One Sentence Media Reviews
Stressful Fincher Facebook drama full of his patented fast-paced dialogue (the fun part) and dramatic courtroom proceedings with lots of baleful glares (the boring part).
Inconsistent and brutal read, sadness and disaster abound, made me want to cry, also long and not always interesting, and the sci-fi forecasting is kind of lacking in my humble opinion (!) but despite all that, very real and inspiring and i couldn't put it down.
The incredibly dry whimsy of the book (great book) didn't translate all that well for this movie version, and I think it's honestly because the two actors aren't right for their roles - great actors, just not for these roles.
I really enjoyed the deep seed-thoughts about cooperation and defection, human society’s survival, and group dynamics that this classic book sowed in me.
Sigourney Weaver as a philandering former teacher of the main character is a funny bit, and weird, but this movie was too stupid for me to watch.
If you need to cut from the most exciting parts of the present action to jump into some backstory over and over, it might be a sign that you have 30 minutes of excitement and an hour of padding.
The vibes were immaculate, as the kids say, and although for some reason a couple of the main casting choices didn't sit perfectly for me, I very much enjoyed this flick - it's A24 and you keep thinking it'll have horror elements, but it does not.
I'm not sure I love how dramatic this old b+w adventure drama gets at times, but Jean Arthur's character is so self-assured and yet vulnerable, so real, and the film's story fits in a clever amount of plotlines and connections with some great pacing and storytelling.
I continued to read this series against my better judgment but i’m glad i did because altho the evil wizard was annoying me in the last book, he’s not even in this one, and it’s yet again Abercrombie at his best writing an exciting story full of nonstandard, complex characters.
As far as modern meditation books go you could do a lot worse than this approachable, down to earth (if somewhat cheesy) take, with its double emphasis on therapy and healing.
I liked this new book in Abercrombie’s universe as far as its writing and story went, but the problem is he made his formerly conflicted main bad guy so cartoonishly evil now that i’m having trouble caring about the rest of the series.
I enjoyed this slightly silly Audrey Hepburn romcom, with its early-60s vibe and its European flair, and it had some good laughs, but it lacks a deep center, it's all periphery, there's nothing all that interesting at its heart and it doesn't fully hold together.
I made it halfway it's pretty stupid and regressive / doesn't hold up well, couple good laughs but Crystal's character is annoying.
Sorkin did a ton of primary research into the hundred year old story of the great depression, and it really shows, with a delicious texture of characters and events, seasoned by a fairly light economic analysis.
A kid's book should be sweet, simple, and entertaining, but this supposedly popular typing cow book's only jokes are parent-aimed, with a story no toddler would care about; I think it's mainly purchased by aunts at borders who think it's funny and don't understand that what they think is funny doesn't matter.