Sentences with phrase «rather than a joke»

James Franco beautifully captures the mannerisms of Tommy Wiseau but what makes his portrayal so great is that he treats Tommy more as a human being rather than a joke.

I see in the comments that others might taken it as a joke on the reporter being uninformed rather than a joke on the professor being unintelligible.

Not exact matches

So rather than fretting that your business isn't saving the world, or worrying about the overall life satisfaction of a friend, simply focus on buying a co-worker a coffee, introducing someone to a new acquaintance, or cracking a couple more jokes.

fcs25 This article is not a joke and rather than an attempt at humor in the way God speaks to his children, it lays out the many ways God uses to speak to us.

What a joke they are focusing on gays rather than the hoodlums in their «churches».

I think people joke about it because deep down, they feel the violence of the game presents problems, and rather than deal with those problems, they turn to humor.

I think his audience was laughing at his depiction of the «limp wrist» rather than what he claimed to be the «joke.»

Yet this «mainstream» Christianity joke is more into trying sweep sin under the rug and focusing on junk like Chick - fil - a rather than the Gospel and the ONLY way.

There are a lot of little jokes that seem rather harmless to me and I may even share some of them with my inner group of friends away from the internet but the internet is so massive that you have to restrain yourself rather than using them whether they seem appropriate or not.

You are right that our long term stature would soon bring us back to the top with an honourable and caring regime in charge, rather than the present bad jokes misrunning every facet of our club; even the medical and scouting staff too.

What a joke they all are, acting in the best interests of the wigged wonder, rather than Arsenal football club.

please stop these silly articles this is a joke Wenger would die rather than play 7 defenders in his team he is no mourinho are u influenced by him there is no problem with this formation our past 2 seasons best performances have come playing this formation and about your one time theory this season only we beat manu that lead us to a run of fa cup and we won that so do your homework properly.

I rather see akpom in our starting XI than one french guy in person of Olivier something, and I am not joking, at least one is learning.

Not for the first time this year, Sebastian Vettel was denied a victory due to a strategy error but rather than sulk, the Ferrari driver instead joked with race - winner Lewis Hamilton that it was two seagulls that caused him to lock - up and make a mistake.

I'd still rather see Pettit step in than have no fight at all, even Ortega if possible — what a joke, maybe the UFC will get their shit together in regards to Conor now finally

do the honorable thing resign before it becomes a joke and the whole world will see you as a failure rather than a once great coach.

Rather than pulling crackers and telling bad jokes over their Christmas turkey, the Chelsea players sensed something was up from Mourinho's sombre mood after he had taken a downbeat Thursday training session in which he sported a newly shaved head and stubble.

Her enthusiasm for Twitter turned her into a QT fan, rather than the other way round — she loves the jokes and shared anger that surge across the social network while Dimbleby and his panel are on air.

It was evidently a joke rather than an accusation.

Commenting on this, he stated that the sign was initially regarded as a bit of a joke rather than a threat, until one of his colleagues was disciplined and later dismissed for the crime of not smiling.

The notion of a Liberal Democrat front bench will become once again a sardonic joke rather than an organisational reality.

I hope that the State will work to keep the arbitration process moving so that the facts and foundation of the Compact can be presented to the arbitration panel, rather than clouded by political threats, rhetoric, insults and even jokes in the press.

Even worse, I see so many people make jokes about clogged arteries while eating junk food, saying things like «I'd rather enjoy life than worry about clogged arteries».

The funny thing is she's actually lost weight with her pregnancy, due to illness and her occupation, rather than gaining weight so joke's on them!

The single celebrity joked that she would rather have God drop a husband in her lap than go on dates with strangers.

Even the writers know that their jokes stink, but rather than coming up with a funnier one, they stick with the bad joke and add the trumpet in a self - deprecating, see - we're - in - on - the - joke kind of way.

Although we joked about «Warrior» above, we actually really enjoyed Gavin O'Connor's MMA film, perhaps even because of (rather than in spite of) its commitment to exploiting every underdog sports movie convention in cinema history.

The writing (by no less than seven scribes) has not improved; the so - called «jokes» are all asides and references, coming from outside the material rather than arising organically from within.

