Sentences with phrase «rather plodding»

Contrived, glib and cheerfully formulaic, David Dobkin's film veers between a rather plodding murder case and a much more interesting underlying family saga, and takes its time to tell a story that could have been trotted out in 90 minutes.

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The common habit of using the Bible by concentrating on one verse at a time (which may or may not be a complete sentence) is at best a very slow, plodding way to get at the author's main points, rather like playing dominoes or checkers at the rate of one or two moves per day or per week, and at worst a fragmentation and distortion.

Rather, I plodded through, hoping that each reading session might reveal some hidden meaning.

When the economic dust has settled and the public are plodding their way down the long path to a slow recovery, it seems difficult to believe they will want a clunking fist rather than empathy.

Though its plodding pace brings it down in some parts, it is a well crafted story that gives a Human dimension to the defenders of the Alamo, portraying them as people, rather than the larger than life legends that have since permeated history.

After that, he remade the Coen Brothers» Blood Simple as A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop, a bold attempt that fell short, and made the historical war movie The Flowers of War starring Christian Bale, a rather dull and plodding affair.

Thankfully, the game likes to get you into the race, rather than plod through menu after menu.

But things aren't quite as fans had been anticipating, with a shift in the combat mechanics turning Bloodborne into an all out offensive attacking romp rather than the plodding experience of hiding behind a shield and patiently waiting for a window of opportunity to strike before quickly going back on the offensive.

The problem is that these moments are rather few in what might have worked better as a character study, as the story at its core is not particularly new or interesting, and plods along to a predictable beat to its ultimate conclusion that feels too long in coming.

Instead, some bits are rather dull and plodding and the acting lacks the over-the-topness that would have made it a more of a Mystery Science Theater 3000 type of affair.

Rather than allow doubt that the father / son relationship will heal, he believes that his characters are destined to heal; with Signs, he's shed all pretence at being interested in his narratives and become tedious, plodding, and proselytizing, less a storyteller than a messiah.

Bertrand Bonello has made what I'd be more comfortable calling a far masterpiece rather than a near masterpiece, a film that comes to life in sublime flashes while being surrounded by more plodding and mediocre parts.

The problem is the rest of it; the plodding story and the rest of its very weak script with cliched plot points and a rather unsatisfactory ending which unfortunately leaves you massively unfulfilled.

But while Ms Jolie does a competent job in some respects, her film remains stubbornly chronological and one - dimensional, and is gruelling and plodding rather than actually dramatic.

Rather than having to plod through semester - long courses or sit through ineffectual workshops, they can focus on mastering a specific competency, demonstrating that they have done so, and then moving ahead, all at their own pace.

We'll keep an eye (or, rather, an ear) on it, although we intend to waste as little time as possible plodding through traffic jams and more of it exploiting this hot hatch on some of the nation's best driving roads.

The seats are plodding and squishy, and the lower seat cushion is far too long — sitting in them is rather reminiscent of being 5 again and falling in between the cushions of your father's Barcalounger.

I'd far rather all three of our cats had a balance of wet and dried but tend to go along with what THEY seem to like and while Ella plods on with dried only thank you Mumsy, George and Ella are happy with a variety.

But things aren't quite as fans had been anticipating, with a shift in the combat mechanics turning Bloodborne into an all out offensive attacking romp rather than the plodding experience of hiding behind a shield and patiently waiting for a window of opportunity to strike before quickly going back on the offensive.

Thankfully, the game likes to get you into the race, rather than plod through menu after menu.

My friend definitely could not, at least not after Mark Farrington's rather more cluttered butterfly collections at Mobile Home, with a plodding insistence on outsider art.

This news comes on the heels of a statement in an IFA 2009 press conference that OLED displays will be taking off within the next few years as manufacturers push to produce the new technology, rather than plodding along with older tech like LCD.

What if the settlement was achieved as a result of «one imaginative, brilliant hour» rather than «one thousand plodding hours»?

Even wonky legal commentators would much rather read the trial dailies than plod through procedural motions regarding class certification or discovery disputes.