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Jordan Binkerd (567 KP) rated Titan A.E. (2000) in Movies

Jul 22, 2019

Titan A.E. (2000)

2000 | Animation, Family, Sci-Fi

6.9

(9 Ratings)

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Stellar story (2 more)

Excellent vocal cast

Early Joss Whedon writing credit

The contrast between the 2D character animation and the 3D environments is incredibly jarring (1 more)

The music is hailed as "groundbreaking" by the DVD case, but is just kinda meh for me.

Very fun, but visually dated

I remember loving this movie when I was younger, and on rewatching it today I still do, but I have to admit that the visuals haven't aged well. The story is great, if occasionally predictable, and most of the characters are quirky and unique (Gune is a personal favorite!) If they'd restrained themselves to using the early CGI to animate the villainous Drej, a race of aliens made of pure energy, that would have probably aged okay. Those scenes still work. But the fact that all the mechanical elements, ships and such, even spacesuited characters are animated in decidedly dated CGI pulls you out of the narrative pretty fast.

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Ronnie (304 KP) rated The Silent Patient in Books

Apr 20, 2020

The Silent Patient

Alex Michaelides | 2019 | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

8.3

(39 Ratings)

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Alicia and her husband Gabriel were happily married for years, until one day Alicia shot her husband 5 time in the head. She hasn’t spoken since that happened, 6 years ago. Psychotherapist Theo wants to find out why this all happened, so he takes a job at the hospital Alicia is in.
I wasn’t sure about how good this book would be but it turned out to be amazing. Alex Michaelides manages to weave a story so clever and intricate, that there is no way to predict how it will end. Throughout the book I was trying to figure out the reason for Alicia’s silence. Did killing her beloved husband traumatize her, or is she simply insane? Although I thought that elements of the storyline were slightly cliché, the writing was so good that it didn’t bother me. I found this book very intriguing and is an amazing debut from the author. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in thriller and mystery.