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Andy Gill recommended Blood on the Tracks by Bob Dylan in Music (curated)

 
Blood on the Tracks by Bob Dylan
Blood on the Tracks by Bob Dylan
1975 | Alternative, Folk, Singer-Songwriter
7.7 (3 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"Weirdly, I think Dylan's protest mode never quite 100% rings true to me. It rings 98.5% true, but somewhere, in the back of my mind, there's something inauthentic about it, in some way. And I think he may have felt that. I mean, what's Dylan's best song ever? Probably 'Like A Rolling Stone' and that's just sneering at somebody, a woman he'd been in a relationship with. As a body of work, Blood On The Tracks is faultless, there's not a bum note in there, not a bum word, everything transports you. You know, it's brilliant storytelling, and he's not trying to be too clever. With Blonde On Blonde, which is an album I love, he's trying to make himself come across like a brainiac, talking about Verlaine and French poets, which is fine, there's nothing wrong with that at all, but maybe you feel… I guess he always does that. I suppose Blonde On Blonde is slightly more obscure, slightly more difficult, whereas Blood On The Tracks, he's just storytelling, he just wants to talk about this break-up. I remember being with a girlfriend and her friend, and she said, ""here's the new Dylan thing"" - it draws you in, it immerses you in it and as soon as I started hearing it there was no room for anything else."

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Teen Titans  - Season 5
Teen Titans - Season 5
2005 | Animation
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Lovable characters you can instantly connect with (2 more)
Mature and compelling, but still appropriate for kids, storytelling
Great mix of comedy, action, and dramatic moments
Not just a kids show
A Show I used to obsess over as a kid that holds up very well as an adult. The characters are some of my favorites in all of fiction and it provides a great mix of zany comedy and surprisingly heartfelt moments. The first three seasons are the best imo but 4 and 5 are great too. It's a real shame nothing like this is being made now. Recommended for fans of superheros and/or cartoons in general.
  
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Tonya (52 KP) rated Avengers: Infinity War (2018) in Movies

May 12, 2018 (Updated May 12, 2018)  
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
2018 | Action, Sci-Fi
Action (1 more)
Use of characters
Incomplete storytelling (0 more)
Exciting ... but too much hype before resulted in disappointment
Contains spoilers, click to show
I love all of these movies, some more than others, but I love the interplay between them and I don't mind leaving some of the movies with more questions than answers. But I don't like leaving the movie feeling down. Obviously things will change for the gang in a future movie and we aren't going to end the series with all of those heroes turned to dust. I wouldn't even have minded an ending with impending doom ... but one filled with loss and no teaser of something better was really disappointing.
  
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
2019 | Sci-Fi, Thriller
Amazing Finish
This is a an amazing movie and worth the three hour time frame. It is the epic ending that the infinity series deserved. The storytelling was absolutely breath taking, just watching it brought back memories from watching all of these characters grow and develop over this past decade. I highly recommend seeing it and to watch all 21 marvel movies if you already haven't seen them. You will laugh, you will cry, and you will experience many emotions before the end of this movie. I feel you all will not regret going to see this movie. As Stan Lee always used to say, Excelsior my fellow fans.
  
The Viking's Captive (Clan Hakon #2)
The Viking's Captive (Clan Hakon #2)
Quinn Loftis | 2018 | Romance, Young Adult (YA)
10
9.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Fantastic
I want to say that this book was better than the first but that would be a lie as they are equally outstanding. I was glued to my seat and couldn't turn the pages fast enough. This one picks up where the first one left off and the storytelling is fantastic. I was quickly swept away and lost within this beautiful storyline full of Vikings, princesses, maniacal jarls and even a very disturbing witch. The characters are strong and work well within the story and I can't wait to learn more about Dayna and Brant as I know their story will also be epic!!
  
The Mountain Between Us (2017)
The Mountain Between Us (2017)
2017 | Drama, Romance
Strangers thrown together must endure a gruelling and interminable ordeal - I'm not talking about Idris Elba and Kate Winslet, but cinema audiences who unsuspectingly sit down to watch The Mountain Between Us.

Reasonably competent, I suppose, as a piece of storytelling, but really, really dull and predictable - takes a while to get going, and then another while to conclude once the actual story is finished. Also contains the leading candidate for Worst Sex Scene of the year - although who knows, maybe frostbite, malnutrition and incipient gangrene is just the thing to get most people in the mood, I don't know (it's been a while). Not actively bad, just very undistinguished.
  
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Dork_knight74 (881 KP) created a post

Jul 5, 2018  
I watched a "horror" movie on Amazon called "Evidence". It's one of those 'home video camera' style movies. I think they make these to conver up for the bad acting and weak storytelling. At the beginning, I get it, guy is trying to film his camping trip with his friends or whatever. But later in the movie there really is no point in it being shot from the home camera. Smh. Sad part is, with a little better acting and some decent cinematography, this could have been a MUCH better movie. The 'home movie' films have gotten old. This one really ISN'T worth a watch.