Sentences with phrase «strong as a narrative»

The film is particularly strong as a narrative of coming to grips with one's true identity.

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«The Apple narrative appears weak both fundamentally and technically, and it is unlikely to change significantly in the near term as the market is selling both strong and weak technology earnings results,» said Shawn Quigg, an equity derivatives strategist at JPMorgan.

Trump's victory could temporarily derail stronger growth, higher rates narrative by raising expectations of a) protectionism, b) the Italian referendum following Brexit and US election as repudiation of elites and c) the Fed keeping rates on hold in December.

It is further bound together by Hopewell's strong theological convictions about how narrative functions as God's work with congregations.

The real myth, in other words, may be that there can be religious freedom at all in the modern state without a strong religious tradition acting both as a curb to the state's power on behalf of believers and nonbelievers alike and also as an alternative narrative within which people can work out their individual visions of the good life.

This section of the book represents history as it should be written — with a sagacious use of sources, a strong narrative drive, and an authentic whiff of the charged atmosphere of the times.

We found that supporters of protest tended to be concentrated in the main metropolitan centres of Moscow and St. Petersburg; their support for the protests was motivated by opposition to Putin's decision to return to the presidency; and their political attitudes were not, as was a common narrative in the Western press at the time, supportive of a Western path of political transition as in the Orange Revolution — instead, supporters of protest were more likely to support authoritarian solutions to Russia's problems, and were likely to hold strong ethno - nationalist views.

The news story may have been small, but it played on strong narratives, such as the Home Office's policy of preventing controversial figures from coming to the UK and frictions with the Islamic community.

An on - time budget is key to Cuomo's re-election narrative, which will rely on his image as a strong manager who has overcome Albany dysfunction.

The game boasts a strong narrative that shows the dangers and strains associated with gang membership, and promotes a strong sense of morality via game elements inspired by classic gang movies, such as «New Jack City,» «Boyz»n the Hood» and «Menace to Society.»

Favored storylines get sufficient weight and heft, but balancing its disparate narratives has never been Vikings» strong suit, and though it feels as though there's a definite endgame in mind, the middle can occasionally be rough going.

Josh Brolin and Daniel Kaluuya also are strong supporting actors, both providing the film with a heightened sense of urgency as well as a balanced level of comic relief which doesn't take away from the films overarching narrative.

Impressive visuals and great production design are unfortunately overshadowed by a convoluted plot that struggles to depict its story - a narrative that starts strong but deteriorates as it attempts to balance too many emotional stakes for its own good while including one (or two) too many scenes that unintentionally call attention to itself.

Tales studio delivers another great JRPG - albeit not as great as Vesperia - with a strong narrative and a superb battle system.

With this, the film becomes more sure on its legs — particularly after what should have been strong performances from heavy hitters Buscemi and Sevigny, but instead served mostly to run narrative paces (Buscemi as a surrogate father, Sevigny as a surrogate pragmatist) for Charley and Pete.

There is a strong narrative to tell here; it's just a shame it only exists as a backdrop to an overused and recycled central story.

Throughout her career, Bigelow has reveled in the power wielded by good and bad strong - people at the expense of the masses, though the power dynamics of K - 19 are less ambiguous than inconsistent, so as to serve a formulaic narrative of male bonding under duress.

It adds a few unique gameplay elements, such as isometric camera movement, but the game lacks in categories like speed, strong personality and a compelling narrative to drive it above a game like Hotline Miami.

Unfortunately, as strong as Morton and her castmates — including Hunt, Corey Stoll, Rashida Jones, Alice Eve and «West Wing» veterans Richard Schiff and Bradley Whitford — may be, there's a gnawing sense throughout «Decoding Annie Parker» that the deeper, more interesting narrative isn't being told.

Subject Matter: The third PS3 Ratchet is still an action game, but has a stronger than normal narrative, as Ratchet discovers he's not the last of his species, while Clank discovers his origins.

Summary: It is a strong and important story, but as a film the execution is stagy, convoluted for the first hour, and it doesn't pay enough attention to its leading woman's narrative.

The fest is known as the «Writers Festival» dating back to its launch in 1993 emphasizing strong narratives and first - rate storytelling.

It's certainly not for lack of trying, as Strong adapts Slawenski's text (J.D. Salinger: A Life) by employing every narrative trick and trope we've ever witnessed in so - called prestige motion pictures.

Finally, as Roland Emmerich's Presidential siege thriller «White House Down» grows more outlandishly wacky with every new plot detail, it's obvious he'll need a strong cast to carry the special - effects - laden narrative to success.

Too often, those gaps are too wide to be satisfactorily traversed on our own, which is problematic, and as the film races toward its climax, some of those little storytelling niggles threaten to overwhelm the narrative Nichols is trying to convey, but his ensemble is so strong, his filmmaking assured, and enough of his ideas are alluring that the ship manages to keep itself afloat.

