Sentences with phrase «rather ludicrous»

Intuitively grasping the futility of interviewing couples directly about their relationship (a rather ludicrous endeavor, given the interminably long list of biases with which we all approach ourselves and those most intimately entangled in our lives), Dr. Gottman immediately turned his focus towards what lies below the deceptively smooth surfaces of our relationships.

They also proceeded to very nicely score a win over the Xbox in terms of price, by announcing a $ 399 price, which is a full $ 100 cheaper than the Xbox One's rather ludicrous $ 499 asking price.

Mendez is played in a suitably understated, steely way by Affleck (let's ignore that Mendez is, er, Hispanic), who decides to undertake this risky rescue mission using the rather ludicrous concept of a fake movie production with the help of his supervisor, Jack O'Donnell (Bryan Cranston, Drive), Hollywood producer Lester Siegel (Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine), and make - up effects master John Chambers (John Goodman, The Artist), against the wishes of Presidential Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan (Kyle Chandler, Super 8).

Those measures alone are surely worth putting through parliament in the six or so months that remain and provide an answer to Nick Clegg's rather ludicrous suggestion that the Queen's speech should just be cancelled.

First, the Whiteheadian would be placed in the rather ludicrous position of trying to explain how events like the Holocaust and Stalin's collectivization program are merely apparent evils.

I think a «Timbuctoo - anian» who claimed to be an American would be a rather ludicrous spectacle.

Not exact matches

In case one were to think of a house, consisting of cellar, ground - floor and premier étage, so tenanted, or rather so arranged, that it was planned for a distinction of rank between the dwellers on the several floors; and in case one were to make a comparison between such a house and what it is to be a man — then unfortunately this is the sorry and ludicrous condition of the majority of men, that in their own house they prefer to live in the cellar.

So a person who claims to be a Christian away from the Christian homeland and with little more than a nodding at, or at best a rather limited acquaintance with, Christian ideas and practices is not, perhaps, a ludicrous but rather a pathetic spectacle.

It does not appeal to experience, which of all ludicrous things is the most ludicrous, and which so far from making a man wise rather makes him mad if he knows nothing higher than this.

Stupidly rigid 70th minute subs, rather than as the game warrants; ludicrous playing of players in wrong positions, for which he is notorious; catastrophic ingnorance of the vital need for attack / defence BALANCE, with never two fullbacks up at same time; inability to motivate players to fight, inability to keep them fit, stupid loyalty to long term hospital cases like Diaby and much more besides, too long to list on here.

However, it has already been stressed that City would walk away rather than put together a financial package described as «ludicrous» for a player who would be available for nothing in the summer.

While a prediction can always go wrong, it's not so much the wrong prediction that makes the article ludicrous, rather the manner in which the article was written.

«The chairman of the committee on Science Space and Technology is making what to us is a pretty ludicrous assertion, that rather than trying to protect the rights of citizens to ensure that business fraud, and could be very significant business fraud we could talk about inflating up assets by many billions of dollars, their claim is that this is a politically charged effort to silence descending views on climate,» Schneiderman said on a recent visit to Syracuse.

While I have no doubt that this choice of morning beverage will indeed produce a high level of focus and intensity due to the quick injection of caffeine and medium chain triglycerides (used by the body for energy rather than fat storage) to the bloodstream, any weight loss benefits to a bulletproof coffee habit over the long term are completely ludicrous.

The heist itself is over the top and ludicrous but plausibility is not the goal of this movie, rather it is to make you laugh.

Since the first 2/3 of the movie lacks any sense of realism, the twist is not surprising, but rather just plain ludicrous.

The conversations that Hedwig has are mostly with Casey (Anya Taylor - Joy of «The Witch»), who along with two other teenage girls (Haley Lu Richardson and Jessica Sula) has been abducted by Kevin — or, rather, by Dennis — and locked in a windowless bunker, for reasons that remain obscure until the film's modestly suspenseful, surprisingly gruesome and extravagantly ludicrous climax.

Slow motion takes over as the Bennet sisters begin unsheathing various types of blades hidden underneath their elaborate Victorian - era appropriate garments (in what is a rather titillating shot), but most crucially, seems to promise that the ludicrous movie titled Pride and Prejudice and Zombies will live up to the level of absurd, stupid entertainment promised.

The fiery and ludicrous on / off relationship between Stephanie Davis and Jeremy McConnell appears to have taken a rather more serious turn, with the...

Whedon's screenplay, of course, has the robot and its hive - mind cohorts running around to put together a ludicrous plan to destroy life on Earth, putting itself in a series of situations in which the Avengers can jump into action (The most amusing involves a chase in which Ultron is riding in the back of a delivery truck, which seems like a rather mundane mode of transport for any supervillain, let alone a super-intelligent artificial brain).

But rather than ensnaring charter schools in the same ludicrous rules that have hamstrung district schools, we should free district schools from ideological, unworkable mandates.

When you're driving down a twisty road, the Momo wheel alive in your hands, your eyes at the height of a Camry «s plastic door cladding, and that overgrown crotch - rocket motor sitting behind your ears just begging for ludicrous revolutions, there really isn't another car you'd rather have.

Taking the GTC Speed through Scottish back roads at flying speeds may seem ludicrous but this car really takes to the meandering tarmac rather well.

There's some occasional image and banner pop - in when scrolling fast through web pages, but it's down to the ludicrous speeds you can scroll at, rather than hardware constraints.

``... aims at the ludicrous rather than the ridiculous.

The trailer will presumably launch later today, but the short clips above show a heavily pink theme in a rather more ludicrous Mad Max - style apocalyptic world.

Rather than ripping out a tiny feature, cheat code or unlockable and selling it back to us, Nintendo has clearly spent months crafting genuinely new content that will expand the existing Mario Kart 8 experience in substantial ways, in sharp contrast with some of the ludicrous excesses we've seen recently from Ubisoft and Warner Bros amongst many others.

In addition, concentrating more on character development and less on ludicrous leveling of weapons and accessories would create a need for equipment rather than the game's current minimalist implementation.

Some inclusions seem almost ludicrous, given certain rather obvious absences.

As the argument degenerates on my side due to my increasing frustration at the ludicrous resistance I'm receiving from the RC person, they will refine their argument, move goalposts, argue over the precision and accuracy of my forecast, yabba on about how all orbital models of the inner solar system are wrong due to GIGO (which is rather ironic), and so forth.