King of Tokyo: Dark Edition
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King of Tokyo: Dark Edition is a collector's edition of King of Tokyo, with the fight taking place...
AT (1676 KP) rated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) in Movies
Dec 27, 2018
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
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Blessed with the extraordinary gift of guiding the imaginations of others, Doctor Parnassus...
David McK (3251 KP) rated The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) in Movies
Feb 20, 2022
This is the first of the two Andrew Garfield (so pre Spider-man in the MCU) starring movies, again set during the early days of his crime-fighting career and telling how he got his powers: this time around, though, the first villain he faces is The Lizard rather than the Green Goblin. it also takes - at least in the very early parts of the movie - more of a thriller approach to his (Peter Parker's) story, laying the groundwork with an explanation of how he comes to live with his Aunt and Uncle (a groundwork which is seemingly forgotten about by the mid-way point of the movie), and with Garfields Parker coming across more as a 'cool kid' - skateboard and all! - than the nerdy Maguire version.
That's not the only differences: there's no MJ Watson (with her role replaced by Gwen Stacey), we're back to having his web-shooters being non-organic, and this Spider-man does seem quippier than Maguire's version whilst there's also several first-person POV segments throughout (the early 2010s, remember - 3d was still a thing).
Unfortunately, there's also no stand-out moments: nothing to rival the upside-down kiss (from Spider-Man), the train fight (Spider-Man 2) or even the Venom sequences from Spider-Man 3
Jessalyn Joy (118 KP) rated Hacksaw Ridge (2016) in Movies
Jul 16, 2017
Veronica Pena (690 KP) rated Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) in Movies
Apr 2, 2020
Emma Stone is the one that really shines in this film and I will forever love her huge hair and fake braces. I need a movie just about her. She's the highlight. Everything else is dull and boring to watch. Also, anytime I see Breckin Meyer in literally anything, I think about when he was in Garfield. That's the role he will never live down.
The Faber Book of Pop
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This acclaimed collection charts the course of Pop from its underground origins through its low and...
King of Tokyo
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King of Tokyo is a game about being Godzilla, or one of several other silly super-monsters, crashing...
Silence
Shusaku Endo and Martin Scorsese
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With an introduction by Martin Scorsese 'One of the finest historical novels written by anyone,...
Sarah (7798 KP) rated Hacksaw Ridge (2016) in Movies
Dec 6, 2017
Andrew Garfield gives a great performance as Desmond, and his story is truly an intriguing one. The second half of the film during the actual war was very well done, it seemed very realistic and graphic without being too ott gory. And the documentary footage at the end of the real Desmond Does nearly had me in tears.
The main problem is this film has been Hollywood-ised, with over the top and out of place acting from some actors (my other half pointed this out early on and it was something I couldn't then unsee!) to irritating slow motion and patchy CGI. If they could just tell the real story without embellishing, it'd be so much better.