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2 | The Great American PC Bore | Wouldn't read Fitzgerald after the obligatory HS Gatsby tour. Boring progressive high school teachers of course praise a "cautionary tale" that warns about the "meaninglessness" of the "American Dream" (progressive trademark attached to that phrase) as if there were a mass disorder everyone who doesn't subscribe to their pablum suffers from.Then, I read the short stories collected in Flappers and Philosophers and a couple of novels, This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned. Well, Fitzgerald had quite the cool imagination. I tried to re-read Gatsby to see if my opinion had changed.Leave Gatsby to those who think The Catcher In The Rye is a great book. Catcher was written by a phony using the subjective voice of a phony adolescent surrounded by straw-phonies. Fitting choice of protagonist.Nick C. is not much of an improvement on Holden C.Fitzgerald can really write, so 2 stars. Read Flappers and Philosophers, This Side of Paradise or The Beautiful and Damned instead. | 986 | [
"Wouldn't read Fitzgerald after the obligatory HS Gatsby tour.",
"Boring progressive high school teachers of course praise a \"cautionary tale\" that warns about the \"meaninglessness\" of the \"American Dream\" (progressive trademark attached to that phrase) as if there were a mass disorder everyone who doesn't subscribe to their pablum suffers from.Then, I read the short stories collected in Flappers and Philosophers and a couple of novels, This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned.",
"Well, Fitzgerald had quite the cool imagination.",
"I tried to re-read Gatsby to see if my opinion had changed.Leave Gatsby to those who think The Catcher In The Rye is a great book.",
"Catcher was written by a phony using the subjective voice of a phony adolescent surrounded by straw-phonies.",
"Fitting choice of protagonist.Nick C.",
"is not much of an improvement on Holden C.Fitzgerald can really write, so 2 stars.",
"Read Flappers and Philosophers, This Side of Paradise or The Beautiful and Damned instead."
] |
2 | Not her best by a long shot | This album always leaves me with mixed feelings. "Running Up That Hill" I find tedious and repetitive (though it's the best song here). The entire first side sounds like an introduction to drum machine programming. To my ears, it gets monotonous. The Big Sky, and to a lesser extent, Cloudbursting suffer from the same drum machine problem. When Kate sings "Ooh, I just know that something good is going to happen" I don't believe her, and the delivery isn't ironic either. And what else is there? The second side (The Ninth Wave) is one disaster after another. Waking the Witch has laughable theatrics; the dirges on Hello Earth reek of bored composition from a bad Chant album. The deliberate Irish music injections feel out of place. Kate simply sounds out of energy, out of emotive powers. Her delivery in The Morning Fog is flat as the flat [Hello] Earth. Compared to The Dreaming or Lionheart or The Kick Inside, this album sounds bored, whiny...and not fun...and not interesting. | 986 | [
"This album always leaves me with mixed feelings.",
"\"Running Up That Hill\" I find tedious and repetitive (though it's the best song here).",
"The entire first side sounds like an introduction to drum machine programming.",
"To my ears, it gets monotonous.",
"The Big Sky, and to a lesser extent, Cloudbursting suffer from the same drum machine problem.",
"When Kate sings \"Ooh, I just know that something good is going to happen\" I don't believe her, and the delivery isn't ironic either.",
"And what else is there?",
"The second side (The Ninth Wave) is one disaster after another.",
"Waking the Witch has laughable theatrics; the dirges on Hello Earth reek of bored composition from a bad Chant album.",
"The deliberate Irish music injections feel out of place.",
"Kate simply sounds out of energy, out of emotive powers.",
"Her delivery in The Morning Fog is flat as the flat [Hello] Earth.",
"Compared to The Dreaming or Lionheart or The Kick Inside, this album sounds bored, whiny...and not fun...and not interesting."
] |
2 | yawn | Women old enough to remember the l950's will realize there's nothing new here. Anyone who thought the backlash was over will revise her thinking after reading this book.Krasnow waxes poetic on the subject of stay-at-home motherhood and makes a few good observations. What she doesn't do is explain what the woman who sacrifices all for family is supposed to do if she finds herself a single mother with a husband who doesn't pay child support, or a 55-year-old displaced homemaker with nothing to show for her troubles but an ex-husband who's found a younger model and grown children who seldom phone. The author fails to explain why only women are expected to put themselves in this precarious position. I could have sworn it took two people to create a child.One senses a certain amount of dishonesty here, in that the author has managed to turn out a book while preaching the joys of total self-surrender to family.To be fair, Krasnow writes well. If only she had something to say... | 986 | [
"Women old enough to remember the l950's will realize there's nothing new here.",
"Anyone who thought the backlash was over will revise her thinking after reading this book.Krasnow waxes poetic on the subject of stay-at-home motherhood and makes a few good observations.",
"What she doesn't do is explain what the woman who sacrifices all for family is supposed to do if she finds herself a single mother with a husband who doesn't pay child support, or a 55-year-old displaced homemaker with nothing to show for her troubles but an ex-husband who's found a younger model and grown children who seldom phone.",
"The author fails to explain why only women are expected to put themselves in this precarious position.",
"I could have sworn it took two people to create a child.One senses a certain amount of dishonesty here, in that the author has managed to turn out a book while preaching the joys of total self-surrender to family.To be fair, Krasnow writes well.",
"If only she had something to say..."
