Sentences with phrase «single point of contention»

Not exact matches

Every single one of us should be praising the complexity with which Dee fights against and humanizes Scott's movin» - on - up reductivism (that slapping scene, a scorching evocation of a mother marking her territory and asserting her right to be heard, is of a volatile emotional tenor only Tilda Swinton comes close to achieving), but the almost racist rumblings echoing from certain circles suggest that Dee's miniscule screen time is not just a point of contention but a point of active resentment (must be all those size queens rallying behind Blanchett), and may work against her and the traction she picked up since her SAG victory.

WHY: Splitting «The Hobbit» into three movies has been a point of contention among fans since it was first announced, and the futility of that decision has never been more evident than with «The Battle of the Five Armies,» a 144 - minute marathon of masturbatory excess in which the titular set piece — one that's contained within a single chapter in J.R.R. Tolkien's novel — makes up almost half of its bloated runtime.

If you maintain a single household and share everything in the home, deciding which expenses to share can be a point of contention.