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David McK (3372 KP) rated Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) in Movies

Jul 12, 2020  
Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)
Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)
2018 | Action, Sci-Fi
6
6.3 (49 Ratings)
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I don't know why, but for some reason Asia (and Japan in particular) seems to have a thing for Giant Monsters (think Godzilla) and for Giant Robots (think BattleTech).

Or, as they're called in this series (and elsewhere? I don't know) Kaiju and Jaegers respectively.

This is a sequel to the best non-Godzilla Godzilla movie (in all but name), this time starring Star Wars own John Boyega as its reluctant hero, as the son of the "we're cancelling the apocalypse" hero from the first move, and who gets drawn back into the whole military training around the Jaegers 10 years after the events of that last movie.

Just in time, then, for him to be in place as the undersea breaches reopen and more of those Kaiju to come through ...

Dumb fun, but seemingly lacking something (although you can actually see what's happening in the battles this time around!) compared to the original, or to the various 'official' Godzilla/King Kong/etc movies.
  
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Jane Goodall recommended Through A Window in Books (curated)

 
Through A Window
Through A Window
Jane Goodall | 2020 | Natural World, Science & Mathematics
(0 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"Through a Window – the sequel to In the Shadow of Man – was written in Bournemouth, in my little attic room at the top of the house. One thing I remember vividly – I was using a laptop by this time. I had just finished the chapter on mothers and infants – all those so loved chimpanzees such as Flo, Olly, Melissa, Passion and so on. I was preparing to go and join my family who were sitting on the lawn on a beautiful summer evening. And I pressed the delete button by mistake! And I could not retrieve it. I felt like bursting into tears, or shouting and screaming. But I had spent the last few hours in a very good place. The ideas and words had come together. So I took a deep breath and started the chapter again. I spent two more hours writing really fast. Completed the whole chapter – and I think it was even better than before!"

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LeftSideCut (3778 KP) rated See No Evil 2 (2014) in Movies

Mar 22, 2021  
See No Evil 2 (2014)
See No Evil 2 (2014)
2014 |
3
4.8 (4 Ratings)
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This sequel to the average-at-best See No Evil is sadly a bottom of the barrel mess.

It's takes everything from the first film, and makes it so much worse - the characters are dumber and even more unlikable (although this time we're mercifully spared from the edgy mugshot introductions - it's the small victories), the story is less cohesive, the setting is somehow more boring, and it's less gory. I know that gore isn't the be all and end all of horror, but when you're making a run of the mill slasher, then it's expected. At least the first film packed a bit of a punch in that regard.
Glenn 'Kane' Jacobs is probably the best thing going here. His killer is still suitably intimidating, but he's stuck in a huge turd of a film unfortunately.

I'd still just about take this over Leprechaun Origins, but would rather just forget that WWE horror films are a thing at this point.