Sentences with word «somber»

Audiences responded so well to her character that Gadot's Amazon warrior is now at the forefront of the marketing for Justice League, which purports to ditch the more somber tone of previous movies in the series like Man of Steel and Batman v. Superman.

You'll be glad to hear that it's quite fun at times, once again putting the series somewhat hit or miss humor front and centre, although the amount of laughs isn't anywhere near as much as previous games, largely because of a shift over to a more somber tone in sections.

Despite beginning as vibrant blue, red or yellow canvasses, Yossifor's paintings culminate in somber variations of gray ranging from light slate to almost white.

Bontecou's intricate bas - relief sculptures of the period, with somber colors and dramatic shading, often feature a large centralized black hole, or void, which conveys a sense of deep space.

In the downstairs gallery a still more somber mood prevails.

(I also found myself wincing when she made a joke of her old beliefs that cost so many animals their lives; the situation called for somber reflection, not levity.)

And The Banner Saga, from Stoic Studio, is about as good as a northern tale as they come, mixing a masterful atmosphere, eloquent prose, and weighty decisions to spin an epic tapestry as somber as it is grand.

The authors effectively capture the desperation felt by the victims and the enormous effort made by the Resistance; evocative paintings in somber colors heighten the tension, but some capture the hope.

On a more somber note, Paul Byrne, prominent consultant to many Hudson County pols, died in early May.

Phong Bui (Rail): It must have been in late May of 1988, just a few days before Meyer and Lillian Schapiro left for South Londonderry, Vermont, where they had gone every summer ever since in the late 1930s, that they showed me a small abstract painting, with a loosely painted grid and rather somber palette of burnt sienna, raw umber, sap green, and deep blue, which, I was told, you had given them.

Comedic jabs criss - cross with somber moments telegraphing the studio's sense that the 160 - minute slog upon which we're about to embark is plagued with the self - serious portents of a disaster porn epic.

This volume comes in sunny shades of yellow, an eye - catching but somber reminder that sun is something we've seen very little of this summer here in Nova Scotia!

Apple Valley School Bus Crash The news of the recent Pirate Bay trial appeal has been overtaken by somber news of an Apple Valley school bus crash killed a female driver who read more...

Chances are good that at least some feature photos of lawyers with serious, even somber looks on their faces.

Meanwhile, on Cuomo's second inauguration, there was another reason for somber reflection.

Hi all, today is a pretty somber day for me and that is because Miitomo has been officially terminated.

The game deals with a woman who is mourning the death of her wife, so the story might be a bit too somber for anyone looking for a lighthearted visual novel.

A nice change from so many of the more somber stories that I've read recently.

Stay away from somber topics, like your dead dog and your ex.

They tell somber tales of poles wrenched from their hands by giant dourado and listen politely but unconvinced when the advantage of the spinning reel's drag is explained and demonstrated.

Tom Tykwer's second directorial effort after Run Lola Run has him keeping the running time brief (about 97 minutes), but the pace is similar to his more somber film in between, The Princess and the Warrior.

Mayors and other top city officials routinely attend funerals for police killed in the line of duty, which are rare but somber occasions in New York City.

The most somber moment of his career so far was to admit that he struggled with something many of us take for granted.

Not somber just a shining dark star among many.

The story goes from slapstick silliness to somewhat somber drama.

While Heilbroner issued somber warnings about the possible effects of the apparent victory of capitalism, his remarks helped symbolize the intellectual disarray of the socialist movement.

A very somber theme for this month's issue, what with the cover feature devoted to a progress report on Rockstar's other big IP and an equally feature on alien shooter Prey 2.

Perhaps it was the way they pleaded with me, looking up at me with such somber expressions.

«It's a very somber mood at Soundview right now.

Band of Brothers could use a little more humor, a bit more of the irreverence and profanity that frequently arises in groups of men alone, to break up its almost unrelievedly somber atmosphere.

By sharing key stylistic elements in the artworks, such as their frontality, obsession with surface and static quality, the contemporary sculptures echo the mystery and scale of Nevelson's pieces, registering as somber black objects dissolving into complex surfaces.

The second generation was raised in a country whose pervasive popular music idolized guitars and drums and whose culture elevated spiritual authenticity over institutional fidelity, but their fathers got into somber suits to go to church and took election to church office extremely seriously.

It is frequently a rather somber affair, in part because of a dearth of color.

Where else can James McNeill Whistler, for Thomas Colville, still plead for his influence with his grayest and most somber work?

The psychology of a defeated nation is always a tale of sad and baffled inward turning, and the conference never forgot that these men and women, so many of them with somber faces and all of them with such sad and bitter and baffled thoughts, were brothers and sisters who must receive the fullest consideration, the most gracious and understanding sympathy.

As envisioned by Neil Jordan (The Crying Game, The End of the Affair), the con game is mixed with a rather somber drama, making this more of a character study than an ensemble pastiche of humorous twists.

«In trying to balance grandiosity with playfulness, to lampoon cowboy - and - Indian cliches while taking somber account of a history of violence, greed and exploitation, it descends into nerve - racking incoherence.

Forman's aim is to get people to understand what is at stake beyond dry data and somber news reports:

Those works are indeed notable, but place them within a larger dialogue and Guston's use of humor to point out the absurdity of the KKK contrasts starkly with Lewis's more somber paintings.

A humble coal mining city, blanketed in snow, with Nobuo Uematsu's fantastically somber music playing in the background.

Mitchell v. Helms, the school aid case, presents a less somber picture.

The music also deserves a mention, because it meshed perfectly with the creepy and often somber tone of the game.

Jeremy Renner's character isn't as fleshed out as the other two, but he's a welcome bright light in an otherwise somber movie.

This lightweight cotton fabric features an enchanting paisley leaf print in somber greens, oranges and black.

He left town just hours after skipping an NYPD swearing - in ceremony made somber by the assassination of NYPD Officer Miosotis Familia earlier this week.

At a recent Hartford, Conn., seminar, she had the 400 educators present close their eyes and think somber thoughts.

In a beautifully somber scene along the Irish coast, where choppy gray waves reflect the gray massing clouds, a rusty trawler bobs along under the stark hills bordering the shore.