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Emma @ The Movies (1786 KP) rated The Post (2017) in Movies

Sep 25, 2019

The Post (2017)

2017 | Biography, Drama, Thriller

7.1

(45 Ratings)

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A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between the press and the government.

A colleague asked me what I thought of this one and I honestly had to pause before answering. His reaction was "You can't have liked it then!", but actually I did. It was very hard to describe the feeling I got from the film though.

Throughout, Hanks was brilliant, just what you'd expect for this sort of character. For a significant amount of time I really didn't enjoy Streep at all... but actually, that's kind of the point. She's a woman in a man's world, and she hasn't ever really found her feet. It takes a significant amount of the movie to pass before Kay Graham finally grows a backbone and starts to throw her authority around. And that's when I realised that I really was enjoying watching it, and Streep's 180 seemed so real.

Interesting all the way through. Technically accurate? I couldn't say, but then I don't go to the cinema for a history lesson.

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Terri Wiltshire (21 KP) rated The Lord of the Rings in Books

Sep 1, 2019

The Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien | 1954 | Fiction & Poetry

8.5

(64 Ratings)

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Tolkein created a complete detailed universe complete with its own mythology and lore (2 more)

Varied and rounded characters

Epic journey of good verses evil and the grey areas in between

You will become obsessed...it is difficult not to fall in love with the world and it's characters (0 more)

Masterpiece

There is little I can say that has not already been said about The Lord of the Rings. It is an epic story of friendship, love, betrayal, war and essentially a coming of age journey. Middle earth and all its inhabitants come alive in your hands...you are transported to a world in chaos, a world of change where nothing is certain. Battle with dwarfs and elves, fight along side men who are impossibly brave and flawed and cry as the tiniest of people carry the biggest of burdens.
This book and the subsequent movies based on the world have been well quoted and are almost inbedded in British culture.
I envy those who haven't read them yet..you have a fantastic journey ahead. It will not be easy (this is not light reading) but it will be more than worth it. Enjoy, and give the elves my love.

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Rodney Barnes (472 KP) rated The Transformers - The Movie (1986) in Movies

Sep 23, 2019 (Updated Sep 23, 2019)

The Transformers - The Movie (1986)

1986 | Animation, Family, Sci-Fi

8.3

(20 Ratings)

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G1 is still the best

I was 12 years old when this movie came out. Let me tell you. It still stands up today. This movie had the best Transformers action you have ever seen. It takes you on an emotional roller coaster. Seeing the deaths of some of the Autobots you were accustomed to seeing on the tv show was heart wrenching. Wheeljack, Ironhide, Windcharger and most notably Optimus Prime was hard for a kid my age at the time to see. Even some of the Decepticons. But the ending of this movie will leave you feeling great. The final battle between Prime and Megatron was on for the ages.....UNFORGETTABLE. The voice acting of Leonard Nimoy and Orson Welles was a highlight for me too. Welles voiced Unicorn who was the main planet eating antagonist in the movie, while Nimoy voiced the Decepticon Scourge. With some of the old Autobots from G1 and the newer ones....they overcame the evil of Unicron and Galvatron....who was previously Megatron. I recommend this movie to any Transformer lover