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Bostonian916 (449 KP) rated Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) in Movies

Jun 24, 2020

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

2019 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

6.7

(103 Ratings)

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Honestly, I will watch any Godzilla movie that is made. I've seen some really bad ones lol. But this one wasn't terrible at all. It at least had some level of plot line rather than just a monster terrifying a world it dwarfs because they don't understand it.

One of my favorite elements of this movie was the harken back to the original Godzilla movie with the reference and use of the oxygen remover to shock Godzilla back. Very well played.

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Kumail Nanjiani recommended Broadcast News (1987) in Movies (curated)

Broadcast News (1987)

1987 | Comedy, Drama

8.5

(4 Ratings)

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"That’s a movie that was really, really funny. It’s about grownups. It’s about grownups having grownup problems. There’s no bad guys in it. It’s really funny and really moving and really complicated and messy. Honestly, when we were writing The Big Sick, that was a movie that we used as a reference point, to be like, “If we can try and make a movie that’s similar to Broadcast News in tone, then at least we’re trying to the right kind of thing.”"

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Lore Segal recommended Persuasion in Books (curated)

Persuasion

Jane Austen | 1817 | Essays, Romance

8.3

(29 Ratings)

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"Most of my recent essays include a reference to Jane Austen and to my mum. I read and reread "Persuasion" for its painful rendering of love that continues in the absence of an object, and for the delicacy of its heroine’s goodness. Anne, in the sadness of what she believes to be her ruined life, can be concerned to prevent a country walk from being spoiled by her sister Mary-- a marvelous depiction of obnoxiousness. And the happy ending is delicious."

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Kleber Mendonca recommended Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) in Movies (curated)

Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

1971 | Classics, Drama

7.5

(2 Ratings)

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"Another widescreen movie, this one has American cars and roads, drivers and mechanics. The seventies saw quite a number of films with images of automobiles and white lines, and the smell of gasoline and roadkill. None are quite like this one directed by Monte Hellman. At some point, Warren Oates says something like “everything is too fast and not fast enough.” This film is a major reference if I ever need to shoot something in and around cars on roads."

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Barry Brown (20 KP) rated Castles of Mad King Ludwig in Tabletop Games

Sep 8, 2019

Build a castle? Don't mind if I do (3 more)

Lots of odd rooms to build.

Fairly easy mechanics

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Want to build bigger castles (0 more)

OK, so you're a king and you want to build a castle. Each round one person sets up the cost of the rooms which come out randomly. Then you buy and build. Great fun. My boy was 10 and he was able to figure it out, although it took him a bit to get the tactics right.