Sentences with phrase «rather than the villains»

So much the better if they can design a way of doing this that casts them as a hero rather than a villain.»

When you see someone as a human with a flaw rather than a villain with no soul, you'll approach that person far more effectively.

Villains become more powerful for each hostage they're holding in this scenario and whenever a Twist card is drawn any villain in the Bank space of the city track immediately grabs two bystander's from the bystander deck rather than the villain deck, gaining them an extra two attack power.

Unfortunately not all of the characters are playable as the story focuses more on you playing heroes rather than the villains, but for me this isn't enough to spoil the story mode.

Not exact matches

Sporting badges and guns rather than top hats and violins, they scour the darkest streets to investigate perverse murders perpetrated by killers who bear no resemblance at all to villains like Holmes's Moriarty.

We want to see sympathetic characters find within themselves the means to carry on, to grow as people, to look in the mirror and see somebody new, rather than a hero born unchangeably good, or a villain unalterably wicked.

So let's just focus on what Wenger can do rather than creating pantomime villains.

Edmund is played by a vigorously contained Sam Troughton as a vengeful bullied «bastard», rather than the charismatic villain.

And in other parts of the world, the victim is a goat rather than a girl, or the villain is a tiger rather than a wolf.

Rather than seeking dietary villains from among our most ancient traditional foods to blame for our most recent modern diseases, we should elaborate our understanding of how the many components within successful traditional diets work together to promote radiant and vibrant health.

The same goes for the various villains, who behave as if in a comedy; rather than scripting the film to lighten up on the seriousness, the characters must betray normalcy to better fit insincere resolutions.

Director Scott Cooper, whose Crazy Heart was like catnip for Oscar voters, now seemingly tries to take on something close to Dances With Wolves, an epic (i.e. very long) Western that supposedly has some feel for American Indians as human beings rather than as villains or savages.

Rather than with a hail of bullets or whiz - bang haphazardly edited action sequences, the lead character of Sarah defeats the villain with smarts and intelligence.

The character's design was clearly based on Sin - Eater, another Marvel villain, rather than the original Deadpool.

Harrelson suffers a related problem as in their attempts to make a memorable villain, the character is overdone and comes across as a one - dimensional psychotic from an exploitation film rather than the more muted drama he's supposed to be in.

It goes against Disney's generic strengths in many aspects, exploring a real historical figure rather than the heroes and villains of European folk tales, and in exploring this subject, it clearly doesn't go far enough in its ideas or characterisations.

Speaking of which: Once you get past the impression that he's swallowed a giant purple boulder, Brolin makes Thanos a suitably authoritative, melancholy villain — someone who really does seem deluded enough to fancy himself a merciful deity rather than a mass murderer for the ages.

Rather than design the villain so that he doesn't look like a rugged scrotum, they score a laugh out of it and move on.

Captain America: Winter Soldier artfully dodges nearly every typical superhero movie problem (as well as general sequel problems) with a stunning grasp of mood, total commitment to a «square» character, a smart choice of villain, and thrilling action scenes that feel authentically dangerous (a complete rarity in blockbusters) rather than like stop - and - gawk «setpieces» with no actual stakes.

Sadly LEGO DC Supervillains would probably be a continuation of the LEGO Batman games rather than the excellent villains of the Lego Batman Movie.

Quentin Tarantino cast him in the relatively minor part of Billy Crash, but after Kurt Russell, who was to have played the right - hand - man of villain Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), walked off the set, Tarantino, blown away by Goggins» work on the film, incorporated Russell's character into Crash, rather than recasting.

Unfortunately though, the forgettable character of Apocalypse is too often written as a one - note villain rather than a three - dimensional figure.

The differences between that film and this reinvention are obvious from the very start; rather than the original's scene - setting opening where Yul Brinner and Steve McQueen stand up for the rights of a deceased and unknown native American, instead we have a pantomime villain doling out ugly violence and not only that, the only native American onscreen murders a fleeing innocent woman in cold blood.

The screenplay employs corporate greed and military hubris as its chief villains in a pro-conservation story that integrates pop - culture references into the narrative, rather than simply slathering them on as «Ready Player One» does.

