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Erika (17788 KP) rated The Day of Creation in Books

Dec 19, 2020 (Updated Dec 19, 2020)  
The Day of Creation
The Day of Creation
J.G. Ballard | 2012 | Fiction & Poetry
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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When I read Ballard, I tend to be completely engrossed, and creeped out. This novel features a doctor, who goes on the hunt for the source of a river that could make the Sahara a land of plenty. The dude, of course, becomes completely unhinged, as most of the main male characters in Ballard's novels.
The summary on the back of the library copy I read had a phrase to the effect of, is this a fever dream, or did it happen... In my mind, I'd like to hope it was a fever dream because it was completely disturbing (some pedo action).
Still, though I felt like I was reading something akin to a car crash (pun unintended), which has also been explored expertly by Ballard, I couldn't help but continue reading until the end.
  
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MissCagey (2652 KP) rated Locke (2014) in Movies

Dec 7, 2017 (Updated Dec 7, 2017)  
Locke (2014)
Locke (2014)
2014 | Drama, Mystery
1
4.0 (2 Ratings)
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Watching paint dry is a better use of your time than watching this film
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Even the delectable and normally highly watchable Tom Hardy cannot salvage this film. It beggars belief that both he and Olivia Colman signed up for this drivel. The whole film is Tom Hardy driving his car and making and receiving a series of phone calls whilst doing so. That is it. To his wife, his kids, the female he had a one night stand with who is currently in labour with his baby, his workmate and his boss. I persevered to the end expecting Hardy to be involved in a crash and die which would have livened up the film a teensy bit but no, he has these conversations and then the film finishes with no climax whatsoever. Dull and boring from start to finish.