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Steve Lemme recommended Grease (1978) in Movies (curated)
colin... (64 KP) rated The Rental (2020) in Movies
Sep 30, 2020
White People Unnecessarily Gaslighting Each Other With A Plot That Is Predictable From The First Ten Minutes With A Score That Is Bland And Repeats The Same Two Notes Over And Over Again And Nothing Even Remotely Impressive Happens On A Technical Level Or A Plot Level: The Movie
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Jan 2, 2022
Maggie Nelson recommended To the Lighthouse in Books (curated)
Andrew Koltuniuk (762 KP) rated Ladyhawke (1985) in Movies
Oct 27, 2024
While I have seen this film before, it was over ten years ago and I think that I can confidently say it was like watching it again for the first time. I love this film, it has such sharp dialogue and such interesting characters. I forgot how slow of a burn this film is, but it hits in the end.
Lenard (726 KP) rated X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019) in Movies
Jul 4, 2019
The producers behind the X-Men series once again rush to tell one of their best storylines from the comic series. Unfortunately, The Dark Phoenix Saga does not lend itself to a one-off movie. Once again, the people with the money are too afraid to gamble on breaking the story into two or three movies. Imagine It, The Lord of the Rings, or Infinity Gauntlet as just film. You can't because all of them were split up into two or three films and they all made huge profits. Dark Phoenix needed the same care and guidance. Jean Grey was not introduced in this timeline until Apocalypse. We the audience did not have time to get to know her and her backstory so we have no sympathy for her when she is taken over by an alien force or any understanding why she is able to battle within herself. There is no real tension in the relationship between Scott and Jean since they have only been together in our minds for 1 movie even if the movie was set ten years ago. We have not experienced those ten years along side them. Every detail is cobbled together in an effort to jam this story which lasted ten issues in the graphic serial.
As an avid reader of novels I've found myself persistently let down with YA novels and I thought the same of Divergent before I had even read it. I got a sample and downloaded the book and finished it in under ten hours. Couldn't put it down. Very good YA novel and an interesting twist on a dystopia. Don't think I will be judging a book by its cover any time soon again
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2200 KP) rated Encyclopedia Brown Carries On in Books
Jul 17, 2018
Ten More Cases with the World’s Smartest Ten-Year-Old
This book features ten more chances to match wits with Encyclopedia Brown. Up first, he’s trying to figure out how to move a giant mousetrap that a would be criminal left outside town hall when no one would buy it from him. The rest of the stories find Encyclopedia and his partner Sally helping his friends and neighbors. They encounter Bugs Meany a few times when Bugs tries to rig a drawing and again when he tries to set Sally and Encyclopedia up with the police. They also help a friend keep his business giving for golf balls to himself and save the Left-Handers Club from sabotage.
These stories really are short, averaging about five pages each, with the piece of information that Encyclopedia used to stop the crime from taking place on another page at the end. I never could solve these as a kid, but I managed to do pretty well as an adult rereading this book. And no, it’s not because I remembered what had happened. The stories are a bit dated but that shouldn’t be too big an issue for today’s kids. The characters are also thin because there really isn’t time for character development, but again, kids won’t care. I certainly didn’t as a kid.
These stories really are short, averaging about five pages each, with the piece of information that Encyclopedia used to stop the crime from taking place on another page at the end. I never could solve these as a kid, but I managed to do pretty well as an adult rereading this book. And no, it’s not because I remembered what had happened. The stories are a bit dated but that shouldn’t be too big an issue for today’s kids. The characters are also thin because there really isn’t time for character development, but again, kids won’t care. I certainly didn’t as a kid.
Lumos (380 KP) rated The Oregon Trail Card Game in Tabletop Games
Apr 26, 2018 (Updated Apr 28, 2018)
This is fairly true to the video game version. It is a very quick game to play. Mostly because you will die rather quickly from some disease or other.
Ok... I played again and this time, I died within 2 minutes. I then spent another 5 minutes watching the other players die one by one. There was no laughing about it like last time... just frustration all around. A waste of time... at least it was less than ten minutes..
Ok... I played again and this time, I died within 2 minutes. I then spent another 5 minutes watching the other players die one by one. There was no laughing about it like last time... just frustration all around. A waste of time... at least it was less than ten minutes..
