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Ali Abbasi recommended Naked Lunch (1991) in Movies (curated)

 
Naked Lunch (1991)
Naked Lunch (1991)
1991 | Documentary, Drama, Horror
8.4 (5 Ratings)
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"I love William S. Burroughs, and if anybody could do an adaptation of his work, it’s Cronenberg, who made this movie very true to the book. But the movie makes sense, and the book really doesn’t for me—the moment you think it’s starting to make sense, you lose it again. The movie is very cheap and kitschy at certain points yet very sophisticated at others. Naked Lunch is one of the few movies to depict hallucinations that are actually very close to how they really are. It’s not like when you see something like Inception, where the dream sequences are just the Hollywood idea of what a dream could be."

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Christine A. (965 KP) rated Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) in Books

Nov 14, 2018  
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
John Scalzi | 2007 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
6
8.7 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
If I hadn't read this for a book club I would have stopped reading it. Of course, now that I finished it, I have to read the next in the series.

In actuality, the book took me less than 4 hours to read. It just took 8 days to finish those 4 hours.

There wasn't anything wrong with the book. I just wasn't connected to the characters. I would have liked the whole Old Farts club to have been a major part of the book.

Edit - I just read someone's review of the series comparing it to the movie "Avitar". I wasn't a fan of the movie so, with the similarities, it would make sense I'm not overly enthusiastic about the book. If you get a chance, read the review of the 2nd book that describes an elevator ride between James Cameron and John Scalzi. I liked it more than Avitar.
  
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Jason Kimbro (105 KP) rated Iron Man 2 (2010) in Movies

Dec 30, 2017  
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Iron Man 2 (2010)
2010 | Action, Sci-Fi
8
7.0 (82 Ratings)
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Though received with chagrin by the comic book community, IM2 still remains a very enjoyable movie, especially for those of us who aren't persnicmety about being strictly faithful to source material.
  
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Jessica - Where the Book Ends (15 KP) rated A Wrinkle in Time in Books

Jan 30, 2019  
A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle | 2015 | Children
2
7.8 (37 Ratings)
Book Rating
I DNF. I remember reading this book as a child and loving it, but trying to read it now for the movie coming out, and I just can't get through it.
  
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Dawn Marie (22 KP) rated Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) in Movies

Jan 19, 2018  
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
2013 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
9
6.8 (20 Ratings)
Movie Rating
I actually really liked it. How did the wizard get to oz who was he how did the witches become who they were great cast, nice story that doesn't try to stay to far from the book and movie material that come after
  
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Bohan Reviews (215 KP) rated The Fighter (2010) in Movies

Aug 10, 2019  
The Fighter (2010)
The Fighter (2010)
2010 | Drama, Sport
6
8.5 (14 Ratings)
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Christian Bale (0 more)
By-the-book (0 more)
It's just a pretty good, but not great, movie about an underdog boxer who has to overcome adversity to achieve his dreams.

Full Review:
https://www.bohanreviews.com/post/first-time-watches-june-july-2019
  
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Erika (17788 KP) rated The Aftermath in Books

Feb 19, 2019  
The Aftermath
The Aftermath
Rhidian Brook | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry
1
1.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Well, since this is becoming a movie, I figured I'd give the book a whirl.
I hope the movie is better.
The characters were flat, shallow, boring, and I didn't feel one way or another about any of them. Also, which family was this book actually about? It seemed to flip at the very end.
Also, the happily ever after ending was bizarre and I don't think it worked at all. Thank god this was a short book.
  
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Andy K (10821 KP) created a post in Smashbomb Feedback

Apr 25, 2018  
What about a way to link ratings and reviews by title no matter the format? May be difficult I guess, but like "The Greatest Showman" the movie, soundtrack and book, or "Star Wars The Last Jedi" the movie, CD soundtrack and PS4 game?

That would be kind of cool.
   
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Bird (1700 KP) Apr 26, 2018

Thanks @Andy K - how would you see this working? Do you mean like a ‘Related Items’ widget on item pages?
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Andy K (10821 KP) Apr 26, 2018

Yeah exactly. Just something to let people know this item exists in different formats. Could be cool I think if you could get it to work correctly. Maybe kind of like those Amazon links.
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Acgarbett (5 KP) rated Suicide Squad (2016) in Movies

Dec 22, 2017  
Suicide Squad (2016)
Suicide Squad (2016)
2016 | Action
9
6.2 (318 Ratings)
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Fantastic showing of each character's back stories helps us non comic book folk to understand each character more. Visually stunning fighting scenes and Harley! (0 more)
Nothing well put together movie (0 more)
Well done DC
  
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The Marinated Meeple (1848 KP) created a post

Jan 8, 2019  
Has anyone ever run a movie club? like a book club for movie fans? I'm starting one this week for my Apartment Building. We are going to see Mary Poppins. It got me thinking if maybe we start one on here.

We could do one every week, different hosts. Pick the movie on Monday, everyone see it by Sunday, then post an online discussion thread on Monday.

   I'm really just spit balling, I'm open to any ideas you all have.

I also know that AMC does the $5 movie Tuesdays so we are taking advantage of that to do our movie club on Tuesdays.
      
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Andy K (10821 KP) Jan 9, 2019

You'd have to pick movies that were available on both I suppose.
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The Marinated Meeple (1848 KP) Jan 17, 2019

Or we could do multiples.... like a Netflix Movie Club, a Hulu Movie Club, and maybe an Amazon Prime Movie Club.