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Lee KM Pallatina (951 KP) rated Hercules (1997) in Movies

Aug 10, 2019

Hercules (1997)

1997 | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

8.2

(75 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Vibrant colours, character development, good story, fun musical numbers (0 more)

Plot was a little light (0 more)

Zero to Hero

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Disney's take on the Greek mythological Hero.
Hercules (Tate Donovan), son of Zeus, was kidnapped as a baby by minions of Hades (James Woods) and is found and raised by mortals in a superman-esque kinda way.
Now a teenager, Hercules wants to know about his real parents. Along the way he needs to perform a rite of passage on Earth to prove himself worthy of living with the gods on Mount Olympus and dealing with his first true love With help from his plucky satyr sidekick, Philoctetes (Danny DeVito), who's along for the ride, Hercules must learn how to use his strength to become the hero he's needed to be.

This movie is very light hearted and has an array of characters you can appreciate, many vibrant colours manage to draw you in, great dialogue and banter between characters with a meaningful story.

My personal favourite Disney animation.

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James Koppert (2698 KP) rated Communion in Books

Nov 11, 2019

Communion

Whitley Strieber | 1985 | Biography, Horror, Mystery, Paranormal, Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences

4.7

(3 Ratings)

Book Rating

It's scary (0 more)

Let down by rambling (0 more)

Kidnapped by aliens

This book caused commotion when it came out and created thousands of nightmares and is a seminal book in terms of what "we know" about aliens and the Grey's.

The book was the first where Strieber, classed as a credible Witness and whom has withstanded numerous lie detector tests etc is hypnotized and looks at the events where the aliens take him from his home, experiment on him and return him.

A book so seminal which has created the entire dialogue on such things we look at today desrerves more than 6 right? Well it would if is wasn't for the musings and ramblings. If Strieber just spoke about the cases then this would be a haunting scary book but he doesn't and it lets it down.. it still went on to sell millions with best selling follow ups do what do I know.