To most of the world, Tommy is an object of derision or disgust; rather than reciting Tennessee Williams or Shakespeare, suggests the teacher of that San Francisco acting workshop, perhaps he should seek out roles as a villain or a monster.

In a more honest or at least more interesting version of «The Greatest Showman,» P.T. Barnum, famed American ringmaster and skilled exploiter of misfits and outcasts, would have been the villain rather than the hero.

It's an equally riveting performance though; one that sees him assume the hero role rather than the dastardly villain.

Nostalgic references to classic Hollywood — like that «Presented in CinemaScope» title card in the beginning and the two main characters» first date at a screening of Rebel Without a Cause — don't excite me as much as they used to, and nor does a movie that, to my mind, simple - mindedly posits the John Legend character as a kind of villain for daring to think progressively about jazz — an entirely noble and necessary endeavor, whatever you may think of the music his character actually creates — rather than remain rooted to the past like Ryan Gosling's character does.

Rather than painting as heroes or villains, all have humor and a grounding in reality that is usually just reserved for comedies.

Rather than go full auteur on his formulaic material, McQuarrie instead offers a kind of greatest hits package: Rogue Nation marries the shifting loyalties of Brian De Palma's original to the kinetic action beats of John Woo's series nadir and the all - set - piece structure of Brad Bird's series zenith, adding an omnipotent villain not far removed from the one Philip Seymour Hoffman played in J.J. Abrams» entry.

That refreshingly female perspective sets Spy up as a world where not only is the protagonist a full - bodied woman with real depth rather than being a one - dimensional punchline, but it's a rarity to see a film that pits a female hero against a female villain, and Rose Byrne is an excellent foil for McCarthy to battle against.

He was basically a glorified pantomime villain and I couldn't stand the fact that we were spending time with him, rather than Manu Bennett's terrifying Azog the Defiler.

Rather than actual names, we get types, like «a British villain» and «a CGI character.»

According to NJ Left Behind's Laura Waters, the ProPublica story reveals «an agenda that seeks villains and heroes» rather than finding a messy truth.

The recently released Windows 8 is being held as the number one villain that analysts believe may have actually led to the slide rather than help prevent it.

There's no single act as fundamental to Superman's whole deal as the destruction of Krypton, and to pin that on a single villain rather than some type of scientific mishap is a major status quo change.

Their surveys are intended to spotlight the cat as a villain rather than compare cat predation to other causes of bird decline (environmental change, shooting, birds of prey etc).

The game's three mid-level bosses are equally disappointing, the battle with one of which is essentially a quick time event, but encounters with the prominent villains are intriguing puzzles rather than battles.

It was as basic as the genre could come, with simple turn - based combat, and a story that more served the function of transporting you around towards fantastical places rather than propelling you into conflict with the cardboard - cutout villain, or exploring any social or philosophical themes.

Sadly LEGO DC Supervillains would probably be a continuation of the LEGO Batman games rather than the excellent villains of the Lego Batman Movie.

EvilQuest 2 is the sequel to the hit retro Action RPG that offers players the chance to play as the ultimate villain rather than the tired and repetitive role of «world saving» hero.

After all, so often are villains merely misunderstood or misguided rather than completely rotten and cruel.

While the trailers and stills have only managed to provide me with skepticism I will still be stepping into the theater at some point to witness the next entry in the X-Men franchise, its just going to be with low expectations and hopes that the story is still centered on Erik and Charles relationship rather than bombastic fights and a villain that looks set to disappoint.

Rather than the typical clumsy anime villain, the only lady of the Bonne thief dynasty turned out to be the most complex character in the entire Mega Man mythos.

There is lots of scope for a few extra items from the Marvel universe, but I generally want this to be a Spider - Man only universe and rather than throwing in dozens of villains and with Spider - Man being so popular, there is enough Villains to make a few different plvillains and with Spider - Man being so popular, there is enough Villains to make a few different plVillains to make a few different play sets.

A slightly different spin on the original Pitioss theory makes Ifrit the villain rather than the hero of this story, and instead of imprisoning Eos, they were hiding her and the children away from a jealous and spiteful Ifrit — which would fit his historical mythology perfectly.

One possibility is that having failed to win the argument (it's generally agreed that scepticism has increased over the last decade or so) they need to create an excuse, a scapegoat, an imaginary villain, rather than face up to their own failings.