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Directing for the Screen: Succeeding as a Creative Professional

Anna Weinstein

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Directing for the Screen is a collection of essays and interviews exploring the business of...

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Patricia Lockwood

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From Patricia Lockwood—a writer acclaimed for her wildly original voice—a vivid, heartbreakingly...

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Merissa (13283 KP) rated The Eternal Series - Box Set Books 1 to 4 in Books

Jul 9, 2021 (Updated Jul 17, 2023)

THE ETERNAL SERIES: Books 1-4 not only gives you the four main stories, but two added extra shorts. The first one tells the origin story of Sammael/Alaric and the second is Kaitlyn and Raif's story.

The premise of this series is a really good one, but I'm afraid the constant time- and head-hopping made the writing style difficult for me to get into. There were also numerous spelling mistakes that jolted me out of the story. There were also a multitude of euphemisms used, eg. middle leg, and flag pole. I'll leave it to you to figure out what was being spoken about. And if I had a euro for every time "Rock, meet hard place," was mentioned, I'd be rich.

I enjoyed most of the characters and their individual stories. I also enjoyed seeing how their relationships continued in the following stories. The only one I really didn't like was Alex. He annoyed me from the beginning and nothing he did changed my mind.

I'm sure there are plenty of stories left in this series and I certainly wouldn't mind continuing with the story. Each book is long enough to sink your teeth into with plenty of intense steamy scenes too.

Great stories and overall story arc, recommended by me.

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* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book, and the comments here are my honest opinion. *

Merissa
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Jul 9, 2021

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Jordan Binkerd (567 KP) rated The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning (2007) in Movies

Aug 15, 2019

April Scott as Daisy Duke was hot - which is half of the appeal (2 more)

The stunts were decent - which is the other half

Harland Williams is hilarious, and I'll watch basically anything with him in it

Most of the cast - not necessarily that they were bad, but some were a bad fit for the characters (2 more)

The writing sometimes felt like a parody of itself.

The stunts were only decent.... and this is Dukes of Hazzard, where the stunts are the key.

Inconsistent and dumb

Ugh. And I thought the first movie was bad. Basically, this movie wants to be The Dukes of Hazzard meets American Pie but winds up closer to a parody of the classic show crossed with one of American Pie's less competent knockoffs. At times it hits the mark, true, but other times its almost more like a parody of the Dukes than it is the real deal. April Scott was decent in her role as Daisy, and turned out not to be just a mannequin for the shorts and crop-top, but the two leads? Less than stellar. Harland Williams is hilarious, but he's not a good fit for Sherriff Coltrane, who is supposed to be at least a little menacing if memory serves. Chris McDonald has made his career playing the corrupt businessman/politician role, which means he does it well, but his turn as Boss Hogg was just a generic rehash of a dozen other roles. As a final nail in the coffin the TV budget hampered the stunts to the point of not being able to save it. Go watch the show instead.