Sadly, Bedlam seems to think it is genuinely funny, rather than the actual joke, so some of the humour falls a bit flat in assuming that people want to play the game in the first place.

The cosy Britishness of many Aardman projects has always been a selling point, however it remains to be seen whether the UK - specific soccer jokes of Early Man will translate to key markets in which football is just a sport rather than something akin to a religion.

It's telling that the hero who never shuts up doesn't dare joke about the contradiction; rather than face its own moral incoherence, Deadpool 2 blinks.

If irresponsibility and a lack of trust or deep caring between anyone is the grounds for good humor, then Bojack Horseman does it infinitely better (The difference is that in a cartoon show about vacuous Hollywood types there are characters who feel like subjects who can care rather than just targets for cynical jokes).

Except to note that it works purely at the level of plot, rather than involving any jokes or physical gags.

That said, there are several unfortunate jokes about Babulal and Dattatraya's advanced ages rather than their behavior, as when Bachchan kicks a soccer ball and lustily skronks on a toy saxophone while wearing an unseemly ear - to - ear grin that makes him look, clad as he is in his wig and beard, like Rankin and Bass's Abominable Snowman.

With its PG - 13 rating, this goal is devoid of edginess, though it's commendable that she's not always the butt of the joke; McCarthy works best when she gets to win from time to time, rather than lingering in a downtrodden state.

Light - years stretch out between the set - up of a gag and its payoff, and for a director who has always depended on the quantity of his jokes rather than the quality, the gap is fatal.

This may have something to do with the respect shown to Po by the screenplay, which identifies with him rather than attempting to make him the butt of every joke.

It feels like a slapdash collection of scenes rather than a balloon sent smoothly aloft, with jokes often falling as flat as Cena's buzz cut (a running gag centers on his tough - guy character's propensity for crying, a go - to bit that ages fast).

She has a very sharp edge, but it comes off as forceful and assertive rather than just plain **** Doug (Kevin James) is like a big kid trapped in an even bigger body (they make numerous fat jokes at his expense).

Too often, scenes are used to set up jokes rather than having the jokes germinate from the material.

As before, there's one joke here, but it's a better one, given there's more to be mined from the big guy playing pregnant rather than simply tall.

What doesn't disappoint is the natural comic chemistry of its leads as well as the movie's ability to surprise, zigging rather than zagging, and finding small jokes just as satisfying as larger set pieces.

And when I speak of the jokes that work I mean primarily the ones that are spoken rather than the physical comedic stunts like falling out of a tree which is, well, honestly not funny.

Mr. Mom is, in parts, hilarious — most often when it's Jack coming to terms with his self - image in a role that he feels is emasculating, rather than in scenes built upon flimsy jokes about his ineptitude as a parent, or in the home environment.

Rather than let the comic situations dictate the humor, the Farrelly brothers inject sight gags, fart jokes, sexual innuendo, and loads and loads of silly slapstick.

What I'm not so fond of is the cop - out ultimately taken by the filmmakers, who can't seem to follow through on their promisingly metaphysical premise (let alone the theme of obsessive love), electing instead to eliminate all ambiguity — now would be the time to dig up that gift - wrapped box I told you about earlier — which reduces the film, in the end, to little more than a cheap, if rather expensive - looking, joke.

Sure, it's a comedy on the surface but at the same time Feig is determined to play the spy angle as straight as possible, as if Spy were simply a spy movie with jokes rather than a satire on the genre.

It's a gloriously written film, with jokes that are crafted rather than excavated from reams of on - set improvisation1; the success of the punchlines is scattershot and up for debate (connoisseurs of the Borscht belt should find much to admire, but a rehash of Lloyd's lovesick daydream flatlines, due in no small part to an overestimation of the comic chops and kitsch appeal of Honey Boo - Boo's mom), yet there is something bracing about its structural classicism after the last few years of watching the Church of Apatow whack off.

Despite the lack of a laugh track and the use of real locations rather than sets, the series still has an old - fashioned sitcom mentality to it, with a number of obvious jokes you see coming that don't show much imagination or wit.

Another modern «comic» who rather than making clever and funny jokes spends their time taking mean spirited shots at other people.