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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Sanditon in Books

Oct 5, 2020  
Sanditon
Sanditon
Jane Austen | 2009
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
What a shame that Jane Austen never completed this novel, and the 60 some-odd pages we have get us to just the point when things are getting started going! The characters are adorable, and the way Austen sets the scene is, as she might say, most charming.

However, I'm certain that she would have done a great deal of editing of this opening section, had she ever finished writing the rest of the book. There are far too many run-on sentences that include so much information, that things get somewhat confusing.

But what does this matter... since someone has apparently come up with the types of twists and intrigues that could make this story complete, and turned it into a TV mini-series by the same name! That should be fun to watch, right?
  
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Emma @ The Movies (1786 KP) rated Tad, The Lost Explorer (2013) in Movies

Sep 25, 2019  
Tad, The Lost Explorer (2013)
Tad, The Lost Explorer (2013)
2013 | Action, Animation, Family
6
6.5 (2 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Tad Jones, the most awkward explorer, must rescue his beloved Sara from a millionaire who is looking for King Midas' necklace.



Amusing in parts, as always the added extras were more entertaining than the main "cast"... i.e. the animals and the mummy stole the show.

What I didn't realise before seeing this is that it's the second film in the series. In 2012 there was Tadeo Jones... or Tad: The Explorer for the non-Spanish audience. The film on it's own makes sense, but you're left with a little confusion at the beginning when you realise everyone knows everyone else.

The animation isn't particularly my sort of thing. It has the look of something you'd expect from a TV show, but generally most average animation is still good animation.

All in all it was a fun story, with some interesting characters in.
  
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David McK (3562 KP) rated The Truman Show (1998) in Movies

Sep 6, 2019 (Updated Mar 14, 2021)  
The Truman Show (1998)
The Truman Show (1998)
1998 | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
9
8.0 (59 Ratings)
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On the Air. Unaware.
"On the Air. Unaware".

Peter Weir's incredibly prescient satire drama (released, as it was, even pre Big Brother), in which Jim Carrey shows he can actually act, by putting in - for me - what is probably his best performance as Truman Burbank, the unwitting and unknowing star of a 24/7 reality TV show that is now in its 30th year and that is viewed by millions around the globe.

In effect, a bit of an update on the old Descartes 'how do we know what is real?' question: as far as Truman is concerned, this *is* reality, until a series of accidents and events leads him to start to question everything and everyone in his life, leading to the emotional finale (does he ever meet the girl again? What comes next for the world's most recognizable man?).