While Cheika might have rested easy in his bed if Folau had failed to pass muster – the former rugby league and Australian Rules player has been less captivating than usual over the course of this tournament, so the coach must have been tempted to run the brilliant Kurtley Beale in his place – the loss of Sio would have wrecked his peace of mind.
But the quest for grace that spurred Evelyn Waugh is less captivating to viewers than the nostalgia for a lost, ostensibly better world.
His Spanish ad is less captivating, though Spanish speakers may be entertained by the Peekskill accent.
The autobiographical side of things — undergraduate essays, glowing reviews for his first book — is less captivating.
A pink flamingo ballet and a parade of bunheads in hideous Christmas sweaters are less captivating.
Unfortunately, the love scenes between Beane and Molly are less captivating.
Steve Martin, whose second best-selling short novel ("The Pleasure of My Company") is much less captivating than his first ("Shopgirl"), this time also writes lines that aren't complete without the sound of his vocal delivery.
The present is far less captivating than the past.
The game itself is less than captivating for many New Orleanians, particularly because the New Orleans Saints have never been in the Super Bowl and appear to have little interest in going to the game.
No one is less than captivating, and "more more more... future" is an ensemble in the truest sense, the men's interactions bound and driven by Mr. Kapaya's ndombolo music, a charged, sultry brew of funk, rumba and traditional Congolese rhythms.
Fancher, who just turned 79, was no less captivating than on the silver and small screen: "One thing I have to say is that [Blade Runner 2049] is better than the original," he told the audience.
