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Gabriel Garcia Marquez recommended The Metamorphosis in Books (curated)

 
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis
Susan Bernofsky, Franz Kafka, Mark M. Anderson | 2015 | Essays
7.0 (4 Ratings)
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"I never again slept with my former serenity. [The book] determined a new direction for my life from its first line, which today is one of the great devices in world literature: “As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.” [I realized that] it was not necessary to demonstrate facts: it was enough for the author to have written something for it to be true, with no proof other than the power of his talent and the authority of his voice. It was Scheherazade all over again, not in her millenary world where everything was possible but in another irreparable world where everything had already been lost. When I finished reading The Metamorphosis I felt an irresistible longing to live in that alien paradise"

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    Block Fortress: War

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    Welcome to the Blockverse: an alternate and blocky dimension, home to a diverse collection of alien...

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David McK (3425 KP) rated Monster Hunter (2020) in Movies

Apr 10, 2023  
Monster Hunter (2020)
Monster Hunter (2020)
2020 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
5
5.1 (16 Ratings)
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If you mention bad video-game adaptations, there's usually one director that comes to mind (Paul WS Anderson), and one actor (Milla Jovovich).

This being, at the time of writing, their latest.

Based on the video game series by Capcom (yes, the same people who did the Resident Evil games) which - I have to admit - I've never actually played, it's very easy to spot the influences of said game on the film, which (in the film) sees Jovovich's US Ranger Lt Artemis and her men transported to an alien environment infested by, you guessed it!, various icky monsters. It's also extremely easy to spot the influences of other, far far better, 'creature features': think Starship Troopers, Tremors or even Aliens to name but three!

Perhaps, as a non-player of the game, I'm just not the target audience ...?