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Karate Kata Bunkai, Combat Analysis: Vol 1

Dave Hague

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Dave Hague 6th Dan began his martial arts training in 1968 by beginning Judo practice, and joined...

Hayden Hansen (5 KP) rated 28 Days Later (2002) in Movies

Apr 27, 2019

28 Days Later (2002)

2002 | Horror, Sci-Fi

7.6

(47 Ratings)

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Unique (4 more)

Zombies aren't zombies

The acting

The violence is creative

Scary

Very disorienting (4 more)

Can't settle on a mood

The ending kinda falls apart

Doesn't develop the characters enough

Not always scary

Okay zombie movie but disappointing Danny Boyle movie

Okay so I saw 28 Days Later when I was 14 and had no idea what the hell I was watching. It was way too different from other zombie movies out, in fact it never really says zombie at all. The film works with it's settings, actors, and violence but it doesn't when it's telling the overall story. The ending kinda gets distracted and uninteresting fast at that point as I kinda stopped caring. Danny Boyle has directed alot of movies that are great like Steve Jobs, Slumdog Millionaire (yes it's a great movie), and Trainspotting but this reminded me of Sunshine so much. I mean there's a great premise that takes new twists and turns that the kind of story doesn't do. It works well for most of the movie till the very end that doesn't stick the landing cleanly. I still say this is worth a watch considering how stupid 28 weeks later is... And believe when you get done with the beginning of that one, you'll k know what I'm talking about...

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ClareR (5885 KP) rated Us Against You (Beartown #2) in Books

Aug 25, 2018

Us Against You (Beartown #2)

Fredrik Backman | 2018 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry, Sport & Leisure

10.0

(3 Ratings)

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An outstanding sequel.

If I could give this more than 5 stars, I really would. I feel as though someone has sucker-punched me. I’m not usually someone who cries over a book: I get emotional, yes, but actual crying is something I seldom do. This book, though. I couldn’t tell you how many times it brought me to tears. The characters are so vulnerable - even those who you wouldn’t expect to be.
There’s a lot of ice hockey: not a sport we see much of here in the U.K., but it’s done in a particular way that I didn’t feel it was a story about sport.
“Have you ever seen a town fall? Ours did. We’ll end up saying that violence came to Beartown this summer, but that will be a lie; the violence was already here. Because sometimes hating one another is so easy that it seems incomprehensible that we ever do anything else.”
This is a story about human nature: all the good, bad and messy bits. And I loved it. Five stars for me means I would read it again, and I probably will.
Many, many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this wonderful book.