Word: overwrought
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...cars from BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Lexus. What those brands don't have is a model as visually dashing. Designed by Ian Callum, a Scotsman who created the gorgeous Aston Martin DB7, the XKR's flowing roofline tapers off to a rear end that's neither fussy nor overwrought. A few performance elements and design cues punctuate the body: air intakes on the hood, side vents and an R badge on the rear, emblazoned like Superman's S. But the car's elegance speaks for itself. As I pulled out of a parking space in Manhattan...
...expect any character development or thinly disguised Moulin Rouge references as in other Killers music videos. You shouldn’t expect anything beyond cheesy costumes and fuzzy shots of randomly assorted holiday decorations, which is quite a relief in light of the band’s previous, overwrought videos...
...popular contrarian, Crichton offers plenty of targets for critics in the reality-based community: his 2004 State of Fear, about global warming as an overwrought conspiracy theory, inspired a Stanford climatologist to denounce it as "demonstrably garbage" and President Bush to invite him to the White House to chat. But I'd be willing to bet that more people were introduced to the concept of cloning from reading or watching Jurassic Park than from the news stories and academic papers that have followed the research for years. He performs a service when he acts on his belief that science...
...scant, but who needs musical populism a la Guthrie when your latest disc is, in Flowers’ words to MTV, “one of the best albums in 20 years.” In declaring his deep debt to Bruce, and in writing an overwrought album of trendy arena indie titled after a Vegas casino, Flowers wins a place in a long line of observers to misunderstand the goals of “Heartland Rock...
...much. First there was “Amores Perros,” his 2000 debut—a brilliant, difficult movie about the intersecting lives led by victims of a car crash. “21 Grams,” his ambitious first Hollywood film, came in 2003, overwrought and under-felt. Like “Amores Perros,” it followed several fractured lives thrown together following a deadly hit-and-run auto accident. Now there’s “Babel,” which strays—slightly—from the car mishap scenario...