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Erika (17789 KP) rated A Simple Favor (2018) in Movies

Sep 15, 2018 (Updated Sep 15, 2018)

A Simple Favor (2018)

2018 | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

7.2

(51 Ratings)

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Warning: This is an outright comedy

Before I read any reviews on this film, I thought it was a thriller, and the trailer sold it as a sort of Gone-Girl-Girl-on-the-Train-esque film. Then I read one review, which warned that it was comedy, and the comedic elements outweighed everything else.
Anna Kendrick's character is slightly insufferable for me in the beginning, the 'mommy vlogger', but she was a perfect contract to Blake Lively's character. Henry Golding was great, and I didn't mind looking at him for nearly 2 hours.
The end was bananas, and not in a particularly good way, because it was messy. On the bright side, this is the first Paul Feig movie I'll be able to watch again.

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Sarah (7800 KP) Sep 15, 2018

I didn't think this was a comedy either!

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Erika (17789 KP) Sep 15, 2018

Right! I'm glad I read the review from Birth.Movies.Death or I think I would have been really annoyed not to have had a warning that it was a comedy.

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AmyBee (4 KP) rated The Satanic Verses in Books

Nov 23, 2018

Engaging, historically important, controversial, (0 more)

A long read, requires thought and concentration, can be upsetting to people of a certain faith (0 more)

The best known novel that people have never read.

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This is the number one work of literature (except from the Christian Bible) that people have heard of but never read. This is due to the controversy it caused when it was published, which resulted in the author receiving death threats (or a fatwa) by the Muslim community for depicting the prophet Muhammad as a paedophile.

Full of magic realism and fantasy elements, The Satanic Verses is a rollercoaster ride of epic proportions. An absolute must read for the secular and religious communities because it makes one think deeply about religious matters.

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David McK (3705 KP) rated Star Wars Omnibus: X-Wing Rogue Squadron, Vol. 3 in Books

Jan 30, 2019

The third and final of the X-Wing omnibus editions, which contains the following 5 stories:

In the Empire's Service
The Making of Baron Fel
Family Ties
Masquerade
Mandatory Retirement

Well, when I say stories it's really one story arc told over all 5, with most of that arc concerning Baron Soontir Fel who (according to one panel) Vader had his TIE prototype made in order to avoid being beaten in sims by Fel. Set before the novels, the arc also takes in Ysanne Isard's - the main villain in the X-Wing novels - rise to power, but also leaves some plot elements hanging.

This, I felt, was the best of the three omnibuses: pity it was just in time for the series to end.

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Halloween II (2009) in Movies

Jun 21, 2019

Halloween II is a better film

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I like rob zombie's : Halloween II, i think its better than Rob Zombie's : Halloween.

Halloween II- focus on the charcters truma after the frist film, how its hard for them to get over micheal myers. Laurie learns that shes realated to micheal though Loomis book, intstead in person. The truma, the psycological elements are good.

Halloween II- makes the mistake of grown up micheal talking. In the directors cut michael tells sam loomis to die. Its very odd, ruins the charcter and breaks the lore of micheal not talked. Micheal is a non talking charcter with him saying die ruins everything about him.

Halloween II- is barely better, but again its not a great movie.

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Suzi (55 KP) Jun 22, 2019

I liked Halloween II but felt it ruined a lot of essential elements that make Halloween what it is. The r rated version has some pretty messed up psychological aspects to it for Michael and lori/angel but I can see what they are trying to do with it. I'll be watching and reviewing the latest Halloween this week hopefully will redeem

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