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Nickg24 (492 KP) rated Brightburn (2019) in Movies

Aug 12, 2019  
Brightburn (2019)
Brightburn (2019)
2019 | Horror
6
7.0 (63 Ratings)
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Superman gone bad
I found this dark reimagining of Superman quite hit and miss.The kid is creepy enough and fully utilises his powers once he knows what he is capable of BUT the writers could have given us a little more of what motivated him to use said powers for evil instead of good.

The film wasnt to heavily reliant on the gore,though when it did it was pretty cool (the glass in the eye scene stands out) and the occasional jump out your seat scare scene did just exactly that.

Not sure if this has the potential to open up a cinematic universe with nothing but supervillains in (as eluded to in a credits scene)
  
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Awix (3310 KP) rated The Shape of Water (2017) in Movies

Feb 19, 2018 (Updated Feb 19, 2018)  
The Shape of Water (2017)
The Shape of Water (2017)
2017 | Drama, Fantasy
9
7.6 (107 Ratings)
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Guillermo del Toro's stunning fantasy film is either a radical reimagining of Creature from the Black Lagoon, or a grand amour as written by H.P. Lovecraft (or maybe both). Lonely cleaner discovers fish-man creature being mistreated in the installation where she works, bond develops between them.

Manages to work both as a 60s-set genre movie and more topical comment on issues of tolerance and diversity (just for a change). Quite charming and beautiful on the whole, though the strength of the sex and violence might be an issue for some people. The downtrodden-minorities-stick-it-to-The-Man subtext is a bit on the nose, perhaps, and I'm not sure the third act musical number really works, but on the whole this is a brilliant movie.
  
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Awix (3310 KP) rated Flash Gordon (1980) in Movies

Feb 12, 2018  
Flash Gordon (1980)
Flash Gordon (1980)
1980 | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
9
8.1 (26 Ratings)
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Post-Star Wars high-camp reimagining of the famous Alex Raymond sci-fi comic strip. Ming the Merciless, Emperor of the planet Mongo, terrorises the Earth; a mad scientist, a football player and a travel agent rocket themselves into space in an attempt to make him knock it off.

One of those movies where the ostensible leads are the least well-known people in it - everyone else has a great time overacting: the gold medal goes to Brian Blessed, who steals the entire movie as Vultan, Prince of the Hawk People. Visually lavish, with a strong script, lots of well-staged action for younger viewers, and tongue-in-cheek jokes aplenty for older people who ought to know better. Point knocked off for some inappropriately nasty violence; put straight back on again for Queen's soundtrack.
  
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Andy K (10821 KP) Feb 12, 2018

One of my faves!
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Coleman Balogh (20 KP) rated Magic Maze in Tabletop Games

Dec 17, 2018 (Updated Dec 17, 2018)  
Magic Maze
Magic Maze
2017 | Exploration, Fantasy, Humor, Maze, Party Game
8
8.3 (3 Ratings)
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Team co-op (1 more)
No "turns" play
Stressful at times (0 more)
Innovative reimagining of a timed co-op
So this game is very very different and is a bit chaotic. Everyone must work together to move 4 pawns through the game and out the exits. The mish mash of themes I'm not a huge fan of (dungeon characters playing in a mall so where is the maze?), but the mechanics are cool. Everyone gains at least one movement ability (N, S, E, W, portals, stairs etc.) and everyone needs to work to get the "characters" through the "mall." I wonder why they didn't just make it a dungeon and keep to that theme. The scenarios get increasingly difficult and we found this game to be a good interlude game between other long format games.