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KM Watts (12 KP) rated Cinder in Books

Sep 9, 2018

Cinder

Marissa Meyer | 2012 | Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult (YA)

8.5

(96 Ratings)

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Fantastic characters (2 more)

Imaginative world building

Wonderful plot

The villain could have been a bit more dangerous (0 more)

A wonderful reimagining

This book is the first in the series. This book was on my list for awhile, but I had been holding off reading it. I’m glad I finally did. It was a fast paced adventure with a sprinkle of romance. It had me rooting for Cinder the whole time, and there were enough twists to keep everything interesting. The villain was good, though I think she could have been given stonger motives. This was a fantastic retelling of an old fairytale, with an awesome sci-fi twist. I would highly recommend it.

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Parenthood

7.3 (14 Ratings) Rate It

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The four grown Braverman siblings -- Adam, Sarah, Crosby and Julia -- share the joys, heartaches and...

David McK (3676 KP) rated Disney's Snow White (2025) (2025) in Movies

Jun 29, 2025 (Updated Jun 29, 2025)

The latest of Disney animation to get the live-action treatment, this ids - obviously - a retelling/reimagining of Walt Disney's first ever animated film, with Rachel Zegler in the lead role and with ex Wonder-Woman Gal Gadot as the evil queen.

And I think Disney were in a no-win situation right from the off, with complaints made about not using those with Dwarfism to play the role of the 7 dwarves, alongside complaints made that said films (and the original) were downplaying their lived-in experience.

Or so I heard, anyway.

I have to say, though ,that the CGI dwarves do stand out like a sore thumb ...

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

Aug 12, 2019

Brightburn (2019)

2019 | Horror

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)