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Pete (121 KP) rated Thor: Ragnarok (2017) in Movies
Oct 28, 2017
Chris Hemsworth (4 more)
Tessa Thompson (valkyrie)
Comedy
Best of all, the soundtrack
Cameos
Makes up for The Dark World
Contains spoilers, click to show
Thor number 1, great film. Thor The dark world, not everyones cup of tea (i liked it), Thor Ragnarok, this has everything the others missed and more.
Comedy, action, fight scenes, soundtrack, Cameos it had it all. Its highly recommended even if most of the film he is without Mjölnir( not a spoiler if you watch the trailers) Plus some of the fight scences are behond epic. Still not the best Marvel based film but up there thats for sure mainly because it had Loki, Dr Strange and the fire demon Surtur.
Comedy, action, fight scenes, soundtrack, Cameos it had it all. Its highly recommended even if most of the film he is without Mjölnir( not a spoiler if you watch the trailers) Plus some of the fight scences are behond epic. Still not the best Marvel based film but up there thats for sure mainly because it had Loki, Dr Strange and the fire demon Surtur.
Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated Saving Private Ryan (1998) in Movies
Jan 3, 2018 (Updated Jan 3, 2018)
EPIC
One of the best Normandy landing scenes of all time. The cast whether it's a cameo.little part or the large roles play a fantastic role. The plot of the story is based on the Lincoln letter that is read in the beginning of the movie that a mother of 5 yes 5 lost 5 children in the Civil War. After that it was decreed that no mother should go through that again. The plot and separate stories in the movie play equal yet significant roles in the movie. There is never nay downtime in my opinion and it is a movie that keeps you interested in every second of it's 2 plus hours greatness.
LissaBeth21 (6 KP) rated The Years of Rice and Salt in Books
Jan 8, 2018
What a stunning, epic tale. A collection of lives, a group of souls described as a jati, wending their way across the centuries of an alternate history.
What if the western / European world was wiped out completely in the 14th century instead of only 1/3rd of the population? Kim Stanley Robinson vividly imagines the stages of life and consequences to the world. The rise and spread of Islam instead of Christianity. The different minds who would awaken to the natural sciences. The empire building of China into the New World. The continuation of Native American cultures through their cooperation and shared values.
Dystopian historical science fiction with serious questions of religion, philosophy, and sociopolitical theories expertly woven together.
What if the western / European world was wiped out completely in the 14th century instead of only 1/3rd of the population? Kim Stanley Robinson vividly imagines the stages of life and consequences to the world. The rise and spread of Islam instead of Christianity. The different minds who would awaken to the natural sciences. The empire building of China into the New World. The continuation of Native American cultures through their cooperation and shared values.
Dystopian historical science fiction with serious questions of religion, philosophy, and sociopolitical theories expertly woven together.
Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) in Movies
Jan 10, 2018
Second of an epic series
Contains spoilers, click to show
The book series to me will always bet better becuase of the detail it uses but, yet again the acting is spectacular in this sequel to Fellowship of The Ring. The story continues with our hero making his way to Mordor while the rest try to protect him in other ways by gathering an army. The story does introduce us to Gollom one of the most tragic characters in all of the stories (in my opinion) He plays a pivotal roles in the second and third books. Don't want to spoil it for you but, read the books to get a better point of view of his character.
Alison Pink (7 KP) rated The Lantern in Books
Jan 15, 2018
If you can stick out this book for the first 10 or so chapters you will be rewarded with much more than you ever expected! If I had to sum up Deborah Lawrenson's book up in a few words I choose sweeping, dramatic, unexpected, & descriptive to the point of being lyrical.
This book intwines the epic history of the crumbling hamlet called Les Genevriers and the Lincel family with the present inhabitants, Dom and Eve. The characters are well developed and very simply human at the same time. The writing is engrossing and leaves you guessing until the conluding chapters offer you a simple, reasonable explanation that still manages to be tinted with a bit of intrigue and mystery.
This book intwines the epic history of the crumbling hamlet called Les Genevriers and the Lincel family with the present inhabitants, Dom and Eve. The characters are well developed and very simply human at the same time. The writing is engrossing and leaves you guessing until the conluding chapters offer you a simple, reasonable explanation that still manages to be tinted with a bit of intrigue and mystery.
Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated We Are Legion (We Are Bob): Bobiverse, Book 1 in Books
Jul 28, 2017
Epic sci-fi with hints of existential philosophy
Dennis E Taylor hits legend status with We Are Bob, creating an entire universe based on essentially a godlike figure who happens to be a computer with the implanted memories and humanity of an ordinary man named Bob.
The character is hugely witty, intelligent and his former project management position makes the listener question is this how a higher being does it? Creating clones and minions of himself, Bob 1.0 delegates them to saves millions of civilians as earth is no longer a viable planet.
It's claustrophobic, creepy at times but mostly wonderfully engaging and humorous. Prepared to be confused by the various Bobs about.
The character is hugely witty, intelligent and his former project management position makes the listener question is this how a higher being does it? Creating clones and minions of himself, Bob 1.0 delegates them to saves millions of civilians as earth is no longer a viable planet.
It's claustrophobic, creepy at times but mostly wonderfully engaging and humorous. Prepared to be confused by the various Bobs about.
Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated Forrest Gump (1994) in Movies
Feb 3, 2018
EPIC
Tom Hanks plays Forrest Gump plays a young man who is very slow but, smart growing up in the south during the 60's with his mom (Field). His life through school, the Vietnam war where he befriends his LT (Sinise), his lust for the love of his life Jenny (wright), to coming home and becoming the shrimp king of the world and just on more historical adventures.
The movie is kind of set to Billy Joel's "We didn't start the fire" as a ton of these historical events take place during this movie in which forrest has some connection with. The movie aslo has one of the best 60's soundtracks set to it of all time.
The movie is kind of set to Billy Joel's "We didn't start the fire" as a ton of these historical events take place during this movie in which forrest has some connection with. The movie aslo has one of the best 60's soundtracks set to it of all time.
Awix (3310 KP) rated The Last Samurai (2003) in Movies
Feb 12, 2018
Troubled Civil War veteran Tom Cruise goes off to Japan to train their new modern-style army just after the Meiji restoration; winds up being allowed to become a samurai despite not quite meeting the minimum height requirement.
Clearly wants to be a lavish Dances With Wolves-style epic drama; works well enough as a historical adventure with some well-staged action sequences, but not quite as moving or powerful as it would really like. Every Japanese person I know who's seen this movie seems to think it's supposed to be a hilarious deadpan comedy. Someone should tell Cruise it's bad manners to organise a kamikaze charge and not die alongside everyone else.
Clearly wants to be a lavish Dances With Wolves-style epic drama; works well enough as a historical adventure with some well-staged action sequences, but not quite as moving or powerful as it would really like. Every Japanese person I know who's seen this movie seems to think it's supposed to be a hilarious deadpan comedy. Someone should tell Cruise it's bad manners to organise a kamikaze charge and not die alongside everyone else.
Helen (25 KP) rated the Xbox One version of Fortnite in Video Games
Jul 17, 2018
Good gameplay (3 more)
Different play modes
Can edit your character
Battlepass challenges
This is a simple yet genius format for a game. It is a PvP battle were the last one standing claims the Victory Royale. There are different modes available so should be something to suit everyone. You can play solo or buddy up with friends in duos or squads. If you want a battle on a bigger scale there is a 50 v 50 challenge. The game can be quite glitchy at times but bare in mind it is still a Beta version so there are always updates from Epic Games to improve the gameplay.
Britt Smith (36 KP) rated The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) in Movies
Jul 27, 2018
Look: If you're going to talk about art and cinema, you're going to have to mention NMB4C. It's simply a fact.
The time and effort that went into the movie, coupled against the beautiful storytelling make Tim Burton's classic film worth the watch. This reviewer has been a long-time fan, and continues to watch it at least 2x times per year. Why? Because it's just that fun. Not to mention that Oingo Boingo's front man (and epic composer) Danny Elfman does the singing voice for Jack Skellington. It's simply got a season run between Halloween and X-mas that make the film utterly enjoyable and fun. It's OOAK, and you'll be hard pressed to disagree.
The time and effort that went into the movie, coupled against the beautiful storytelling make Tim Burton's classic film worth the watch. This reviewer has been a long-time fan, and continues to watch it at least 2x times per year. Why? Because it's just that fun. Not to mention that Oingo Boingo's front man (and epic composer) Danny Elfman does the singing voice for Jack Skellington. It's simply got a season run between Halloween and X-mas that make the film utterly enjoyable and fun. It's OOAK, and you'll be hard pressed to disagree.