Sentences with phrase «with slapdash»

The three lady judges - by comparison with that slapdash idiot Combs Greene in the trial court - were on top of the case, and they had some sharp exchanges.

It lacked the crispness of the contemporary Honda Civic Type R's gear shift and throttle response but at the time it was so much more exciting than a Seat Leon Cupra R. On the other hand, with slapdash alignment and cheap tyres, it was a dog.

Say what you will about the so - called mumblecore school of filmmaking — with its slapdash aesthetic and endless self - regarding conversations — but at least those movies seem to have something on their minds, beyond creating a mood.

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At the moment it's a slapdash mess with no one having any responsibility whatsoever.

Slapdash spelling makes your message look hurried and thoughtless, whilst carefully constructed sentences demonstrate that you have devoted your time to communicating with other users.

The show plays like a slapdash effort, conceived less by creative spark than as the product of focus - group testing, with a dash of nostalgia thrown in.

Cyrus» self - styled country album might be the most weakly considered event record of the year, with lumpy melodies, slapdash rhythms and lyrics that border on self - parody (and not in the way that Nashville's finest know how to do).

As with the wicked witch, there's something inherently untrustworthy, even slapdash, about this whole affair.

These movies have become one big joke, with hokey acting, slapdash visuals and Kindergarten dialogue.

It feels like a slapdash collection of scenes rather than a balloon sent smoothly aloft, with jokes often falling as flat as Cena's buzz cut (a running gag centers on his tough - guy character's propensity for crying, a go - to bit that ages fast).

Critics have seemingly cooled on Tarantino's pop culture patchwork technique over the years, mistaking cleverness for ironic detachment and his singularly innovative mode of theory - to - practice film geekery for plagiaristic slapdash kitsch just as Tarantino is reaching personal heights as an auteur, and it begs the question: did Shakespeare have to deal with cooler - than - thou backlash from his detractors?

Except this one is especially slapdash, with more than a dozen characters dropping in and out of the proceedings at will, and illogical chaos erupting at every turn.

Ignoring some of the absolutely silly decisions made so Brad Pitt's adventure would be a primarily solo journey (with him completely front and center until the final act), like the film's McGuffin of a scientist meeting his end in a decidedly slapdash manner, World War Z fails to instill the film's plot with any sense of urgency.

In siding against the war, we, too, are forced to side with beauty — to defend extravagance against Nazism and, later, Communism (and its icky green redecorators) with the same fervor that Anderson himself has against the slapdash look of mumblecore and digital.

What can be said for certain is that the talented comedian certainly needs to be more picky with his roles going forward, because The Wedding Ringer is a lazy, slapdash comedy that relies on familiar troupes told have been told thousand times before in many a Vince Vaughn film.

In this otherwise insincere, slapdash cheap excuse for Martin to revisit his Parenthood turf with a bunch of troublesome tykes and TV stars - on - hiatus, Hank's buffoonish sincerity is a welcome glint of reality.

This is particularly surprising after the slapdash approach of Avengers: Age of Ultron, and perhaps has to do with the fact that such effects - heavy scenes were always going to be a challenge this side of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, so they did their homework first.

However, any hopes for Mallrats to be passably good are dashed with a messy, slapdash game show finale that drives the hit - and - miss film down into realm of embarrassingly bad filmmaking.

When her daughter received an A on a slapdash essay, and defiantly conveyed a guidance counselor's comment that «not everyone is cut out for college,» Brooks — who worked in information technology then — came to the school to talk with the principal.

There's also the fact that states have long allowed districts and teachers to simply come up with their own curricula (a legacy of the slapdash approach long in vogue within American public education) in the vain hope that they would actually align teaching with them.

Animal Super Squad is a new vehicle platformer taking cues from the absurd physics and big ramps of the Trials series, swapping helmeted rider with reckless animals in slapdash machines on wheels.

Currently, the list of supported games is fairly substantial, with over 100 titles that have been carefully curated; we didn't find a single slapdash addition that say, forced us to play in portrait mode.

Sonsini combines subject matter sure to appease the conscience of collectors with a familiar, slapdash style, halfway between Sunday painting and Alice Neel.

Inspired by the 1960s British television show The Avengers, it combines apparently slapdash, let - the - pieces - fall - where - they - may construction with fangirl obsession.

In her work, she re-creates historical cultural events with a shoddy, slapdash aesthetic, highlighting the gap between the real and interpretation.

Well, I doubt Cordy thinks that much about his inheritance (Merrill Wagner and Robert Ryman are his parents) as he works; his spontaneous process and inexhaustible materiality manage to infuse his parents» elegant Minimalism with a giddy, slapdash nonchalance.

2017 Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France Slapdash, curated by Emile Ouromov in partnership with the Fondation Ricard, National Art Gallery of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria

Friends react variously to this sheet taken from its stack, often with confusion at how slapdash it looks taped up there, sometimes making fun of the idea that it's an artwork, with pause for its perceived melancholy.

Nor is there an artist likely to prove exceptionally annoying to the general public, such as slapdash performance artist Spartacus Chetwynd in 2012 or Tino Sehgal in 2013, who asked gallery goers to discuss market economics with invigilators who appeared chosen for their total ignorance of market economics.

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Josh Smith (closes on Saturday) This installment of a two - gallery exhibition features the artist as sardonic conceptual - installation - painter with 19 slapdash paintings that upend both the modernist monochrome as devotedly hand - wrought fetish and its post-modern successor, usually made from found material.

Intended to mirror a scene created by amateurs during the opening hours of some terrible cataclysm, the scene appears like the work of a group of crazed convenience store workers who, faced with impending catastrophe, have taken whatever materials were close at hand and erected a slapdash religious altar.

The work is realized in expressive, even slapdash brushstrokes and an enticing palette; what Bas might lack in mastery of his medium he makes up for in his heartfelt engagement with his subject matter, rethinking culture through a gay perspective.

Don't wait until you're hit with a layoff to post some slapdash content online.