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Connie (244 KP) rated Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in Video Games

Dec 8, 2018 (Updated Dec 8, 2018)

An amazing addition to an already fantastic franchise!

I haven't tried the actual online gameplay yet, but I can tell you that adventure mode is fantastic. I spent 8 hours after a full workday playing adventure mode; I've unlocked maybe a dozen fighters all told, some of whom I don't even recognize. There's a new mechanic that allows me to customize each fighter as I play, which allows me to improve characteristics that I like or use more frequently. I can even train my fighters to have different statistics, which unlocks a multitude of different playstyles.

I haven't actually tried to play the online Quickplay yet, though I will probably do so sometime this weekend. It's great that they have online as an option, because that was always an issue for me--often I couldn't find anyone available at the same time as myself, so I only had CPUs or each hero's journey to complete.

I'd give this 15 out of 10 if I could... And 20 out of 10 with the more traditional controller!

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Andy K (10823 KP) Dec 8, 2018

I love it so far as well.

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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2456 KP) rated Who is The Mystery Reader? in Books

Nov 4, 2019

Reading is a Superpower!

This book is broken up into many parts. The main story involves Zoom Squirrel who gets some help in reading for The Mystery Reader, a costumed superhero. But who is the masked man, er squirrel? And can Zoom enter the world of masked superheroes? After the main story, we get a couple of terrible (and by that, I mean delightful) puns and jokes related to reading. There’s also a section where we see the work that goes into creating a book.

As an adult, I don’t find these picture books as delightful as some of Mo’s other works. They are missing the humor and charm. However, I can see the appeal to young readers, and if the addition of superheroes to reading encourages kids to read, I’m all in favor of it. The multiple sections can make the book disjointed, especially if you are reading the book to a group of kids, but it would be great for kids ready to expand their reading beyond the traditional easy readers.

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Rickey A. Mossow Jr. (689 KP) rated Train to Busan (2016) in Movies

Jan 6, 2020

Train to Busan (2016)

2016 | Action, Drama, Horror

8.5

(39 Ratings)

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Wow. Just an incredible, near-perfect zombie movie!

I had heard a lot about this movie, I just never took the time to watch it. Man, what was I waiting for? I went in expecting a traditional zombie movie, and in a way, that's what I got. But this film is so much more. The acting is very girl (seriously, can that little girl stop tearing my heart apart?). The characters are full and you care about each of them. Some you love. Some you despise with every fiber of your being. The world feels real and functional. There really never was a dull moment. The movie grips you early and leaves you an emotional wreck after its thrilling climax.
I feel like any words I could write cannot relay how much I enjoyed this movie, and look forward to any future stories from this world that may be on the horizon. If you haven't seen it yet, do yourself a favor. Don't wait and watch it now.

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Awix (3310 KP) rated I Walked with a Zombie (1943) in Movies

Jan 8, 2020 (Updated Jan 8, 2020)

I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

1943 | Horror, Romance

9.0

(2 Ratings)

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One of the granddaddies of the modern zombie movie is almost unrecognisable as such: no blood to speak of and the plot is derived from a novel by Charlotte Bronte. Nice young nurse goes off to morbid, doomy Caribbean island to care for the creepy wife of her employer (can't speak, has no will of her own following strange 'fever'); finds herself falling for her boss (though God knows why, he's so disagreeable). Perhaps the local voodoo spirits can help cure the afflicted woman?

A zombie movie in the traditional sense, and all the creepier for it. The plot is rather melodramatic, and the gentility of the film is quite amusing to the modern eye (male worshippers at a voodoo ritual all turn up in suits and ties), but it scores hugely for atmosphere, though, and there are some genuinely eerie sequences. Usual studied ambiguity and lack of overt 'horror' you often get in Lewton movies, but this just adds to the sense that this is a classy piece of work.