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Blazing Minds (92 KP) rated Jungle Cruise (2021) in Movies
Oct 29, 2021 (Updated Nov 2, 2021)
Jungle Cruise may not be one of the best movies out there at the moment, but is certainly a lot of fun with the 3D and 4DX, but I don’t think the movie would have been as much fun without the extra effects, the movie seems to pull in from so much that we have seen done before with those hints of Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean and National Treasure.
Kevin Phillipson (10072 KP) rated Davy crockett king of the wild frontier (1955) in Movies
Sep 14, 2022
I knew about this thru the song which is rather catchy tune anyway the movie it’s rather good movie even if it’s taken from the tv show of the same which they only made three episodes which sees him from being us senator to the Alamo. Fess Parker plays Davy Crockett rather well with good support from the rest of the cast sometime I should watch Davy Crockett and the river pirates sometime
Hazel (1853 KP) rated Hostage Three in Books
Dec 17, 2018
<i>I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads.</i>
<i>Hostage Three</i> is the second literary thriller by Carnegie Shortlisted Nick Lake. I must admit that I was a little apprehensive about reading this book after having read Lake’s first literary thriller, <i>In Darkness</i>, which, although well written, was rather hard going and, at times, boring. However I really enjoyed <i>Hostage Three</i>. Maybe it helped having a narrator I could relate to more, or maybe it was because the narrative was not shared between two major different time periods as <i>In Darkness</i> was. Whatever the reason, it was good.
The narrative jumps straight in to something happening in 2008 on the coast of Eyl, Puntland, Somalia. Seventeen-year-old Amy Fields is on a yacht, there are pirates; it appears someone is about to be killed. End of part one. What has happened? What is going to happen? Begin part two, three and a half months earlier. From this moment on Amy narrates what has happened in the lead up to the initial insight given and what happened afterwards. The reader learns more about Amy, her father and his wife, Sarah, who Amy constantly refers to as ‘the stepmother’, which gives an indication of their tense relationship. Throughout the book there are also flashbacks to what happened to Amy’s real mother, a sufferer of severe OCD, and the events that caused Amy to become the rebellious teenager she is portrayed as at the beginning of the novel.
Amy and her family end up travelling the world on a private yacht only to get taken hostage by pirates in the Indian Ocean. To begin with it is clear that the Fields family and yacht crew are the goodies and the pirates the baddies, however Amy begins to develop a complicated, secret relationship with one of the pirates, Farouz. The reader discovers the pirates’ motives, well at least Farouz’s motives, behind the hostage situation. Things begin to look less black and white, less good versus bad. And everything, of course, becomes more complex once romance is thrown into the mix.
<i>Hostage Three</i> is well worth a read. Lake writes really well and keeps the reader engaged. It is as if Amy is talking to the reader the entire time. Once you get used to the unconventional use of punctuation (no speech marks) it will become fast paced and you will be torn between wanting to read it all in one go and wanting to slow down to prevent it from ending too soon!
<i>Hostage Three</i> is the second literary thriller by Carnegie Shortlisted Nick Lake. I must admit that I was a little apprehensive about reading this book after having read Lake’s first literary thriller, <i>In Darkness</i>, which, although well written, was rather hard going and, at times, boring. However I really enjoyed <i>Hostage Three</i>. Maybe it helped having a narrator I could relate to more, or maybe it was because the narrative was not shared between two major different time periods as <i>In Darkness</i> was. Whatever the reason, it was good.
The narrative jumps straight in to something happening in 2008 on the coast of Eyl, Puntland, Somalia. Seventeen-year-old Amy Fields is on a yacht, there are pirates; it appears someone is about to be killed. End of part one. What has happened? What is going to happen? Begin part two, three and a half months earlier. From this moment on Amy narrates what has happened in the lead up to the initial insight given and what happened afterwards. The reader learns more about Amy, her father and his wife, Sarah, who Amy constantly refers to as ‘the stepmother’, which gives an indication of their tense relationship. Throughout the book there are also flashbacks to what happened to Amy’s real mother, a sufferer of severe OCD, and the events that caused Amy to become the rebellious teenager she is portrayed as at the beginning of the novel.
Amy and her family end up travelling the world on a private yacht only to get taken hostage by pirates in the Indian Ocean. To begin with it is clear that the Fields family and yacht crew are the goodies and the pirates the baddies, however Amy begins to develop a complicated, secret relationship with one of the pirates, Farouz. The reader discovers the pirates’ motives, well at least Farouz’s motives, behind the hostage situation. Things begin to look less black and white, less good versus bad. And everything, of course, becomes more complex once romance is thrown into the mix.
<i>Hostage Three</i> is well worth a read. Lake writes really well and keeps the reader engaged. It is as if Amy is talking to the reader the entire time. Once you get used to the unconventional use of punctuation (no speech marks) it will become fast paced and you will be torn between wanting to read it all in one go and wanting to slow down to prevent it from ending too soon!
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Victoria Green (34 KP) rated Dragon's baby in Books
Jun 8, 2019
Inspirational
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A story about a woman Calista and her friends as they are attacked by space pirates and crash land on a planet that is killing them. But that's where things get 'hot'.
She meets the beings on the planet and... Well... You know... I don't want to ruin the story.
But the plot is amazing. The description. Is. Amazing.
I am going to finish the series sooner than i realised cause it is highly addictive.
She meets the beings on the planet and... Well... You know... I don't want to ruin the story.
But the plot is amazing. The description. Is. Amazing.
I am going to finish the series sooner than i realised cause it is highly addictive.
Ckings (13 KP) rated The Princess Bride (1987) in Movies
Jan 29, 2019
Pure escapism
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I had to review this one of my all time favourite films.
There's nothing complicated and if you explained the movie to someone I think they would say sounds stupid, but it is just pure fun to watch.
The characters are all larger than life with some amazing quotes.
“My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die!”
To name just one.
There's princesses, pirates, giants and swordfights what more do you need .
There's nothing complicated and if you explained the movie to someone I think they would say sounds stupid, but it is just pure fun to watch.
The characters are all larger than life with some amazing quotes.
“My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die!”
To name just one.
There's princesses, pirates, giants and swordfights what more do you need .
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