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Leah (3 KP) rated Bright (2017) in Movies

Dec 31, 2017  
Bright (2017)
Bright (2017)
2017 | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
5
7.2 (140 Ratings)
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Will Smith (2 more)
Joel Edgarton
Interesting and unique
Crazy huge plot holes (0 more)
I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed...
The fantasy buddy-cop movie that no one asked for, yet it still let us down.

I was so pumped to watch this. I love the lead actors and was so excited to see what they did with the fantasy aspect. But it really should have been a TV or mini series. They crammed way too many ideas into this movie. It's like the writers had no editing process and just through all of their ideas in and followed through with about... two of them.


It's still an enjoyable film if you're standards aren't set too high, mostly salvaged by the good acting, but my head was spinning from all the half-baked storylines and rabbit trails going on. That feeling of disappointment when the credits start rolling... Oy vey.
  
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Liz Phair recommended The Mists of Avalon in Books (curated)

 
The Mists of Avalon
The Mists of Avalon
Marion Zimmer Bradley | 1982 | Fiction & Poetry
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"My mother gave me this book to read in high school when I was sick with malingering cold and missing out on social events. But it was absorbing, unlike any other historical fantasy I’d read. Viewing Arthurian legend through the eyes of the female characters upended my sense of history altogether, showing me that even real world events can be viewed through many lenses. I loved identifying with the enchantress turned crusader. So dramatic! The heart strings it plucked—sexual frisson, jealousy, courage, betrayal, magic power—perfectly aligned with my turbulent emotional state as a restless young woman."

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    BNA

    6.0 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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    In the 21st century, where the existence of humanoid animals that have been living in the darkness...

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Dana (24 KP) rated Snow like Ashes in Books

Mar 23, 2018  
Snow like Ashes
Snow like Ashes
Sara Raasch | 2014 | Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)
10
8.4 (14 Ratings)
Book Rating
I was very interested by this book. I had gotten it as a Christmas present from one of my family members, but I had never actually picked it up to read. So when I decided to, I was pleasantly surprised.

I have been reading a lot of high fantasy novels as of late, and this had may similarities to them, but they were good commonalities.

I have been falling more and more in love with the kick ass lead female character in novels. It has been really great to see strong females emerging more and more each year.

The characters were fleshed out very well, but in the next book, I would like to see more of what they are doing and why they are doing it. I want to see the consequences of their actions. It was fun to see how the characters interacted with one another.

One of my favorite parts of high fantasy novels is the character names. I love how unique they are and this novel had just that. The creativity of the names is very refreshing.

Even though there was a bit of a love triangle, it was very tastefully done. It was refreshing to see that the entire story wasn't centered around the love triangle and that the main character was making choices, not based on the guys in her life, but what would be best for her and her people.

I loved the idea of the novel and how there were eight realms, the four seasons and the four other places. To add to this I loved how the names of the capitals were named after months in those seasons.

Even though I called the ending before I read it, it was still interesting to see how it would all play out.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes high fantasy novels, the different magical abilities people can have, or if they just want a great read.

I can't wait until the next novel!