Despite the drop on popularity of the romantic dramas, some of them have enjoyed big box office and critical success, as the controversial, groundbreaking Brokeback Mountain ( 2005 ) for example, that won several awards and Slumdog Millionaire ( 2008 ), a critically acclaimed romantic-drama that has been nominated for ten Academy Awards, and went on to win eight of them, including Best Picture.

Despite such concerns from critics, legislators, and publishers, Scott Miller later recounted that 3D Realms saw very little negative feedback to the game's controversial elements from actual gamers or their parents.

Despite controversial press coverage of his personal life, Eriksson was consistently popular with the majority of fans.

Despite a great deal of local opposition the town lost its rail service in 1969, when as part of the controversial Beeching Axe the ' Waverley Line ' from Carlisle to Edinburgh via Hawick was closed.

Despite the safeguards built into the constitutions of most of these organizations, courts and tribunals, the concept of universal jurisdiction is controversial among those states which prefer unilateral to multilateral solutions through the use of executive or military authority, sometimes described as realpolitik-based diplomacy.

Despite its controversial subject, the film is still recognized for its revolutionary approach to using music and cinematography.

Despite their victory, these failures caused outrage in Athens and led to a controversial trial.

Despite his growing alcoholism and controversial reputation, Peckinpah was extremely prolific during this period of his life.

Despite the smashing victory that followed, Longstreet's performance at the battle was criticized by postbellum advocates of the Lost Cause, claiming that his slowness, reluctance to attack, and disobedience to Gen. Lee were a harbinger of his controversial performance to come on July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Despite a long history of often extremely controversial statements, Robertson has remained a powerful figure both religiously and politically.

Despite his earlier association with the left-wing Aneurin Bevan, in 1955 he backed Hugh Gaitskell, who was considered the right-of-centre candidate in internal Labour Party terms, against Bevan for the party leadership He then launched an opportunistic but unsuccessful challenge to Gaitskell in November 1960, in the wake of the Labour Party's 1959 defeat, Gaitskell's controversial attempt to ditch Labour's commitment to nationalisation in the shape of the Party's Clause Four, and Gaitskell's defeat at the 1960 Party Conference over a motion supporting Britain's unilateral nuclear disarmament.

Despite the controversial philosophical origins of the concept, particularly its close association with logical positivism, operational definitions have undisputed practical applications.

Despite the Bulls ' amazing run during the 1993 – 94 season, where they won 55 games, they were beaten in seven games by the Knicks in the second round of the playoffs, after a controversial foul call by referee Hue Hollins in game 5 of that series.

Despite his controversial public image, Warner remained a force in the motion picture industry until his retirement in the early 1970s.

Despite being an ardent pro-tobacco advocate, he was appointed Health Secretary in 1988, in which office he introduced the controversial ' internal market ' concept in the NHS.

Despite this recent lawsuit, Chayefsky and Gottfried signed a deal with UA to finance Network, until UA found the subject matter too controversial and backed out.

Despite this, the relationship between Chinese nationalism and Taiwan remains controversial, involving symbolic issues such as the use of " The Republic of China " as the official name of the government on Taiwan and the use of " China " as the name of Government-owned corporations.

'" Despite this, " leaving gospel for secular music, as well as integrating secular music into gospel performances, was controversial.

Despite this, displaying the flag remains controversial to a minority of people in England

* Despite the small magnitude of effect, interpretations of the data are politically controversial because of the ease with which this type of research can be used for political advocacy.

Despite the success of the single, the song choice was slightly controversial as it was arguably one of the weaker songs on the record.

Despite the publicity they have received, Palmer's claims are controversial, and have been dismissed by Michael Keevak, the author of The Story of a Stele, and by David Wilmshurst, the author of The Martyred Church: A History of the Church of the East.

Despite his controversial retreat at Monterrey, Ampudia remained popular in Mexican folklore as " the only man who could defeat Taylor.

