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Beatriz (17 KP) rated 1408 (2007) in Movies

Feb 22, 2019  
1408 (2007)
1408 (2007)
2007 | Horror, Mystery
8
7.6 (22 Ratings)
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1408
1408 is a 2007 American psychological horror film based on Stephen King's 1999 short story of the same name.

It tells the story about a man that specialises in going to places with paranormal events and longs to find something that actually scares him. So he goes to the room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel.
Its a genious psycological horror .

Here are some facts i found about the film ...

-The bottle that Gerald Olin offers Mike Enslin is named "Les Cinquant Sept Décès". In French, it means literally
 "The fifty seven deaths". And just after that we learn that in the room 1408 there were 56 deaths. So we could have guessed that Mike's fate was "written".

-When the clock starts counting down from 60:00, the movie ends exactly one hour later.

-There are many references to the number "13" throughout the movie. The room is numbered "1408", add each number together equals 13. The room is on the 14th floor,
 and the Hotel skips the 13th floor, so the room is technically on the 13th floor. The room's key lock also has "6214" etched into it, which adds up to 13.
 And the first death was in the year 1912, which adds to 13.

- It has two alternative endings
  
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Dutch (59 KP) Feb 22, 2019

A really, really good movie
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ClareR (5991 KP) rated Ascension (Phobos #1) in Books

Jul 6, 2018  
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Ascension (Phobos #1)
Victor Dixen | 2018 | Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)
8
9.0 (2 Ratings)
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A great concept
Six boys and six girls are chosen to be the first people to colonise Mars in a speed-dating show like no other. We follow Leonor mainly, as she navigates her life and 'dates' on board the Cupido. It's a bit 'cheesy' in places, and you do get a sense of the fact that it has been translated from French: it gives the language a more lyrical feel (in my opinion). The story though, is great!
I'm not a fan at all of reality TV. I'll turn the channel over every time. This novel shows the whole ridiculousness of the concept: a few 6 minute dates before you choose your life partner?! Madness!
This novel also shows how corrupt big business and government can be in the race to make more and more money. Lots to think about whilst you're reading - the ideas have to come from somewhere!
I liked where the story cut away from the space ship to the organisers of the TV show and two other characters, Andrew and Harmony. I think they may be quite important in the following books in this trilogy. And yes, I have preordered book 2, which incidentally, releases in October!
Thanks to Readers First for my copy of this book.
  
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ClareR (5991 KP) rated Now We Shall Be Entirely Free in Books

Oct 18, 2018  
Now We Shall Be Entirely Free
Now We Shall Be Entirely Free
Andrew Miller | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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A beautiful yet brutal story.
A man is brought home to a house in Somerset, unconscious, from the ongoing war in Spain against the French. He is very ill, and consequently nursed back to health by his maid. Once he is feeling better, he decides to travel to the Scottish Islands to collect traditional songs. As the story progresses, you can see that there is a sense of urgency involved with this trip: he isn't properly better, but he has to get moving. John Lacroix' story is told alongside that of two other men: a British Infantryman and a Spanish cavalryman, who have been sent to find an officer who is supposedly responsible for the sacking of a aSpanish village. They are to kill him. The Englishman is brutal in both word and deed.
John Lacroix (who changes his name to Lovell) meets a family (two sisters and their brother) who are free thinkers who want to live a free life. Just what Lacroix needs, I think.
I liked this. The writing style had a peaceful, reigned air to it, even in the more unpleasant parts. It's a brutal story, gently told, in fact.
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my copy of this book.