Dean (6927 KP) rated Game Of Thrones - Season 8 in TV
May 21, 2019
Booksnthreads (19 KP) rated The Grimm Legacy in Books
Jun 5, 2018
Once you get to the end, the resolution just feels a bit condescending, especially from the perspective of an adult who is an experienced reader. While kids may not have as much life experience or experience with how a plot develops, I really object to treating them like they are stupid and can’t figure things out.
Along with the simplistic plot, the only character that feels fully developed is the narrator and another character’s little sister. The other three major players in the story feel very flat until the author decided to completely change him/her without any warning.
Overall, the book was frustrating to read, especially toward the end. I was left wondering how Shulman went so wrong with such a great topic and premise.
Sarah (7800 KP) rated The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) in Movies
Jan 29, 2020
I've never read the book and to be honest, I really hope it's different to this mess. Yes this film is definitely rather eclectic and seems to swing from attempts at humour (that really miss the mark) to rather sombre drama and seriousness, and it also just feels a little jumbled. The script too is not what you'd expect from a film that feels so obviously British and there's nothing particularly clever or witty about it.
The cast are great, there really is a stellar line up of British stars in this and Dev Patel is a wonderfully charismatic choice as Copperfield and he's well supported by Tilda Swinton and Hugh Laurie. It's just a shame the rest of the cast are let down by the dodgy script and plot.
I really wanted to like this, but sadly it's missing virtually everything you'd expect and want, especially some decent British humour.
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Awix (3310 KP) rated The Square (2017) in Movies
Jun 30, 2020
The odd quite funny and on-point scene, but it doesn't half labour its points and at nearly two and half hours it feels much too long (I watched it in installments, which I never normally do). Bang is pretty good in the central role and the thesis of the film is certainly relevent to the modern world, but it could have been funnier, sharper, and less irritatingly weird in places. As it is, this is a film satirising pretentiousness which actually feels rather pretentious itself - so not a great look. Hard work, if you ask me,
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