Sentences with phrase «than interesting characters»

But there's one thing I like in video games more than interesting characters: the ability to create your own characters.

After all, there's only so much stupid one can take, and when a show has more short - lived love triangles in a single season than interesting characters, that's a pretty good indicator that it's lost its bite.

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With a winning performance from Jonathan Banks, Mike became one of the most interesting and beloved characters in the series, with a hardened presence that makes him more stoic and intimidating than nearly anyone else in the show.

Retail shopping, the news business and politics have taken on a more national character because the Internet lets people connect along interest lines rather than by geography.

He started with a question that was more interesting to me than the answer: «What is Dr. Strange (the character) trying to accomplish?»

In a study of his earlier pictures, Kolker notes that «Scorsese is interested in the psychological manifestations of individuals who are representative either of a class or of a certain ideological grouping; he is concerned with their relationship to each other or to an antagonistic environment... [and finally] there is no triumph for his characters» (A Cinema of Loneliness [Oxford University Press, 19881, p. 162) The Jesus of the Last Temptation fits this pattern (as do Travis Bickel in Taxi Driver, Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull and Paul Hackett in After Hours) By eschewing any reference to a resurrection — and, in an interesting theological note, allowing Paul to suggest that his preaching of the risen Christ is more important than the Jesus of history — Scorsese presents the crucifixion as the final willful act of a man driven by a God who makes strange demands on his followers.

«Evangelicals, whose faith hinges on obedience to God's commands, are far more interested in the character of candidates than any other segment,» stated founder George Barna.

Human affliction, especially the monstrous inhumanity of man to man, was to them a practical, rather than a theoretical, problem; it represented not only a conflict of ideas but a conflict of individual and class interests, a struggle for justice in personal character or social organization against selfishness, ill will, and inequity.

(For example, is all of Egypt's water affected, 7:19 [P»] or only the Nile waters, 7:17 - 18 [J']») And the roles of the major characters are drawn in idealized, typified, simplified fashion, with greater interest in theological meaning than in historical function.

Were Dostoevsky living at this hour, he might well ask whether the American reduction of nearly every aspect of human existence, including religion itself, to either entertainment or commodification constitutes a yet worse kind of herd - existence than the one Ivan describes — a subtler and therefore deadlier attempt to relieve humanity of its suffering and sin, and thus of its real character and interest.

We know «The Most Interesting Man in the World» will continue to endure and grow, as the character's story is bigger than one individual,» said Andrew Katz, VP of Marketing for Dos Equis.

Nothing gets a child more interested in a book than knowing that the character is having the same struggles or concerns that he is.

Be sure to check out Kate Harding's recent Salon.com take on S.E. Cupp, a rising star in the right - wing punditosphere — and a non-blonde atheist, which makes her a bit of an outlier and a more interesting character than most of the cookie - cuttter talking heads that dominate Fox News.

The reason, they say, is that people could write equations on boards rather than see characters hunched over their screens, but I think they also thought that science is just intrinsically more interesting, and it catches your imagination more than computer programming.

This is a «novel finding,» they wrote (pun intended), and good news for book lovers in more ways than one: «The robustness of our findings suggest that reading books may not only introduce some interesting ideas and characters, it may also give more years of reading.»

If you are interested in being more than just a friend, it is best that your partner understand who you are and not make mistaken assumptions about your character that will need to be corrected later.

On here looking for genuine female friends - leading to a beach and paddling at dawn - im larger than life character - def a book you should not judge by the cover - lots of interesting stories inside - i like going to watch friends rock band — writing - meeting and talking - im self employed - last job was a steeplejack - but fell through a floor - oops i guess best place to start is to talk to me - best description is a giantgentlebear - im looking for someone to talk too any where in the world or outer

With its pretty interesting characters, light yet fascinating scenes, and lovely musical score, every minute was nothing less than charming.

Kirkland's worldly wise persona is a lot more interesting than the character that is handed to Daniels, which is bland in spite of her go - rounds with Scott.

Director Ron Howard brings his usual light touch to the proceedings and manages to hold the viewer's interest even through the narrative's oddly action - packed final third (ie once the truth about Hannah's character is revealed, the film becomes more of a thriller than a cute little romantic comedy and there's even a chase sequence as the army attempts to capture the mermaid / woman).

The former mostly mixes the usual lip - synch and movie elements, but it also attempts some sort of plot and incorporates specially - shot footage of Jolie in character, so it seems a little more interesting than usual.

