Sentences with phrase «took big swings»

The film took some big swings, and some of the decisions made didn't initially sit well with certain people, not the least of which included none other than Luke Skywalker actor Mark Hamill.

I have made projects where I took big swings and other people didn't like them.

He took big swings at the mayor's pace of contract registration for his pre-K program, knocked him for the city's failure to work with women and minority - owned contractors enough, and questioned his plan for Wi - Fi booths around the five boroughs.

And the thing you have to do is, when that happens, you have to take a big swing.

The deal is expected to be too small for the global firms to take a big swing at, however is expected to attract local players.

The Kings, who have a 5.3 % chance at the top pick, may end up in position to take a big swing here.

So even if this year's draft ends up as top - heavy as it seems, it will still be worthwhile as ever to take big swings late in the first round, quality of the draft aside.

In the long term, though, they should thank LAFC for taking a big swing at a wall every team wants to break down — between MLS and elite European teams.

Syfy, Warner Bros., and DC took a big swing with this project, but it seems like the time and money were good investments.

But fortunately, creator Charlie Brooker has taken some big swings with other installments, and the result is proof that «Black Mirror,» as a series, has plenty of mileage left in it.

In November, he'll appear alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese's «The Wolf of Wall Street,» and in December he takes his biggest swing yet at Oscar gold in «Dallas Buyers Club» as an HIV - positive Texas electrician searching for alternative medicines to treat his disease.

Stone is a filmmaker that likes to take big swings with his movies — the ending of «Snowden» being a perfect example — and sometimes they don't always payoff.

But Travolta takes a big swing at the «Teflon Don» in this modestly - budgeted bio-thriller.

You can take a big swing to do a slower, more powerful, attack as well.

He takes big swings.

The other thing that bothered me was the players pausing taking a big swing.

Still, I feel like they're taking a big swing at every ball rather than accumulating the 1s and 2s toward the final target.

Circular faces are certainly here to stay, but it's also likely we'll start seeing crowns, dedicated app buttons, and NFC sensors in future watches as Google takes another big swing at bringing Android Wear mainstream.

According to sources cited by the Chinese media, VIVO is taking a big swing at Apple (and, yes, the iPhone 6 was specifically mentioned) by rushing to release its new 5 - inch flagship handset, with an all - metal frame and sapphire glass display.

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The learning curve was the biggest challenge for us — we were brand new to business ownership and it took some time getting into the swing of things.

«Next minute he just swings the chair, a big heavy chair, trying to properly take my head clean off!

There were sentiments from inside the organization that we would be taking a few big swings this summer.

That means the Blazers have taken two big swings in this draft, throwing the dice each time.

The tournament, which is taking place in Montpellier for only the second time in its history — it was formerly played in Lyon, a bigger city a few hundred miles to the north — gets in full swing on Tuesday, when Feliciano Lopez, Philipp Kohlschreiber and Nicholas Mahut are in action.

If I'm a contender and I feel like my team is close enough, I take a mighty big swing on Sap.

The rain started beating us the moment we watched as our rivals spend big thinking that Wenger guarantees top4 trophy, we are now languishing at 6th on the table, but are now spending two top strikers signed breaking our transfer record twice that's a positive and may it continue.you also notice that new players take some time to adapt we are now started swing the best of lava and auba.After finishing 5th last season there is no instant coffee solution it will take time and effort to challenge for top honors

The ball took several deflections and ricochets after a corner, but it ended up at the feet of the big man who swung a hopeful foot at it and blasted it into the back of the net.

Participants were asked to take their seat in a recliner and had to toss footballs «'' while holding a TV remote with their other hand «'' through Big O Tires swinging several yards away!

vidal would take up a big chunk of our budget and we need more a big name striker, than a big name midfielder (otherwise what have we got ozil for if he is just supplying slow giroud) me think unless vidal is going to score us 20 goals from midfield, then that would swing it for me.

The SI NHL staff takes a swing at answering some big questions surround the postseason and make a couple of predictions along the way.

While baseball season is in full swing and has reached the first weekend of Inter-League play, the biggest sporting event taking place this weekend is the Preakness Stakes.

Even if manufacturers claim they make baby swings that could could take bigger babies or have high weight limits, you can't take their word for it.

This autumn and early winter will see the biggest change in Chicago's Museum Campus since Lake Shore Drive took a hard swing to the west to create the parkland connection of cultural institutions 14 years ago.

You never took the stairs to your attic, since that swing that Big Baby just grew out of will be perfect for Little Baby in a few weeks.

The general election result — when the Conservative Treasury minister Jane Ellison was swept out of her Battersea seat after a 10 % swing to Labour — has given activists hope of taking Wandsworth for the first time in 40 years, but in several wards the party would need a significantly bigger swing to take the number of councillors needed for a majority.

Miner told House members that extreme weather linked to climate change — with big swings between cold and hot weather — has taken a toll on Syracuse's old and fragile water pipelines.

The Enfield Southgate seat was low down on the list of Tory targets (number 114) but David took the seat - once held by Michael Portillo - with the biggest swing of any victorious Conservative candidate.

The Lib Dems have taken Richmond - upon - Thames, Kingston - upon - Thames and South Cambridgeshire with big swings from the Conservatives, as well as Three Rivers Council which had been under No Overall Control.

It will be strong and decisive leadership, empathy with the public and good common sense policies that will decide whether the swing is big enough to take us from where we are now to a working majority.

Taking this big difference in burned calories into consideration, it's not surprising that kettlebell swings have achieved enormous popularity in recent years among recreational and professional lifters alike.

Their big sale won't start until 12/25, but they've already quietly started marking things down, so if you have any time today to take a swing through the site, do try to do so.

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In a world polluted with fakey - fake graphics and green screens, seeing a real, big ole robot take a swing at another real, big ole robot really got my heart pumping.

While other installments of the show are not as jarring or propulsive as the micro-horror stories, I found myself admiring the show for taking big, sentimental swings around the room.

Aside from being a clever take on the mood swings of puberty, Big Mouth is also surprisingly great on queer issues.

Every scene of the film is an exclamation point delivered from atop a worst - of - Capra soapbox; those bemoaning that they don't make»em like they used to, take a big, heaving bite of Swing Vote, compared to which the Pollyannaism of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington reads like P.J. O'Rourke snark.

The big - screen Thor will take another swing at comedy with a supporting role in the Paul Feig - directed «Ghostbusters.»

Taking a swing at the prevalent commercialization of Broadway Theater Playwright Tracy Letts gave a big thumbs up to the producers of the play simply for their gall to «Äúdo something amazing: (by) staging an American play on roadway with theater artists.»

The best setpiece in «Winter Soldier,» Cap taking out a bunch of would - be assassins in an elevator, had a frenzied smallness that was much more exciting than watching helicarriers crash and monuments crumble; it seems to have inspired the better action scenes here — not just a stairwell punch-fest that finds Bucky swinging from a torn - up stretch of railing like Tarzan on a vine, but in a bigger, louder, wilder clash between Avengers (including emergency ringers Spider - Man, Ant - Man and Black Panther) on an airport runway.

With a résumé that includes flicks like Go and Swingers, director Doug Liman seemed like an unusual choice to take on a big - time spy flick like Identity.