Sentences with phrase «story line seemed»

The Lily story line seemed like a distraction, or, more likely, the author's attempt to show the inevitable future of Linda if she stays in her then current state.

This book looks really interesting - story line seems intriguing for this day and age... Now, about that Kindle Fire...

The story line seems to present itself very well.

Not exact matches

They also have ideas that don't pan out, and an overall lack of cohesion — the main characters seem sequestered in separate story lines that don't really mesh.

When I would go through some of my more difficult times instead of giving me some long line of psychobabble he would say something like: when you read the story of David he seemed to be a person who had many emotional ups and downs.

Some reading about logic might cure you of your backward supersti - tions, but there isn't much hope for that since you seem to have bought into the silly dead - guy - on - a-stick scapegoat story hook line and sinker.

I read this book because it seems to form the basis for the plot line of C. S. Lewis» short story, «The Dark Tower» (See my review of this book).

They listened attentively, their eyes glancing to the side only when his stories, seemed to skirt the fuzzy line between revelation and hallucination.

By the mid-1960s, then, the tension that had driven the classic story line in the history of American Catholicism seemed largely resolved.

it also means (story line or in reality but it seems too much coincidence Dillinger was 10th) that HEELS THEMSELVES voted for the faces

Carragher tweeted shortly after the story came out that he had apologised to the family, and they seem to have accepted that from the 40 - year - old as his future with Sky looks to be on the line.

David: Thank you for sharing this story with your large audience — whether they like it or not, food service professionals are often on the front line of choking incidents (as was the case with the Brooklyn 9 - year - old), so it seems critical that they be prepared for such emergencies.

If your child seems distressed by being away from you, incorporate a leave / return, separating / uniting element to the story line.

In this incident, and another in Chautauqua County, the SP seem over-eager to yield some splashy stories for Cuomo and his Safe - Act for the 2016 story - line.

The line between online content written by journalists and story - like ads that are paid for by specific corporations can be blurry, but, according to a new study, consumers don't seem to mind — as long as the content meets certain criteria.

It wasn't that the story line was bad, it just seemed like it was forced the way they wove it into the film.

He seems to take it all quite well but here is one of the first superstars, American royalty, honestly facing, in story and in truth, the end of the line.

Had there been fireworks between Ms. Weisz and Mr. Shannon, I might have been convinced this was a torn - apart love story along the lines of The Notebook (no one questions why Noah went on to build that huge house himself), but Mr. Shannon seems befuddled, and frankly, bored, by Ms. Weisz that rooting out her intensity for fleeing is both a difficult and an un-compelling task.

I love all the actors in it and wish them the best, but the story lines make no sense, the writing is terrible, there seems to be no logic or continuity behind the characters actions and decisions.

Graphically seems more superior than the previous entry and it offers a more intense story - line thanks to the overused Reaper name in the last episodes.

It seems Grandma and Grandpa not acting their age has become a lucrative story line.

But it seems like a simple answer to what Marvel is doing with Nick Fury to have the Wall show up in some form in the DC flicks to carry over some story line.

These are the stories of people who learn what lies beyond the dream — yacht parties with theremin makers that end on the rocks, low - budget filmmaking that blurs the line between truth and fiction, movie stars and Hollywood hopefuls whose stories seem too crazy to be true.

At first, Sonic Forces» emphasis on story seems like a refreshing shift from the predominantly simple plot lines of recent games in the series.

Certainly, Cooper has a physical presence that suggests he should fit right into a warrior role with ease, but his delivery of lines, as well as his demeanor, is just too modern in appearance to not seem somewhat anachronistic to the events of the story.

But even as the revelations pile up and the screws tighten and you start to sense that terror and violence are inevitable, the movie never loses grip on what it's about; this is a rare commercial film in which every scene, sequence, composition and line deepens the screenplay's themes — which means that when the bloody ending arrives, it seems less predictable than inevitable and right, as in myths, legends and Bible stories.

