Sentences with phrase «style than substance»

But the one they've made for the S9 + is perhaps more style than substance.

That aside the cinematics were golden and there were so many crazy action scenes, but this felt more like style than substance with the story being a boring romp across the solar system.

With such high hopes for it I was fully expecting them to be dashed, and tentatively expected it to be more style than substance.

And with lingo like «Levolution» and «Only in Battlefield» it'd be easy to think that BF4 is just another FPS with more style than substance.

If its section on cats is any indication, The ABC Guide is the manifestation of Fenwick's philosophy: more style than substance, more sales than science.

Once you take a look at the B35 interior or under the hood, it's obvious that Chinese vehicle design is still more about style than substance — or rather, copying style and leaving out the substance.

Like most vehicles of this ilk, though, the UX is more about style than substance, taking its design inspiration from the extroverted UX Concept that Lexus presented at the 2016 Paris motor show.

Still, support for vouchers does not match public willingness to back tax credits, even though most economists think the difference between vouchers and tax credits more a matter of style than substance.

Sure, they've gotten it right a couple of times throughout the years, but for the most part, the MTV Movie Awards have been more style than substance.

The star - studded cast had fun with a darkly comic script and if the result had more style than substance nobody minded because it was so damn cool.

The buzz so far has been slightly underwhelming, saying it's more style than substance, which can be great for young children, not for anyone older.

The Italian film seemed more style than substance.

Which is another way of saying that genre cinema is sometimes spawned by little more than a sausage factory mentality with even less style than substance.

Again, emphasis is placed more on style than substance here, and the books themselves weren't very specific about anything, so the production designers had quite a bit of room to explore.

When really, the ambiguity is richly crafted, stringing together an unorthodox narrative that shifts more towards style than substance.

Unfortunately, the method by which the story is told ends up hijacking the narrative and it becomes more about style than substance.

Demme's film was a rich psychological film that moved when its characters moved, but Hannibal director Ridley Scott is more concerned with style than substance.

Spader brings more style than substance to his silver - tongued sociopath, though Aiello hits a pleasing note with his tough - guy front and his respectful and romantic treatment of Headley's brow - beaten assistant who, in turn, charmingly blossoms under his attention.

In moments that count, the show can seem more interested in style than substance.

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

More style than substance.

The gunplay (what little there is), is done well, and even though the film is more style than substance, and could stand to be trimmed up greatly, it's a thinking man's drama / thriller, and not a blockbuster action film.

While the site looks good on the surface, over a period of time, you'd realize that it has more style than substance.

Though he and I have had some significant wars of words in the past, when I have had a real beef with him it has had much more to do with style than substance.

Beyond doubt, we are more styled than substance in this 2019 project.

Not exact matches

The first post originally had a less ambitious title, something like, «For Millennials, Church Is More About Substance Than Style.»

His style is plainer and more straightforward than usual; elegance is not made to substitute for substance.

That kind of game never truly arrived, with Juventus having to grind out their last month's worth of wins rather than doing it with much substance and style.

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With its solid Thomas Hardy background, Tess has a lot more substance, strength, and style than most single - syllable names, with an efficient yet relaxed image.

Molinaro criticized Cuomo more on style than on substance, saying a «culture of corruption» existed after the conviction of Joe Percoco, a Cuomo confidante.

It is hard to imagine two leaders more different, in style or substance, than Trump and Angela Merkel, the German chancellor.

This is at odds with moments of doubt I have about him; doubts which are more to do with the style of expressing his ideas rather than the substance behind them.

Paul Nuttall isn't Nigel Farage, either in style or in substance: a firm exponent of «red UKIP», he sees the future of the party in supplanting Labour, rather than the Tories, in the political landscape.

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Frantiek Vláčil's direction feels more confident than genuinely realized, jarring between and rarely fully fleshing out his vision of a subtle drama and solid artistic expression, but no matter how much Vláčil's questionable touches hold the film back, when it comes to style, there is plenty of striking imagery and haunting plays on technical value and musicality to establish plenty of commendable aesthetic value, and when it comes to substance, when he gains a grip on his thoughtfulness, he delivers on a piercing subtlety and grace which was a fair ways ahead of the time.

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.

If you're still watching these films at this point in the series, you clearly don't care that they're nothing more than schlocky B - movies with plenty of style but little in the way of actual substance.

It can easily be compared with The 40 - Year - Old Virgin more easily in style and substance than The Hangover and it just bothers me that people do the opposite.

In a few more, Wasted On The Young is an ardent revenge film that shows substance and style in some areas, but appears to have bitten off more than it can chew in others.

An appealing blend of style and substance, this action flick shows Edgar Wright is capable of more than just British spoofs and is one of the most talented filmmakers working today.

Fortunately, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 has more than enough substance to match its style.

Let's be frank though, this game knows exactly what it is, and after spending some «quality» time vacationing on Zack Island, I can safely say this is much more about style, than substance.

Rather than putting style over substance, its style was the substance, director Matthew Vaughn pulling out every trick in the book to poke fun at the stuffy clichés of Bond - era spy films while leaning hard into its R rating to sometimes grotesque results.

Even when seen in less than ideal circumstances, Baby Driver still feels like pure cinema, a film with a sense of style so intense it becomes substance.

Still, like any court case, it's all about whether you get a verdict in your favor in the end, and my verdict of From the Hip ends up a positive one, based on its style more so than its substance.

Vaughn either needs to rein it in quite a bit as some of the language and violence could turn off moviegoers or realize that substance and style work better than merely shocking the audience.

Instead the award went to HBO's rookie gangland series, Boardwalk Empire, which was met with some warm reviews at the outset tempered by concerns that its style was greater than its substance.

Nicolas Winding Refn again places style well above substance, making you question the apparent brilliance of his breakout film Drive and whether he is better suited to a different artistic expression than feature films.

Much darker than your average superhero flick, «Batman» goes for style over substance but just about makes a success of it.