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Phil (3 KP) rated The Pillars of the Earth in Books

Jul 3, 2017

The Pillars of the Earth

Ken Follett | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry

7.6

(13 Ratings)

Book Rating

In Depth, long page turner

Contains spoilers, click to show

I'm not normally the sort of person who goes in for historical fiction. Especially those set in the Dark Ages, but gave it a go as had heard it was a modern 'must read'.
For something that was over 1000 pages, it never felt like a slog or a chore to read. The more you get in to it, the more you want to read in one sitting.
Admitted, the sex scenes are quite gratuitous and graphic at times. And, taken in a modern context, the continual dumping on the lead character can seem overly harsh, as if the author gets pleasure from torturing his lead. But read the book through the historical lens of it's 12th-13th Century setting, and this reduces the frustrations, and adds to the realism

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Lee KM Pallatina (951 KP) rated Escape from New York (1981) in Movies

Jun 18, 2019

Escape from New York (1981)

1981 | Action, Sci-Fi

8.2

(20 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Snaaaaaake!

Escape from New York is a 1981 dystopian science fiction-action film.

In 1997, a major war between the U.S and Russia is continuing and the whole of Manhattan has been converted into a giant free roaming maximum security prison. When Air Force One is hijacked and crashes into the island, the president is taken hostage by inmates. Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell), a former Special Forces soldier turned criminal, is recruited to retrieve the president in exchange for his own freedom.

Dark toned action adventure spawning a cult franchise and heavily inspired the Metal Gear Solid franchise. (I mean its lead character is snake plissken)

co-written, co-scored and directed by John Carpenter.
It stars Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Donald Pleasence, Ernest Borgnine, Isaac Hayes, Adrienne Barbeau, and Harry Dean Stanton