Sentences with phrase «use of violence make»

His poetic screenwriting, dark commentary, and use of violence make him a standout auteur.

Not exact matches

I would not use gratuitous sex and violence — as in Game of Thrones — but make sure the violence, for example, was appropriate to the story, its historical setting, and to my characters.

The Coen brothers have a long history of using violence, gore and offbeat humor to make deeper points about society and human nature.

Therefore, to help someone come to this understanding — to help someone come to know the truth — one can not resort to violence but must make use of rational arguments that seek to persuade.

If we revolutionaries are only allowed to use a little violence (you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs), you'll see the reign of justice, liberty, and equality.»

The violence done by the superior may be physical (the most common kind, and it provokes hostile moral reaction), or it may be psychological or spiritual, as when the superior makes use of morality and even of Christianity to inculcate submission and a servile attitude; and this is the most heinous of all forms of violence.

I have been asked many times during debates about warfare whether I would use violence to defend myself and could never answer with any certainty that I would, but I knew without a shadow of a doubt that if he made any attempt to harm my son he would find himself on the receiving end of the Greater Clawed Maltese Falcon.

The important thing is to make him see that he has to draw the consequences of his faith; and perhaps he will verify the fact that it is impossible to be a Christian and at the same time to conduct a successful politics, which necessarily requires the use of some kind of violence.

Of course, Christians will deplore the use of violence, but still they must make up their mind where they will stand should violent revolution or counter-revolution break out, just as they have always had to decide what their position on war should bOf course, Christians will deplore the use of violence, but still they must make up their mind where they will stand should violent revolution or counter-revolution break out, just as they have always had to decide what their position on war should bof violence, but still they must make up their mind where they will stand should violent revolution or counter-revolution break out, just as they have always had to decide what their position on war should be.

One of the great lies of Satan is in how he uses human institutions such as religion and politics to make it look like God uses violence to defeat violence.

The message is unqualifiedly opposed to the use of violence in order to achieve good, but also a deeply disturbing reminder that violence is made almost inevitable when the legal and political system is unresponsive to the deepest convictions of millions of Americans.

They commit acts of violence in the name of God (nutjob anti-abortion groups), commit acts of fraud in the name of God, use God's name for political gain, and then turn their backs on the core principles of Jesus — caring for one another, compassion, helping those less fortunate, giving of yourself to do good, to make things better.

Even now dismal possibilities lie ahead — upheaval, anarchy, violence; it may be the League of Nations spoiled by opposition, apathy or treachery, and the whole world going on with this military business, using all inventive genius for destructive ends and making a worse hell of it all than the Stone Age a thousand times over.

He made a conscious decision to use violence (again don't at all agree with him) to try and change what he perceived as a path of unimaginable evil for humanity.

Reality:»... making all of Israel the new Palestine, free of Jews, would remove the excuses Muslims use as a pretext for their koran - driven violence against infidels».

And making all of Israel the new Palestine, free of Jews, would remove the excuses Muslims use as a pretext for their koran - driven violence against infidels.

She tells of the threats and violence used to make the physcs do what they want.

This example is among the most benign (see Linda Marchiano's descriptions of the filming of Deep Throat for worse) Many porn products are made in «cottage industry» conditions by small - time operators who do not hesitate to use force, violence, blackmail and drugs on the «actors.»

Ambivalent, half - hearted war making may seem better than the determined and ferocious use of force to achieve clear ends because it foretells less violence, less killing.

Laughing — yet again you fail, you sit here and you tell me in one breath that i'm wrong in dealing with absolutes, Yet My whole point in the previous post was to point out that I can't blame science for killing Billions of people because they created the bombs and guns to do so... Just like you can't blame Christianity for people using violence against others, it's the people not the ideology that caused the violence, and i believe that... for whatever reason you apparently missed that and tried to make me sound like i honestly blame science for killing billions... so... maybe you need some reading and comprehension classes... i du n no, just would appreciate if you're going to argue with me, that you actually read my responses.

The power of this definition of violence is that it makes obsolete the much - used distinction between violent force and nonviolent force.

Whatever our philosophy, we had better use it to moderate the tendency that is in all of us to look to violence to settle issues between groups in a world whose technology makes violence against groups ever more likely to destroy all who participate in it, or advocate it, along perhaps with nearly everyone else.

Tickets are pricey, but benefit the group's use of theater workshops to help youth with violence prevention and good decision - making.

The thing is, even domestic violence used to have euphemisms such as «reasonable smacking of wives» and «necessary chastisement» in order to make them more palatable.

With all the unpleasant things going on in our world right now from cyberbullying to school violence to hate crimes, all of our tweens and teens can use the reminder that we all have the power to make a difference.

He said: «But because most of us will not be allowed into Europe, I think as ordinary citizens, we will have to make some very hard choices, whether we want to use violence to get somebody into power; of which we won't get any of the trickledown effects, destroy our country and become refugees somewhere else.

Keynote speaker actor and director Khalil Kain, was able to get off the streets of New York City, and used his story to make a point about the youth trapped in street violence.

