Allegory
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68 examples of Allegory in a sentence
This film is like an
allegory
of the gospel.
This tale of classes on the surface but really an
allegory
for all the homeless people that populated Europe after the great war.
I see this as a basic & pure
allegory
on the human condition.
If nothing past the first fifteen minutes of a film is 'real', and the main character dies at the end of a film with the realization that the things you just saw were all some literature professor's self-referential wet dream of metaphor and allegory, then what is this film worth?
Although I know it was meant as an
allegory
about war and heroism and the futility of war--it seemed like it could also be taken as a pro-war film as well!
The pool hall is actually an
allegory
about life and relationships, of how men and women play mind games and try to control one another.
Everyone who took part in this movie should be ashamed.Even actors who I actually like have totally collapsed before my eyes.Seeking any deep meaning and symbolism in this movie is just absurd.It completely lacks any originality.Istead there is some kind of redneckish humour in which there can't be any
allegory
- it is what it is - incredibly flat and superficial.I love sex jokes but they should at least be funny,not just a line of dirty words and gross images of horny old people.I voted with one star just because there is no option to vote with half or less,but this movie doesn't deserve even that much (well,maybe for the music,but that is quite merciful).Seriously,one of the worst movies ever made.
'Jaws' wasn't even around to rip off yet, so what was the rationale for this uber-silly retribution-of-nature
allegory?
My average ability as an engineer to comprehend the mysteries of both the world of science and the social sphere, were given a true boost with this magic
allegory.
Yes, Barney has offered up his explanation of the film as being some visual
allegory
of gonads and whatnot, but I think that's really only interesting from a little joke perspective.
The best Twilight Zone episodes were those where the meaning was not obvious and was instead subtly conveyed via fantastical
allegory.
I see this movie as being an
allegory
of the disintegration of Japanese society.
I get the allegory, I get the beautiful grotesqueness but I cannot accept the imagery of child sexual abuse as portrayed here.
As an adult, you know that there is supposed to be symbolism, an underlying metaphor or allegory, but the viewer is never really let in on the secret.
The 1991 Belgian film "Toto le Heros" ("Toto the Hero") is a slick little expressionistic
allegory
which should be extremely depressing as it presents the process of living as a damned if you do-damned if you don't choice.
In order to enjoy this movie you must understand that this is a religious
allegory
with a some very bad ethnic references, the requisite "a female can be a hero too" story line, and a cookie cutter plot.
At first, through the first third of the movie, I was sure that the film was an
allegory
about the architect's family and friends never actually noticing him (or his moustache).
Yes, there is a lot of religious
allegory
here.
Just because
allegory
is used does not make this profound or deep.
I also have to giggle at the lame Biblical
allegory
from which the film gets its title (Elah was the valley in which David fought Goliath), which, try as I might, I cannot get to fit any possible scenario in the film's story.
The original was like Hitchcock on acid with an AIDS
allegory
.
There is no plot; it's all symbolism, a Biblical
allegory
exploring themes that only Jodorowsky and his fans can appreciate.
As a result I found City of Ember to be a gratifying and sensually enticing experience with brilliant performances, an endlessly captivating story and pace, and a great mix of fantastical environments and characters which pave way for subtext that is grounded in simple
allegory
of our own, current world.
though fortunately the brilliant
allegory
of the tree is not lost with the title change.
This is an
allegory
for modern American society!"
Also he has almost an insistence on breaching realism and lapsing into his own vague
allegory.
An
allegory
of a woman's search to find herself dressed in the symbolism of her religious faith, it's somewhat akin to Paolo Coelho's novella "The Alchemist" in spirit.
If this was meant to work as some laugh-your-way-through-life's-troubles allegory, then a vehicle more appropriate than the greatest genocide ever perpetrated by man against man should have been chosen as the vehicle.
One top film critic at the time commented that 'Picnic' with all its ethereal mystery was Weir's take on sci-fi movies, while 'Cars' was an
allegory
of the vampire movie.
By this interpretation, the poem is an
allegory
for the union of mind and soul, under attack from external forces.
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