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David McK (3906 KP) rated Passengers (2016) in Movies

Mar 15, 2020  
Passengers (2016)
Passengers (2016)
2016 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
6
7.3 (39 Ratings)
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Sci-Fi romance starring Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence (with support from Michael Sheen and Laurence Fishbourne) as two travellers aboard an interstellar vessel, who awaken out of hibernation 30 years into a 90 year journey (I think those are both right) to their new home planet, with no means of getting back to sleep or of waking up any other passengers or crew.

What follows, then, mostly - of necessity - follows those two characters (and Sheen's android bartender), asking just what you would do in their circumstances? How would you live out your life?

Beautiful cinematography and some fancy effects, however, can not fully make up for (at times) as dull as dishwater and leaden pacing ...
  
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Vandela Vida recommended Raising Victor Vargas (2003) in Movies (curated)

 
Raising Victor Vargas (2003)
Raising Victor Vargas (2003)
2003 | International, Comedy, Drama
(0 Ratings)
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"[Laughs.] Yeah, I mean, all these things obviously exist to some extent, but this was just, “Here are people.” And these are four main kids who are sort of just making their first forays into romance and what it means to be young men and young women. It doesn’t talk down to them, it doesn’t assume things. It all sort of flows from within these young people and from the actors themselves, and it has a humanity that I don’t think has been achieved before or after in depictions of people that age. So I always thrust it on our students, especially young Latino students who don’t see a whole lot of depictions of themselves in American movies."

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated If There's No Tomorrow in Books

Jan 7, 2021  
If There's No Tomorrow
If There's No Tomorrow
Jennifer L. Armentrout | 2017 | Contemporary, Young Adult (YA)
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Liked it but didn't love it

I liked this but failed to be pulled into it completely. Her retelling of the scene and what led up to it and her emotions being all up in the air didn't hit me as hard as they could have. If I'd been fully into the story, I'd have been crying my eyes out.

As for her romance with Sebastian. Well, I liked him a lot but I never understood the self sacrificing behaviour female characters can do sometimes where they push the guy they like/love away. What is with that?

Never the less, I did enjoy this just not as much as some of JLA's other books.
  
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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Kindling the Moon (Arcadia Bell, #1) in Books

Sep 6, 2019  
Kindling the Moon (Arcadia Bell, #1)
Kindling the Moon (Arcadia Bell, #1)
Jenn Bennett | 2011
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
4.5 stars.

I was surprised that I liked this so much. I think it was the fact that the romance took up a good 50% or so of the book, the other 50% being the hunt for the demon that Cady believed killed the three people her parents had been accused of killing.

I still haven't decided if Lon is attractive (wavy longish hair and moustache?) but I have to admit that despite the age difference between him and Cady that I really like the thought of them as a couple. Some of the scenes between them were just amazingly sweet and others were just plain sexy.

I cannot wait to read more of this series!