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Otway93 (580 KP) rated Resident Evil (2002) in Movies

Oct 21, 2019  
Resident Evil (2002)
Resident Evil (2002)
2002 | Action, Horror, Mystery
7
7.4 (37 Ratings)
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Casting (2 more)
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Repetitive (0 more)
A Promising Start to the Saga!
Contains spoilers, click to show
Resident Evil is a good start to the 6 film series, though could it have been better? Yes.

The film is loosely based on the first Resident Evil game, starting in the notorious mansion (albeit for about 5 minutes) before moving to the underground Umbrella facility, the site of the "incident", and carrying on in the traditional "investigation gone wrong" style, with lots of zombies, dogs and not much else.

The film is a fun action film that can be considered as an mediocre standalone movie, or a good start to a 15 year franchise.
  
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Otway93 (580 KP) rated Star Wars: Master & Apprentice in Books

Dec 2, 2019  
Star Wars: Master & Apprentice
Star Wars: Master & Apprentice
Claudia Gray | 2019 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
5
7.5 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Story (2 more)
Convoluted
Unadventurous
Canon, but not really worth the read.
Contains spoilers, click to show
One spoiler ahead that doesn't really add much but it's nice to know, if we didn't know it already.

A pretty poor attempt at a Star Wars story, especially as it's considered canon.

This may be the second earliest installment in the Star Wars canon, but it fails to add anything to the saga, apart from we find out that Count Dooku was Qui-Gon Jin's master.

The story is mainly based around an adventure featuring Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan involving something about a princess and some jewel thieves...pretty uninspiring characters in terms of originality.
  
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William Finnegan recommended Invisible Man in Books (curated)

 
Invisible Man
Invisible Man
John Callahan, Ralph Ellison | 2001 | Fiction & Poetry
6.0 (5 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"Invisible Man has become something of an invisible book. It’s an American masterpiece and a pure, if searing, joy to read. Published in 1952, it dramatizes the doubleness of black life in America in a raucous, outrageous saga, as its unnamed narrator makes the Great Migration north to New York. “I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.” Its brilliance is distinctly midcentury, though, and Ellison, once a Marxist firebrand, became an arch elitist, doing his book no favors with his disdain for popular struggles around race and inequality. But the vitality of Invisible Man is undiminished, and its most caustic insights into American life still painfully relevant."

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Erika (17789 KP) rated Trust in TV

May 30, 2020  
Trust
Trust
2018 | Biography, Crime, Drama, History
3
5.0 (2 Ratings)
TV Show Rating
I was excited, initially, to start watching this series; it took me four months to finish. It was too long, and too drawn out. I made it through episode 4, and finally just skipped to the 10th (last) episode.
I honestly didn't miss much by doing that, because you know how the kidnapping saga ended. Brendan Fraser was the best part of the whole thing. The last episode is the best, and Fraser is the one guiding you through it. So, it ended on a good note.

if you want a slow, rollicking, and, quite frankly, boring ten episode explanation of the Getty III kidnapping, this is for you. Otherwise, avoid.