] |
2 | Harpoonage Review | Well to be Frank, if your looking for a True full scale modern naval simulation dont stare to hard at Janes Fleet Command. At first Glance the harpoons flying off destroyers in a climatic scene looks very similar to CNN without a doubt. Shortly after playing i relized it was seemed to be more of an acion game than that of a simulation. As many others have said you are thrown into the battles which takes alot of planning and strategy away. Were is naval Combat without the strategy? The graphics are beautiful as a harpoon fan i always wondered what it would look like to watch my cruiser fire 8 harpoons in rapid sucession. Well now ive seen it. Great graphics, no strategy really the strategy is kinda forced on ya its either this way or take a few hits. Data is ok but nothing compared to the ship databases in harpoon of 10 years ago. No weapons changes? comon now that is just lazy programming there.Well if harpoon of tens years ago meet the graphics of Fleet command i am sold | 986 | [
"Well to be Frank, if your looking for a True full scale modern naval simulation dont stare to hard at Janes Fleet Command.",
"At first Glance the harpoons flying off destroyers in a climatic scene looks very similar to CNN without a doubt.",
"Shortly after playing i relized it was seemed to be more of an acion game than that of a simulation.",
"As many others have said you are thrown into the battles which takes alot of planning and strategy away.",
"Were is naval Combat without the strategy?",
"The graphics are beautiful as a harpoon fan i always wondered what it would look like to watch my cruiser fire 8 harpoons in rapid sucession.",
"Well now ive seen it.",
"Great graphics, no strategy really the strategy is kinda forced on ya its either this way or take a few hits.",
"Data is ok but nothing compared to the ship databases in harpoon of 10 years ago.",
"No weapons changes?",
"comon now that is just lazy programming there.Well if harpoon of tens years ago meet the graphics of Fleet command i am sold"
] |
2 | read at the bookstore! | I didn't want to buy this book because it could be read in 2 and a half hours at the book store. The book is about 150 pages and about 5 of them are worth reading. If you just read the appendix you can save yourself a lot of time because that is the whole book. The rest of the book is the author trying to be cute and telling stupid stories.The author says if you buy stocks with high earnings yields and return on capital you will beat the market. However, he uses EBIT/enterprise value for the earnings yield. I don't know why he doesn't use free cash flow instead of EBIT. The author also tells you to turnover 100% of your portfolio each year, but ignores taxes when he shows the results for his "magic formula." He also ignores transaction costs (especially important for those that have small sums of money or don't use a discount broker).If his magic formula works then it works and it is hard to argue with facts. However, save yourself the money and read it at the book store. | 986 | [
"I didn't want to buy this book because it could be read in 2 and a half hours at the book store.",
"The book is about 150 pages and about 5 of them are worth reading.",
"If you just read the appendix you can save yourself a lot of time because that is the whole book.",
"The rest of the book is the author trying to be cute and telling stupid stories.The author says if you buy stocks with high earnings yields and return on capital you will beat the market.",
"However, he uses EBIT/enterprise value for the earnings yield.",
"I don't know why he doesn't use free cash flow instead of EBIT.",
"The author also tells you to turnover 100% of your portfolio each year, but ignores taxes when he shows the results for his \"magic formula.\" He also ignores transaction costs (especially important for those that have small sums of money or don't use a discount broker).If his magic formula works then it works and it is hard to argue with facts.",
"However, save yourself the money and read it at the book store."
