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Andy K (10827 KP) rated Black Hawk Down (2001) in Movies

Dec 31, 2018

Black Hawk Down (2001)

2001 | Drama, History, War

7.8

(31 Ratings)

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One of the best war movies I have ever seen!

One of Ridley Scott's great films, Black Hawk Down tells the complicated story of American troops deployed in Somalia to take out a brutal warlord who has been committing genocide on his own people. When events do not go as planned, the troops are left in harm's way a lot longer than expected until reinforcements can be mobilized to assist them.

The intense combat footage, paralleled with the kinship the men gained by helpful one another through an almost no win situation is compelling, tragic and inspiring all at the same time.

The cinematography and realism in which the film was shot adds to the storytelling in a robust way and you really feel for the soldiers and their ordeal.

Fantastic film.

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Rebecca Billcliff (2409 KP) rated Hey Duggee in TV

Nov 12, 2019 (Updated May 23, 2021)

Hey Duggee

2014 | Animation, Family

7.1

(24 Ratings)

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Some subtle humor (0 more)

Duggee is one of those programs for small children that knows adults are stuck watching it over and over. To help combat parental insanity, they throw in the odd grown-up joke, and I live for it.
When my lad decides to put Duggee on instead of some of the other inane crap there is for babies out there (and yes, he chooses, because he is a lockdown baby who at 18 months knew the code to the ipad, and how to put Netflix on, and chose the "kids" profile!), it makes my day.
I have honestly found it hard to get sick of this program, each time it comes on, I spot something new, a joke I missed, some subtle detail, it has (so far) not got old.
Now give me a Duggee hug!

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David McK (3906 KP) rated the PlayStation 4 version of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order in Video Games

Feb 13, 2020

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

2019 | Action/Adventure, Fighting

7.9

(14 Ratings)

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Like, I'm sure, more than a few others, I've entertained fantasies of owning a lightsabre and mowing down a metric ton of Imperial Stormtroopers.

This is probably about as close to fulfilling that fantasy as I'm ever likely to come. Owing quite a bit to the Tomb Raider games - and, apparently, Metroidvania)(never even heard of that) - with a dollop of Dark Souls thrown in, this combines (re)exploration and combat in a story set roughly 5 years after Revenge of the Sith, with protagonist and former Padawan survivor Cal Kestis rediscovering his connection with the Force on a quest for a lost Holocron that identifies Force sensitives throughout the Galaxy. Its just a pity, I felt, that the map was hard to read and that there was no quick-travel option anywhere in the game...