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The Last Dragon
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Fort Fitzgerald is determined to uncover the truth, but a new student at school and the secrets he...
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The End of Olympus (Pegasus #6)
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Emily and Pegasus face their greatest challenge yet when they venture back to Earth to save a friend...
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Tall Tales
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The second book in a new trilogy of twisted fairy tales from New York Times bestselling author James...
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Tim McGuire (301 KP) rated The Gentlemen (2020) in Movies
Mar 3, 2020
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The Chosen One
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Fort and his friends face more perilous ancient magic as they race towards the final battle to save...
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Worlds Apart
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Owen and Bethany try to find their way back to each other after the fictional and nonfictional...
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Forbidden City
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In this third installment in the New York Times bestselling series from Edgar Award winner James...
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HerCrazyReviews (247 KP) rated Aladdin (2019) in Movies
Aug 27, 2019
One of the things I enjoyed the most was the fact that we get to see a lot more bonding happening between Jasmine and Aladdin. In the original film we get to see them connect mostly through the ‘Whole New World’ scene. What I thoroughly enjoyed about this film is that we get to see them courting and interacting more. “Prince Ali” is trying to make up for his failure of a first impression and is trying to open himself up to Jasmine. I loved that they decided it was important to include extra scenes like this because they do fall fast for one another and this makes their love seem all the more realistic.
Regarding the cast, when I first heard that Will Smith would be playing Genie I wasn’t a huge fan. When I first saw him in the trailer my initial impression was not a good one and while it took a little getting use too I now think he plays a wonderful Genie. While Robin Williams will always be my number one when it comes to Genie he (for obvious reasons) was not available for this remake and Will Smith did a wonderful job following in his footsteps. I feel like the main criticism this movie is receiving is the way Will Smith acts as the Genie and I will admit it isn’t the same but they are two different people with different directors. Of course they are going to act differently!
While it may not be one of my favorite movies I do not necessarily think it is as bad as most people are making it out to be. I do think it could have been better as the green screen in some parts wasn’t great. I feel like they definitely could have done better here but maybe the budget was limited? For the most part I felt like the CGI was standard but not standout in any way. I know some people are upset about changes made but while Disney was remaking their own movie it is good to change up some things as what is the point in watching if it is the exact same script? Overall, it was okay. Simply that. Nothing more or less.
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Lenard (726 KP) rated The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) in Movies
Jun 9, 2019
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Irene M (130 KP) rated A Whole New World in Books
Dec 7, 2018
The first about 1/3 of the book follows the Disney film pretty much to the letter, and without surprising anyone too much that is when the story changes.
In the film Aladdin gets the lamp… in this book he doesn’t (I won’t write “spoiler” as that bit is written on the front cover) and needless to say the camel dung hits the fan.
Where I think people might not like this book is the style of writing. Without being derogatory to the style this is very fanfictiony. You know those AU stories where one thing has changed? Well, that. At times the language is a bit too modern, it IS set in old Agrabah afterall.
I can see where the author tried to go with the plot, and while maybe not the most highbrow retelling of the story, it also wasn’t as bad as the previous reviews I’d read made it out to be. Certainly not a kids story (a tad gory, character death warning, violence etc) but a logical enough route for the bad guy winning.
Don’t go into this book expecting an epic Disney tale and you might well enjoy it. The author has rewritten Beauty and The Beast and Sleeping Beauty to follow this one, and I’m going to give them a read as well.