Monahan has a ton of
tongue in cheek moments in the film and that sense of under layered humor really helps make the script not to dark.
Also, the way in which the film goes from serious tones to
tongue in cheek moments is not really handled well either — from the knife wielding belly dancer to one of Samuel L. Jackson's trademark monologue, it feels rather forced at times.
Not exact matches
Saddest
moment of the keynote,» he noted,
tongue in cheek.
When he starts with negativity or backtalk, it's important for me to take a step back and really focus on how I'm feeling at the
moment: my neck tenses, my
cheeks feel flushed, and, having a hot temper myself, I can almost taste the words readying themselves to roll off my
tongue in response!
And there's a bit of a
tongue -
in -
cheek moment in the video when Avery says he treats everyone «the way I expect to be treated.»
While the screenplay does a fine job
in its knowledge of the Bates mythos, the boat that is missed by Stefano is
in the lack of dark, often
tongue -
in -
cheek comedy that had a healthy helping
in each one of the films
in the series, which makes this the most serious, and thereby least entertaining of the series
in terms of exciting
moments.
However, despite earning the film a higher rating, this waffling between hammy kid - movie
moments and a few brutal human - on - human fights will only cause some audience members to roll their eyes on occasion and isn't likely to detract from any enjoyment the film has to offer - especially given the
tongue -
in -
cheek premise and execution of the plot.
This is partially due to the work of Sommers, who never for a
moment takes his adventure or any of this characters seriously, coating the entire production with a wafer - thin premise that knows its place as something to deliver thrills, chills, and plenty of nasty kills, and does it with
tongue planted firmly
in cheek.
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Though most people understood our last quarterly letter as
tongue -
in -
cheek and while we certainly don't believe value investing is dead, it is clearly out of favor at the
moment.
The characters aren't compelling and the plot is pretty light, but it has more than enough
tongue -
in -
cheek moments to make up for it.
It feels kind of like a
tongue in cheek anti-Hotline Miami
in a way but the story never really seems to be able to settle on a tone with some
moments feeling just a little too dark and grimy for their own good.
Great characters,
tongue -
in -
cheek moments, and a highly replayable story make it a PlayStation 4 essential.
Hammons» incorporation of photographs documenting key
moments throughout his career serves as a characteristically
tongue -
in -
cheek riff on the most recent «survey» of his work — Triple Candie's 2006 David Hammons Unauthorized Retrospective, which featured only small, cheaply printed reproductions and no actual works of art.
To me, the preposterousness of these combinations reinforces the very
tongue -
in -
cheek, self - loathing
moments created
in each gallery.
If anything Hodgkin was more like Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon or even the man - of - the -
moment David Hockney, who is immortalised
in this show with a
tongue -
in -
cheek image of the artist emerging from his L.A pool.