Sentences with phrase «weak attempt»

It is filled with weak attempts at sketch comedy, resulting in a few funny moments here and there, but not enough.

I just don't get it, and neither do the creators of this very weak attempt at starting another comic book franchise.

I only hope this article was offered in a light - hearted but weak attempt at being mildly humorous.

There are a few weak attempts at jump scares, but they make little sense in context of the story and feel out of place.

The abundance of shirtless hunks, along with Anderson's knack for keeping M'lady cleavage in the frame whenever possible rank as weak attempts to keep attention from waning.

Just like all Christmas specials, this one had several weak attempts to make seasonal gags about poultry and Christmas cards.

I've now started to play Demon's Souls again armed with everything I've learned from this experience and as a result I'm fighting smarter, harder and more efficiently than my first weak attempt.

It lacks the contemporary impact, of course — all the more so now in 2012, when basic - cable features a weekly zombie series complete with weak attempts at the kind of social relevance Romero achieved without the same labour - intensiveness.

And that was a pretty weak attempt to use Pascal's Gamble on me....

An ambitious but ultimately weak attempt to set an ensemble drama inside Hugh Hefner's hallowed, smoke - filled nightclub of early 1960s Chicago.

Other than No Strings Attached and Just Go With It, it's been one weak attempt after the next this year.

I particularly drew tired of Ezra Miller weak attempt to impersonate Hunter S. Thompson's persona in the beginning of the film, though he completely loses it also half way through the film.

This is Reign of Cthulhu's frankly slightly weak attempt to mimic how important the fragility of the human mind is within Lovecraft's work, the idea being that dealing with the many horrors takes its toll on the brains of mere mortals, driving them utterly insane.

There is definitely more variety than ever for taking a chance at goal, however it seems the AI goalies haven't yet been fully adjusted and let in some really weak attempts even at the highest level of the sport.

It's a very weak attempt at adding more to «Battlefront» than just online multiplayer maps.

Swansea improved in the second half but, just after the hour mark, Eriksen made the game safe when shot from 20 yards got through a fairly weak attempt at a save from Nordfeldt.

And just like all other Christmas specials, this one had several weak attempts to make seasonal gags about poultry and Christmas cards.

This time around it looks like we only get 2 goes, the first weak attempt was SC20 which still had its affect.

Weak attempts at humor provide a few chuckles but overall this screenplay falls flat and is predictable at almost every turn.

A weak attempt at repeating the truce was made in 1915, but a tradition would not take hold due to «the high numbers of dead and hardened attitudes on both sides but also because of actions of senior commanders.»

It's a long running debate: is Apple's device - first, cloud - second approach to artificial intelligence a brilliant and differentiating maneuver or simply a weak attempt to keep up constrained by the company's larger business aims that prioritize hardware over software and services?

Toward the end of the presidential campaign Michael Cohen, the Trump lawyer, told the Financial Times that Millian's claims of working with Trump were «nothing more than a weak attempt to align himself with Mr. Trump's overwhelmingly successful brand.»

Seems lilke a weak attempt to draw some controversy into the area when they have nothing else.

You've been waking up in the darkness and feeling the sun as a weak attempt, a cousin of light instead of actual light, and the tinies come home from school in the sunset even though it's only 3 o'clock and you move through your nights in the darkness and rise again in the dark.

Her philosophy is merely a weak attempt to make heroes of jerks, and that is why jerks love her.

It's all just another weak attempt to disassociate your religious beliefs with the wrong it's caused in its existence, and rational people aren't buying it.

I feel in my heart what I want to say about doctrinal statements, and these posts are a weak attempt to get it out into words.

How come no one has mentioned His weak attempt to help Romney win by sending Sandy around and keeping the poor from voting.

Sorry Mr Smiley... But thanks for the weak attempt to strereotype... Not particularly religious... Just thinking clearly without any induced mind altering states..

Willian exchanged passes with Hazard and finished expertly into the bottom corner, before Cahill struck a sweet volley through the weak attempted save of Cabellero.

Alot of times we play ourselves into trouble and waste all that possession with a weak attempt.

He was also at fault in the build up to their second, making a weak attempt at a tackle before giving up and failing to track back and help the defence.

Scholes has singled out Smalling for criticism for his role in some of United's weak attempt at defending recently.

Presumably he felt that demanding to take the early penalty Martial won against Benfica would have amounted to trying too hard to win favour with the crowd, though he might have had second thoughts once he saw the weak attempt from the winger that allowed Mile Svilar to partially redeem himself for his error in Lisbon.

Prior to his weak attempt to save Hazard's effort on Wednesday, Caballero gave the ball away in the build up to Monaco's first goal in City's Champions League first leg tie.

It was a weirdly healing realization for me, so if you're still angry at your gimpy boobs and their weak attempt at lactation, maybe you can cut yourself some slack too.

And that's a weak attempt and I highly doubt Dems will get any gain in the 2018 midterms.

«It is clear that the governor has no interest in keeping his word on supportive housing, and (Thursday's) announcement is nothing but a weak attempt to divert attention as he ignores his own promises to the most vulnerable New Yorkers,» Hevesi said.

Those flyers were a weak attempt to provide content for Mad Magazine and National Lampoon and proved that a 10,000 vote loss by Bob Cohen in a district where the many democratic areas were removed, was well earned.

This is basically what I wear daily now — A puffer jacket and some weak attempt to stay stylish in the cold (aka fishnet socks).

Tinder's new «reaction» feature is a weak attempt to combat its most horrible male users To conservatives, the homosexual community is a dark and terrifying place.

In the end the third film is a weak attempt to recapture the heart and comedy of the first two films.

With some fairly average sidebars and weak attempts at laughs, Old School is exactly that; Animal House did it first and better looooong ago (and Ivan Reitman produced both!).