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The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl
The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl
Melissa Keil | 2014 | Young Adult (YA)
6
6.7 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl had a lot going for it: Well written with a vivid narrative, interesting setting, and a good cast of characters. I enjoyed the way in which true-to-life detailing and characterisations were embellished with a measure of weirdness, and I liked the take on the fear-of-change dilemma.

BUT...

I wasn't anywhere near as taken by this as I was by Life in Outer Space. There was just this frustratingly indefinable, yet very blatant...lack. I never felt fully caught up in this, the ending really didn't wow me, and it somehow seemed a lot longer than it was.
  
Lockout (2012)
Lockout (2012)
2012 | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
9
5.9 (10 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Escape from space
A fresh take on an old story.

A renegade CIA agent, the distant future and a corrupt government.

After being betrayed by his own government and sentenced to 30 years in cryogenic chamber 50 miles outside the earths atmosphere, our Agent is offered a way out...a suicide mission to the space prison and rescue the presidents daughter from a criminal rebellion that have taken control of the prison.

This to me is a 3rd part to kurt Russell's escape from series and I highly recommend it to any fans of them.

Great FX, great story, brilliant acting and some edgey twists.
  
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Ivana A. | Diary of Difference (1171 KP) rated Gattaca (1997) in Movies

Jun 20, 2020 (Updated Jun 20, 2020)  
Gattaca (1997)
Gattaca (1997)
1997 | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
JUDE LAW!!! (0 more)
Very interesting take on future
Being aware that this movie was made in 1997, I can now see how ahead of its time it was, and still is. The perfectly imperfect world, where genetics can assure your children are perfect doesn't necessarily mean that they will be up to the task. When a child that was predicted to die by the age of 30 manages to achieve what a "perfect product" is not able to, it leads us to assume that maybe, just maybe, everything is possible.

I loved the fact that this movie sparked a very long and thorough discussion between me and my boyfriend.
  
Wireless
Wireless
L.A. Witt | 2013
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
3.75 stars

I haven't read a dystopian story in quite a while so this was a nice change. And I actually quite liked it. The storyline wasn't something I'd read before and I was intrigued how it would play out.

I was really into it until about 70% when it went a little awry for me. Aiden vanished from Keith's life for a while and like Keith I was a little WTF? And then I wasn't totally convinced by the reasoning behind it to start with...but the last 10% or so made up for it.

It was an interesting take on what the future might be like.
  
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
1988 | Drama, Romance
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"A testament to how sexy and personal a film about politics can be. Though the film could have been preachy or shrill, the story’s aperture stays tightly focused on the shifting feelings of its protagonists, how their understanding of the politics around them begins to change, how they feel about themselves and, in turn, how willing they are to love with abandon. And finally, it showed me how valuable a small gem of comedy is: Daniel Day-Lewis telling beautiful women to take off their clothes because he is a doctor (a lie) serves as a touchstone of rakish charm throughout the most dire moments of the movie."

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