Sentences with phrase «with style over substance»

More concerned with style over substance, his tassled bedside table indicates his devil - may - care fun - loving personality.

No more games will be like ryse or killzone, just tech demos with style over substance, later the games will get better looking and will play better and all will be well.

The Bottom Line The Mini Cooper S can be polarizing with its style over substance cabin and harsh, performance - oriented ride, but with a list of options longer than the car itself, it's easy to make the Cooper your own.

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Last week I wrote a post for the CNN Belief Blog about millennials and the Church focusing on how church leaders hoping to win twenty - somethings over with coffee shops and concerts may want to go a little deeper and consider substance over style.

It was the sort of substance over style performance not usually associated with a Rodgers side but the manager is hopeful that the draw against Ludogorets could kick - start their campaign.

Directed by Kari Skogland, «Men with Guns» is a prime example of style triumphing over substance in desperately thriving for an offbeat rhtythm in its depiction of underworld denizens while being overboard with the sometimes literally flowery dialogue.

You just watch one carefully constructed but emotionally vacant image piled up on another - sometimes with regard to an overall effect, but often just for the sake of style over substance.

Total Film sees style over substance, with the overall effect «pulling the attention away from where it should be,» and Variety, while liking the film a bit more overall, concedes that it «feels unmistakably chilly.»

Backed by Vice and Megan Ellison, The Bad Batch sees Amirpour given a big box of crayons with which to scrawl all over the proverbial walls, resulting in a film that's long on style, and short on substance.

Complete, in a rather contrived fashion, with his trademark quirks, Isle of Dogs is style over substance, just lacking somewhat in pathos and heart, and while featuring the occasional hilarious moment, they remain few and far between.

With the major exception of Pan's Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro has always excelled at style over substance, producing gorgeously imagined films with tiresome scripts, clichéd stories and cardboard cut - out villaWith the major exception of Pan's Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro has always excelled at style over substance, producing gorgeously imagined films with tiresome scripts, clichéd stories and cardboard cut - out villawith tiresome scripts, clichéd stories and cardboard cut - out villains.

Singh's signature style over substance approach leaves us with nothing but empty gestures on both sides.

As evidenced by our episode on Sucker Punch, I have an ambivalent relationship with Zack Snyder; I'm usually more forgiving than others (I love Dawn of the Dead, for example, and I greatly enjoy Watchmen still), but accusations of Snyder's emphasis on style over substance is a common criticism levied toward him.

I much prefer the methodical, story - centric style of Ridley Scott, while Tony prefers style over substance, hitting us with fast - paced editing and flashy montages.

Style over substance just had a new league invented by this hallucinogenic rabbit's hole, laced with uppers and light on explanations.

Marvel has done a really good job over the last few years of creating a rich cinematic tapestry that's almost interactive in the way that it feeds off the excitement of its fans, and «The Avengers» is the culmination of all that careful planning — a superhero film with style and substance.

If you have read my reviews with any amount of consistency you know that I mention quite often that games go for far to much style over substance.

With that sharp, smooth polish made perfectly to highlight the impressive modern architecture of the sprawling, almost suspiciously quiet city throughout, this is one case where «style over substance» is something that proves to the benefit of the overall picture.

It's had its critics with many claiming style over substance as a major issue.

Worst - case scenario: Much of the early buzz surrounding The Hateful Eight focuses on its cinematography, and with the extensive re-writes that have occurred since the first draft of the script leaked online last year, The Hateful Eight could end up as an unfocused example of style over substance.

This adaptation of the Jason Matthews novel is stacked with a killer ensemble of supporting players — including Jeremy Irons, Charlotte Rampling and Matthias Schoenaerts — who add style and substance to a film that ought to tide us over until we get a proper Black Widow standalone movie.

Anna Karenina becomes a case of director Wright favoring style over substance, with the unfortunate side effect that the style makes it very difficult to maintain a sense of place and time.

The G - Class places style over substance in many ways — compromising off - road ability with on - road geared low profile tires and side - exhausts.

With the priority being substance over style, the Mazda5 is not particularly pretty, but a mild restyling for 2008 has made it at least attractive, especially in the loaded Grand Touring trim of the test vehicle.

With no real «story» in sight, Limbo might have easily been a case of style over substance.

By measuring the game's length, the picture becomes quite clear that Lollipop Chainsaw is most definitely a case of style over substance — with only 6 full levels to speak of, there's little doubt that nearly all of the game could be seen in two or three sessions.

There's good reason for the lack of any significant SoulCalibur play on the competitive scene; while the series might have provided its fair share of hugely entertaining showdowns, a few game - breaking flaws and an emphasis on style over substance has seen it left in a horrible middle ground between hardcore fighters and anything - can go, mash - friendly action gaming with a competitive twist.

We would have forgiven it all had the the game functioned well on its own merits but ultimately, we're left with a rather hollow campaign which focuses on style over substance and a multiplayer component that feels tired and struggling to remain fresh.

... the story is presented with such a brilliant combination of style and substance that you'll want to come back and experience it over and over again.

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It may look like one of the best cheap phones on the market but the Nokia 3 is style over substance, struggling with long load times and poor battery life.

The Alcatel 5 Series is a good - looking budget device with some nifty features, but it may be style over substance.

And with so much to criticise about the look of the Lumia 830, it will need to be a phone of substance over style to succeed.

But it's definitely a case of style over substance, essentially making it the opposite of the Sony SmartWatch 3, with a wireless charging cradle that looks nice but is less practical than microUSB charging, poor battery life and an underpowered processor.