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Steven Sklansky (231 KP) rated Logan (2017) in Movies

Sep 21, 2017  
Logan (2017)
Logan (2017)
2017 | Action, Adventure
10
8.3 (298 Ratings)
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Old Man Logan (2 more)
Amazing R rated comic book movie
Amazing story
Could have used one more x-man (0 more)
One of the best Marvel movies
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Oh my god, this was fantastic. I knew this was going to be a amazing movie going in but it just blew my mind. I never thought we were going to get an Old Man Logan. But Hugh Jackman played the role in away I didn't see coming. From the opening scene inside the limo was the best. Logan was so angry but he really didn't want to bust out the claws. But when you are push to the brink anger just pops out. It was the first time I think I have ever seen blood in an X-men movie. It just got so much better after that.

The addition of Professor X was kind of crazy. I didn't know how it would play out but him being bat shit crazy was a totally different side of him that worked. He really helped show the human side of being a mutant and show Logan there can be peaceful side of life. Them helping the farmer was one of the best scenes in the movie because it helped Logan bring out the human in him and not just his animal instincts.


The little girl that played X-23 was great. I did not know a girl could play anger so well. And that her parents would let her decapitate someone. I really hope they do a full X-23 movie with her grown up, I think it will help keep the series alive.


The death of Logan and Charles hit me so hard. I grew up watching these characters grow and get old and it was very sad to see it end. Logan's burial was done so fast but the kids had to escape, I do wish there was a little more to it and more of a score. But overall fantastic ending to a great Wolverine.


If you didn't see this movie in the theater that's to bad. If you haven't seen at all go see this movie now.
  
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ClareR (5874 KP) rated The Smallest Man in Books

Jun 20, 2021  
The Smallest Man
The Smallest Man
Frances Quinn | 2021 | Fiction & Poetry
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
As soon as I read the synopsis of this book, I knew that I had to read it. I haven’t read many books set during this period, and as a big historical fiction fan, I could see that i needed to rectify this! To be quite honest, I didn’t even know the name of Charles I’s wife (it’s Henrietta Maria, by the way).
The queen’s dwarf, Nat Davy, leads an incredibly lucky life, even though his size would, under normal circumstances have potentially led to a life of being manipulated and used for others financial advantage. Nat misses his mother and brother in the time after he arrives at the palace, and had tried all sorts of stretching exercises to stay with them, but his father sees him as useless, pointless, a waste of his money. And when Nat’s father sells him to the Duke of Buckingham, he doesn’t know that he’s being sold into a life of privilege.

Although he’s terrified, and believes at one point that he’s going to be eaten, Nat is a very brave child. He does what’s asked of him, and is rewarded for his courage. He has an education, food, comfort and beautiful clothes.

Nat grabs his new life with both hands and begins to enjoy it - until he finds himself fleeing the country with the queen at the start of the Civil War. This must have been a pretty terrifying period to have been living in. Soldiers seemed to swap sides depending on who was winning - but Nat remains loyal to the queen.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading about Nat and his adventures. He’s a wonderful character, and he certainly lived an amazing life. Whilst Nat is an imagined character based on the real ‘dwarf’ Jeffrey Hudson, his imagined life was actually very tame in comparison to that of the real person. But I fell for Nat Davy. There’s no wonder that he had so many good friends who loved and respected him. Have I said that I loved this book? Well, I’ve said it again - I’d highly recommend it too!
  
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Allison Anders recommended A Woman is a Woman (1961) in Movies (curated)

 
A Woman is a Woman (1961)
A Woman is a Woman (1961)
1961 | Comedy, Drama, Romance
(0 Ratings)
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"I blame this movie for starting me smoking again when I was in film school in the eighties. After becoming so smitten with all that Anna Karina embodies, I decided to wear blue tights with red skirts and smoke, constantly. Needless to say it did not turn me into Anna Karina—my tights were the wrong shade of blue, and I was hacking like an old granny at the Santa Anita racetrack. Still, I loved the film, wildly, and love her in it. What is so gorgeous about this DVD is, firstly, Anna herself, and nextly, the color is like powdered paint, soft yet vibrant—not just the gorgeousness of everything Karina wears but also the murals on the walls of the strip club where she works, the jukebox from which Charles Aznavour sings. The exteriors, often shot from high angles on rooftops, have the feel and texture of what Paris must have been at that moment. I saw in the booklet that this film was very special for Jean-Luc Godard and Karina. They were in love, they wed, she was pregnant with their baby, and you can feel the exuberance of the romance in this movie. It’s absolutely exhilarating to me, and also incredibly funny. The other amazing feature on the DVD is a short documentary on Anna Karina made in 1966, clearly to promote Anna, the musical Serge Gainsbourg wrote for her. Serge closes the short, talking in the most brazenly sensual, big, bold close-up about Anna’s humor, her voice, and her sex appeal . . . It’s scrumptious!"

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