DeWitt's equally tricky, equally attention - stealing performance).

Alex Garland (heretofore the screenwriter of such gems as 28 Days Later and Sunshine) is in a lab tucked away deep in this unspecified facility, much like one of his characters in Ex Machina, putting to sleep the notion that humans have wreaked havoc upon themselves and maybe even deserve the downfall.

Surrounded as she is by striking supporting turns by more seasoned players, Lawrence's put - upon teen Ree Dolly could easily become a wan vessel of suffering at the center; instead, she asserts the character's preternatural smarts and dry humor without losing sight of the girl she is.

Her character is more put - upon than an agent of the plot.

The character is a blank slate that is more put - upon than emotionally driven.

The characters are delightfully typecast - there's the tragic figure of our much put - upon anti-hero who is driven to commit violence for what he believes is a justified cause; a truly dastardly old - Etonian poetry - spouting villain (who, if this was a play, would receive hisses from the audience every time he came on stage); the exceedingly wealthy and influential Lord Tansor, living off the gains of his brighter ancestors; a dead - ringer for Uriah Heap; plus a massive supporting cast representing every strata of society, both urban and country; and last but not least, Evenwood House itself and its great library - the representation of everything that Edward yearns for but that remains tantalizingly out of reach.

It is why he does not understand that simply saying «Okay, I will just put it in the script that all the characters in this are obsessed with aspects of the original trilogy and feel a compulsive need to try to draw upon their ideas for inspiration» is not really a good excuse for having a character walk around wearing a knock - off of Darth Vader's breathing helmet even though he breaths just fine.

Lord Woolf CJ made clear in R v Highton [2005] EWCA Crim 1985, [2005] All ER (D) 418 (Jul), that the use to which bad character evidence may be put depends upon the matters to which it is relevant rather than the gateway under CJA 2003 through which it was admitted.

(D) 418 (Jul), that the use to which bad character evidence may be put depends upon the matters to which it is relevant rather than the gateway under CJA 2003 through which it was admitted.