] |
2 | A Step Down | I have loved every one of Deep Dish's mix albums, and this one definitely falls short of their previous successes. I have seen their live set three times in LA and SF, and I am terribly disappointed with this new project.It seemed to me that they were really just trying to wear too many hats with this mix, and ultimately the sets had no substance or cohesive themes to them. Disc one had a few redeemable moments, but disc two was really just pretty lackluster. Just the same old stuff that everyone else is putting out. Nothing new, nothing good, and nothing that will withstand the test of time.I think these guys are very talented so I am at a loss to what happened with this project. Maybe the second release in July will make up for the disappointment. You would think that after having taken a break for a while and building up a following; they would have wanted to put out a more quality sound.I was pretty bummed out on this album. Two stars and that is being a bit generous. | 986 | [
"I have loved every one of Deep Dish's mix albums, and this one definitely falls short of their previous successes.",
"I have seen their live set three times in LA and SF, and I am terribly disappointed with this new project.It seemed to me that they were really just trying to wear too many hats with this mix, and ultimately the sets had no substance or cohesive themes to them.",
"Disc one had a few redeemable moments, but disc two was really just pretty lackluster.",
"Just the same old stuff that everyone else is putting out.",
"Nothing new, nothing good, and nothing that will withstand the test of time.I think these guys are very talented so I am at a loss to what happened with this project.",
"Maybe the second release in July will make up for the disappointment.",
"You would think that after having taken a break for a while and building up a following; they would have wanted to put out a more quality sound.I was pretty bummed out on this album.",
"Two stars and that is being a bit generous."
] |
2 | Best if you Borrowed/Rented | I walk in the store and i had a choice between two DS games: Mario vs. DK 2, or Mario B-Ball 3on3, and frankly, i think i made the wrong choice. dont get me wrong, all my favorite nintendo characters are here and dunking like pros. but the controls get annoying real quick and the 'collecting coins' concept kills the game even quicker. i tried, and i mean TRIED to like this game and play a game or two while i was in the b-room doin a number two. but it actually helped me get out quicker. the graphics push the DS further than ever before and thats a bout it. do yourself a favor, wait at least til this becomes a best seller for the price drop. becuase for $10 more i would've just gottin NBA2k7 or something.*NOTE* i dont blame nintendo for this game since they didnt make it, they only contributed the characters. SQUARE ENIX should stick to what they do best, Final Fantasy RPG's and thats it. and would it hurt them to put in a few more square characters that actually mattered? | 986 | [
"I walk in the store and i had a choice between two DS games: Mario vs.",
"DK 2, or Mario B-Ball 3on3, and frankly, i think i made the wrong choice.",
"dont get me wrong, all my favorite nintendo characters are here and dunking like pros.",
"but the controls get annoying real quick and the 'collecting coins' concept kills the game even quicker.",
"i tried, and i mean TRIED to like this game and play a game or two while i was in the b-room doin a number two.",
"but it actually helped me get out quicker.",
"the graphics push the DS further than ever before and thats a bout it.",
"do yourself a favor, wait at least til this becomes a best seller for the price drop.",
"becuase for $10 more i would've just gottin NBA2k7 or something.*NOTE* i dont blame nintendo for this game since they didnt make it, they only contributed the characters.",
"SQUARE ENIX should stick to what they do best, Final Fantasy RPG's and thats it.",
"and would it hurt them to put in a few more square characters that actually mattered?"
] |
2 | The story of John and Sue | First I want to say the writers of the book are very knowledgable about the subject of adultery. However, my big issue with this book is that it follows mostly 1 couple's affair (another one is talked about) THROUGH OUT THE ENTIRE BOOK. Both give examples of an extremely difficult situation to over come, the other not so difficult. This is a good contrast I guess, but for me, my wayward spouses affair/situation was right in the middle. A few things I read made me feel as though it would be impossible to get past my own husband's affair. I do think it has some good tools to use, meaning having all your "love banks" filled. With that said, there were times I just couldn't wrap my brain around getting over the affair then having to do all this work? It is probably best if one reads this book when away from the situation and a little more over the affair. But for me, I got very tired of reading over and over about "John and Sue's" situation....continually throughout the book. | 986 | [
"First I want to say the writers of the book are very knowledgable about the subject of adultery.",
"However, my big issue with this book is that it follows mostly 1 couple's affair (another one is talked about) THROUGH OUT THE ENTIRE BOOK.",
"Both give examples of an extremely difficult situation to over come, the other not so difficult.",
"This is a good contrast I guess, but for me, my wayward spouses affair/situation was right in the middle.",
"A few things I read made me feel as though it would be impossible to get past my own husband's affair.",
"I do think it has some good tools to use, meaning having all your \"love banks\" filled.",
"With that said, there were times I just couldn't wrap my brain around getting over the affair then having to do all this work?",
"It is probably best if one reads this book when away from the situation and a little more over the affair.",
"But for me, I got very tired of reading over and over about \"John and Sue's\" situation....continually throughout the book."
