Sentences with phrase «too bombastic»

Outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is too loud, too bombastic, too sales - y, blah blah blah.

In her catalogue introduction, guest curator Helen Molesworth of the ICA Boston summarizes the standard rap on»80s art: too bombastic, too ideological, all in all «too much.»

However, just like the Pirates sequels arguably crossed over from being good hammy fun to becoming a bit too bombastic in style and scope, there's reason to be concerned that A Game of Shadows might follow a similar path.

Even the possibility of sequels turns out to be a question that distracts from a successful product: A little too bombastic for a leitmotif, Monty Norman's now - familiar «James Bond Theme» follows our hero around as if testing the waters, toying with the possibility that this character could support a series.

I often think gold is too bombastic and sometimes even a little bit sleazy, but this bracelet on the other hand is very elegant and minimalistic.

Not exact matches

Too often, corporate hiring processes reward empty bluster and punish less bombastic competence.

Because beyond his typically bombastic proclamation that «it's already too late» for most women to become programmers is a much more important message: Computer science ought to be a basic part of school curriculum, giving both male and female students early exposure to an increasingly important skill set in today's economy.

Marvel's notorious, bombastic, CGI'd finales always end a little too clean, with little resolution for character arcs.

Their bombastic coach loved his wife a little too publicly, while their rented legend quarterback was a bit too friendly with his camera phone.

Bryant Park The New York Public Library is a great place to peek at potential dates, but its a little harder to actually meet them most rooms are too quiet for that bombastic laugh you do.

Lone Survivor is far superior to the bullying, bombastic movies about the US military that are all too common right now but the self - flagellating, morbidly starry eyed aspects of the film eventually win out and devalue its many moments of honest storytelling.

The score avoids being too showy and bombastic, even if it does seem a tad low.

Of course, we're not too concerned about whether the thud of physical comedy emanates from the speakers perfectly, but the overall experience is as intense as needed, quiet when it wants to be, and loudly bombastic with music when the comedy gets going.

When the script (brilliantly balanced by frequent Danny Boyle collaborator, John Hodge) calls for Armstrong, high on his Ozymandian throne, both to himself and to the world, to explode, Foster does so with the careful and bombastic restraint of someone who has never once thought of his inevitable downfall — the cockiness of someone too impressed with the towering nature of their house of cards that the idea of it tumbling down if but a footnote.

There are dark moments throughout the series, but Kirkman is clearly having so much fun immersing himself in bombastic silver - age silliness that it's rare for the doom and gloom to permeate too long.

Heroes of Normandie [$ 14.99], the digital port of the Devil Pig Games» board game with the same name, is precisely the kind of wargame that creates stories not only because it usually has you command a very small number of units over a pretty small battlefield, but also because the game is constantly celebrating its inspiration: the classic, bombastic WWII movies like The Dirty Dozen and A Bridge Too Far...

I have to admit, I never believed GUNNAR Optiks» bombastic press releases; sprinkled with rules of capitalization - eschewing technical terms — i - AMP lens technology, iONik lens tint, i - FI lens coating, fRACTYL lens geometry and diAMIX lens material — it seemed they were using way, way too many words to describe a simple pair of glasses.

At the same time the action is bombastic, the tale being told is big and the artwork is pretty lively, so there's a nice contrast going on that ensures the book never becomes too dark or depressing, something which Game of Thrones is absolutely atrocious for doing.

Heroes of Normandie [$ 14.99], the digital port of the Devil Pig Games» board game with the same name, is precisely the kind of wargame that creates stories not only because it usually has you command a very small number of units over a pretty small battlefield, but also because the game is constantly celebrating its inspiration: the classic, bombastic WWII movies like The Dirty Dozen and A Bridge Too Far...

I'm not too sure if I'm in the minority with this opinion, but I personally felt that E3 2017 was a little disappointing, when comparing it to the bombastic showcases of yesteryear.

A bombastic, jazzy little tune from Space Channel 5, You got to love when that awesome saxophone solo at the 2:55 mark, too.

The museum's holdings of artists from the Bay Area get scant attention, too, pushed aside in favor of the bombastic Holocaust kitsch of Anselm Kiefer, plus some Andreas Gursky mega-photographs that have aged very poorly.

As for Sir Edward Coke, he had a reputation for his court antics, bombastic rhetoric and loyalty to the Crown but then again, he fancied himself a clever, ambitious politician too.