Disappointingly, other than a few throwaway lines she contributes little to the story, and actually seems kind of pointless...

On the surface it may seem like another show business story along the lines of A Star is Born, but to label it as such would be completely unfair and would simply rob of you of the chance to watch a well written and beautifully acted motion picture.

All these sound awesome but don't seem in line with the story.

The result is a bloated film that seems incapable of deciding exactly what it's supposed to be (the continuing story line about the fate of Peter's parents and the involvement of Norman Osborne is continued on top of all of this, but also muddled), besides marking time for the next film and the introduction of the character's anti-Avengers, the Sinister Six (who are teased endlessly in the second half).

The story's far from deep, even by the Dragon Quest series's humble standards, but there are plenty of interesting events along the way, such as a lazy king who seems a bit too eager to get out of his line of work, or the amusingly predictable outcome of the settler town.

Since the budget here was considerably lower than most films of this type, Ross draws outside the lines by making this story in the absurd world of Panem seem taken from the very reality shows that they hold so dear.

There were several smaller story - lines placed throughout the film, some stronger than others, but none of them seemed to really get off the ground and add much to the overall film.

Admittedly, I feel somewhat overdosed on Superhero and Comic book adaptations, yet the action and effects are still quite fun to watch, even if director Marc Webb (Ok, that pun is just too easy) seems to jumble up too many story lines.

At first, this begins to seem like a grim version of the old «Chorus Line» structure, in which the story can move only laterally, from dancer to dancer, or in this case, from corpse to corpse.

«Far from the madding crowd», a line taken from a poem by Thomas Gray, seems to have been chosen as the title of the story for its irony.

On a first or second visit, most seem content with the park's prefabricated story lines: the search for buried gold, hunting an outlaw in the hills, etc..

It seems odd that the story of Joy Mangano, queen of home shopping, would make for such a fascinating movie, but under the hands of David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook) and with star Jennifer Lawrence in the titular role, the movie comes off as an inspirational, thrilling movie, with style coming out of its pores.

Ex Machina walks that fine line between what we understand in the realm of technology and science with minor sci - fi elements embedded in a story that never seems overreaching.

It seems every beat «em up story line involves a rescue mission: Double Dragon tasked us with saving our girlfriend, Bad Dudes dared us to find the President of the United States and in one of the worst games ever made, Target: Renegade, we have to get back our missing brother.

Although Gloeckner's fictionalized diary isn't rendered exclusively in panels, her intermittent fine - lined black - and - white drawings are essential to the gravity of the story, so it seems comfortably at home on this list.

I must admit that there were a few sections in which the back - and - forth correspondence seemed a bit drawn out, and I felt like a good story line was getting muffled.

Whenever I think of a story idea or try to come up with a plot - line, no matter how «normal» it may seem in the beginning, I always end up adding ghosts or witches, demons or zombies.

This seemed to especially be the case when users had already read the first book in a series and had therefore become familiar with the author and the story line.

While there was some data from the Center for Teaching through Children's Books that seemed to show children actually learn less and retain less content and demonstrate a lower level of comprehension when reading an enhanced ebook app (there's simply too much distracting content that takes away from the story line), Russell Hampton, president of Disney Publishing Worldwide, countered that argument with the explanation that e-readers are engaging reluctant and disinterested readers in higher numbers than ever before.

That said I found it at times difficult to keep track of all the characters and all the different story lines, I think there were at least seven, and in the conversations between the characters seemed forced and oftentimes stilted and awkward.

Erotica seemed to most easily fit that story line.

I preferred the revenge story in this manga as opposed to Komomo Confiserie which has an extremely similar plot because The Young Master's Revenge never seems to cross the line into meanness at all.

I seem to bring elements of truth into any short and flash fiction I write, but I love that I can take a nugget and fly with it, creating characters and embellishing story lines.

Also, it's great intrigue for the reader when the stories in the book seem to echo what is between the lines in many TV and internet news reports.»»