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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated The Power in Books

Jul 27, 2017  
The Power
The Power
Naomi Alderman | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
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7.9 (13 Ratings)
Book Rating
Disturbing for its anthropological truths
I was pretty blown away by the subject matter. What if the tables were completely turned? Women in power, no longer in servitude. The level of violence only reflects the reality that women face daily. An extremely difficult but clever look at societal inequality from the other shoe.

There were times I lost track as the action became overwhelming but the fundamental moral remained true. Dark and disturbing but is it dystopian? Hard to say because that's the reality for many today.
  
Bad Moms (2016)
Bad Moms (2016)
2016 | Comedy
Usual chaotic comedy
As with a lot of these American comedies, it's brash, over the top and totally in your face, with a dollop of moral ethics. A mother, stretched to the limits, decides to let go of being perfect and do what she would rather do. She is judged as a result by other mothers, insecure with their own issues of attempting to reach perfection. It's a little silly, and I switched off engaging after a while.

The usual Hollywood C-rate comedy.
  
Camp X-Ray (2014)
Camp X-Ray (2014)
2014 | Drama, War
The subject matter is harsh but the story is very well executed. Acting performances stand out. This is prokative cinema at it's best, Even the soundtrack is deep - check out The Antlers' song, Kettering. (0 more)
Not much. (0 more)
Wow!
I rate this film highly. It makes you question your own moral compass. It deals with such provocative subject matter is such a provocative way. It's ultimately a sad indictment of the fact man can't live in peace with man but, in the end, it's an uplifting experience.
  
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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
1974 | Drama, Romance

"To start with, a unique film from Scorsese’s career, rediscovered recently, and a feminist melodrama with constant emotion. The humanity that transpires within the slightest exchange, the slightest look between actors (a beautiful group led by Ellen Burstyn) can almost be seen as vestiges from another time – contemporary cinema having lost (momentarily?) this sort of innate grace, the pleasure of acting, of crying and living in front of a camera. Today’s “naturalism” seems quite faded when one sees a film of this moral fiber."

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Trolls World Tour (2019)
Trolls World Tour (2019)
2019 | Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Good moral message (1 more)
Cool images and scene
Weird twisted music (0 more)
Kinda Cool Kinda Weird
The storyline was kind of thrown together but it makes for a happy kids movie with upbeat music and a happy message at the end. Good for entertaining the kids but not if you want to watch it ugh yourself. All in all the music was a little overdone but the actual film was cool to watch, just not something I wanted to sit there and pay attention to for another two hours.