Other People's Money: Masters of the Universe or Servants of the People?
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Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2016 We all depend on the finance sector. We need it to store our...
The Responsibility to Protect
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After the Holocaust, the world vowed it would never again permit such mass atrocity crimes, yet many...
Reframing Economic Policy Towards Sustainability: Explored Through a Case Study into Aviation
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In a globalized world economy, delivering the aspirations of sustainability is proving to be...
Sarah (7798 KP) rated Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) in Movies
Aug 20, 2019
Don't get me wrong, I get what he was trying to do here with the classic Hollywood era, I just think it has been poorly executed. Instead of going for 'all style, no substance', Tarantino appears to have gone for all style and too much substance. Visually this film looks stunning, the set design and the costumes look amazing. The cast are brilliant, there's some great supporting faces in this and truly marvellous turns from Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio. Honestly it's these two that kept my attention for the nearly 3 hour run time. The ideas are good and the dialogue is good, the problem is that there's just way too much of it. Every scene has been dragged out way past the point of enjoyment, and there are so many pointless scenes in this that could easily have been cut out without affecting the barely there plot. He could've at least replaced some of these dragged out scenes with more of a main plot, especially as the only thing interesting about this film was the small bits with the Mansons in it.
I'm starting to wonder if Tarantino is becoming a bit complacent. He's known for his dialogue, but this is just too much. Its worrying when a 3 hour film gets interesting 15 minutes towards the end, which is the only time we see any in depth violence. Had this film been cut by at least an hour, it would've actually been very good. It's just a shame it had to ramble on for so long.
I've marked this higher than I probably should, but only because there is a lot to appreciate in this film and some wonderful performances, it just should've been in a much shorter runtime. I havent seen The Hateful Eight since it was on at the cinema as I can't bear to put myself through it again, and I'm afraid to say it's the same for this.
My Anti-Valentine Collection (My Anti-Series #1-3)
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My Anti-Valentine: Jaded by relationships gone wrong, Bret throws an anti-Valentine's Day party to...
Contemporary M_M Romance
Shayde (75 KP) rated Moto Z Play in Tech
Jun 23, 2018
How Abstract is it? Thinking Capital Now
Rebecca Colesworthy and Peter Nicholls
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Since the start of the financial crisis in 2008, the notion that capitalism has become too abstract...
Collected Poems
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Lorna Goodison is a poet alive to places, from the loved and lived-in world of Jamaica where she...
Before and After Gender - Sexual Mythologies of Everyday Life
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Written in the early 1970s amidst widespread debate over the causes of gender inequality, Marilyn...
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2200 KP) rated Force of Habit (Falcone & Driscoll Investigation #1) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
Having read another book with these characters, I was interested in seeing where it all began. Giulia is a fascinating character, and I really identified with her even though I’ve never gone through what she’s facing here. That’s great writing. One thing she is dealing with in her personal life and this case is sex, and I felt the book went too far in the second half, but the book was worth reading. The banter between Giulia and Frank helped lighten things at times. The pacing was a bit off a time or two. It’s a first mystery, and I know the author’s plotting gets better.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2017/06/book-review-force-of-habit-by-alice.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.