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Kevin Phillipson (10072 KP) rated A League of Their Own (1992) in Movies
Mar 7, 2019
Tom hanks (2 more)
Geena Davis
Madonna
I must have seen this movie so many times and still like it. a movie about a all female baseball team during world war 2 it works as a movie on so many levels the acting the script and surprised me Madonna acting which was good. Overall thumbs up
Bostonian916 (449 KP) rated Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020) in Movies
Jul 22, 2020
Probably an unpopular opinion, but not a big fan.
Will Ferrell played a very lacking character. I had no interest in seeing him succeed at all. I was invested in Rachel McAdams character but not enough to rescue the weak script.
I really wanted to enjoy this and I'm disappointed I wasn't able to.
Will Ferrell played a very lacking character. I had no interest in seeing him succeed at all. I was invested in Rachel McAdams character but not enough to rescue the weak script.
I really wanted to enjoy this and I'm disappointed I wasn't able to.
Jesse Malin recommended The Fugitive Kind (1960) in Movies (curated)
David Attenborough recommended Lucretius in Books (curated)
Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated The Invitation in Books
Jun 21, 2023
Scribbling Through History: Graffiti, Places and People from Antiquity to Modernity
Omur Harmansah, Elizabeth Frood, Chloe Ragazzoli and Chiara Salvador
Book
For most people the mention of graffiti conjures up notions of subversion, defacement, and...
Daniel Boyd (1066 KP) rated The Nice Guys (2016) in Movies
Jul 19, 2017
Witty script (1 more)
Crowe & Gosling
An original laugh
The Nice Guys is directed by Shane Black and stars Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling as two very different kinds of private investigators. The movie is great and has Shane Black’s fingerprints all over it. It is especially reminiscent of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and the Lethal Weapon movies. Typical flawless hero Ryan Gosling is cast here perfectly as a burnt out alcoholic wimp of a man, his comedic timing is perfect and seeing that in tandem with Russell Crowe’s no nonsense hard man act makes for fantastic chemistry and comedy gold. The plot is kind of all over the place, but a tight, cleverly written script holds the whole thing together.
Sarah (7800 KP) rated Kong: Skull Island (2017) in Movies
Jul 28, 2017
Script & character development (2 more)
Overused slow mo
Music
Better than Peter Jackson's version
Well this definitely wasn't worse than Peter Jackson's snorefest of a Kong movie, and I'd say it's probably on par with Gareth Edward's Godzilla film.
It's a much better story and plot than Peter Jackson's but it really suffers from a patchy script and very poor character development. The CG Kong is impressive, but the slow motion effects are really overused. There are some cheesy shots - Tom Hiddleston has obviously been told to stand around "looking macho" - and the music just doesn't work. There isn't a requirement to use all of the same classic songs just because a film is set around the time of the Vietnam war!
It's a much better story and plot than Peter Jackson's but it really suffers from a patchy script and very poor character development. The CG Kong is impressive, but the slow motion effects are really overused. There are some cheesy shots - Tom Hiddleston has obviously been told to stand around "looking macho" - and the music just doesn't work. There isn't a requirement to use all of the same classic songs just because a film is set around the time of the Vietnam war!