] |
2 | Outside pots | Do not imagine that this book is about growing herbs inside in a window garden. The chapters are almost exclusively about pots outside. Even the chapter on the indoors is about propagation. The subjects of topiary, kitchen herbs, and some basics on planting and dry land herbs are included.There is a section on making hypertufa containers, but no diagrams are given and we only see the finished containers from above - and then only the top edge. Most pictures are taken from above, so it is hard to see the containers. Pests and diseases are covered in a short section, but there are not pictures or diagrams to help you with these either. For some herbs they tell you what the herb is but not how to grow it.More practical information is needed. There are lots of pictures, but in many pictures the herbs are not identified. It's a nice little book to look at and give you ideas on arranging your container grown herbs or other plants, but an instruction-helpful resource, it is not. | 986 | [
"Do not imagine that this book is about growing herbs inside in a window garden.",
"The chapters are almost exclusively about pots outside.",
"Even the chapter on the indoors is about propagation.",
"The subjects of topiary, kitchen herbs, and some basics on planting and dry land herbs are included.There is a section on making hypertufa containers, but no diagrams are given and we only see the finished containers from above - and then only the top edge.",
"Most pictures are taken from above, so it is hard to see the containers.",
"Pests and diseases are covered in a short section, but there are not pictures or diagrams to help you with these either.",
"For some herbs they tell you what the herb is but not how to grow it.More practical information is needed.",
"There are lots of pictures, but in many pictures the herbs are not identified.",
"It's a nice little book to look at and give you ideas on arranging your container grown herbs or other plants, but an instruction-helpful resource, it is not."
] |
2 | Interesting plot | It's too bad the writing couldn't back it up. Wow...He could have taken this to the limit and ended up with a really great book. He didn't. Instead, he got lazy with it. I felt there was no real character development and the entire storyline came across as simple. You were not pulled into these people's lives at all. I had no desire to learn anything more about who they were or where they came from.I pulled this off the shelf hoping for a book that would not only entertain me but would also make me really think about my thoughts and positions on a not too unrealistic possiblity...taking a deep look into various viewpoints of a current topic. What I got was a Harlequin level romance which ended up turning into a fairytale. No, thanks. If I want a good fairytale, I'll stick with the brothers Grimm.I save 1 star ratings for items that deserve a zero. This one gets 2 from me merely for the promising storyline. I hope someday, someone will take the idea and really run with it. | 986 | [
"It's too bad the writing couldn't back it up.",
"Wow...He could have taken this to the limit and ended up with a really great book.",
"He didn't.",
"Instead, he got lazy with it.",
"I felt there was no real character development and the entire storyline came across as simple.",
"You were not pulled into these people's lives at all.",
"I had no desire to learn anything more about who they were or where they came from.I pulled this off the shelf hoping for a book that would not only entertain me but would also make me really think about my thoughts and positions on a not too unrealistic possiblity...taking a deep look into various viewpoints of a current topic.",
"What I got was a Harlequin level romance which ended up turning into a fairytale.",
"No, thanks.",
"If I want a good fairytale, I'll stick with the brothers Grimm.I save 1 star ratings for items that deserve a zero.",
"This one gets 2 from me merely for the promising storyline.",
"I hope someday, someone will take the idea and really run with it."
] |
2 | urban loneliness remake | When I watched Ghost Dog some time ago, I was confused but also very embarassed as I thought obviously either the protagonist or the writer didn't understand anything about the Way of the Samurai. But having seen Melville's film Le Samourai, I can now explain Ghost Dog. Le Samourai is a non-sequitur in which the title of the film has essentially nothing to do with the plot (assassination) or theme (solitude) of the film. Ghost Dog is an homage re-make of Le Samourai that says "let's try to make the title relate to the plot." It's that simple, and that's why the film fails. The idea of a overweight, out of shape inner-city contract killer who derives some lifestyle from reading Hagakure and swinging around a samurai sword is ridiculous and not even clever or fun if you actually know anything about Japanese history, martial arts culture, or, especially, the actual contents of Hagakure. Like Le Samourai, Ghost Dog depends entirely on fashion and film history for any success. | 986 | [
"When I watched Ghost Dog some time ago, I was confused but also very embarassed as I thought obviously either the protagonist or the writer didn't understand anything about the Way of the Samurai.",
"But having seen Melville's film Le Samourai, I can now explain Ghost Dog.",
"Le Samourai is a non-sequitur in which the title of the film has essentially nothing to do with the plot (assassination) or theme (solitude) of the film.",
"Ghost Dog is an homage re-make of Le Samourai that says \"let's try to make the title relate to the plot.\" It's that simple, and that's why the film fails.",
"The idea of a overweight, out of shape inner-city contract killer who derives some lifestyle from reading Hagakure and swinging around a samurai sword is ridiculous and not even clever or fun if you actually know anything about Japanese history, martial arts culture, or, especially, the actual contents of Hagakure.",
"Like Le Samourai, Ghost Dog depends entirely on fashion and film history for any success."
