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Peter Segal recommended The Godfather: Part II (1974) in Movies (curated)

 
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
1974 | Crime, Drama
9.1 (37 Ratings)
Movie Favorite Watch

"I’m sure this is on practically everyone’s list of favorites, but if I’m being totally honest I have to start here. I’ve made sequels and I know how hard they are to do well. The fact that this movie won Best Picture is a testament to how successfully Coppola topped his own masterpiece. The flashbacks are pure genius, and give it a completely different feel from the first movie. I’ve watched this film probably more than any other, and have learned so much from it. How a character can deliver key information in a wide master with his back to the camera… in very dim light? I can imagine the studio notes: “I can’t see who’s talking. Where’s the coverage?”"

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Frozen in Books

Jan 8, 2021  
Frozen
Frozen
L.A. Casey | 2014
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This made me laugh several times simply at the stuff they did to each other but I wasn't entirely drawn into the story. I think what Darcy did back when they were 10 was wrong but at the same time I don't believe it required the hatred from Neala that it got. That being said, some of the pranks were funny, some a little cruel, but it always seemed obvious to me that they had feelings for each other, and it just took them forever to realise it for themselves.

I also loved the Irish-ness of this. Stuff like "me ma" and other sayings that just made it so Irish, and the thrown in well used British ones too.
  
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Tom Turner (388 KP) rated A Darker Shade of Magic in Books

Apr 29, 2021  
A Darker Shade of Magic
A Darker Shade of Magic
V.E. Schwab, Victoria Schwab | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry
8
9.2 (19 Ratings)
Book Rating
As has been said by numerous other reviewers I am sure, the world building in this book is exquisite! I don't think I've seen the multiple world's idea done quite as well as I have here. It's certainly the most thought out and crafted, and would be hard to beat.

Both the main characters were will defined and their relationship is one I could definitely believe.

The one draw back is the plot reliance on the mcguffin. By the end it definitely had a feel of the Ring from Lord of the Rings, and ultimately I felt it was this that held the book back from being really great.

I look forward to continuing in this world with this charactera in the future.
  
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LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) in Movies

Mar 28, 2021  
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
2007 | Comedy
9
8.4 (5 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Pretty much every line in Walk Hard is a lampoon of some sort, and quite wonderfully, it all lands! The script is equal parts immature, absurd, and witty, every cast member is just all in, and then there's the songs.
The music in this movie is fantastic - they are well written, and are incredibly funny in their parodies. I will quite happily stick the soundtrack on from time to time.
Biopics, especially music based ones, can be a risky game. They can be amazing cinema, but they always teeter on the edge of unintentional hilarity, and Walk Hard just fucking tears the walls down and savages what these type movies try to be and what they end up being. Its glorious.
  
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Hazel (2934 KP) rated The Young Survivors in Books

Jun 14, 2020  
The Young Survivors
The Young Survivors
Debra Barnes | 2020 | Education, History & Politics
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is not your usual memoir about the Holocaust ... well not one I have ever read before anyway ... it's the true story of what is was like for a family of Jews living in France during World War II.

Written from the perspective of three of the children, the story tells of their harrowing experiences during the German occupation of France and having to move from place to place, losing the adults in their lives and being separated from their siblings.

This is a heart-rending story but also a story of survival, bravery and hope and I want to thank the Duckworth Books Group via JellyBooks for my copy in return for them analysing my reading data and an honest review although this wasn't compulsory.