Sentences with phrase «rather than genre»

The first one introduced a lot of key concepts for FPS gaming but every subsequent title has been somewhat generic and derivative rather than genre - leading.

But it also annoys me when all female authors are classed as «romance» for reason of gender, rather than genre.

In fairness to Girard, I must say that he realizes very clearly that the key to the whole problem is found in the Prologue of John, but he writes in the genre of sociological theory rather than the genre of theology, which prevents him from speaking as freely as he might of the Incarnation of the Word of God in human history.

Not exact matches

Rather than trying to attach the recent rise of the horror genre to September 11, 2001, your article ought to have looked at April 20, 1999, the day of the Columbine High School shooting.

The funding for this style of theological reflection is, then, from the imaginative genres of Scripture (parables, stories, confessions, prayers, and so on) rather than from philosophical concepts, the other major source for Western theology.

It also reprises some themes from Smith's earlier books, including the case for postmodernism as an ally of Christianity rather than as a threat, and skepticism about the value of straightforward apologetics — with Taylor, he suggests that the genre diminishes religion by reducing it to just another «closed» set of propositions in an age that prizes storytelling and fluidity.

The modern genre of historical - critical commentary has become ossified, and the vast majority read like summaries of recent scholarship rather than fresh engagements with the biblical text.

Genres, rather than books: science fiction has never appealed; pastel - covered chick lit, whose promise of escapism rapidly becomes irritation.

I have a very sarcastic sense of humour and would much rather watch a comedy than any other genre.

So rather than remove their profiles, Angel and Carmen hope to bend the genre and create a joint profile of some sort — as Angel puts it, «something that will reflect both of us.»

Also hard not to respect a genre film where people are evenly lit rather than typecast as good and evil.

Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn deliver fine work, in roles that give them much more to do rather than fall in love or other such cliches of the genre.

While rocker - docs invariably promise to lift the veil of stardom, viewers of titles as diverse as Don't Look Back or In Bed With Madonna will know that the genre generally reinforces, rather than deconstructs, the public personae with which we have become infatuated.

Rather than be choosy, the movie mines from both the best (Klute, Play Misty for Me) AND worst (Fear, No Good Deed) of the bunch, piling the tired tropes of the genre at the feet of moviegoers like a cat does dead mice.

Ultimately it adheres mostly to the «harem» genre rather than the story - driven visual novel style which we are used to.

At the same time, DreamWorks still has yet to make a film to put them on a par with Pixar in terms of being able to make animated family films that will last the test of time as classics in their genre, rather than populist features that work primarily in the here and now.

Gambit is being pegged as a heist film set within the X-Men universe, having the Ocean's director tackling it would mean it's advancing the genre rather than copying other films.

It feels like a detached exercise rather than a project which the director was passionate about, a chance for him to develop his skillset in another genre and while there is certainly nothing wrong with a stripped down action film too often Haywire feels diffuse and perfunctory.

Rather than try and evolve the genre, developer Prospect relies on simplistic standards that have been done to death.

The makers of Zombieland would rather tell a straightforward story infused with humor and homage for those who truly appreciate the zombie - horror genre rather than go for broad appeal snarkiness.

Super Troopers was a straight out comedy rather than a spoof on a well known genre, and maybe this is part of the problem.

The new feature American Made similarly fits into the genre but rather than finding its own unique identity, this drama feels like a muddled version of a familiar story.

Rather than try to get away with lazy PG - 13 kills, the filmmakers utilize their rating to focus on satirizing campus life and poke fun at the slasher genre.

Rather than playing up the gratuitous pointlessness of cash - in sequels like itself, however, Craven's latest merely adheres to the very convoluted whodunit formula (and mounds of inane exposition) that it outwardly addresses via a from - the - grave video recording by Jamie Kennedy's genre know - it - all.

After the resounding success of SteamWorld Dig, rather than jumping the gun and diving straight into a sequel - which did eventually arrive and was absolutely amazing - Image & Form decided to take the visual theme and setting, then overlay it onto the strategy genre.

