Sentences with phrase «than decent performances»

Overwought and thinly sketched disaster flick but buoyed by a cast that delivers better than decent performances.

Not exact matches

If we can find a better scheme fit through the draft in the next couple years that can take over at RT, we should be able to get decent trade value for Brown, more than his comp, assuming his performance holds.

Really digging Xhaka, I didn't watch today's match but a man of match performance and twitter going raving mad is enough to convince me he looked more than decent.

Because there is no price tag a couple of decent performances everyone thinks he's better than what he is

But that's the best Cahill performance we've seen in a while, he definitely deserves more than «decent»

However, despite a decent couple of performances over the last week, the truth is that Brendan Rodgers and co will have been expecting a lot more than three goals from him by now.

Alexis in his second season after a freakishly brilliant start, Ozil coming in to consistent form at the end of his second season, Coq now with a proper body of work under his belt and a whole summer to work on it, Bellerin with his first season jitters out of his system, Giroud finally realising he might be a pretty decent striker, Gab with some solid performances and the close - season to bond further, Monreal maturing in to an unspectacular but tremendously solid FB, Ospina settled — it is my opinion that these and others will be what will bring the bigger improvements and the consistency needed next year rather than any wholesale changes.

Wilshere shouldn't even be judged by the U23 game.He's more technically gifted and intelligent than Ramsey and Xhaka.His loan deal last season was painful because we needed him.He was decent in some matches in Bournemouth while putting in some world class performances in some matches mostly those against top teams.I scratch my head if people think Ramsey and Xhaka are levels over him with some making it seem his career is over while that of Ramsey and Xhaka is on track.Wilshere can play with anyone in the centre because he's disciplined and intelligent.

Is there any evidence that giving kids time to eat a decent lunch, and time for physical activity and social interaction, would hurt, rather than help, their academic performance?

And while Farrell does give a decent if uninspired performance, many of his lines devolve into nothing more than a reading of names («Isn't that right, Cleitus?

It's a little reactionary in a kind of «Forrest Gump» - y sort of way — the moral runs that it's better to be decent than brilliant, happy than successful — but the film is well - meaning and the performances from a stellar cast (Joe Mantegna, Ben Kingsley's accent, Laurence Fishburne, Joan Allen, Laura Linney, William H Macy all show up) mostly walk the right side of mawkishness.

It's nice to see someone utilizing creatures other than vampires, werewolves and zombies for once, and the concept behind the gargoyles is admittedly clever, but the film has absolutely no soul... or a decent story or performances, for that matter.

The film is at its best pre-interval, when director Mohit Suri stages some creepy sequences free of the burden of exposition; when he and writer Shagutta Ratique have to deliver some explanations in the second half, the decent performances by Ranaut and Hashmi are crushed under the weight of overly contrived plotting and some distractingly lackluster (if still better than the first film's) effects work.

Nevertheless, the film's three stars — Jack Black, Steve Martin and Owen Wilson — still turn in some decent performances despite the lack of any real laughs in the script, and although the terrific supporting cast (which includes the likes of Kevin Pollack, Brian Dennehy, Rashida Jones and Rosamund Pike) is mostly wasted in throwaway roles, it makes «The Big Year» a lot more enjoyable than it has any right to be.

Will Smith is decent enough as Deadshot (and certainly better than his «Arrow» counterpart) whilst Joel Kinnaman puts in a solid performance as Rick Flagg, the closest the film has to a «good guy».

Visually, Koepp tends to overdo blue (witness the fades to blue and more blue lighting than your average X-Files episode), but he at least makes the whole package visually interesting, and he coaxes decent performances from the stars, who have to overcome some rather shallow characterizations.

Watching it on Blu - ray, it's a lot more harmless than I expected, even producing a few decent laughs thanks, of all things, to Robert De Niro's committed performance.

This is a decent - ish action film that, while it starts more strongly than it ends, nonetheless works fairly well throughout, thanks to several fine performances and a handful of sequences — primarily, and paradoxically, non-action scenes — that achieve considerable atmospheric and / or tonal success.

Director Steve Beck is less interested in telling a coherent story (though, to be fair, it's not as if screenwriters Neal Marshall Stevens of Richard D'Ovidio have come up with one), establishing characters worth caring about, coaxing believable performances, or coming up with a decent scare than coming up with a reel of cool visuals.

The performances are good, the direction is fairly pedestrian, and the story, about a girl who accepts a ride home from a pub one night, has a couple of decent twists but is ultimately more mildly clever than disturbing or compelling.

That, decent pacing and performances better than the material demands elevate the film above the predictable off - season action vehicle that it is.

