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Awix (3310 KP) rated Spartacus (1960) in Movies

May 19, 2019 (Updated May 19, 2019)

Spartacus (1960)

1960 | Adventure, History, War

8.3

(23 Ratings)

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Kubrick famously disowned the historical epic he took on as work-for-hire, but almost any other director would and should have been proud of the result. Based on a true story (albeit very loosely), Spartacus the slave (Douglas) is sold to a gladiator trainer, leads his fellow inmates in a revolt, and resolves to free every slave in Italy; ruthless autocrat Crassus (Olivier) scents the chance to exploit the crisis for his own political ends.

Slightly disjointed in its structure: the opening act in the gladiator school barely puts a foot wrong (the fight between Douglas and Woody Strode is exceptional), but then the story splits between the story of the growing slave army, which is hokey and sentimental, and that of the political games in Rome, which features a bunch of great actors giving terrific performances. Usual epic spectacle, but a very atypical downbeat ending: the film works very hard to give Spartacus a moral victory, but it's hard not to see this as a conclusion as bleak as that of any of the films that Kubrick actually admitted to. Stirring entertainment anyway; they don't make 'em like this any more.

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Dean (6927 KP) rated The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) in Movies

Jul 29, 2017

Great characters and creatures (2 more)

The battle in the mines

The Ringwraiths

The only downside is that it ends at a key point. (0 more)

A great start to a classic trilogy

A great start to an epic story. Sir Ian McKellen is the stand out actor for me. This is a top quality film in every aspect. The only downside is it ends at a point where you feel right in the middle of a key scene.

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Liliannar (58 KP) rated Hero in Books

May 25, 2018

Hero

10.0

(1 Ratings)

Book Rating

Character development (1 more)

World Expansion

WOW

There are parts of this book that do drag a bit, but if you can get through those small pieces, this is an amazing read. The last 20 pages or so of the book make the entire read an epic journey. Without any spoilers, it's safe to say that this book brings about pieces of the story every Drizzt fan has been waiting for since day one.

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The Marinated Meeple (1853 KP) rated Outlander - Season 1 in TV

Mar 22, 2018

The out of time references (3 more)

the landscapes

some of the acting

emotional moments

An epic but slightly confusing story, full of interesting moments

This show packed much more punch in the feels than we expected. it was emotionally draining ina very good way, and led to good late night conversations about what might happen and what did happen outside the scope of the show. worthy of watching. It haunted both of us after each episode.

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Lumos (380 KP) Mar 22, 2018

The books are even better!!

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Michelle (114 KP) Mar 24, 2018

I love the Books

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Elliott (1 KP) rated Owsla by Fall Of Efrafa in Music

Feb 18, 2018

Owsla by Fall Of Efrafa

2006 | Folk, Metal, Punk

7.5

(2 Ratings)

Album Rating

Neocrust, the atmosphere, tempo, (0 more)

This is world-changing and genre-defining

This story begins with one brighton boy reading Watership down,

This novel-based epic is a beautiful mix of crust and strings within a sort of ur-folk, which is hard to characterise to someone who hasn't heard it.

They make the subject matter leap at you with the slamming rifffs and souring melodies, anti-meat propaghanda never felt so good.

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tvnut (2 KP) rated Carnival Row in TV

Sep 3, 2019

Carnival Row

2019 | Drama, Fantasy

7.2

(47 Ratings)

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love the story epic of the show (0 more)

due to adult content its hard to tell what audience its for (0 more)

only seen it once

okay so welcome to the world of carnival row where there are fariys werewolves and things of that sort its really fun and full of fantasy and adventure its not game of thrones thats for sure but it is its own little thing and i think its pretty good myself