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Awix (3310 KP) rated Godzilla Vs Hedorah (1971) in Movies

May 17, 2019  
Godzilla Vs Hedorah (1971)
Godzilla Vs Hedorah (1971)
1971 | Fantasy
6
5.8 (9 Ratings)
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The movie that goes to show that when it comes to allegorical fables about the environment featuring man-in-a-suit monsters, subtlety isn't always necessary. Pollution-spawned jelly-beastie develops various peculiar powers and threatens Japan; Godzilla turns up to deal with it. Is the subtext that we should choose nuclear power over fossil fuels? Unlikely but possible.

Godzilla Vs Hedorah makes itself distinctive amongst the Godzilla films of the early 70s by virtue of its sheer, insidious weirdness, most of it due to Banno's direction: there are sudden switches to black-and-white, split screen sequences, educational segments, and allegorical cartoons. Doesn't stop it being mostly awful, but in a strangely hypnotic way, and it least it's obviously about a serious issue for a change. Possibly most infamous for the sequence where Godzilla uses his atomic breath as rocket thrust to fly with, but much other weirdness is also present. Bad, but very watchably bad.
  
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Heather (1 KP) rated The Man in the High Castle - Season 1 in TV

Jan 20, 2018  
The Man in the High Castle - Season 1
The Man in the High Castle - Season 1
2015 | Sci-Fi
8
7.7 (10 Ratings)
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Excellent story line of what could of happened if the USA didn't win world war 2. (1 more)
I love the unexpected plot twists that keep you on your toes and wanting to see what happens next.
A few episodes are very gory and graphic including but not limited to people being shot, stabbed, beheaded and hung. Sometimes it was a bit too graphic for me. But it may be accurate as to what happens in Japan and other countries so that is eye opening. (0 more)
Great story line of what ifs
Not for children. It may give them nightmares and since child can take things literally, they may not fully understand the fact that it's a fictional show depicting a different life had things of been different during world war 2

Great for history buff though and theologists and philosophers as this covers both and asks, what if things didn't end well for the USA?
  
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Awix (3310 KP) rated The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) in Movies

Mar 5, 2018  
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
2006 | Action
5
5.2 (12 Ratings)
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Largely superfluous entry to the F&F series doesn't feature any of your favourite characters, probably, was only retconned to have any connection to the rest of the series some years later. Identikit bad-boy teen gets packed off to Japan to teach the locals a thing or two about driving on the famously non-congested streets of Ikebukuro.

Really a film struggling to find a reason to justify its own existence: the plot is very forgettable and the rest of it rather so what - film attempts to make quest to go round corners sideways at high speed look like some kind of spiritual mission; essentially fails. Surprisingly unflattering to the Japanese characters, too; wouldn't happen nowadays. The movie's fascination with the fact some people have cameras on their phones is charmingly quaint, too. All the important parts of Tokyo Drift are recycled in later F&F movies, so you only really need to bother with this one if you're a completist.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2163 KP) rated The Prime Minister's Secret Agent (Maggie Hope Mystery, #4) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
The Prime Minister's Secret Agent (Maggie Hope Mystery, #4)
The Prime Minister's Secret Agent (Maggie Hope Mystery, #4)
Susan Elia MacNeal | 2014 | Mystery
10
9.0 (2 Ratings)
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Maggie is trying to deal with what she saw and learned in Berlin while training future spies to help England during World War II. But when a friend gets in trouble, Maggie snaps out of her depression to help. Meanwhile, Japan and the US are not finding any common ground in November of 1941.

Fans of the series will appreciate the character development we get here with Maggie and some other series regulars. It feels like a slower book than normal, but it was needed and I never felt my interest waning. Maggie and the others take a back seat to the lead up to Pearl Harbor at times, but I found that part just as interesting, and I don't know how the author could have played it any differently for this series.

NOTE: I was sent an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2014/07/book-review-prime-ministers-secret.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.