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Lee (2222 KP) rated I Feel Pretty (2018) in Movies

May 21, 2018  
I Feel Pretty (2018)
I Feel Pretty (2018)
2018 | Comedy
5
6.0 (14 Ratings)
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Pretty Average
Renee Bennett (Amy Schumer) feels average, and anything but pretty in this world. Clothing store workers sneer at her choice of fashion, suggesting that she should instead venture in the direction of the plus size clothing. Supermarket customers mistake her as just a downtrodden employee, focusing instead on the 'perfect' girl standing beside her. In busy bars, workers favour the pretty girls ordering drinks over her, and in her exercise class she's made to feel uncomfortable at her larger than average footwear needs. She's also part of a small group of 3 friends, who all struggle to attract dates in this superficial world, and wish they were prettier.

Then one day, Renee falls off her exercise bike and bangs her head. When she comes round, she believes that magic has made her beautiful, and she thinks that all her friends are seeing someone completely different. Only they're not, they're seeing exactly the same person as before.

This perceived change gives Renee a new found confidence. She believes that men are trying to hit on her, and in one of the movies funnier moments, she believes she can win a bikini competition. She also pursues her dream of becoming receptionist for the large cosmetics company she works for, moving from the dull, dark office of their online division all the way up to their big shiny head office where all the beautiful people work. And where her idol and boss, Avery LeClaire (Michelle Williams) works. Eventually, another bang to the head reverses the 'spell' and Renee has to try and deal with the sudden realisation that beauty really is only skin deep.

With Amy Schumer onboard for this, I guess I was expecting it to be a lot funnier than it actually is. While I didn't not like it, I've got to say I was pretty disappointed overall. There's obviously a strong message to this movie, but it gradually becomes muddled as the movie progresses and isn't effectively executed, which is a real shame considering. I wondered if being a man, I was maybe missing the message and failing to appreciate it as much as a woman might, but my wife actually felt the same way.
  
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Daniel Boyd (1066 KP) May 21, 2018

Also, isn't this movie just a retread of Shallow Hal? And it wasn't funny then either.
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Lee (2222 KP) May 21, 2018

@Daniel Boyd I actually didn't mind Trainwreck, but totally get where you're coming from and had low expectations heading into this anyway. And I completely agree with the Melissa McCarthy comment too! And yes, it is definitely a retread of Shallow Hal.
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Scott Tostik (389 KP) rated The Belko Experiment (2017) in Movies

Jul 12, 2017  
The Belko Experiment (2017)
The Belko Experiment (2017)
2017 | Action, Horror, Mystery
6
6.6 (43 Ratings)
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Axes and Tape Dispensers (2 more)
Tony Goldwyn....kinda
Wicked, imaginative plot
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Came on Strong. Imagine Office Space on Bath Salts
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Right, so, having seen the trailer for this flick, I thought to myself "Scott, give it a shot... And boy, was I ever considering giving myself a shot of adrenaline to stay awake during this dull roar of an alleged action/horror movie.
It was boring, predictable and utterly stupid. Only reason I gave it a six, was the innovative kills. I mean, come on... A tape dispenser!?!? Fuck yeah, bud.
It drags through the first two acts, and finally picks up speed in the third and final one.
And, honestly, who hasn't dreamt of killing the idiot from from the second Are We There Yet movie??? You know, the whiner from Platoon??? Shithead from Scrubs??? I know I have. And thankfully he dies.... Violently.... Another 90 minutes ii of my life, I will never regain.
Horror can be a fickle bitch, and this flick is no exception.
  
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Alex Trybus (79 KP) rated One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories in Books

Feb 6, 2019  
One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
B.J. Novak | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry
6
6.8 (5 Ratings)
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Funny (at parts) (1 more)
Some stories provoked good thought.
Most stories were out of place, long, and really hard to get through. (0 more)
It took me almost four months to read and it wasn’t even 300 pages.
“I have been reading this damn book off and on since October of 2018. I honestly really struggled with it. I honestly only bought it and started reading it because it was written by @picturesoftext and I was REALLY curious to read some of his work. Some of the stories were actually really cute, or funny, or thought-inducing. However, a lot of it was filled with weird stories that I didn’t quite understand (though I’m sure that’s the point). I would have enjoyed it more if some parts of the separate stories intersected or crossed over. Anyways, this is definitely the kind of book that I could have seen BJ’s character on The Office writing while at his temp desk! .
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I gave it 3/5 stars on Goodreads, and be sure to look out for my review of it tomorrow on Smashbomb!”

-From my bookstagram account, @rorythereader