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Awix (3310 KP) rated Conan the Barbarian (1982) in Movies

Feb 22, 2018 (Updated Feb 22, 2018)

Conan the Barbarian (1982)

1982 | Adventure, Fantasy

7.0

(61 Ratings)

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Well-remembered fantasy movie isn't very similar to Howard's original stories, but gets the tone more or less right and made Arnie into a proper movie star. Strapping barbarian lad's family is murdered, spends montage sequence growing up while strapped to a capstan, escapes, sets out for revenge, and so on.

Dodges most of the more tedious fantasy-movie cliches by being about a straightforward hunt for revenge rather than a quest for plot coupons. Arnie isn't quite up to portraying Conan's inner life, but hits people with an axe very capably. It's all very staunchly right-wing - opens with a quote from Nietzsche and continues in a similar vein - but the results are campy more than actually problematic. Bombastic score from Basil Poledouris is a major plus.

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Lee KM Pallatina (951 KP) rated The Simpsons Movie (2007) in Movies

Jun 18, 2019

The Simpsons Movie (2007)

2007 | Animation, Comedy

7.7

(20 Ratings)

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Finally...

In 2007, the Simpson's finally hit the big screen.
following Lisa's failed attempts at getting her community to take responsibility for polluting Springfields water supply, they finally put an odd stop to this, homer ignores this and adds more to the already polluted water and sets of a dangerous chain of events. Springfield is then contained in a giant Dome and An angry mob descends on the Simpson home, splitting the family. With the towns fate in the balance, Homer sets out on a quest for redemption in order to save the world and earn Marge's forgiveness.

Some great gags, mature adult jokes with a few ideas the creators wanted to do for a long years.

Was great on release but Nothing special really, basically an 80 minute Simpson's episode.

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Ross (3284 KP) rated Silver Surfer: Rebith of Thanos in Books

Aug 15, 2019

Silver Surfer: Rebith of Thanos

Jim Starlin | 2012 | Comics & Graphic Novels

7.0

(3 Ratings)

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The origin of the infinity stones

A few half-decent linked Silver Surfer stories accompany "Thanos Quest", where the tyrant gathers together the infinity stones. This story shows that Thanos is actually already powerful, clever and tactical, and has the abilities to plan out and execute his strategy against a range of opponents. This sews the seed for the Infinity Gauntlet story arc, and the notion that Thanos is both obsessed with "Death", and also that he is totally egotistical and won't use his powers if he thinks he can do something with his natural abilities.
While the story was not quite as enjoyable as that in the Infinity War film, it gives a good background for the conflict to follow and has improved my re-reading of Infinity Gauntlet.