] |
2 | these cups leak! | I am lucky - I have a 14 mo. daughter who will drink from almost anything. However, having used Avent bottles and pump early on, I stuck with the avent brand cups. Using them at home as fine, except for the fact that the top is in 5 pieces, including the lid! (Lid, spout, ring, and two-part valve). A lot of chance for losing parts. When we started toting them everywhere we went, I noticed they really leak. Not from the spout, they are spill-proof in that respect. It is where the ring screws onto the cup. It doesn't seem to seal well. My husband and I joked that we should wrap the threads with teflon tape like for a leaky plumbing problem. I am not the only one to have had this problem, another mom of a toddler at the library said she had the exact same problem. I thought I was doing myself a favor buying one of the most expensive sippy cups and have put off buying new ones because they were so expensive. But we are on our way to purchase some cheaper, more effective cups. | 986 | [
"I am lucky - I have a 14 mo.",
"daughter who will drink from almost anything.",
"However, having used Avent bottles and pump early on, I stuck with the avent brand cups.",
"Using them at home as fine, except for the fact that the top is in 5 pieces, including the lid!",
"(Lid, spout, ring, and two-part valve).",
"A lot of chance for losing parts.",
"When we started toting them everywhere we went, I noticed they really leak.",
"Not from the spout, they are spill-proof in that respect.",
"It is where the ring screws onto the cup.",
"It doesn't seem to seal well.",
"My husband and I joked that we should wrap the threads with teflon tape like for a leaky plumbing problem.",
"I am not the only one to have had this problem, another mom of a toddler at the library said she had the exact same problem.",
"I thought I was doing myself a favor buying one of the most expensive sippy cups and have put off buying new ones because they were so expensive.",
"But we are on our way to purchase some cheaper, more effective cups."
] |
2 | Eurovision Song Contest | Like many instrumental muso's, Mike Oldfield really isn't the strongest of song writers. There are the exceptions however, like the Maggie Reilly sessions! This album really is bad though when you compare it to past and present works. If you are an Oldfield fan looking through his catalogue then don't worry if you never get to hear this! It's just a collection of uninspiring, digitally over produced, sugary ballads that would sit very well on the Eurovision Song Contest stage. Mike is musically eclectic by nature, we know this and are prepared to give time to his self indulgences just because he really is a genius. But there are times when one should not kid oneself! I bought this album and lent it someone, 10 years ago! I haven't seen it since and I'm not bothered. Mike has produced some very wide ranging and enjoyable material over the years but Earth Moving isn't even remotely "moving". Thankfully, through the nineties things have changed. Buy this album at your peril! | 986 | [
"Like many instrumental muso's, Mike Oldfield really isn't the strongest of song writers.",
"There are the exceptions however, like the Maggie Reilly sessions!",
"This album really is bad though when you compare it to past and present works.",
"If you are an Oldfield fan looking through his catalogue then don't worry if you never get to hear this!",
"It's just a collection of uninspiring, digitally over produced, sugary ballads that would sit very well on the Eurovision Song Contest stage.",
"Mike is musically eclectic by nature, we know this and are prepared to give time to his self indulgences just because he really is a genius.",
"But there are times when one should not kid oneself!",
"I bought this album and lent it someone, 10 years ago!",
"I haven't seen it since and I'm not bothered.",
"Mike has produced some very wide ranging and enjoyable material over the years but Earth Moving isn't even remotely \"moving\".",
"Thankfully, through the nineties things have changed.",
"Buy this album at your peril!"
