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David Foster Wallace Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace Infinite Jest
4 sep 16
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Who cares if he was a genius of writing. As I've said a million times: he wrote for himself, not for those who would read it. He was a word wanker, a compulsive obsessive with the typewriter, verbose, didactic, sometimes redundant. Right concepts and cool ideas expressed every time with billions of words, at least half of which were unnecessary. He could have taken 300 pages (beautiful ones, mind you!) just to write the recipe for pasta with sauce. I bet he was even writing while he was banging his wife, "Don’t worry, baby, I’ll finish this sixth chapter on how to fly a kite, and then I’ll have you like an Ikea Billy...”
Tutti Voi Storia Di Una Donna
Tutti Voi Storia Di Una Donna
4 sep 16
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What a bore...
Giorgio Bassani Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini
Giorgio Bassani Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini
30 aug 16
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Read the first time as a homework assignment in middle school or thereabouts and viscerally hated, because it was slow, oh so slow, verbose, oh so verbose. Picked up years later because I was staying with friends and couldn't sleep, and I liked it, really liked it. Did the book speed up? Did I slow down? Well, the important thing is to find a middle ground.
Warren Zevon The Wind
Warren Zevon The Wind
28 aug 16
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I just read it now. With guilty delay. I chose it. With even more guilty delay. Too bad it's already off the home page. Good job. Send more like this. I promise I’ll pay more attention.
The Duff Brothers Stranger Things
The Duff Brothers Stranger Things
28 aug 16
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I respond to Nes and say a couple of things to everyone else (whom I obviously thank for the visit and the superb comments!). Unfortunately, the ending does not contradict the citationist approach of the entire series: the last episode concludes by leaving a door wide open for a second season, moreover with a quite used trick and narrative technique (just to change things up). And it's a bit of a shame because never has the game been so enjoyable when it lasts a little. It has been quite rightly pointed out that it is an infinitely opportunistic product, cleverly constructed at the drawing board to hit a huge chunk of the audience right in the gut, but... well, it certainly succeeds! I can’t remember who pointed out that since the first episode, three parallel narrative lines develop, which, guess what, are aimed at three different generations (kids, teenagers, and adults): is it playing dirty? Is it wanting to win easily? Definitely. But it’s done well: right direction, right photography, right acting, right timing, and particular references for all tastes (from the most popular Millennium Falcon model to the more refined Dark Crystal poster). And keeping even just a minimum of narrative tension alive with such a predictable plot is a small miracle... You manage it once and the average viewer is willing to play along and turns a blind eye because it's a bit like going back in time. But then maybe they drop off because there's some innovative thing that breaks the mold.. I don’t know how to say it: it’s fine to have a pizza night with high school friends and remember the million funny anecdotes from when we were all in school together. But it’s nice if you do it like once every five years. If it becomes a monthly appointment, it’s easy to get bored...
Takehiko Inoue Buzzer Beater
Takehiko Inoue Buzzer Beater
28 aug 16
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Good job. Somehow, you've rekindled a bit of curiosity in me for Japonism. Last week, I ordered the entire Katsu series (I had read the first few issues, and it didn’t seem bad, but then I lost interest…) and I got a couple of anime after a long time. I've already watched one. It's a medium-length film called Wasurenagumo. Very nice! If you haven’t seen it yet, I recommend it. Bye!
Giønson Giønson
Giønson Giønson
27 aug 16
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Maybe you’re my favorite reviewer of the last month or so. Which isn’t exactly great for you, but it is for me. Well done!
Robert Eggers The Witch
Robert Eggers The Witch
27 aug 16
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A couple of my little friends on the site have spoken very highly of 10 Cloverfield Lane, but I noticed that you gave it only three stars (I haven't read your entire review to avoid spoilers! :D) and I usually agree a lot with your assessments. Hmm... I'll check back after I've seen both (so at this rate, in 2074...).
Pink Floyd GREEN IS THE COLOR
Pink Floyd GREEN IS THE COLOR
27 aug 16
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Guys, I understand that you’re all buddies and among buddies, you give high-fives and maybe even some ball squeezes, but here with uppercase letters in the middle of sentences, random punctuation, and the tears that well up inside and make me feel like a man, this post-masturbation monologue reminds me a lot of a review by the late Korn... What’s fear? Sex.
Running Wild Port Royal
Running Wild Port Royal
25 aug 16
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And yet, this album has never really driven me wild. Apart from "Conquistadores," I only remember the other songs for the chorus or little else. I give the same treatment to Pile of skulls, which many consider a masterpiece, but I've never truly appreciated it. If I had to play the Dragonstar game of indicating their best albums, I would put Death or glory in first place - a good couple of notches above the second - followed by Black Hand Inn. I agree, however, that Masquerade deserves a reevaluation. The same goes for your review: you are good, you write with great enthusiasm about albums and a genre that hasn't been tackled on this site for many years, but the track by track is something to avoid for a lifetime, especially for historic and "compact" albums like this one. Try to describe the sound of the album in general and whether and how it differs from others in the genre or from the band's discography. At most, you can point out the most significant tracks that deserve special mention.
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