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Collection of Sand: Essays

Italo Calvino

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Italo Calvino in Collection of Sand claimed that 'the brain begins in the eye'. The essays collected...

The Scientist's Guide to Writing: How to Write More Easily and Effectively Throughout Your Scientific Career

Stephen B. Heard

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The ability to write clearly is critical to any scientific career. The Scientist's Guide to Writing...

HIIT - High Intensity Interval Training: Get Strong & Sexy in Less Than 15 Minutes a Day: Intense Workouts-Impressive Results

Lucy Wyndham-Read

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High-Intensity Interval Training is the best and quickest way to get fit, lose weight, and tone your...

The 3 Things That Will Change Your Destiny Today

Paul McKenna

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CAN YOUR ENTIRE LIFE CHANGE FOR THE BETTER IN JUST A FEW HOURS? Paul McKenna Ph.D. has helped people...

The Life-changing Magic of Tidying: A Simple, Effective Way to Banish Clutter Forever

Marie Kondo

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Transform your home into a permanently clear and clutter-free space with the incredible KonMari...

Kirk Bage (1775 KP) rated Venom (2018) in Movies

Feb 25, 2021

Venom (2018)

2018 | Action, Sci-Fi

7.4

(151 Ratings)

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This is the worst kind of relatively big budget popcorn tease – the kind of film that knows its demographic will flood to it regardless of quality, so let’s not even bother trying to make it good. The first sign of this type is a script that is such gibberish you almost start to wonder if you are having a stroke, and Venom has that in spades! Just when you think you have a handle on it, off it goes on a tangent that has nothing to do with anything other than setting up the next CGI shot. Which is the second sign – CGI good enough to pass, but quite obviously not the cutting edge stuff we have already seen years ago in better films. Cheap and nasty. The third sign is a director that can bung a few thrills in the mix but has no care whatsoever for characterisation, pace, plot or sensible motivation. Well done Ruben Fleischer for being the first director to have two films included in my BMTBs, following Zombieland Double Tap – I really can’t split them. The only fun to be had here is watching Tom Hardy amuse himself with a comic book characature so far over the top it hurts. Michelle Williams and Riz Ahmed are horribly wasted and should be ashamed. Just awful stuff!

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Jesters_folly (230 KP) rated Saw II (2005) in Movies

Mar 18, 2021

Saw II (2005)

2005 | Horror, Mystery

6.7

(23 Ratings)

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At first glance, Saw 2 is, like most sequels, more of the same but bigger. We have the police looking for Jigsaw's latest victims and we have the victims themselves playing the games. This time, however the scope is much bigger. The victims are not just chained in one room, they have a whole house to explore and the whole game is much more personal for one of the detectives.
The thing is, Saw 2 manages to add to the law put down in the first film. It expands on Jigsaw's motivation, expands his plans and uses two characters from the first film, Amanda and the 'Pig' and reveals that they were/are the same person. It is these additions to the law that help make the Saw franchise stand out from some others. Other franchises have the slashers going around killing their victims and repeating the same few bits of information unless it is important to that film. Of course, a big part of saw 2 are the kills but it does work on furthering the story and laying the ground work for more films.
It goes with out saying that there is blood and gore in this film but it suites the tone and isn't as over the top or as unrealistic as some other films.