Despite the tax being lowered to 7 % by the time it became enacted, it remained controversial.

Despite her private religion, she did not attempt to reimpose Catholicism on her largely Protestant subjects, thus angering the chief Catholic nobles.

Despite a platform covering the full range of political subjects, Kemp's primary campaign weapon was a fiscal policy based on tax cuts.

Despite the subjects ' own expectations of consensus, interpretations of the commandments showed wide ranges of variation, with little evidence of consensus.

Despite the occasional recurrence of a border conflict over Lete Island in the Niger River, Benin and Niger, both former French subjects of French West Africa, relations are close.

Despite differences in the content, the format is usually the same: first the show introduces the subjects in their current, less-than-ideal environment.

Despite making many attempts over a ten hour session, none of the subjects worked out the rules of the system.

Despite this background ( or, perhaps, because of it ), poverty and oppression are the main subjects of Murenu's poetry.

Despite his impaired vision, his memory was so powerful that he mastered dialectics and geometry, subjects whose study usually benefits appreciably from sight.

Despite being a comedy, the film also touches on serious subjects such as unemployment, fathers ' rights, depression, impotence, homosexuality, obesity, working class culture and suicide.

Despite its comedic tone, the show sometimes involved serious subjects, such as son Theo's experiences dealing with dyslexia, inspired by Cosby's son Ennis, who was also dyslexic.

Despite the presence of these counsellors, Babar's rule seems to be totally independent of any elected body, and completely autocratic ; however his leadership style seems to be one that works for the overall benefit of his elephant subjects ; a form of benevolent dictator.

Despite petitions from his subjects and his own mother, Sun Ce ordered Gan Ji's execution.

Despite being a popular king among his subjects, he was also known by for his exceedingly cruel actions towards his enemies.

Despite highly controlled conditions to minimize adverse effects, 22 % of subjects ( 8 of 36 ) had notable experiences of fear, some with paranoia.

Despite this success, Ziemomysł continue with his German-Pomeranian politics, who caused a new revolt from his subjects, who called again Bolesław for help: in 1271 he invaded the Duchy of Inowrocław and forced Ziemomysł to escape.

Despite criticism from professional representative bodies that the disclosure rules are too broad, SOCA has said that up to one in three SARs lead to or add substantially to terrorism investigations ; that HMRC estimates that around one in five SARs identifies new subjects of interest, and one in four SARs lead to direct tax enquiries ; and that many arrests and confiscations of criminal assets.

Despite numerous mistakes, Villani often displayed an insider's knowledge on many subjects, as a result of his extensive travels and access to both official and private documents.

Despite its thematic grounding in natural science and technology, like at all UCSC colleges, Crown students major in subjects across all disciplines.

Despite the mutual dislike and distrust between the Duke and his Bavarian subjects, Charles Theodore left a distinctive mark on the city of Munich: it was during his reign that the English Garden, Munich's largest park, was created, and the city's old fortifications were dismantled to make place for a modern, expanding city.

Despite this merit, his subjects dismissed him as a foreigner.

His later works also witnessed a strong dose of his philosophical musings. Despite not having formal education, Jeyakanthan has a great knowledge on wide variety of subjects. He is one of the renowned speakers of Tamil Nadu who could give soul stirring speeches. He has changed his views, changed his ideologies based on his life experiences, however he has never made any kind of compromises when it comes to his writing and thinking and has led a respectful life of integrity.

Despite having a small production, the lack of lighting or formal setup, granted extra flexibility, allowing Noujaim to follow the pace of the Al Jazeera newsroom and focus more on her subjects.

Despite this, Marenghi displays a general ignorance of many subjects of which he claims knowledge.

Despite being somewhat unambitious, with a tendency to put his foot in his mouth when discussing non-technical subjects, his own father believes Gil has potential to be an even greater Spark than he ; he bases his hopes for lasting peace on his son's generally unaggressive nature, and his friendships built with heirs of other countries in and outside of direct Wulfenbach influence.