Regular life it may be, but Better Things never feels humdrum or safe.
Its nudity and sex feel stale and humdrum.
It's a film about seeing the glass half full, a kind of cinematic CBT that makes us feel – like George – that our humdrum lives are full of the magic that we think is missing.
Routine - you feel that your week has become humdrum and that there is little to relieve the monotony of what you're doing.
These images begin to feel at once sorrowful, tender, and even humdrum.
Much as I admire Gemma Arterton, she also radiates such allure as Rita that you never feel the character is undergoing a spectacular transformation from humdrum machinist to instinctive leader.
It has moved out of the humdrum lineup of good-for-you veggies that we feel obligated to eat, and moved into the spotlight as a star ingredient in healthy dishes.
Yet the book as a whole has a dated aesthetic — its lenticular cover flashes between two images, and its inside typeface has a nostalgic '70s vibe — perhaps wistful for an era when space travel still felt mythic rather than humdrum.
But this record is so much more spectacular than the humdrum garage rock of the Rascals, you wonder how Kane will feel about going back to the day job.
Uncle Henry, despite his humdrum life as a Viennese shop assistant, was a very strange man, who could feel "imprints" from the past in his 18th-century bed, and who taught his young nephew to say good morning to the fairies in the trees.
Indeed, it is so humdrum, so utterly run-of-the-mill, that after watching several episodes it conversely starts to feel like something sublime.
