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Movie: Lightyear

This was so mediocre that it actually made me angry.

I didn’t really care about any of the characters. The side characters were particularly underdeveloped. Also, what happened to the rookie at the start?

Many plot points didn’t really make sense or relied on the characters being stupid or unrealistic. The classic example here is the surprise about the time dilation (these are space rangers!) followed by the repeated attempts. After the first… [more]
posted to FanFare by Stark at 5:23 AM on June 30, 2022

Heh. To be fair I did generally enjoy Sox and he’s probably my favourite character. I’d hope he kept a backup of the formula for the hyper speed crystal though!
posted to FanFare by Stark at 6:31 AM on June 30, 2022

Movie: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

My son is a huge fan of the "How to Train Your Dragon" series, through the films, TV series, and books. He was delighted with the latest film and pronounced it "Epic".

I really enjoyed it as well. I particularly liked the callback at the end to the start/end of the book series, and the theme of dragons and humans struggling to live together is literally the plot of the last few books in the books. There's great comedy (Toothless attempting a mating… [more]
posted to FanFare by Stark at 5:04 AM on February 27, 2019

Book: Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

I really enjoyed this, although it was difficult to keep track of things at times. I loved the concept and particularly appreciated the character differences - how the hosts affected the way in which Aiden thought / moved / behaved.

I got into the 'what happens next' plot quite quickly, as there are small mysteries being created and resolved throughout - it's definitely a page-turner for me. The things that slowed me down at times was some of the characters and mood -… [more]
posted to FanFare by Stark at 2:05 AM on January 9, 2019

I think that's the reason for the name change in the US version to the 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle!
posted to FanFare by Stark at 2:41 AM on January 11, 2019

Movie: Galaxy Quest

I loved this movie.

Our family motto is "Never give up, never surrender!"
posted to FanFare by Stark at 2:25 AM on February 10, 2016