Sentences with phrase «too preachy»

Some of it was a bit too preachy for me but the gist of the message was inspiring: real estate is first and foremost a relationship - driven business and it DOES require constant personal interaction.

It's too preachy.

It's very useful and I'm learning to drive better; it is also written nicely, not too preachy but friendly, helpful.

Telling the Times that he doesn't like films that are, «too preachy,» Mr. Levinson hopes The Bay will provide both entertainment and reflection.

Just another thought — Just thinking about how some novels that are too preachy can turn off readers, even Christians.

There may be some in the audience who have been turned off Christian novels before because they've been too preachy or poorly written and you can show how the area has improved.

I guess when I see it specially labelled as «Christian fiction», I'm expecting that there will be a specific Christian message in there somewhere (hopefully not too preachy).

The book can also be a bit too preachy.

While it never falls into the trap of becoming too preachy or too offensive, Saving Montgomery Sole does openly explore various perceptions of sexuality and religion.

While the novel never falls into the trap of becoming too preachy or too offensive, Saving Montgomery Sole does openly explore various perceptions of sexuality and religion.

Whether you are a Christian or non-Christian, it is our goal, and my personal hope, that no matter what Pelican book you choose to read, you'll enjoy a wholesome story filled with themes that uplift you and brighten your day — without being too preachy, for sure.

Solid performances, and a sincere faith in the dignity of the average working stiff, save it from getting too preachy.

The last time I saw a movie where so many whites were massacred by blacks was 1993's Sankofa, which was a little bit too preachy to be an enjoyable film experience.

The aesthetic and originality of his films are felt and seen, but many complaints for his movies are that they became too preachy in nature while recycling the same ideas from previous works.

The overarching point — that society demands the impossible of mothers and punishes them harshly for stepping out of line — looks to be well made, but with plenty of laughs to keep things from getting too preachy.

While trying to do the former, it becomes too preachy — especially during its last act — , and while doing the latter, it feels more like a cheesy made - for - TV movie than a theatrical release.

This new film is too preachy, they say.

My only hope is that it isnt too preachy, but is rather a good movie that «happens» to be about black pilots who did nt get a fair shake VS being force - fed the fact that they're black pilots, so for PC's sake we must think its a good movie... < — As a minority, I cant STAND that.

It has also shown that the genre can tackle tougher issues without being too preachy and still being entertaining, as you touched on.

The remarkable coming - of - age tale The Diary Of A Teenage Girl has every opportunity to be too much: Too quirky, too preachy, too icky, too cliché.

Oliver Stone's Wall Street sequel was too preachy, and half of the movie was an infomercial promoting some form of clean energy.

While it's quite clear what Spielberg is saying, he deserves credit for tastefully handling it in a way so that it never comes across as too preachy.

To say she is not contributing to society through a more normative sense of responsibility would be too preachy for this film, but Complete Unknown does not shy away from showing us Alice in her eerily quiet moments of identity transformation.

I don't want to sound too preachy but I am fast falling in LOVE with this line..

I also like that you come across as very down to Earth about your life and not too preachy.

My cries for change were met with constant negativity from my parents, accusing me of being too preachy, too crunchy, or too unrealistic.

Too long — too preachy — too much about you!

It was too preachy, too obvious, and too much of an imitation of secular music.

I don't get too preachy; but as people, we can do better.

Not exact matches

Again, he gets too pastor / preachy for at times.

Granju and I differ a bit on whether attachment - parenting advocates tend to get too smug and preachy.

It's to his credit that Graham largely resists getting too drawn into a preachy thesis on press ethics, although one set piece between Lamb and Cudlipp gets perilously close.

hmm blade's edge sounds super interesting, and so does the video game one (but i could do without the preachy stuff too so i am not sure if i will pick it up).

It does get preachy towards the end, and way too religious, but it's still an enjoyable ride.

Addicted is supposed to be erotica, so perhaps thinking about it too much is unfair, but the film is so uneven (it's both hot and preachy), as well as way too long, that thinking becomes inevitable.

But Zhao's restrained, unsentimental style is the opposite of preachy, which makes it all too easy to underappreciate the sublimity of her achievement.

But there is a breaking point where the film becomes too saccharine and preachy.

Some of the dialogue is too rapid - fire and preachy, but the film's core twists are nicely executed.

Maybe it is a little heavyhanded and preachy and perhaps it does categorise between Us and Them a little too easily but none of this matters because underneath lurks a worthy, beautifully made film with two stand - out performances.

It also never becomes overtly moral or preachy, another flaw that is all too prevalent in children's entertainment.

Not exactly screwball, it's occasionally funny, but is too long and at times even a little preachy.

But if all that sounds too somber and preachy, neverfear, for there is masses of tension, and exciting action.

For Marieme, her choices are limited along racial, sexual and socioeconomic lines, but Sciamma's perceptive film is too honest and understated to feel preachy.

It's certainly watchable, but too much been - there - done - that and preachy qualities bog the film down to mediocrity.

Too bad the preachy narration by Meryl Streep starts to get annoying very fast.

It offers commentary on high - stakes testing without being too political or preachy.

Monochroma «s plot is one of those rare blends where the story conveys an important moral lesson without being preachy or too didactic.

The unconventional approach to delivering a triple - A game by centering the single - player game around more non-interactive elements than interactive is sure to ruffle a few feathers; the viability of different play styles might lead people to believe it's a second - rate third - person shooter; and the emphasis on nanomachines and PMCs, without being preachy, might be too topical for some.