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Metamorphosis
Book
'I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot...
Bloodshot Monochrome
Book
Bloodshot Monochrome is a glorious poetic take on all things black, white and read. Reinventing the...
Dean (6927 KP) rated Spenser Confidential (2020) in Movies
Jul 10, 2020
Decent Crime Thriller
Another team up between Mark Wahlberg and director Peter Berg. Although not as good as the previous films they did together including @Mile 22 (2018) and @Patriots Day (2016) it is still fairly entertaining with some action scenes. A former cop who is now an ex-con investigates the murder of two cops he knew. It's not got as much humour as I thought it would have but the story was good enough to keep you interested.
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Wrong Number, Right Guy (The Bourbon Street Boys, #1) in Books
Jan 6, 2021
Hmm...
I loved how May could take care of herself when she needed to, despite looking like some sort of airhead. I loved the teasing between her and pretty much everyone.
I just felt a little disappointed in the romance. There wasn't enough for my liking. Fair enough she's crazy enough to love as is but I didn't really feel it. They felt more like they should be best buds or something.
I do love the authors use of humour in her books though.
I loved how May could take care of herself when she needed to, despite looking like some sort of airhead. I loved the teasing between her and pretty much everyone.
I just felt a little disappointed in the romance. There wasn't enough for my liking. Fair enough she's crazy enough to love as is but I didn't really feel it. They felt more like they should be best buds or something.
I do love the authors use of humour in her books though.
Paul Weller recommended I Talk With The Spirits by Rahsaan Roland Kirk in Music (curated)
Xanderath (690 KP) rated the Xbox 360 version of Borderlands in Video Games
Aug 25, 2019
Meat sack
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Borderlands is a great introduction to the world of Pandora. The quality comedy and gore make this game so entertaining along with a pretty decent storyline and lovable characters. the major problem with this game is the ending is so lacking in substance i didnt even realised id finished it. having said that there's still a great amount of replayability with the different characters and dlc's. Gearbox found a niche and made it great.
Diversity: A Colourful Collection of Short Stories
Book
Diversity is a delightful collection of short stories taking the reader on a charismatic adventure...
Short Stories
Affirmative Murder
6.8
Rate It
Podcast
A podcast about the serial killers you never heard of because they aren't white men. Covering serial...
Dean (6927 KP) rated Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015) in Movies
Mar 17, 2022
Cast Chemistry (2 more)
Lots of funny scenes
Good gore effects
Fun Comedy Horror
Only just got around to seeing this. I actually thought it was an English film given the title but set in a small American town. The humour is definitely more English. At times it's like American Pie meets Shaun of the dead. It's silly and it plays up to that. You can tell the cast had fun and the gore effects were pretty decent as well. Definitely a film that will make you laugh.
Ross (3284 KP) rated After Life in TV
Apr 11, 2019
Gervais tries to break the mould again
Once again we see Ricky Gervais try to break the mould for a sit-com, this time by covering some pretty deep and heavy topics. While the humour is still there, it comes through fairly infrequently and is a little off kilter, when compared to the drama of the series.
Gervais plays Tony, a journalist on a local free paper who has recently lost his wife to cancer. Tony has simply given up on life and, while he cannot bring himself to end it, he seems to have decided to just do whatever he wants, no matter the consequences. He is rude to people in the street, makes his colleagues' working days miserable, and while he visits his dad in a care home regularly he clearly hates it and is just doing it out of duty.
Most of the comedy comes through in Gervais doing what he does best - being rude and nasty and way over the top in insulting people. The humour here is more for the shock value (calling a 6 year old a tubby little c**t for example) rather than a more considered layer of humour. As Tony has decided he can just do whatever he wants and hang the consequences, he takes a stand against stupid rules (the scene where he takes his nephew for tea in a café was brilliant).
I preferred the drama side of the series - him trying drugs, meeting new people and gradually softening over the series were some very touching moments and very well written. However when weighed against the comedy it just seems incongruous. I think Gervais needs to think about whether he wants to write a drama (and tone down the comedy a little more) or a comedy (and try less to push the boundaries).
Tony's epiphany was a little rushed/hard to spot. It seems that after 5 episodes of not caring about anything, the 6th starts off with him suddenly being a changed man out of nowhere. There were small moments where he seemed to soften but there was no sudden realisation big enough to justify the change of heart in the last episode.
This was a pretty hard hitting, emotional series, but I think it lost a little of the impact by having Gervais in it and trying to shoe-horn his sense of humour into it.
Gervais plays Tony, a journalist on a local free paper who has recently lost his wife to cancer. Tony has simply given up on life and, while he cannot bring himself to end it, he seems to have decided to just do whatever he wants, no matter the consequences. He is rude to people in the street, makes his colleagues' working days miserable, and while he visits his dad in a care home regularly he clearly hates it and is just doing it out of duty.
Most of the comedy comes through in Gervais doing what he does best - being rude and nasty and way over the top in insulting people. The humour here is more for the shock value (calling a 6 year old a tubby little c**t for example) rather than a more considered layer of humour. As Tony has decided he can just do whatever he wants and hang the consequences, he takes a stand against stupid rules (the scene where he takes his nephew for tea in a café was brilliant).
I preferred the drama side of the series - him trying drugs, meeting new people and gradually softening over the series were some very touching moments and very well written. However when weighed against the comedy it just seems incongruous. I think Gervais needs to think about whether he wants to write a drama (and tone down the comedy a little more) or a comedy (and try less to push the boundaries).
Tony's epiphany was a little rushed/hard to spot. It seems that after 5 episodes of not caring about anything, the 6th starts off with him suddenly being a changed man out of nowhere. There were small moments where he seemed to soften but there was no sudden realisation big enough to justify the change of heart in the last episode.
This was a pretty hard hitting, emotional series, but I think it lost a little of the impact by having Gervais in it and trying to shoe-horn his sense of humour into it.