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Preacher - Season 1

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Fulfilling a promise to his deceased father, one-time outlaw Jesse Custer returns home to West Texas...

Movie Trivia Schmoedown

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Grab some popcorn, the hit show on Collider Video that took YouTube by storm is now available for...

At Large: The Strange Case of the World's Biggest Internet Invasion

David H. Freedman

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Hailed as "a chilling portrait" by The Boston Globe and "a crafty thriller" by Newsweek, this...

Kelly (279 KP) rated Outlaw King (2018) in Movies

Dec 16, 2018

Outlaw King (2018)

2018 | Action, Drama, History

7.3

(12 Ratings)

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Clear passion to retell the story (1 more)

Excellent battle scene

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Watchable

After seeing an advert for the Outlaw King, I was excited to watch the movie. Despite this I found that the film missed my expectations, and I found that it became almost boring in places.

The writers of the outlaw king had a clear passion to retell the story of Robert Bruce and his fight to regain the Scottish crown from the English in the early Plantagenet period. To the best of my knowledge, the story was told as accurately as possible, however this did mean that there were a lot of scenes centred around the politics of Roberts plight. The slower scenes were unbalanced with the battle scenes which meant that the pace of the story dipped many times during the film - I have to confess it took me three attempts to watch it in full as a result of this.

As the writers tried to cram too much into such a short film, I found that the movie had a bit of an identity crisis - was this an action, romance or political film? Had the writers focused on just one area, I believe the movie would have been a lot more watchable, instead the movie felt overloaded.

The acting in general was okay, and reasonably well cast, except for the relationship between Robert Bruce and his wife. I struggled to believe the romance between the two actors. Although this is ultimately my opinion, I struggled to believe that what was ultimately an arranged marriage between the two, could rest in the two characters falling for each other as quickly as the film portrayed.

In general, the film is watchable, although it is not one I would go to as a first choice. There are some good parts of the film, for example the relationship between Robert and his men, and the final battle scene. The film also teaches us about part of Scottish history that tends to be overlooked by many schools during history lessons.

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Mortal Engines (2018) in Movies

Feb 24, 2020 (Updated Feb 24, 2020)

Mortal Engines (2018)

2018 | Fantasy, Sci-Fi

6.7

(57 Ratings)

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Little Engine Go

So i found this movie really intresting. I like the sci-fi future post apocalyptic setting, it was really intresting. Im not sure why alot of people didnt like this movie, cause it was really good.

The plot: Hundreds of years after a cataclysmic event destroyed civilization, mysterious young Hester Shaw emerges as the only one who can stop the city of London -- now a giant predator on wheels -- from devouring everything in its path. Feral and fiercely driven by the memory of her mother, Hester joins forces with Tom Natsworthy, an outcast from London, and Anna Fang, a dangerous outlaw with a bounty on her head.

Peter Jackson produced it and he also wrote the screenplay. It feels like a peter jackson film. I feel like he should of directed it.

Anyways its a really great post apocalyptic movie that has sci-fi, action, adventure and is in the future.