] |
2 | Josh Groban's Greek Concert | I could hardly bear to watch Josh Groban's "Live at the Greek" concert when it was on PBS for free. I'm certainly not going to pay money to buy a DVD of it for $25.00. I've read a few of the reviews here and they're pretty much on track with what I thought too. Groban was okay in some songs but nasaly and strained in many others. His voice and appearance were poor. It seems that the PBS recording of one of his concerts was an afterthought and slapped together deal. At the end of our PBS stations showing, they made an announcement that Groban would be performing his concert in our nearby city. If that had been said for his first concert, I would have gladly bought a ticket. With this concert I won't even buy a disc. Now that Groban has dumbed-down to suit the concert audience, I can move on. When Groban first started I was thrilled that I had someone with a lovely voice that I could actually listen to. No longer. Seeing the man that he has become, I'm just sadly moving on. | 986 | [
"I could hardly bear to watch Josh Groban's \"Live at the Greek\" concert when it was on PBS for free.",
"I'm certainly not going to pay money to buy a DVD of it for $25.00.",
"I've read a few of the reviews here and they're pretty much on track with what I thought too.",
"Groban was okay in some songs but nasaly and strained in many others.",
"His voice and appearance were poor.",
"It seems that the PBS recording of one of his concerts was an afterthought and slapped together deal.",
"At the end of our PBS stations showing, they made an announcement that Groban would be performing his concert in our nearby city.",
"If that had been said for his first concert, I would have gladly bought a ticket.",
"With this concert I won't even buy a disc.",
"Now that Groban has dumbed-down to suit the concert audience, I can move on.",
"When Groban first started I was thrilled that I had someone with a lovely voice that I could actually listen to.",
"No longer.",
"Seeing the man that he has become, I'm just sadly moving on."
] |
2 | Comfortable, but... | Crest bills their Deep Clean Cool Mint Floss as being more comfortable than other floss and providing a "cooling blast of clean feeling." On these counts, I can agree. Glide Deep Clean is wonderfully smooth and comfortable, making flossing downright pleasant on both your gums and your fingers. The width of the floss prevents the tourniquet effect of thinner flosses. And there is a pleasant cool, minty feeling left behind wherever you've cleaned.But... It's the single most expensive floss I can find in any of my local stores, and even on Amazon. And Crest's claims of being "shred resistant" fall short. My Glide Deep Clean was shredded right out of the package, and shreds further every time you tear off a new piece. To be fair, I haven't yet had it shred in the course of flossing, but the fact you can't even cleanly cut a strip off without shredding doesn't inspire confidence. At the price premium Crest is demanding, I'd expect Glide Deep Clean to cut well and in one piece. | 986 | [
"Crest bills their Deep Clean Cool Mint Floss as being more comfortable than other floss and providing a \"cooling blast of clean feeling.\" On these counts, I can agree.",
"Glide Deep Clean is wonderfully smooth and comfortable, making flossing downright pleasant on both your gums and your fingers.",
"The width of the floss prevents the tourniquet effect of thinner flosses.",
"And there is a pleasant cool, minty feeling left behind wherever you've cleaned.But... It's the single most expensive floss I can find in any of my local stores, and even on Amazon.",
"And Crest's claims of being \"shred resistant\" fall short.",
"My Glide Deep Clean was shredded right out of the package, and shreds further every time you tear off a new piece.",
"To be fair, I haven't yet had it shred in the course of flossing, but the fact you can't even cleanly cut a strip off without shredding doesn't inspire confidence.",
"At the price premium Crest is demanding, I'd expect Glide Deep Clean to cut well and in one piece."
] |
2 | Sloppy Film Making | Not a total disaster, but there is so much wrong with this movie that it's hard to know where to even begin. (Afraid there may be some spoilers here.) The script completely lacks any credibility at all - the events that occur between the time Pacino receives the life-threatening phone call and the "resolution" could not have possibly taken place in just 88 minutes. Come on - it takes a lot more than 10 minutes to go cross town in any city, no matter how small, let alone in Seattle. Too many people know things they have no business knowing (how did Pacino's student know that Sarah was dead when the body was just discovered?) Where was the continuity person - in one scene it's raining pretty hard and a couple of blocks later the sun is shining. For a man who supposedly has only 88 minutes to live, Pacino seems awfully complaisant, and calm enough to explain key plot elements that the script writer couldn't figure out how to otherwise introduce. It's just sloppy film-making. | 986 | [
"Not a total disaster, but there is so much wrong with this movie that it's hard to know where to even begin.",
"(Afraid there may be some spoilers here.) The script completely lacks any credibility at all - the events that occur between the time Pacino receives the life-threatening phone call and the \"resolution\" could not have possibly taken place in just 88 minutes.",
"Come on - it takes a lot more than 10 minutes to go cross town in any city, no matter how small, let alone in Seattle.",
"Too many people know things they have no business knowing (how did Pacino's student know that Sarah was dead when the body was just discovered?",
") Where was the continuity person - in one scene it's raining pretty hard and a couple of blocks later the sun is shining.",
"For a man who supposedly has only 88 minutes to live, Pacino seems awfully complaisant, and calm enough to explain key plot elements that the script writer couldn't figure out how to otherwise introduce.",
"It's just sloppy film-making."
