Sentences with phrase «turgid character»

William Abraham spoke for many postconservatives when, after writing that Carl F. H. Henry's God, Revelation and Authority is «the monument of a generation's work,» he added: «Yet given its barren orthodoxy and turgid character, it can at best inspire mediocrity.»

Not exact matches

REMEMBER ME is a turgid excuse for a perceptive character study / romance that pins its hopes on a twist that is not so much a jolt as an affront.

While Ted 2 never reaches the turgid lows of A Million Ways to Die in the West, the writer / director's misguided western spoof from last year, it also demonstrates yet again that his brand of comedy is far more suited for the half - hour television format of his series like Family Guy and American Dad than it is for a two - hour picture that requires more narrative heft and character development.

A lifeless cast of lead characters did very little to alleviate the turgid, convoluted plot which only became relevant (and intriguing) in the opening and closing scenes of the game.

The film's nominal story involves a terminally ill mother, a corpse found floating in the ocean, and a tentative teen romance; as usual, though, Kawase is mostly interested in having these characters speak her ideas aloud, handing them endless turgid dialogue about nature, death, and the link between the two.

Still, that book had done so little justice to the characters I had loved — or held in extreme dislike (Ashley Wilkes is second only to the Reverend Dimmesdale on my wimpy literary men hate list)-- on the screen that I never did pick up Gone With the Wind, thinking it would prove another turgid potboiler.