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"Most people remember David Lean for his big-scale epics, like Doctor Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia, or The Bridge on the River Kwai. But here he is at his most precise and poetic. Both movies are epics of the spirit, and both are plagued by grand, utterly magical moments and settings; whether showing Oliver’s mother straining and in pain, by intercutting with a flexing branch of thorns, or by lovingly lingering on Miss Havisham’s decaying splendor, Lean understand the need for hyperbole in order to manage the larger-than-life Dickensian archetypes. Some of the passages in both films skate the fine line between poetry and horror."

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Asif Kapadia recommended Midnight's Children in Books (curated)

Midnight's Children

Salman Rushdie | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

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"Huge, magical, realist epic about Indian Independence through the eyes of a child born on the stroke of midnight. Funny, dense, flowery, the story goes on huge tangents, but I love this crazy novel, which somehow manages to depict and sum up the essence of the incredible vast country of India. A real education for me as someone who grew up in London, who had never been to India while growing up. This book helped me better understand what my parents had been through, where they came from before they chose to travel across the world to settle in the the U.K., where I was born."

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Stephanie Neve (104 KP) rated Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in Books

Jun 25, 2019

The first book on a magical journey. The Harry Potter series and the wizarding world developed within it is unparalleled in modern literature. (0 more)

It's written much simpler than the later books. (0 more)

A classic but written for a younger audience than the later books

I love Harry Potter. I got this book at the age of 7 and it definitely changed my life. This is a wonderful childrens story and accessible to a younger audience. This book is set before the series gets too dark so I would recommend it for all ages. However the characters are a bit one dimensional at times compared to the later books.

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Charlie Pogson (4 KP) rated Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) in Movies

Jun 29, 2019

Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

2018 | Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery

7.2

(201 Ratings)

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This second installment of the Fantastic Beasts franchise is a great follow up to the outstanding first film that we had. JK Rowling has created this immense world that the whole world has fallen in love with and this film proves that even more. Crimes Of Grindelwald was a great and enjoyable film. This film, in my opinion, is the story teller of the franchise. This film is introducing more and more characters and the stories behind them so the viewers can get more insight into the magical world. Overall its a great film that makes you want the third film more and more everytime you watch it.

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Sammeh Lowry (15 KP) rated I'll Give You the Sun in Books

Jul 13, 2019

This book just made me cry and laugh and cry! I have to admit though I gave up on it the first time! I got 50 pages in and just did not have any desire to pick it back up again. Thank god I did! It was many months later but I told myself I must keep going! Just wow, I loved it, the characters were so very well written and their relationships are just magical. There is such a twist in the story which I won't mention, but I didn't see that coming at all. I just loved it, I have given it 4 stars because of the slow start!