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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Blood Meridian in Books

Jul 27, 2017

Blood Meridian

Cormac McCarthy | 2010 | Fiction & Poetry

3.0

(1 Ratings)

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Grim , brutal and tasteless

I think the gratuitous and horrific descriptions of violence is insulting to those nations who were killed in the American genocide. It is bordering on tasteless and the entire book seems rather pointless being pummelled with endless ways of how to kill people in various brutal fashions. I understand McCarthy may be trying to portray how perpetual violence can desensitise people such as soldiers into doing things morally reprehensible but that was not obvious and it may have been more appropriate to use a fictional situation. The irony is you become desensitised reading it to the point my mind switched off. As a fan of The Road, I was disappointed by this.

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Dean (6927 KP) rated Eastern Promises (2007) in Movies

Feb 25, 2018

Eastern Promises (2007)

2007 | Drama, Mystery

7.5

(4 Ratings)

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This is very similar to A Histroy of Violence with the same director (David Cronenberg) and Viggo Mortensen teaming up again. It is just as violent and possibly more bloody and graphic. The acting is of a very good standard and although it is a bit slow at times you are likely to be engrossed in the story too much to notice.
A midwife delivers the child of a young Russian girl who dies at birth. Trying to trace her relatives she gets her Russian uncle to translate her diary which only uncovers a look into the life of the Russian mafia in London. If you liked A History of Violence, The Godfather you should really like this film.

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Reconceiving Religious Conflict: New Views from the Formative Centuries of Christianity

Wendy Mayer and Chris De Wet

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This book deconstructs instances of religious conflict within the formative centuries of...

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Christopher Shinn

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I don't want to do violence to anyone. I'm not a violent person. But I understand my role. I...

The Purge: Anarchy (2014)

7.1 (16 Ratings) Rate It

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Three groups of people intertwine and are left stranded in the streets on Purge Night, trying to...

Dork_knight74 (881 KP) rated Extraction (2020) in Movies

May 13, 2020

Extraction (2020)

2020 | Action

7.2

(28 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Well done

Lots of action and great cinematography. The acting was good and the story unfolded well. There some ups and downs with a few, somewhat predictable surprises along the way. Chris Hemsworth was great. There's a lot of violence in this movie so maybe not for the kids. Otherwise, worth a watch!