Sentences with phrase «too reverent»

Parents will love you if you let their kids try it, and they'll be too reverent and grateful to do anything that might soil the interior.

More than conceivable that screenwriter Helen Childress was influenced by these John Hughes productions (whether or not she consciously chose to emulate them), it's probable: Childress was of breakfast - club age when they were released, and as any child of the»80s will tell you, they were too reverent of teenage travails to inspire much in the way of hipster backlash.

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It means, furthermore, that we ought not simply to think of the Creator as a First Cause who started things, but that like the biblical writers we too are obligated to bow in reverent awe before «the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy.»

There was an oddly reverent attitude towards Christian Grey's demands on Ana, as if we too were subject to his bidding.

The sequel, while entertaining, isn't as revelatory and spends too much time being reverent to the original series despite a tremendous adversary in Benedict Cumberbatch.

The latest entrant in this now - Disney - owned franchise is largely content to further the themes and narrative strategies of its predecessor: Johnson, a filmmaker who proved capable of crafting individualistic, tightly wound sci - fi with 2012's Looper, too often seems to think that the best he can bring to Star Wars is an amped - up version of Abrams's overly reverent tribute to George Lucas's original films.

The Road Where: Embarcadero Center Cinema, 1 Embarcadero Ctr., 415-352-0835 When: All Week Why: Whether a movie could be made of Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize - winning novel about a father and son braving the ruins of post-apocalyptic America was once the subject of spirited debate, and with good reason: John Hillcoat's reverent adaptation may prove too bleak for those seeking tidings of great joy this holiday season, but it is moving, intelligently crafted and perfectly cast.