Andrea Riseborough gives a decent performance as Wallis — though admittedly the brittle, self - conscious dialogue is better suited to her character than to anyone else's.

as being a poor choice to bear the «Duster» name, the car offered very good performance and decent handling at a low cost (only about $ 2,000 more than a base Sundance), which was said to be part of the reason why Chrysler used the «Duster» name, as those were the qualities the original car offered.

Good looks, decent performance, but there are more than a few annoyances: - The seat / wheel / pedal design is made for those with long legs only.

But the 3.0 TDV6 seems a much more able Range Rover than the last model, especially with decent performance — combined with the improvement in accommodation and handling — conspiring to deliver an even more appealing car than before yet offering official economy of pushing on 40mpg (although real world will be 30mpg).

If you are looking for a 4dr with better than average performance, decent fuel economy, and «blend in the background» styling.

For a car more than 18 feet long and more than 7 feet wide, this is decent performance.

On top of the more than respectable performance and easy to drive nature, there's a decent - sized trunk up front and it's fairly comfortable.

Even the lowest powered engine is enough to get the X5 moving at a decent pace, but if you want to trade in some of the normal X5's off - road prowess for some on - road performance, the top - of - the - line X5 M can sprint to 60 mph in four seconds flat and handles far better than any SUV should.

Performance from the Partner's diesel engines is decent rather than spectacular.

I'll move to Tesla Model X as soon as in 2016, if its final prices remain decent in Europe, and I will put a deposit on it as soon as fully announced, hopefully with a new +30 % capacity performance model leveraging Tesla GigaFactory promise (Say in 2016 a P110D Model X for no more than 80K $ net of state bonuses and including VAT?).

Combine that with the usual Apple goodies like zippy performance, a bright and sharp display, more than decent battery life, and a rich app store, and you have another chapter of the iPad success story in the making.

The company is renowned for their computer motherboards and graphics cards, in addition to making decent laptops and notebooks at a more affordable price than the likes of Sony and Apple — with a performance that's on par too.

The OPPO R5 is an impressively thin Android smartphone for sure, but upon further inspection it actually has a great deal to offer in all departments, combining a very decent camera with solid performance, some of the fastest charging we have seen and above a very impressive design that belongs to so much more than -LSB-...]

A decent browsing performance is backed up by the 480 Peacekeeper benchmark score putting it just below the Nexus 7 (489) although higher than the Hudl (227).

Although the ASUS Fonepad 7 is not the fastest device around, it is still more than capable of decent everyday performance — apps loaded in reasonable time and the Zen UI showed very little lag or stutter.

The TabPro S offers a vibrant Super AMOLED display and decent performance for less than a grand, with the best battery life of any detachable we've tested this year.

Company produced $ 28.3 mm of operating cash flow in FY2010 (June), lower than previous years but decent given poor operating performance and bloated cost structure.

But its quad - core processor means the G is more responsive now, and should continue to deliver decent performance for longer than the dual - core S4 Mini.

While its beautiful design, gorgeous Quad HD display, smooth performance, fluid software experience, and decent camera isn't above and beyond what is expected from a current generation high - end flagship, the fact that it is significantly cheaper than the devices it directly competes with is what makes the Axon Phone by ZTE a no brainer.

All in all, with the Nokia Lumia 630 and Motorola Moto G, we're looking at some of the best affordable handsets out there - both offer larger than its peers screen sizes, snappy performance with a quad - core chip inside on both, and decent cameras.insertAd...

I will rather go with Samsung Galaxy A8 +,, due to reliability, good after sales service, brand value, re-sale value and decent performance... I know all the above handsets are more powerful than A8 + but I still prefer A8 +.

Either way, the sensor is better than last year's OmniVision solution, and while the OnePlus 2 had some decent camera hardware, in our review we were ultimately disappointed at its performance, with Laser AF failing to make itself noted and OIS being flakier than we were used to.

Indeed, while the Razer Phone packs decent camera hardware, photos taken with it have been less than stellar, especially considering the performance of other devices in the same price ballpark, like the HTC U11 and the Galaxy S8.

The Huawei P10 Plus is a totally decent phone: it's got brisk performance, a camera that's more flexible than most, and a big, high - res screen.

You get decent gaming performance for less than a thousand dollars, but you'll typically end up paying for it in some other area — usually display quality.

It's worth noting, however, that those on a budget can probably settle for more affordable options that offer more - than - decent camera performance.

Despite the less than elegant design, the $ 150 Nokia Lumia 810 is a good Windows Phone 8 device that offers speedy performance, a nice display, and a decent camera.

Specifications are decent and performance is more than satisfactory for a smartphone at this price point.

While its beautiful design, gorgeous Quad HD display, smooth performance, fluid software experience, and decent camera isn't above and beyond what is expected from a current generation high - end flagship, the fact that it is significantly cheaper than...