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Sarah (7800 KP) rated Justice League (2017) in Movies

Aug 19, 2018 (Updated Aug 19, 2018)  
Justice League (2017)
Justice League (2017)
2017 | Action, Adventure
2
6.7 (188 Ratings)
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Trying and failing to be like the Avengers
The main problem with this film is that it is trying so hard to be like the Avengers, and it fails miserably - everything from the script to the supposed humour, the team and the CGI, they're all truly terrible. This is by far one of the worst films I've seen in a long time.

It's a shame really as Wonder Woman wasn't half bad for a DC film, but this undos everything. Ben Affleck is a terrible Batman, the Flash is just irritating and his humour falls flat, and Cyborg just seems to have been thrown in for his technological abilities. Of the new additions, only Jason Momoa comes off well. I've always liked him since his Stargate days, but sadly even he couldn't save the terrible lines he was given (even if he did look cool saying them). Steppenwolf as the bad guy looks atrocious and the CGI isn't great, and he's entirely forgettable. For the enemy, he never really came across as very threatening and as such the ending wasn't very effective.

And whoever decided to digitally erase Henry Cavill's moustache needs firing. It is SO obvious that every time Cavill is on screen you find yourself staring at his top lip. It actually looks like they had to redo all of his scenes, as he always looks like he has a dodgy CGI face. Terrible.
  
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Sarah (126 KP) Aug 25, 2018

Ah, so that's what's up with Henry Cavill's face - I didn't know why he was CGI in so many scenes haha!
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Fred (860 KP) Aug 29, 2018

The only time they altered his face was the opening scene. The rest of the movie, it was his real lip. Guess he just has a weird lip.
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ClareR (6037 KP) rated Nothing to Hide (DC Constance Fairchild #2) in Books

Jul 27, 2019  
Nothing to Hide (DC Constance Fairchild #2)
Nothing to Hide (DC Constance Fairchild #2)
James Oswald | 2019 | Crime, Fiction & Poetry, Thriller
9
9.3 (4 Ratings)
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Nothing to Hide is the second book in a series about DC Constance (Con) Fairchild. I haven’t read the first book - but I will be reading it. Not having read the first book didn’t cause me any problems with understanding and enjoying this one.

It’s a police procedural of sorts: Con is suspended because of something that happened in the previous book, and trouble seems to follow her. First the tabloids won’t leave her alone and are camped outside her flat, and then she finds the barely alive body of a young black man in her bins. He has had his tongue and testicles removed.

Even though she is suspended, Con finds herself involved in the investigation of this case. She travels up to Edinburgh where the boys mother lives, via a visit to her estranged mother. There she meets the enigmatic Reverend Dr Edward Masters, the leader of the Church of the Coming Light.

I couldn’t (or didn’t want to) stop reading this - it was fast paced, exciting and completely engrossing. The supporting characters were great to read too (a bit of other-worldly guidance from two very well written characters).

I can’t wait for the next in the series, and I shall be definitely looking for a copy of the first book!

Many thanks to The Pigeonhole for another excellent read, and to the author, James Oswald, for reading along with us!
  
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Chino Moreno recommended Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby by Girls Against Boys in Music (curated)

 
Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby by Girls Against Boys
Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby by Girls Against Boys
1993 | Rock
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"This was the record that sold me on that band. When I lived in Sacramento California I lived right next door to this little club called the Press Club, and they were playing there. I was sitting on my porch and their van pulled up and I started talking to them. That was when they were touring that record, and it was my favourite record at that time. It's heavy, but it has a lot of groove to it - I don't know if there were too many groups who were doing that kind of riff rock, but it had all these discord sounds to it, and then two bass players, one of them using distortion the whole time and the other guy holding down the low end, the keyboard player playing vibes. It didn't sound like anything else at the time. They were from DC, where a lot of my favourite bands are from, like Fugazi, Minor Threat, these bands who started a lot of scenes in music. I never got too into political rock and roll, obviously great lyrics are great lyrics, but what grabs me is the cadence of the singer, how they choose to deliver the words. And that dude, he had this raspy voice, this distinct voice, to me it was more sex, he has this loungy kind of vibe. Lyrically he seemed to talk about partying, drugs, and girls."

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