BAFTA defines the strategy category as honouring games «centred around the use of strategic gameplay,» rather than simply those that fall into the strategy genre.

Rather than wind his way through tortuous twisty genre plots with dazzling visual effects, Nolan keeps «Dunkirk» deceptively simple.

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.

But most action films do have something of a right wing perspective (especially the super hero genre) in that they are about re-inforcing rather than challenging the status quo.

It adds an RPG element to an otherwise formulaic genre and it would serve racing games as a whole to emulate this sooner rather than later.

What is noticeable is that the genre has been pushing more towards simulation, rather than arcade, than ever before.

Racing games has always been focused more on the actual racing rather than the management / simulation aspects of the genre.

Rather than have a piece of genre entertainment or horrific realism, the movie starts to feel like something very, very repetitive of a lot of mediocre crime movies... or the next season of True Detective.

A bracingly fresh approach to the coming - of - age genre, this French drama gives remarkable insight into its central character through detailed observation rather than overt plotting or dialogue.

But the filmmakers adhere too prominently to the tropes of the sports genre, all leading up to the big, dramatic encounter at the end, whereas tonally it felt the film may have benefited from avoiding such an approach — for while a necessity Billie Jean King took place in the match, the entire endeavour was more about putting Bobby Riggs in his place rather than to prove herself as an athlete.

Rather, his motivations stemmed from a desire to explore «the mystery of faith» which created a story that sought greater underlying meaning than other films lumped into the genre.

News has emerged as to the genre of the sequel to The LEGO Movie, and it's a little more out there than most — perhaps rather fittingly.

Indeed, relaying the tale with a standard narrative approach would have relegated the film to the realms of yet another superhero movie, rather than a spirited take on the tried and tested genre.

It wants desperately to be a self - aware genre exercise in the Scream vein, but after its characters mention that there are «rules» to the buddy - cop flick, it chooses to demonstrate them rather than subvert them.

Even if Helgeland is sticking to the facts rather than the mythology, he needs to satisfy the gangster genre audience.

Though Creep doesn't exactly reinvent the found - footage form, Brice knows the genre well enough to do a little tweaking: Rather than supplying the requisite jump scares, Brice's solution is to turn Josef into a human jump scare, given to popping up out of nowhere because he has a sick sense of humor.

With The Guest, we are prepared for the director to refuse to cooperate with the genre and as a result, when Wingard plays around with a certain stereotype or genre characteristic, we go with it, rather than being lost in the director's creativity.

Felt like it was a good balance between being a modern action packed film with a fair bit of violence - poking fun at old (incredibly cheesy) spy films but in a way of paying homage to them rather than disrespecting the genre!

SEE THIS MOVIE IF: you are the type who likes to play six chess matches at a time OR your addiction to spy novels leans towards the most realistic of the genre, rather than the most action - packed

The camera will pan, and you'll see a glimpse of Michael Myers standing in the background, and that will be terrifying, rather than relying on jump scares, and things we've come to know within the genre.

Welcome to the Punch sets itself up as a rather conventional genre film, but where the writing may lack a depth of character or thematic weight it's more than made up for in terms of sensory - appealing thrills and a hyped up rhythm that keeps things moving along at an appropriately rapid pace.

It's as if The Academy has had an adhesion to studio moneymakers or a grudge against mainstream popularity and as a result, genre recognition is an anomaly rather than a constant norm.

Rather than extending a superficial single - player experience by offering extra modes that reward the player with trinkets, I believe the genre should focus on educating new arrivals about what makes fighting games fun to the people who already love them.

The Spierigs» vision of Winchester seemed like a great idea: a unique snapshot of a life story, told as a genre film rather than a typical A-to-B-to-C biopic.

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Fact - Based Holocaust Film Chronicles Case of Jewish Resistance in Poland In 2006, Black Book put a provocative new spin on the Holocaust genre by featuring Jews as resistance fighters rather than in the generally - depicted role of passive victims of genocide.