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Lumos (380 KP) rated Evolution: The Beginning in Tabletop Games

Mar 30, 2018

Evolution: The Beginning

2016 | Animals, Card Game, Educational, Environmental, Prehistoric

7.7

(6 Ratings)

Tabletop Game Rating

I like the theme of this game. My friends and AI always go with a theme, so one might be safari animals, insects, water creatures. The hardest part is remembering what creature is what.. did you just destroy my burrowing, flying, long-necked elephants? I suppose you don't have to name the species you are creating. But we find that it adds more fun. I have played this in my classroom with my 5th grade students when learning about evolution. It was helpful for them to understand how certain species survive over others and how some adaptations stick where others just don't cut the genetic code.

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Eilidh G Clark (177 KP) rated Animal Farm in Books

Jul 2, 2019

Animal Farm

George Orwell | 2008 | Fiction & Poetry

7.8

(81 Ratings)

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Clever but a bit weird

I have been wanting to read this book for a long time and thought I would fit it in as a quick filler while I have essays to write. I had great expectations for the novel and whilst my expectations were met, I wasn't overwhelmed. I guess like 1984, the time in which the novel was written makes the work a classic. Its a simple read and cleverly structured. Using animals make the book simpler and perhaps easier to carry a political message without getting too messy. All in all, I'm not blown away but I did enjoy it.

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David Betteridge (327 KP) rated Dolittle (2020) in Movies

Feb 28, 2020

Dolittle (2020)

2020 | Adventure

6.2

(32 Ratings)

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RDJ's accent

So much potential!

I have to say I was really looking forward to this film, a great cast and some good look trailers, and social media snippets. However I have to say I was very underwhelmed with the film as a whole, the voice acting was top notch, however the CGI animals at time looked like they did in the late 2000's. My biggest gripe about the whole film was the very bad supposedly Welsh accent from Robert Downey Jr, as he was the main character and in most scenes this really spoilt my enjoyment of what potentially could have been a great film.