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The Marsh King's Daughter
The settings are super simple, but are used to the maximum, and you get to have some sense how deep the marshes are in Michigan and to be honest I don't think "Marsh" in Michigan. That is a Florida thing, you know?
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Armageddon
There are some scenes on the asteroid that still look awesome, and I really enjoyed it. In fact, upon looking into it, it was the sound and visual effects that won an Academy Award. The story is for sure not following any decent science, but it is entertaining.
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Ender's Game
However, having watched it, even comparing to my memory of the book, it doesn't hold up well. If I ever got a chance to talk to Orson Scott Card and whoever owns the film rights, I would want to redo it with a miniseries that combines both Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow books.
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Crazy Stupid Love
This is one of my wife's favorite movies. Between this and Space Force she really likes Steve Carrell, but she doesn't like The Office. What makes the story even better is the way that it weaves all the stories together and makes for a great ending.
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Atomic Blonde
If there was ever a female Jason Bourne movie at the moment, it would be this. Close quarters combat, good ole “who is the real spy,” and tradecraft with the KGB makes this an invigorating spy movie with lots of drama. Also Charlize's outfits are spectacular.
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Knives Out
That is something else this movie does really well. Provides an excellent story where there is no real wasted portion of the movie. Every single scene is brought back to show either some clue that we missed watching it or some additional symbolism
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Hit Man
This movie was not what I expected. I honestly had no idea what it was about and had no real intention of watching it, but my father-in-law put it on while they were visiting. The story is where I just get angry. There are so many plot holes for a "true story" that it makes no sense.
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Salt
Its been a while since I have watched this movie and it holds up decently. The overall story is built on old Intelligence theory that Russia was building sleeper agents that were going to infiltrate the US. Think Black Widow with Scarlett Johansson.
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Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Just like the previous movie, I watched the extended version of this movie. I think this one has very scenes that extend and help the movie as compared to the last one, but for the readers I am sure these scenes are very important.
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Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Typically I do not like the initial movie of a know series, but this one was so well done. I mean it should be with 3.5 hours for the original and 4 hours for the extended version. This is a CLASSIC.
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Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
I enjoyed this movie. It did take me the longest to get through. It might be a conditioned response from the times of trying to marathon these movies and just crashing at the end of the night, but I never wanted to start the last hour of this movie.
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The Lord of the Rings Movie Trilogy
The Ring of Power is found and throws the world into chaos once again after centuries of relative peace from the forces of evil. The Fellowship ebbs and wanes against those forces as they work to get Sam and Frodo to Mt. Doom to destroy the ring.