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Barry Newman (204 KP) rated Cloud Atlas (2012) in Movies

Jan 28, 2020

Cloud Atlas (2012)

2012 | Drama, Sci-Fi

6.2

(10 Ratings)

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I made it through 1 hour of this films 3 hour running time before I completely lost the will to live and just had to turn it off and I consider even that an achievement! . The film consists of 6 separate stories set at various different points in time that it jumps between consisting of the same cast in various different dodgy make up and wigs, none of the stories make much sense or hold any interest for the viewer. The basic gist is these are reincarnated souls at different points in time and the influence they have had on each others lives. Yes it sounds like an interesting and ambitious idea but the execution of it was just terrible, the film is pretentious and baffling , there’s a good cast who are wasted (even Tom Hanks was bad!) and the film holds no entertainment value whatsoever. Nearly as bad(at least this looks pretty) as ‘Cosmopolis’ and that is really saying something!.

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Awix (3310 KP) rated The Lighthouse (2019) in Movies

Jan 31, 2020

The Lighthouse (2019)

2019 | Drama, Horror

7.2

(26 Ratings)

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Distinctively weird period horror movie. Two men are posted to operate a remote lighthouse off the New England coast. One of them is young and inexperienced; the other is old and annoying. Isolation, terrible weather, and perhaps something else all take their toll; there is madness in the air.

Another one of those really peculiar art-house takes on a genre movie that Robert Pattinson seems to enjoy doing: God knows what his take on Batman is going to end up like. I imagine that not many stranger films than this will get a major release this year, but it is still an impressive piece of film-making: well-played, very atmospheric, with strong performances. In the end it's kind of up to the viewer to work out what's really going on in this movie, but the challenge is worth the effort. In the end this resembles Steptoe and Son as written by H. P. Lovecraft; not quite as awesome as that sounds, but still very watchable.

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saheffernan (157 KP) rated All Your Twisted Secrets in Books

Apr 2, 2020

All Your Twisted Secrets

Diana Urban | 2020 | Young Adult (YA)

5.0

(2 Ratings)

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Contains spoilers, click to show

TW: Drug use, suicide, bullying, toxic friends: Overall I enjoyed most of this book. There was a few writing issues that took me out of the story like certain descriptions of sounds characters would make would be used multiple times. In the beginning it was also hard to keep track of which character was which. This story took a turn for the bad towards the end. It reminded me heavily of one of us is lying; someone in the room knew what was happening. In Amber's quest to make Sasha see the error of her ways (after Sasha accuses her of being like her) Amber becomes just as terrible if not more so than the toxic Sasha. In the end Amber ends up messing up 6 people's lives trying to prove a point instead of trying to properly get her friend back and get Sasha some much needed help. I really disliked the ending but the book keep me reading so it gets points there.

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Sarah (7800 KP) rated The Curse of La Llorona (2019) in Movies

Feb 22, 2020

The Curse of La Llorona (2019)

2019 | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

6.1

(29 Ratings)

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As bad as The Nun

After watching this I almost want to copy and paste the majority of my review of The Nun, as I feel the same way about La Llorona as I did about that.

I hate these types of films, especially all of these created within this whole Conjuring universe. They're not scary, rely on pretty poor jump scares and the more of these films they make, the more predictable and dull they are. And I felt that La Llorona is almost on par with The Nun, even the Annabelle films are better than this. La Llorona herself is a terrible spirit, looks ridiculous and the whole plot is just far too similar to many other films that have gone before it. There's an episode of Supernatural similar to this plot that is miles better!

I really need to stop watching these films, as much as they need to stop making them.