Sentences with phrase «style as substance»

These films are spiritual cousins in so many ways; all postmodern, smoggy, noir and demonstrative style as substance.

Not exact matches

The second issue is separating style from substance; as biohacking becomes part of our vernacular, it can be difficult to discern which efforts actually are worthy of attention.

Among the high - profile changes was a decision to have Peter Mansbridge stand up while presenting The National, which was derided as a triumph of style over substance.

As Don Braid wrote in the Calgary Herald, «Alberta has become a kind of social laboratory, unique in North America, to test whether a near - majority of women in a government caucus makes a change in style and substance.

Aesthetically pleasing as it is, savvy workplace design is as much substance as it is style.

And, if they want to win in more swing constituencies, they should be more like Cory Gardner in style — even as they are unlike Gardner in substance.

Yet, in my judgment, a fair amount of substance - oriented or «entitative» thinking still lingers among the disciples of Whitehead, partly because Whitehead's own style of expression, if not his thought as such, is periodically quite ambiguous.

I would venture to guess many of the evangelical pastors she speaks to (as described in this essay) don't «get» what she's arguing, because they take for granted that she's an evangelical in essence, just an edgy one; whereas, by her own admission, she is talking about «not a change in style but a change in substance.»

Zod's apologia, «every action I take, no matter how violent or how cruel, is for the greater good of my people,» would be out of place in a Trump speech as a matter of style, but not of substance.

Style may not be as important as substance; but it is important.

But there is substance as well as style to this pastor.

Wright communicates cogently to the postmodern audience like Lewis did to the late modern audience, but the style and substance of their writing differs notably because of their respective vocations: the former as a New Testament scholar and the latter as a Medieval and Renaissance Literature scholar.

A move for Henry therefore would be a good one both in terms of style and substance as the former Juventus and Monaco man is just as marketable both on and off the field of play.

Out for a year with injuries, a reflective, more temperate Bill Walton has changed the style — if not the substance — of his life as he starts anew in San Diego

Luis Enrique: Barcelona's treble - winning manager certainly has all the necessary credentials in terms of style, substance and success but despite his distaste for the politicking at the Camp Nou, it seems unlikely that he would leave his post as manager any time soon.

When Ronaldo arrived at Old Trafford from Sporting Lisbon, many were quick to dismiss the youngster as all style, no substance.

On an unforgettable early afternoon at Stamford Bridge, our nearest challengers Manchester United were ruthlessly swept aside as Chelsea produced a performance of style, substance and steel to win the game 3 - 0 and finish top of the pile again.

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Uninvolved parenting is associated with the worst outcomes for children: Kids who are raised with this style of parenting tend to be emotionally withdrawn, anxious and may be at greater risk for delinquent and dangerous behaviors as well as substance abuse.

As our coverline asks, has he got the substance to go with the style?

Dismissing David Cameron's Conservative party manifesto as one «of style over substance», Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg said he was determined to offer «something different» to the British people.

Gordon Brown could help Labour rediscover its passion, he indicated, describing the chancellor as the antithesis of David Cameron's style over substance.

The article, entitled «EXCLUSIVE: Minister Adeosun, Saraki, Dogara, Accountant General in N10 billion fraud scandal», in its style, substance, and deliberate spin struggles to connect the Senate President to the receipt and apportioning of funds which the publication describes as «illegal.»

Weaved inside of his preacher - like style, Cabrera mixed in some substance, indicating some of issues he wanted to pursue as a Councilman.

A quiet man he was noted, by Thatcher, as being all substance and no style.

But, as the example of King Farm shows, new urbanism can devolve into the kind of central planning criticized by the very founders of the urban planning school of thought — and can also result in what is essentially a style without substance.

This strappy tank offers style and substance, with a built - in bra and breathable fabric that is as at home at brunch as it is at Barre class.

Made of four - way compression stretch - jersey fabric (just as impressive as it sounds), this slightly thicker tummy - hugging pair offers both style and substance.

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As it stands, you're looking at a massive amount of style over not a great deal of substance.

As you can imagine, Refn's plays with Eno's and Schwalm's score are generally misguided, and instead of intensifying resonance, the score is left to simply create white noise that exacerbates the near - punishingly bland atmosphere, yet the fact of the matter is that there are, in fact, moments in which style is handled in such a way that it subtly, but surely, breathes some life into substance.

It serves as a great example of substance over style, but Downwell is perhaps just too one - dimensional to offer the same degree of longevity that other similar titles may offer.

Danluck has great style as a filmmaker that harkens back to the best noir thrillers of yesteryear; she just needs to write a script with the substance to match.

There is indeed a certain immersion value even within the film's style, subtle though it may be, and when it comes to substance, no matter how thinly or formulaically it goes handled, it carries a potential that is reflected in the film carrying wit and dramatic elements as a portrait on man's interactions with his environment and his peers, anchored by memorable characters who are themselves anchored by memorable performances.

Part of me wants to dismiss «The Matrix» as a loud and empty spectacle, 1999's apex of dazzling technological style over substance.

Fanning, who was last seen as Aurora in Disney's MALEFICENT alongside Angelina Jolie, will lead a young female cast in the movie, Refn's first dip into the genre following some absolutely belting action / crime movies which have always have heaps of style, depth and substance.

When a nurse administers Taylor's rape kit; when his mother, Anne (Lili Taylor), is disappointed time and again by the failure of the police and the media to take her son's claims seriously; or when the prep school's headmaster (Felicity Huffman) and basketball coach (Timothy Hutton) attempt to avoid any potential legal ramifications for the institution itself, «American Crime» sustains its momentum by being as unflinching in style as it is in substance.

The Transformers movie franchise has never hidden how much it prides itself on style as opposed to substance.

As it stands, this package is more style than substance.

Originally envisioned as the third installment of the Demons franchise, The Church instead earned acclaim as an atmospheric exercise in meditative religious apocalyptic paranoia despite being criticized by some as another case of style over substance (a criticism frequently made of his mentors).

And because the world of Rockstar's latest is already historic, documented, filmed, it appears just as we've come to expect the Wild West to appear: dusty sand dunes, dry tumbleweeds, cheaply built wooden buildings, moustached sherifs, cheap prostitutes — it's Stagecoach, Tombstone, For a Few Dollars More, in style and substance.

Maybe this film could have soared, if it wasn't so caught up in its artistic license, because the final product really is about as reliant on style as it is on substance, and that betrays the potential of this film, though not quite as much as it could have.

As in Planet Terror, Rodriguez emphasizes style over substance, but the sheer audacity of his vision — the energy, the inventiveness, the extremes to which he's willing to take his gruesome sight gags — is his salvation.

As evidenced by our episode on Sucker Punch, I have an ambivalent relationship with Zack Snyder; I'm usually more forgiving than others (I love Dawn of the Dead, for example, and I greatly enjoy Watchmen still), but accusations of Snyder's emphasis on style over substance is a common criticism levied toward him.

As you said, style over substance.

Director Guy Ritchie has made a name for himself by employing a major over-dosage of style over substance in films such as Snatch and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels; something that oozes out of every scene in The Man From U.N.C.L.E

All of his work so far has toyed with the balance between style and substance; as yet, the former isn't quite developed enough to serve as the latter.

Save for a few forced appearances, this film flows with as much style and substance necessary and shouldn't disappoint.

Equally indebted to Martin Scorsese, Guy Ritchie, and Giorgio Armani, London Boulevard represents the apotheosis of style over substance, the kind of gangster flick where the cut of a killer's suit is as important as the motive for his crime.

This style over substance critique is nothing new in the film world, nor is it restricted to this particular genre, as Chen hints at in the last sentence above.