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Shaun Collins (3 KP) rated Star Trek: The New Adventures: Volume 1 in Books

Jan 12, 2018

IDW has a great art team working on this title. BUT retelling classic Trek stories with slight twists to represent the new time line is lazy writing and quite frankly, boring. The best ones in the book stray far from the source material or are new stories to begin with. The same problem I have with the movies actually. Tell me new stories with this crew. Leave the prime universe alone.

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MissCagey (2652 KP) rated Pain & Gain (2013) in Movies

Apr 7, 2019

Pain & Gain (2013)

2013 | Action, Crime

6.2

(20 Ratings)

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This true story deserved a serious retelling rather than this pile of tripe. Trying to make a joke of what was an obviously horrific set of incidents just makes a mockery of the victims and what they went through. I found it pretty despicable. I only found out it was a true story at the end of the film and I had still found it dire and unfunny up till then.

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Damn Yankees

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Damn Yankees is a 1955 musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop, music and...

I, Claudius

8.2 (13 Ratings) Rate It

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Star-studded adaptation of Robert Graves' historical novels I, Claudius and Claudius the God,...

David McK (3540 KP) rated Odyssey (Stephen Fry's Greek myths #4) in Books

Mar 9, 2025

The final(?) part in [author:Stephen Fry|10917]'s retelling of the Greek myths, with this one - as in the name! - mainly concerning itself with what happened after the fall of Troy.

Indeed, I was surprised at how late into the tale it was before it stated focusing on Odysseus and his epic (10 years) trip to get home to Ithica and his wife Penelope!

Said legendary journey is what I was expecting the novel (retelling) to be about: I was unaware that it also concerned what happened to Menaleus (amongst other Greek victors) or to his Trojan captive Cassandra - fated to never have her prophesies believed but always to become true - amongst others.

I was also unaware, prior to reading/listening (I did both, switching back and forth), that the Latin name for Odysseus was Ulysses, or that - shall we say - Odysseus could be a randy old so-and-so ...

Looking forward to the forthcoming Christopher Nolan movie, now, to see how much is changed!

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Ruth Frampton (577 KP) rated La Casati: La musa egoista in Books

Apr 10, 2018

This graphic novel retelling of the life of the Marchesa, an Italian born noblewoman of the 19th Century whose aim was to become a work of art. The illustrations are good but the narrative feels repetitive and forced in places. The recreation of familiar images will leave you feeling that you know Casini, and well you should, often portrayed with her dark eyes, this is a face you will most likely know.

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The Stricken Land (20 KP) rated Murder on the Orient Express (2017) in Movies

Mar 2, 2018

Superb acting and period set design (0 more)

Slow, dull and uninvolving (0 more)

Ponderous retelling of the Christie novel.

This update of Agatha Christie's famous whodunnit certainly looks the part, and the who's who cast certainly give it their all. But for all its visual splendour, the film fails to really engage and is let down by plodding pace and bloated run time. Akin to watching a beautiful piece of antique furniture for two and a half hours.

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Peter G. (247 KP) rated Hacksaw Ridge (2016) in Movies

Aug 7, 2019

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

2016 | Drama, History, War

8.6

(74 Ratings)

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Strong retelling of the heroic Private Doss as I was completely unaware of his actions although I was aware of the army and their treatment of objectors.
Mel Gibson has captured the essence of the futility of war and how the heroics of one man saved many against overwhelming odds.
Effects are very realistic and the sound design has made this a home cinema favourite amongst enthusiasts.
Do not miss this film!