In featuring likable and intelligent characters as well as some interesting plot turns, the script more than adequately does its job as a support beam for the visuals.

Aside from this being a lot less interesting than the original stories, it also gives us a film with more characters than the story has any use for, and that in turn makes what there is of a story feel baggy and drawn out.

Gritty and claustrophobic, this British horror - thriller holds our interest with well - played characters rather than the wobbly plotting.

There are plenty of enemys and puzzles that are confronted, and the dual roles are more interesting than having control of only one character.

The script is phoned in and rather than focus on the Autobots like in the cartoon the film focuses on the poorly written human characters who aren't that interesting.

Full of ideas that are usually more clever than funny — e.g., the running joke satirizing lack of communication between men and women by having the characters speak jibberish, generic phrases, or different languages — but it should prove interesting and inventive enough to keep smart people watching to the end.

The supporting characters are usually an afterthought, but in Black Panther, they are so well drawn that they seem every bit as interesting, perhaps even more so, than the main protagonist himself, who is either mostly masked or obvious CG during his battle sequences, whereas we are always aware as the women fight, with full acting and facial expressions to root us into their fight in the moment.

Roos, though, hasn't cracked the puzzle of how to explore that behavior on screen in such a way that the characters behave badly in interesting, rather than arbitrary, ways.

Unfortunately, Davis has roughly the same relationship with George before he hulks out, and the truth is the movie is a whole lot more interested in its CGI characters than its flesh - and - blood ones, not unlike the currently - in - release «Pacific Rim Uprising.»

Despite being more rounded than its edgy predecessor, this is still a very intelligent offering, populated by interesting ideas and a host of compelling characters.

Beauvois is less interested in the moment - to - moment thrills of the story than in the rippling effects that the characters» actions have in the long run.

The film offers interesting characters, but raises more questions than it answers, leaving the film in a bit of a meandering spot.

Robert E. Howard himself may have been a more interesting character than any of his fantastic creations

The combat is a chore as the enemies have hitboxes larger than your dodge rolls meaning you will get hit EVERY TIME, the weapons are about as useful as a toothpick against a sword unless you're playing on super easy mode, the story is an illogical mess with some interesting world building mechanics, the characters are about as deep as a kiddy pool in a hotel resort, and the main character never shuts the hell up.

Outside of Sylvia, none of the characters has any real presence or personality in a movie that takes greater interest in shots of pretty flowers than in the human beings onscreen, and in which nearly every major plot turn is the result of blind chance.

Given that our historical moment is equally weighted between prurience and Puritanism it's no surprise that media interest in «Alexander» has focused more on the character's sexual exploits than his military campaigns.

Made the huge mistake of making the supporting, even marginal, characters a heck of a lot more interesting than the leads.

The film's cool, sober texture and its clever characters are often more interesting than the larger plot.

With more than 25 major speaking roles, the film is a kaleidoscope of interesting characters and equally fascinating situations.

Flashing back and forth through time to show how our main character got to be where he is, I found the present day more interesting than the past, due to the fact that the interesting portions of the past feel incomplete and not fleshed out enough.

A much more interesting story and lead character than usual for the series, but the weak script and aging combat system fail to make the most of it.

[/ font][font = Century Gothic][/ font][font = Century Gothic] «Le Petit Lieutenant» is an absorbing police procedural that is more interested in character than in mystery.

Other than a token fealty to the variable degrees by which characters» actions are governed by some sense of human connection instead of purely self - interest, Predators doesn't offer up much in the way of subtext or nuance.

Both Thor and Thor: The Dark World presented us with something drastically different than what was before it, including expanding beyond the cosmos and accepting the God - like characters as normal, which really pushed the medium of comic book films, while also blending humor and action in a way that made the character both interesting and viable.

But where Infernal Affairs is less interested in psychological nuance than in Eastern - style elegance of action, Scorsese and Monahan showcase Western - style, actorly character building at its most enjoyable.

The characters on «Warehouse 13» are more engaging and interesting than a lot of modern sci - fi television but the writing in the premiere simply doesn't work.

It's interesting than some recent Christie films because the emphasis on female characters.

It's difficult to think of a director less - suited to take on the intricate, minutiae - obsessed writing of Peter Morgan than Howard — a director who, even in his finest films, has always been interested in the big picture first, with characters serving history rather than the other way round.

The supporting cast isn't given a lot to do, but of the two characters» respective love interests, Alexandra Maria Lara fares much better as Lauda's wife than Olivia Wilde's fleeting appearance as model / Hunt paramour Suzy Miller.