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Fringe - Season 1
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The FBI, an out of service scientist and a whole range of crazy, strange events and people. Fringe...
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I Love You More Than the Smell of Swamp Gas
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Little monster wonders: Does Papa love the swamp more than he loves his little monster? Papa and...
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Britain's Best Political Cartoons: 2015
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Britain's Best Political Cartoons 2015 is a compelling, razor-sharp and frequently hilarious...
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Closet Queens: Some 20th Century British Politicians
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Closet Queens is a fascinating study of gay men in twentieth century British politics, from Lord...
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Help! for Writers: 210 Solutions to the Problems Every Writer Faces
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The craft of writing offers countless potential problems: The story is too long; the story's too...
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Bullitt (1968)
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His new assignment seems routine: protecting a star witness for an important trial. But before the...
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Gareth von Kallenbach (971 KP) rated Winter's Tale (2014) in Movies
Aug 6, 2019
After a brief scene set in 1895, where we see a set of parents put their baby in a model ship, lower him down into the Hudson River and set him afloat, the timeline jumps to 1916. In this timeline we meet Peter Lake and Pearly Soames for the first time, and are drawn into their story of good versus evil. As Pearly hunts for Peter, in order to destroy him, Peter is assisted by a beautiful white horse named Athansor. The horse is absolutely stunning and along with the incredible use of light throughout the movie, it is possibly one of the most memorable things about the film. The stallion is the guardian angel of the adult Peter – and he flies! The CGI was seamless and beautiful.
As Peter tries again and again to escape Pearly, he ends up meeting Beverly who is ill with consumption. Of course, it’s a love story and they fall in love. Farrell and Penn’s portrayal of their characters’ romance was so poignant, you will need to have tissues on hand. Throughout the movie a voiceover says “inside each of us is a miracle, a miracle intended for one person alone.” The plot twists connected to that statement were just enough to keep me guessing – often incorrectly.
It was a total and complete shock to see Will Smith play an antagonist so well. Russell Crowe was great as Pearly, very believable as a demon obsessed with getting his way and wreaking vengeance on someone who he saw as having “done him wrong.”
When the storyline jumped to present day New York, 2014, the imagery of the lights and stars helped with the transition but the magic of the film seemed to disappear afterwards. While the last third of the movie was not hard to follow, it was still a bit hard to understand its point right away. I definitely felt like the movie lost some momentum after the jump to present day. In the end, it just felt like there was something missing – possibly left in the editing room. Maybe we’ll find it on the DVD extras.
I would give this movie 3.5 out of 5 stars.
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The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve
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The independence of the Federal Reserve is considered a cornerstone of its identity, crucial for...
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21st Century Science Fiction
David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden
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A fantastic collection of recent stories from some of science fiction's greatest up-and-coming...
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Did you know that during a visit to Germany, Peter the Great once used his host's curtains as toilet...