Other key characters you meet are memorable as well, forming a strong narrative.

In the end, that decision, along with cinematography that injects small moments of beauty into an otherwise bleak narrative, as well as strong performances, make for a compelling film.

But there is yet a lot of mileage left to go, with the series covering four other novels, and it will be interesting to see how Cumberbatch's performance evolves as Patrick progresses through the narrative, especially as he starts out so strong (we'll tally up after the series concludes in a few weeks).

With its combination of startlingly effective visual effects, a trippy screenplay that served both as a enormously effective genre narrative a mind - bending meditation of what it means to be human and strong performances from the three leads, the film was celebrated as one of the best of the year and it even went on to become a modest commercial success as well.

is a strong visual experience that left me rather cold from a narrative / emotional perspective, but I can see how it worked as a filmic experience for others.

In turn, many of its stories are presented as strong, standalone, focused narratives which are wholly intriguing in their own right.

Thanks to a strong lead performance by Jim Broadbent, this dual - narrative character study compels even as it takes its time to lay out and unravel its far from breathtaking mystery.

Voiceover accounts — and strong lead performances — on behalf of the six main characters punctuate the film, and there is plenty of story to tell as the narrative spans continents, generations and points of view.

Fortunately, with a strong narrative, art direction, and gameplay, Rime met expectations and possibly surpassed them as well.

He'd done similar, equally compelling work prior to his breakthrough (2009's About Elly stands as arguably his strongest film), but with an increased eye on Middle Eastern cinema in the wake of Kiarostami's Certified Copy and the jailing of the more radical, uncompromising Jafar Panahi, coupled with the film's heart - tugging narrative, A Separation arrived at an opportune time for his country's rise to international cinematic prominence.

Now Netflix is pushing its narrative features as well (and downplaying their Netflix origin), with «Mudbound» as their strongest shot after stumbling with 2015 release «Beasts of No Nation» (more on that below).

Its other merits are obvious to anyone who knows what to look for in a film - a fresh story with a strong narrative, a subject of importance, and a cast that delivers both individual excellence as well as creating an air of unity that lends credence to the whole effort.

Reflecting on the selection process, Iranian - born independent filmmaker and producer Shahin Yazdani, said: «As jurors we are obviously looking for films which have absorbing narratives, are engaging in their cinematic articulation and unique in their tone, but given the nature of SICFF, we are equally concerned about how artfully a film can convey some strong moral values to our target audience.»

Today, he brings his narrative as a Mexican - American / First - Generation American, first college graduate in his family, and strong personal ties to the community into his inclusive learning community.

Press recognition is gratifying but often accompanied by the distress of seeing one's words advancing a journalist's pet narrative — and there's a strong urge to portray our story as a battle between «mom and pop» charter schools and the large charter networks.

It contextualizes learning with interesting elements such as a strong narrative, interesting and thought - provoking plots, relatable characters, suspense and a strong message.

As I mentioned above, one of the easiest things I do (tedious, to be sure, but still «easy») to improve the pacing and narrative drive of my story is use stronger verbs.

Currently Looking For: Fiction that hits the sweet spot between commercial and literary with interesting settings and a strong narrative voice; mystery (particularly cozies and crossover literary — think Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger), literary thriller, and psychological suspense; and memoir by writers who connect the events of their lives to readers through incredible storytelling, as well as a wide variety of prescriptive and narrative nonfiction and gift books.

But it's a strong showing, especially since the reading material being tested was narrative fiction so e-readers would have gained no advantage from digital - specific functions such as search or portability.

The diversions offered by tablets actually create a drag on e-reading habits» combined with «Strong built - in resistance to screen reading for long - form narrative among avid readers, consistently in the 60 - 65 % range» — as we also hear that avid readers are the biggest users of e-readers.

A good story is still a good story, and a compelling nonfiction travel tale will not just evoke a strong sense of place, it will contain the same human themes and narrative elements as a good work of short fiction.

There's a strong narrative that runs throughout the game with the ability to play as either Security or Resistance, but it's a class - based system allowing for up to 7 friends to jump in and out of co-op on the fly and with pretty in - depth character customization feature.

At nearly every turn as I would feel myself losing interest suddenly I would receive a new character that had a reverse relationship with gravity or a double jump, but this was one of the games strongest points it constantly evolved right up to the end developing a surprisingly deep narrative and really strong gameplay.

The story in a sandbox game is always the toughest thing to balance, as a strong narrative usually fits a open world as snugly as a supermodel in a over-sized muumuu.

The narrative is looking as strong as ever, with impressive voice acting from Sharon Mann as Kate once more.