A new state bill would make it a hate crime to use physical force on a police officer — and its chief sponsor argued the past two years of Black Lives Matter demonstrations have made cops a target for violence.

He added that «But because most of us will not be allowed into Europe, I think as ordinary citizens, we would have to make some very hard choices, whether we want to use violence to get somebody into power; of which we won't get any of the trickle down effects, destroy our country and become refugees somewhere else.»

GLAAD takes action against Ticked Off Trannies with Knives: «The film, its title and its marketing misrepresent the lives of transgender women and use grotesque, exploitative depictions of violence against transgender women in ways that make light of the horrific brutality they all too often face.»

The dominant model of learning in games is built on the idea that exposing players to concepts, such as violence in a game, makes those concepts easier to use in «real life».

In my opinion, which seems to be very different from your opinion, the use of a lot of violence doesn't make a movie more realistic.

The lack of a convoluted motivation felt that much more terrifying, a tactic also used in 2006's Them and 2016's Hush, maybe because the indiscriminate nature of the violence makes us all feel unsafe and maybe because, as many classic horror films have shown, the less we know, the more terrifying it can all seem.

Written with a marvelous ear for language and a sharp sense of character, it makes full use of the no holds barred opportunities of cable with shocking violence, casual sex, and epithet laced gangster - speak.

The World Made Straight (R for violence, drug use, sexual references and profanity) Adaptation of the Ron Rash novel of the same name, set in the Seventies, about a troubled young man (Jeremy Irvine) eager to escape a rural Appalachian community stained by the legacy of a Civil War massacre.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening March 18, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS Limitless (PG - 13 for profanity, mature themes, violence, sexuality and disturbing images) Bradley Cooper stars in this action thriller about a frustrated writer whose life is transformed after he is introduced to a top - secret, smart drug which enables him to use 100 % of his brain.

What turns this fairly ordinary - sounding family drama into something on the edge of epic is its use of landscape and setting — the desert Southwest, California's San Fernando Valley (also the setting for Wenders's 1997 The End of Violence), and the concrete canyons of Houston — reinforced by the stunning cinematography of regular early collaborator Robby Müller and a plangent slide - guitar score by Ry Cooder (with whom Wenders would later make the Oscar - nominated documentary Buena Vista Social Club).

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening October 17, 2008 BIG BUDGET FILMS Max Payne (PG - 13 for profanity, sexuality, intense violence and drug use) Mark Wahlberg stars in the title role of this revenge thriller about a DEA agent and an assassin (Mila Kunis) who join forces to find the killers responsible for the murder of his family and her sister.

Excellent (4 stars) Rated R for sexuality, drug use, pervasive profanity, ethnic slurs and graphic violence Running time: 111 minutes Studio: Plan B Entertainment Distributor: Lionsgate Home Entertainment Blu - ray Extras: Audio commentary with writer / director Barry Jenkins; Ensemble of Emotion: The Making of Moonlight; Poetry through Collaboration: The Music of Moonlight; and Cruel Beauty: Filming in Miami.

(R for profanity, sexuality, violence and drug use) Barry Levinson directs this ensemble comedy about two weeks in the life of an unhappily - married movie producer (Robert De Niro) who's desperate to get his next picture made.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening May 8, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Next Day Air (R for violence, drug use, pervasive profanity and brief sexuality) Action - oriented crime caper about the comedy of errors which ensue after a couple of hapless hoodlums (Mike Epps and Wood Harris) are mistakenly delivered a large package filled with bricks of pure cocaine.

Additionally, DP's Matt Flannery and Dimas Imam Subhono use of color and contrast manage to make the film's extreme violence look and feel more artful than a hammer ripping someone's throat out has any right to be.

So, despite being based on a kid's toy and marketed to a family audience, the near nonstop violence, sexual banter and language (that includes one use of «the» sexual expletive plus many derivations), makes these Transformers anything but child's play.

«The Official «How to Make a Funny Vampire Movie» Guide» (8:04) dispenses rules Fright Night plays by, with a multitude of cast and crew members supplying sound bites on the film's design, violence, and use of lore.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening July 29, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS Attack the Block (R for violence, drug use and pervasive profanity) Horror comedy chronicling the valiant effort of a gang of teenagers from South London to defend their «hood during an alien invasion.

Decisions are made under pressure, with politics and perception being considered as much as ethics, leading to a devastating examination of the true consequences of using violence to solve a problem, no matter what the motives involved.

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Tempting and not entirely inaccurate, but in truth The Tuxedo is more than just cheerfully misogynistic (and most of Chan's films are, in one way or another, woman - hating), cartoonish, and even racist in a Green Hornet / Kato sort of way — The Tuxedo is a symptom of a far deeper concern involving the inability of the West to ever make proper use of hijacked foreign commodities or construct an action film anymore that doesn't resort to slapstick childishness and / or grotesque violence.

Narcos is the story of the real - life drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, a poor country boy who used his wits and a whole lot of violence to make himself, at the height of his powers running the Colombian cocaine...

It's a world so packed with unimaginably cruel and heinous acts of violence that is «never personal» (as if that's supposed to make it better) that it makes one feel as if they've landed on another planet that could use a visit from the Death Star.