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Mothergamer (1652 KP) rated the PlayStation 4 version of Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin in Video Games

Jan 18, 2021

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin

2019 | Action/Adventure, Simulation

6.0

(2 Ratings)

Video Game Rating

Playing as the harvest goddess Sakuna is interesting because she starts out as a rather spoiled person, but when she makes a terrible mistake and gets banished to the realm of mortals with a group of humans to correct it, you start to see her change into a better person. There are two aspects to the game: 2D side scrolling dungeon levels and then a farming sim where you have to grow and harvest rice. Both are a lot of fun. The story is charming and you get to see how Sakuna starts to change because of her interactions with the mortals and working together with them. The art style is very cute and colorful. It's a fun whimsical game. You can read the full review here: http://mg28-mothergamer.blogspot.com/2021/01/sakuna-of-rice-and-ruin-charming.html

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Emma @ The Movies (1786 KP) rated Stronger (2016) in Movies

Sep 25, 2019

Stronger (2016)

2016 | Drama

8.0

(5 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Based on the memoir of the same name by Jeff Bauman and Bret Witter. It follows Bauman, who loses his legs in the Boston Marathon bombing and how he must adjust to his new life.

I feel terrible that I didn't really enjoy this film. The story itself is such a powerful one, and moments in it are truly moving, but the film starts to drag a bit in places. I'm going to have to look into the comparisons between the movie and what actually happened, it's difficult to tell what they created for the script to make the movie chug along and what was real.

There are some very talented actors in this one though, and as I said, some very moving moments. For me though I think it's not quite the break from reality that I look for in a film.

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated The Vampire's Redemption (Undead in Brown County, #3) in Books

Sep 6, 2019

I read books 1 and 2 of this series back at the end of 2012 and I'd honestly forgotten a lot of what happened in them, however the first chapter of this did a good job to revise some of what had happened.

I did remember that I was Team Michael out of him and Alex but with the introduction of another lover in this, I wanted to throw my computer. Two men isn't enough in her life? She gets a third? I'm still Team Michael because he's done his best to redeem himself after the terrible crimes he committed before he was sentenced to be held on the property by Sarah's dad.

The ending has left me eager to see what happen next with Sarah and the three men in her life and I'm off to start book 4 in the series.

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All That Remains

Al Barrera

7.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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The old world is dead, and humanity struggles to survive in the shadows of the new one. Kyle, Sara,...

Awix (3310 KP) rated Bell-Bottom George (1943) in Movies

May 17, 2020

Bell-Bottom George (1943)

1943 | Comedy, Musical

5.0

(1 Ratings)

Movie Rating

George Formby vehicle in need of a tune-up. George, who as ever is playing a good-hearted Lancastrian simpleton ukulele master, joins the navy by accident, stumbles across a nest of Nazi spies, and saves a new submarine from being sunk, while getting the girl and doing a few comic songs along the way.

These days I suspect most people only watch George Formby films for the one-liners and the musical numbers - but the script here is thin, and Formby doesn't play the uke in half the songs (which mostly aren't that good either). All the usual elements turn up - chases, slapstick, unlikely romance, etc - but the movie feels padded even at only 97 minutes long and it's just not consistently funny enough. Still, the second world war saw some terrible disasters, and this is far from the worst of them.

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Lee KM Pallatina (951 KP) rated Aladdin (2019) in Movies

May 20, 2020

Aladdin (2019)

2019 | Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical

7.2

(157 Ratings)

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The Genie of the disappointing live action reboot

Ok first off, I'm not saying the acting was awful but felt rugged, most of the casting choices seemed random, like picked out of a hat random & will smith as genie, although it he was entertaining, I couldn't look past his accent - having a genie with a street wise way of speaking after being Trapped for several lifetimes just couldn't be ignored (In my case that is).

The movie could've been a little more open to including previously used idea's, like talking animals...I mean it is only a movie after all an it would've helped recapture the magic.

Anyway, the overall outcome wasn't terrible just seemed to miss it's intended target, but I have seen worse.