Sentences with phrase «thing falls flat»

The entire bible is balanced on that one premise, the need for a redemption, so once that corner stone is removed the whole thing falls flat on its face.

This time, just let the whole thing fall flat, then absorbthe Ordinariate clergy into the local diocese, and their laity into the local parishes?

However, many other things fall flat, it has a very repetitive mission.

Things fall flat, though, when Taylor emerges as the central character, interacting with Hill House's malignant history in an increasingly silly series of frightless escapades that have her chasing about the house's serpentine corridors after wispy kiddie ghosts and bloody footprints.

Not exact matches

I started this show as background noise a few years ago, not expecting much, and here we are 4 season in, and it's still one of my favorite shows, while I don't believe this season is as good as season 2 or maybe 3 as a whole, it has its high points, a couple of things fall a little flat, but no single episode failed in my opinion.

Your argumnet falls flat on its face... the first claiming there needs to be a designer since it is so complex, which would then need a designer for the designer, then a designer for the designer of the designer... etc.etc.etc... and then claiming all these things exist that REQUIRED a designer... not acknowledging there are many many things that exist that there is no sign a designer was present.

My education is fine... Nothing is wrong with my writing sense you were able to simply reply... Look how far this country has fallen without God... We took God out of schools and now school shootings are a common thing... I mean your insults are flattering because all it tells me is that deep down you know I am right but don't want to admit it..

The thing I love about evolution is it is on going where their dogma falls flat on its face stuck in centuries long since past.

One thing that I do to keep any good bits from falling out is divide the dough into four strands and press them flat.

Try to rush things, and your bread will fall flat.

It really went with my «brand new mom» vibe that I was going for (or unconsciously falling into as I suddenly could not care less about pillow covers), and I used that dang thing until it was flatter than my boobs are now, years after breastfeeding.

After this challenge, unless I fall in love with flats, I'm placing my flats, receiving blankets, and some covers in our grab and go bag.Flats will be the prefect thing in an emergency.

Understanding what makes our children laugh is a hit and miss thing, and sometimes my attempts would fall flat, but I kept trying, using my intuition, to see what would work.

Then there are 8 % of people who think that a Labour government with SNP support is likely, and would be a good thing, the Conservative argument will fall flat with them.

Normally Harriet Harman can be relied on to cheer things up with a final hurrah before the Red Flag sing - song, but even her jokes fell flat.

One thing you need in your closet this fall: jeans that flatter your stems, lift your rear, and look great with heels, flats, and boots alike.

These blind dates tend to fall flat and you vow to never do it again (even though you've said the same thing four times before).

He attempts to strike up a connection with local presidential campaign worker, Betsy (Cybill Shepherd) but when that falls flat, he takes it upon himself to change things and fails again in an assassination attempt on the Senator himself (Leonard Harris).

The only thing missing would be an artificial laugh track since the jokes are abundant, yet fall flat while mostly trying to anchor themselves in sex and flamboyant cultural stereotypes.

The visuals and action sequences still look like a blast, but the one thing that seems to fall a bit flat so far is the offbeat humour.

But then nothing works: the constant plastic surgery jokes fall flat, the romance is painfully predictable, and the script is pathologically lazy, skipping over any scenes that might have made things more interesting.

Seth did fine, but nothing crazy; not too many bits fell flat, apart from the Sofia Vergara thing; the winners were horribly boring.

Priest is going to either redefine the comic book movie genre, and will take things in a brand new creative direction - or fall flat on its 3D face (this generation's Judge Dredd).

And the whole thing is executed with such a staggering over-seriousness that even when it attempts moments of levity, they almost always fall flat.

Certainly there are things to love; Bilbo's character progression and his untimely addiction to one precious ring is welcome (although not nearly as prominent as it ought to be), the set design and telescopic vistas are almost as epic as ever, seeing the majesty of gold - diggin» dragon Smaug realized in impressive CG tantalizes the little boy in me (the one who listened to The Hobbit audiobook until it wore out), and one particularly fun scene involving dwarves in a barrel is a blatant film highlight; but other elements that ought to stand out fall flat on their face and never recover.

