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Phil (3 KP) rated The Pillars of the Earth in Books

Jul 3, 2017  
The Pillars of the Earth
The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry
8
7.6 (13 Ratings)
Book Rating
In Depth, long page turner
Contains spoilers, click to show
I'm not normally the sort of person who goes in for historical fiction. Especially those set in the Dark Ages, but gave it a go as had heard it was a modern 'must read'.
For something that was over 1000 pages, it never felt like a slog or a chore to read. The more you get in to it, the more you want to read in one sitting.
Admitted, the sex scenes are quite gratuitous and graphic at times. And, taken in a modern context, the continual dumping on the lead character can seem overly harsh, as if the author gets pleasure from torturing his lead. But read the book through the historical lens of it's 12th-13th Century setting, and this reduces the frustrations, and adds to the realism
  
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Awix (3310 KP) rated Busy Bodies (1933) in Movies

Feb 17, 2019 (Updated Feb 17, 2019)  
Busy Bodies (1933)
Busy Bodies (1933)
1933 | Comedy
9
9.0 (2 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Either an ironic commentary on the alienation of modern man and the dehumanising effects of modern production techniques, or two idiots in bowler hats smashing everything up by accident. The usual miraculous Laurel and Hardy alchemy is in play, manifesting in the duo's ability to milk a joke longer than is surely humanly possible - on this occasion with the 'walking into a plank' bit and the extended sequence in which Ollie gets a paintbrush glued to his chin and Stan has the job of removing it.

One of the pair's denser, more relentless comedies in terms of jokes, most of them good ones - the indiscriminate property damage is also more extravagantly spectacular than in many of their films. Written by Stan, but as ever the magic is in the two of them together.
  
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Erika (17788 KP) rated The Greatest Showman (2017) in Movies

Jan 28, 2018  
The Greatest Showman (2017)
The Greatest Showman (2017)
2017 | Drama, Musical
7
8.5 (237 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
Better than La La Land.
I was actually dreading this movie. Luckily, I have my handy moviepass ($9.95 a month, one 2D movie a day for the month), so I wasn't spending my own money on it. I was dreading it mostly because I hated La La Land and the songs were written by the same people. I was glad it was better than that. I don't really like Michelle Williams as an actress, so she was the only really annoying part of it.
I will say that it was trying too hard to be Moulin Rouge, and it definitely failed on that. Let's face it, Moulin Rouge is one of the best (best in my eyes) modern musicals, and it's the measuring stick I use for all modern musicals.
  
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The Marinated Meeple (1848 KP) rated Chess in Tabletop Games

Aug 31, 2018  
Chess
Chess
1800 | Abstract Strategy
6
7.6 (33 Ratings)
Tabletop Game Rating
There is no luck (1 more)
Great if there are two players of equal ability
Can be on the boring side (4 more)
Are well known strategies to win
Can be studied and mastered
Very Difficult for begginners
Weak Theme by modern standards
A Good Classic Game
This is a classic game, it has been around for a long long long time. What's great is that almost everyone knows the rules. What is not so great is that everyone is on a different level of playing skill. The game isn't much fun if you are on a lower level. It's a very dry game. There are better games out there. Especially modern games. There are very few classic games that compare. At this point in games, the King, has be turned into a pawn.
  
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Sawyer (231 KP) Aug 31, 2018

how has chess not been on here yet lol
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Xsom (1 KP) Mar 17, 2019

Chess is a classic game where people can easily learn the rules, but the gameplay is very abstract.