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Felipe (17 KP) rated The Name of the Rose in Books

Dec 3, 2020  
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose
Umberto Eco | 2008 | Fiction & Poetry
10
8.4 (5 Ratings)
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A labyrinth of mystery with multiple dimensions, pitfalls, dead ends and revelations. (2 more)
The story and structure are brilliant.
The characters are genius and the narrative is written in way that you get sucked into and are part of the narrative.
Brilliant and entertaining introduction to semiotics.
I first read this book in my freshman or sophomore year in college after having seen the Sean Connery film adaptation. Like most novels that movies are based on, the book was far better than the movie. The movie was just a superficial touching on the themes of the book but the book was a multi dimensional journey through art, philosophy, literature and theology while captivating the reader in a very good murder mystery. The tragedy of the book is the revelation to the reader that our tendency to try to form connections between random events as and ideas is futile. The library is an allegory to the house of cards that comes crashing down when we create false narratives on tenuous connections between randomn events and ideas; connections that don't really exist.

Eco takes all of his academic experience that he has absorbed in the years and uses fiction to not only tell a good story but also to challenge us on how we see the world and interpret the signs and symbols we come into contact.
  
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Awix (3310 KP) rated Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) in Movies

May 30, 2019 (Updated May 30, 2019)  
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
2019 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
8
6.7 (103 Ratings)
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Japan's biggest movie star returns to the screen in a solid, entertaining sequel (and I'm not talking about Ken Watanabe). Eco-terrorists steal a new gadget that allows people to communicate with and control giant monsters, intending to use it to save the environment by getting the world's monsters to destroy industrial civilisation: possibly not the most thought-through plan in history, but it has originality on its side.

I am not the best person to be objective about a new Godzilla movie, but I had a good time with this film. Even so, it does have obvious flaws: Kyle Chandler is kind of useless as the supposed protagonist, and the story does have a very 1990s vibe to it which I expect some people may have an issue with. However, the tone of the film is just about perfect: the Toho monsters look and behave exactly as you'd hope, and the film incorporates lots of little details from the original movies, most obviously the classic musical themes for Godzilla and Mothra. If you like Japanese monster movies, I think you will enjoy this movie a lot - if not, well, it's about a dinosaur, a dragon, a moth and a pterodactyl doing all-in wrestling together; whether you think that is an outrageously cool idea or unbelievably stupid is a matter of personal taste, but the movie itself is unlikely to change your opinion. Bring on the big ape!
  
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Rodney Barnes (472 KP) rated Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) in Movies

May 31, 2019  
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
2019 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
8
6.7 (103 Ratings)
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CGI and Acting (0 more)
Not enough on other Titans (0 more)
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Yes...an American made Godzilla movie done right! The big four...Rodan, Mothra, Ghidorah and the big G made a big impression on the screen for me. The story was great and the CGI was very good. The story involves Monarch trying to protect the Titans, the military wanting to destroy the Titans and a Eco terrorist organization wanting to release them to cause havoc. A lot of things was done right. For instance Ghidorah's orgin from space. I was very pleased when they addressed that. It will take you on an emotional roller coaster as you see Godzilla and Ghidorah battle for a high and the death of Dr. Serizawa for a low. Which if you know the original Godzilla movie he sacrificed himself to destroy Godzilla but in this instance he sacrificed himself to save Godzilla. as for the acting it was very good. Millie Bobby Brown has a bright future ahead of her as she did a very solid job of acting. There is a post credit scene involving the leader of the terrorist organization finding one of the heads of Ghidorah. There was a mention of them wanting to clone Titans. I believe that there may be a team up of Kong and Godzilla after they fight it out next year!! I recommended this movie to any Godzilla fan.