] |
2 | Warped Discs | We bought this set at WalMart off the 2 for $10 shelf. The first set, we were able to get through about half of the episodes with no major problems (lots of small ones). The rest were not playable. We returned the set and exchanged it for a new set.We inspected each disc before playing and they looked okay, except for a few minor scratches on disc 4 from being loose in the case. After playing the discs, however, we saw new scratches in certain areas only and consistently, that indicated the discs were warped and were dragging in the player in the same spots each time around. This has not happened with any of our other DVDs. After one viewing that was the end of them, as the discs were too scratched to play again.We loved Bonanza the episodes we got to see (the Wagon Train bonus episodes were not really watchable, since the quality was so poor). Not so much bothered by the "Spaghetti Western" style theme music as much as by the lousy DVD stock that was used. Caveat Emptor! | 986 | [
"We bought this set at WalMart off the 2 for $10 shelf.",
"The first set, we were able to get through about half of the episodes with no major problems (lots of small ones).",
"The rest were not playable.",
"We returned the set and exchanged it for a new set.We inspected each disc before playing and they looked okay, except for a few minor scratches on disc 4 from being loose in the case.",
"After playing the discs, however, we saw new scratches in certain areas only and consistently, that indicated the discs were warped and were dragging in the player in the same spots each time around.",
"This has not happened with any of our other DVDs.",
"After one viewing that was the end of them, as the discs were too scratched to play again.We loved Bonanza the episodes we got to see (the Wagon Train bonus episodes were not really watchable, since the quality was so poor).",
"Not so much bothered by the \"Spaghetti Western\" style theme music as much as by the lousy DVD stock that was used.",
"Caveat Emptor!"
] |
2 | filling up the landfill | We were really excited when we bought our Scanpan. We had been buying a new nonstick skillet once a year since forever because no matter how expensive they were they still needed to be replaced about once a year. We were tired of filling up the landfill. Unfortunately, after about 4 months, our Scanpan skillet got sticky. Our morning eggs stuck worse than on our $20.00 cast iron skillet. We had followed all the directions, but still . . .We sent it back to the company (fortunately, we had saved the box and the receipt) and for a $10.95 shipping fee we got another. It lasted for about 8 months before it got sticky. Yes, we can send the 2nd one back too - again, and again, and again. This isn't what we had hoped for when we spent nearly $100.00 on this skillet! The land fill gets fuller and fuller and we're spending as much as year as we did before when we bought the cheap $20.00 pan from Costo.Yes, it's nice and flat and heats evenly, but that's about all I can say for it. | 986 | [
"We were really excited when we bought our Scanpan.",
"We had been buying a new nonstick skillet once a year since forever because no matter how expensive they were they still needed to be replaced about once a year.",
"We were tired of filling up the landfill.",
"Unfortunately, after about 4 months, our Scanpan skillet got sticky.",
"Our morning eggs stuck worse than on our $20.00 cast iron skillet.",
"We had followed all the directions, but still.",
".",
".We sent it back to the company (fortunately, we had saved the box and the receipt) and for a $10.95 shipping fee we got another.",
"It lasted for about 8 months before it got sticky.",
"Yes, we can send the 2nd one back too - again, and again, and again.",
"This isn't what we had hoped for when we spent nearly $100.00 on this skillet!",
"The land fill gets fuller and fuller and we're spending as much as year as we did before when we bought the cheap $20.00 pan from Costo.Yes, it's nice and flat and heats evenly, but that's about all I can say for it."
] |
2 | Tedious | It says something when, in a movie about a woman's torrid extramarital affair and the problems that result, the most interesting character is a seven-year-old kid. What it says is that the movie in question - Unfaithful - is a sub-par film.In Unfaithful, Diane Lane plays a "happily" married woman who with little reason starts an affair with a bookseller. Despite her occasional crying spells, she doesn't really seem all that concerned about who the affair is hurting until it is too late. Richard Gere is her husband who catches on reasonably quickly and eventually takes drastic action to deal with the situation.The biggest problem with this movie is that it is boring. Even the sex scenes - and there are several of these - are rather dull. Add to this an unlikable lead character who has complete disregard for her family and it is hard to enjoy this movie. While some of the acting and writing is decent, overall, this is a tedious event and easily earns a mere two star rating. | 986 | [
"It says something when, in a movie about a woman's torrid extramarital affair and the problems that result, the most interesting character is a seven-year-old kid.",
"What it says is that the movie in question - Unfaithful - is a sub-par film.In Unfaithful, Diane Lane plays a \"happily\" married woman who with little reason starts an affair with a bookseller.",
"Despite her occasional crying spells, she doesn't really seem all that concerned about who the affair is hurting until it is too late.",
"Richard Gere is her husband who catches on reasonably quickly and eventually takes drastic action to deal with the situation.The biggest problem with this movie is that it is boring.",
"Even the sex scenes - and there are several of these - are rather dull.",
"Add to this an unlikable lead character who has complete disregard for her family and it is hard to enjoy this movie.",
"While some of the acting and writing is decent, overall, this is a tedious event and easily earns a mere two star rating."
