McKellen enjoys the nonsense for what it is, whereas Richardson treats it with a vitreous solemnity.
The film is a succession of sweeping dramatic gestures and lofty incantations performed in an atmosphere of hushed solemnity.
"I think we should all take a deep breath and wait for the facts, " he advised with statesmanlike solemnity.
The plot is ridiculous, but Mamet dramatizes this gamy material with tremendous solemnity.
Every tremor is treated with a frowning solemnity, and only the haunted performances of the two younger actors keep the movie alive.
Conceptual art in this period had many tenors and characters, and "Light Years" has balanced solemnity with goofiness, the austere and romantic.
Their response followed the same arc, from solemnity to shock to hilarity.
As the hearse drew away, the half-muffled bells of St Paul's began to ring, the solemnity of the sound hanging in the air.
Amid all the solemnity and pageantry, there was a moment of tenderness as the king crowned his new queen, touching her face and smiling.
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And then, to honor the solemnity at the evening supper, a quart decanter of claret was on each refectory table in addition to the usual pitcher of ale.
There was a profusion of exceptions, including religious holidays like Ash Wednesday and the Solemnity of the Ascension, but nobody, including ticket agents, seemed to know them all.
The energy which ought to go into the Titian study is eventually devoted to an entirely different project, absurd in its solemnity: to give up watching the television, which in the process almost becomes human.
The power of subpoena -- broad as it is -- and the power of contempt for refusing to answer -- drastic as that is -- and even the solemnity of the oath cannot ensure truthful answers.
Because December 8th was the Catholic solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, classes were canceled and the forty-one seminarians and ten professors at Saint Beuno's School of Theology could while away the wide hours of morning and afternoon in holy obedience to hobbies and exercise in the glens and pastures of northern Wales.
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