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Kevin Phillipson (9943 KP) rated the PlayStation 3 version of BioShock Infinite in Video Games

Sep 23, 2019  
BioShock Infinite
BioShock Infinite
2013 | Shooter
Columbia (2 more)
Elizabeth
Booker dewitt
Half way thru the 3rd bioshock game and so far it's excellent. The gameplay the characters the sky city of Columbia so bright and colourful compared to the underwater city of the first two games if it seems too perfect starts off like that but soon ends chaos when u arrive looking for Elizabeth as I've already rescued Elizabeth already so I'm gonna keep playing too see where the plot thickens playing this as part of the bioshock collection
  
Larimar: Gem of the Sea
Larimar: Gem of the Sea
Christine E. Schluze | 2011 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
What an amazing short read. This story is about a man that saves an underwater race from being devoured by a sea serpent. So much happens in just 50 pages. There is mystery, love and adventure. A cruel king, a downtrodden boy with rights to the throne, magic shells, mystical storms and a ships captain who believes in myths and legends. I haven't done my research yet because I was so excited to let you know how amazing this read was, but I hope there's a sequel.
  
Hello Down There (1969)
Hello Down There (1969)
1969 | Adventure, Comedy
3
3.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
The only performer to appear in three of the AFI's Hundred Greatest Films of All Time is Janet Leigh, which is quite an achievement, but she also turns up in a load of absolute dross, like this borderline-unwatchable musical comedy adventure about a family spending a month in an underwater house. Tony Randall is there for the older viewers; there are some swinging kids for the younger audience (a young Richard Dreyfuss keeps singing songs about goldfish); low-octane underwater thrills are occasionally attempted.
The list of people involved in this movie might lead one to expect something at least mildly interesting: Jack Arnold made many interesting SF B-movies, one of which (Creature from the Black Lagoon) featured co-director Browning in the title role; the cast list includes Randall, Leigh, Dreyfuss, and Roddy McDowell. And yet it feels almost aggressively anodyne and bland, horribly calculated, and made to TV-standard production values. Even when it was made this probably only appealed to the most undemanding viewers; nowadays it exerts a weird fascination if only as a relic of an unrecognisable sensibility.
  
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CHILLFILTR (46 KP) rated Swallow by Ben Reneer in Music

Jul 11, 2019  
Swallow by Ben Reneer
Swallow by Ben Reneer
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Album Rating
Ben Reneer reminds us a bit of Joel Levi but with a more washy vibe and one of those laser falsettos. The lyrics are thick and the message is simple: love endures. It tortures and redeems our own motivations for living.

“Have you sold your wisdom for glory
will you let me sell mine for youth
now you whisper the journey’s not over
I rattle my cage on the edge of the truth”
— Ben Reneer

Tag this one as Ryan Adams underwater.

Ben Reneer comes to us from Alpine, Utah. He considers himself more songwriter than singer but we beg to differ.
  
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Kevin Phillipson (9943 KP) rated the PlayStation 4 version of BioShock The Collection in Video Games

Aug 12, 2019  
BioShock The Collection
BioShock The Collection
2017 | Action/Adventure
Big daddies (2 more)
Little sisters
Rapture city
As I'm only reviewing the first to bioshocks and not infinite that will be separate review what can I say about bioshock games very creepy very claustrophobic and very dark my favourite characters are the big daddies and little sisters they are the stars of the game they draw u into the game as u search for Andrew Ryan thru rapture city spawring underwater city u traverse thru the first two games if u survive the splicers along the way who are addicted to Adam. It's a brilliant collection of three games looking forward to infinite after I finish the first two games
  
Underwater (2020)
Underwater (2020)
2020 | Horror, Sci-Fi
Not bad.
The film its self wasn't too bad, I enjoy the tense moments and the possibility of what could be in the ocean. I couldn't help but compare it to an underwater version of cloverfield but hey I likes that film too!

Good film about people working at the bottom of the sea on a drilling pylon and it seems they have awoken some ancient beast! It's all a fight to survive as they have to make it walking across the sea bed, but with these beasts being brutal and popping up everywhere not everyone will make it. Good tense film worth the watch!
  
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CHILLFILTR (46 KP) rated On the Corner Where You Live by The Paper Kites in Music

Jun 5, 2019 (Updated Jun 5, 2019)  
On the Corner Where You Live by The Paper Kites
On the Corner Where You Live by The Paper Kites
2018
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Album Rating
https://chillfiltr.com/blog/2018/7/31/the-paper-kites-deep-burn-blue
                            

This one feels just a bit throwback at first, with the analog-sounding synth on 8th-note repeat, and the guitar reverb has that little hint of Miami Vice. But then the baritone vocal hits, and then the alto harmony, and the whole song starts feeling warm and blanket-like, with a slightly muted band sound tucked under a wooly delay-reverb.

By the end: the hook is etched into your brain, the vocals feel like the pondering sound of your own inner vision, and the drums feel underwater. This song is a simple, infectious melody, delivered with impeccably groomed vocals, and a smooth late-night catharsis.
  
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Everblue (Mer Tales, #1)
4
6.0 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
I'm not having much luck with books lately. The last couple of young adult books I've started just haven't managed to grab my attention at all and I've DNF'd them. This one included.

DNF @ 22%

It didn't pull me in and make me want to forget everything else. The characters weren't in my face real and the continual chapter/character changes got a little annoying after a while. The underwater world held no appeal for me while I was more bothered about what was going on with Ashlyn above ground and then I'd read some and kinda lose interest in that but too.

I could really do with a book that's going to pull me in completely.
  
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Blazing Minds (92 KP) rated Aquaman (2018) in Movies

Nov 1, 2021 (Updated Nov 3, 2021)  
Aquaman (2018)
Aquaman (2018)
2018 | Action, Sci-Fi
Aquaman may have its flaws and it may not be on par with how Marvel have brought their characters to the big screen, but I have to say that this is one of those popcorn movies that I really enjoyed, forget the storyline of the movie, just get in there and enjoy the movie for what it is.

The effects of Aquaman look amazing, the underwater scenes look great on the IMAX screen and add to that the depth (no pun intended) of the 3D it all adds to the ride that you get with the movie and thankfully we don't get any of those purposely placed “look I’m poking in the face” 3D effects.
  
The Call of Cthulhu
The Call of Cthulhu
H.P. Lovecraft | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
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Kindle
The call of Cthulhu
By H. P. Lovecraft

The Call of Cthulu, the tale of a horrifying underwater monster coming to life and threatening mankind, is H.P. Lovecraft's most famous and most widely popular tale, spawning an entire mythology, with the power to strike terror into the hearts of even the Great OldOnes.




This is the one everyone seems to go on about! I’m so far loving my Lovecraft journey. This is my favourite so I can see why suggest this as the first one you read, I’m not sure you should as I’ve read a few of Lovecrafts short stories and I’m finally getting to grips on how he writes. Which I think is why I enjoyed this more the I thought.