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David McK (3496 KP) rated Batman: Arkham Origins in Books

Jan 30, 2019

Hmmm … what to make of this?

I picked this up on a whim when I spotted it on sale in a local 'Works' (basically, bargain books) shop, with fond memories of playing the game on which it is based.

I thought it would be, basically, a comic/graphic novel retelling the plot of that game.

I was wrong.

A few pages into this, I realised it's actually a 'Choose-your-own-adventure' style of story, set (as the name suggest) back at the very start of Batman's career as a vigilante crime-fighter, with little-to-no links to that console game.

It was interesting for a diversion, however it did only take a couple of attempts to reach the 'good' ending (and even that was not that great), after a few dead-ends.

An interesting experiment, maybe, but nothing to set the world alight.

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Awix (3310 KP) rated Faust (1926) in Movies

Oct 28, 2019

Faust (1926)

1926 | Fantasy, International

7.8

(5 Ratings)

Movie Rating

You can't really judge a film this old (93 years and counting) by modern standards, as it is the product of an entirely different sensibility and is in a mode we rarely see nowadays - it's not naturalistic and doesn't want to be, instead presenting an almost impressionistic series of images as it tells its story.

You might expect it to be slow and heavy, but for the first hour and a bit this rattles along at a tremendous pace - the Devil makes a bet with an Archangel for the soul of the alchemist Faust, granting him eternal youth, wealth, worldly pleasures, and so on. It's still visually impressive and often unexpectedly funny (Emil Jannings as the Devil gives a great comic performance)- a bit earnest and melodramatic in places, but you kind of expect that. Very watchable - I hope I look this good when I'm 93.

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Andy R (6 KP) rated Shazam! (2019) in Movies

Oct 17, 2019

Shazam! (2019)

2019 | Action, Sci-Fi

7.4

(104 Ratings)

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Funny, I mean very funny the total premise of the film is amusing and it plays on it alot (2 more)

Story is quite good and characters go on quite an arc

Supporting characters are excellent and are probably what keeps the film going and make it enjoyable

Probably plays on the honour a bit too much which makes the action take a back seat. (1 more)

Film takes quite a while to get going

Good but not brilliant

In the past comic book movies could be deemed as being to serious(batman) but this has changed recently with films like deaspool. Shazam going down this approach with this film being basically a comedy the action takes a back seat. To me the film relays too much on the houmor but the supporting cast and good story make the film quite enjoyable although it does take a little while to get going