Word: awe
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Halo: Combat Evolved was the best reason to own an Xbox. It was a fast-paced, seamless sci-fi action adventure set in awe-inspiring alien landscapes. Its sequel (also for Xbox; $44.99) is--wait for it--a fast-paced, seamless sci-fi action adventure set in awe-inspiring alien landscapes. The new plot is relatively thin and ends with a cliff hanger you will either love or hate (and may have to wait another three years for Halo 3 to resolve). So why buy it? There are several serious upgrades, as legions of Halo junkies will attest: the ability...
...possibly it's a much simpler effect--a snowfall that seems to be drifting down on you right there in the theater. Anyway, at some point very early in the 3-D IMAX version of The Polar Express, technology trumps banality and you helplessly surrender to the shock and awe of this big, often thunderous movie. And to a certain pity for the great mass of people obliged to conduct their children to the thousands of theaters in which the film is playing in its ordinary--or as they say in the trade, flat--form...
...then returned for a while to figurative painting. Woman I and the ferocious series of Woman canvases that followed were brutally funny emblems of male fear and desire, hellcats born not only out of ancient myth and American pop culture but also from de Kooning's personal supply of awe and anger. As Stevens and Swan make clear, throughout his life his dealings with women were heedless and narcissistic. Though he never divorced his wife Elaine--like him a painter and heavy drinker who slept around with abandon--he fathered a child by another woman, set up the occasional household...
...shots of Barrie’s London and his fantasy world. This kind of trick has the potential to devolve into a gimmick, but Forster doesn’t overindulge and, as a result, these rare and privileged views into Barrie’s mind remain are fantastical and awe-inspiring...
...first video game I ever purchased, and no doubt the initiation of many gamers of our Halo-fed generation, was that awe-inspiring trifecta of pixilated pleasures: the Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt / World Class Track Meet combo pack. While some wondered how so much power could fit into a single plastic cartridge and others mulled over what drug-fortified madness put two Italian plumbers in a world of angry, portly mushrooms, the rest of us stopped thinking altogether and rocked the Power Pad. That Power Pad, an ungainly gray spread dotted with red and blue circles (with white shine...