Though, the fact that the film isn't entirely without obvious merit confuses things even further: Krauss is wryly brilliant as Krauss and delivers the film's biggest laugh with his Herzog - ian reasons for using a wheelchair; Gael Garcia Bernal has a great time as a lecherous member of Laura's delegation, spinning his suitcase with the sneering verve of a cartoon villain who twirls his mustache and gleefully acts smarmy before being felled by his own beleaguered bowels; Herzog's shots of Diablo Blanco, portrayed by Bolivia's real - life Uyuni salt flats, are among the most stunning in any film released this year; Shannon has fun in the impromptu photo shoot that takes place toward the end of the film; and as expected, there's a fascinating push and pull in the battle between human and nature at the heart of the film's central premise.

Based on the novel Don't Point that That Thing at Me» by Kyril Bongfiglio, its efforts at whimsy fall flat, while its attempts to attain the quirky begin and end with the waxy curls of Johnny Depp's... Read More»

If most of the jokes fall flat while too much of the runtime is given over to musical numbers starring Lisa Kudrow that go nowhere, when the barbs hit their target, they do so with a kind of timeliness that defeats Paramount's decision to shelve the thing for a couple of years before dumping it in theatres last summer without much fanfare to a chorus of pre-written pans.

Blending The Thing, Prince of Darkness, Hellraiser and Lovecraftian cosmic horror, this falls flat in suspense and characterisation, but ace»80s FX — all liquefying latex — will delight genre fans.

A few things fall a bit flat («oh, right, well, unfriend me») but I get the sense that some of them are meant to, in the context of their actual scenes.

It's cutesy, the kind of thing Jim Jarmusch pulls off with irony and smarts in Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai, falling flat here as a paternalistic burlesque.

Does this sorta thing get your juices flowing, or does it fall flat?

There are few things worse than getting all invested in a story only to find halfway through that it falls flat on its derriere.

Characterization issues, scenes falling flat, that kind of thing.

Offering one or two word answers or injecting lots of awkward pauses throughout your exchange can cause things to fall flat.

Instead of a flat 1.5 % rate, the Discover it earns rewards at a base rate of 1 %, with the opportunity to earn up to 5 % when you buy things that fall under the «bonus» spending categories that rotate quarterly throughout the year.

As if providence was trying to deliver a message that power was not the be all and end all of all things in the console space, the obsession with resolution and power seemed to constantly fall flat on its face and The Order: 1886 is one of the best examples of that.

And because of that their narration fall flat and feel like repetitions of things we've seen a thousand times before, without any artistic value added to redeem the mix.

It'll be interesting to see if the whole building your own vehicle thing works or if the game is going to fall flat on its face.

Naturally, the whole premise would fall flat on its pixellated face if it took you longer than ten minutes to work out how to play the thing.

For a massive open - world game with so much to do, so much to see, so many things to discover... Fallout 3 really falls flat at the end.

Mario Tennis Open for Nintendo 3DS fell a little flat in this regard, so hopefully this will kick things up a notch — and make the characters more distinct.

Yet when all these good things are put together, FIFA Mobile falls flat.

As others have said, attempts at reducing painting down to one essential thing — be it flatness, illusion or anti-illusion, or color — tend to fall flat in front of the paintings themselves.

If you are riding your bicycle, there is a myriad of things that might make you fall over — hitting a rock, wobbling because you're tires are flat, looking distractedly at a cute member of the opposite sex.

There are some things that Bixby is good at, and then there are other areas where the assistant falls completely flat.

In the years we've seen Samsung move from humble smartphone camera player to leader in many areas, there continue to be things that Samsung excels at with flying colors, and others where they absolutely fall flat on their face.

The last thing you want to do is give a shell of an idea then have it fall flat because you've missed the details.

Fall flat on your face and don't feel a thing!

Wicker baskets are readily available in our area however I have a problem with them not being flat on the inside, thus things constantly fall over.