Tag: Review
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Jurassic Park: Altering the Foundation
Last week, I experienced the original Jurassic Park novel for the first time. All in all, while I did have a few complaints (shocking, I know), I thought it was pretty good! A book well worth reading! Unfortunately, it left me with an unstoppable desire to rewatch the movie. So I did just that. The…
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Hunter X Hunter Arc 2: The Zoldyck Manor
This is its own arc. Not part of the Hunter Exam. Fight me. Right after Killua murdered a dude and failed the Hunter Exam, Gon, along with Kurapika and Leorio, head off to find him. Their quest takes them to the Zoldyck family manor, where all manner of trials await them. Can Gon rescue Killua…
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Uncharted 2: The One I Kinda Almost Liked
Hey. Almost is more than Uncharted 1 got. Upon booting up Uncharted 2, it became immediately clear that this one was a huge improvement over the first. For a while, I was actually enjoying myself! “This is it!” I said. “This is why people love this series!” But then I kept playing. My hatred for…
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Jurassic Park: A Book or a Movie Script?
The Jurassic Park franchise is a strange one. At this point, there have been five movies, with a sixth on the way, but only one of them has been widely considered any good. Yet all of these films have been massively successful. So much so that people often forget the book that started it all.…
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Airplane!: A Masterclass in Visual Comedy
Remember when movies were allowed to just get completely ridiculous? Back when directors could pitch a movie in which a flight attendant gives a blow job to an inflatable pilot without getting kicked out of the room? I remember. Airplane! is a movie that doesn’t worry too much about telling a story. It’s focused entirely…
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