] |
2 | I got a headache | This was an assignment for a book club of which I am a member. I have never read a book about art and art history and so thought it might be interesting but, unless you are somewhat fluent in Italian and just love wordy prose you may want to pass on this volume.Below are the things, people and places introduced within just the first ten pages:Names of people and things: Sir Denis, Signore Mahon, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Roberto Longhi, Guercino, Guido Reni, Carracci, Domenichino, Doria Pamphili, Carlo Pietrangeli, Francesca Cappelletti, Giampaolo Correale & PiaggioNames of places: Da Fortunato, Cadogan Square, Archivio di Stato, Capitoline Gallery, Via del Portico d'Ottavia, Palazzo Senatorio, Bibliotheca Hertaiana, Via Gregoriana, Piazza Navona, Tita dei Monte, Villa Medici, Via Fracassini, Piazza del Popolo & Istituto Centrale per il RestauroNew names are added continually throughout the book, but if you can easily pronounce them - go for it! I got a headache. | 986 | [
"This was an assignment for a book club of which I am a member.",
"I have never read a book about art and art history and so thought it might be interesting but, unless you are somewhat fluent in Italian and just love wordy prose you may want to pass on this volume.Below are the things, people and places introduced within just the first ten pages:Names of people and things: Sir Denis, Signore Mahon, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Roberto Longhi, Guercino, Guido Reni, Carracci, Domenichino, Doria Pamphili, Carlo Pietrangeli, Francesca Cappelletti, Giampaolo Correale & PiaggioNames of places: Da Fortunato, Cadogan Square, Archivio di Stato, Capitoline Gallery, Via del Portico d'Ottavia, Palazzo Senatorio, Bibliotheca Hertaiana, Via Gregoriana, Piazza Navona, Tita dei Monte, Villa Medici, Via Fracassini, Piazza del Popolo & Istituto Centrale per il RestauroNew names are added continually throughout the book, but if you can easily pronounce them - go for it!",
"I got a headache."
] |
2 | WCW Fall Brawl 1998 review | The tag team match between The Dancing Fools(Disco Inferno & Alex Wright) against the team of Jim Neidhart & The British Bulldog was a rather pedestrian tag match with the requisite goofs and timing issues. The Chris Jericho-Fake Goldberg match was a super dud. The Norman Smiley-The Cat match was agony for both the ears and eyes. The Rick Steiner-Scott Steiner match was a pretty good brawl until Buff Bagwell(who was in Scott Steiner's corner) got his neck broken. Don't worry he's okay now. The Cruiserweight title match between Silver King & Juventud Guerrera was not very good but at least they were trying. The Raven's Rules match between Raven & Perry Saturn was not great but still a pretty good hardcore brawl. The Curt Henning-Dean Malenko match was a one-sided nightmare. The Konnan-Scott Hall match was pitiful. The Wargames match between Team Hollywood, Team Wolfpack and Team WCW was pretty good wrestling wise but awful entertainment wise. I give this PPV a 4 out of 10. | 986 | [
"The tag team match between The Dancing Fools(Disco Inferno & Alex Wright) against the team of Jim Neidhart & The British Bulldog was a rather pedestrian tag match with the requisite goofs and timing issues.",
"The Chris Jericho-Fake Goldberg match was a super dud.",
"The Norman Smiley-The Cat match was agony for both the ears and eyes.",
"The Rick Steiner-Scott Steiner match was a pretty good brawl until Buff Bagwell(who was in Scott Steiner's corner) got his neck broken.",
"Don't worry he's okay now.",
"The Cruiserweight title match between Silver King & Juventud Guerrera was not very good but at least they were trying.",
"The Raven's Rules match between Raven & Perry Saturn was not great but still a pretty good hardcore brawl.",
"The Curt Henning-Dean Malenko match was a one-sided nightmare.",
"The Konnan-Scott Hall match was pitiful.",
"The Wargames match between Team Hollywood, Team Wolfpack and Team WCW was pretty good wrestling wise but awful entertainment wise.",
"I give this PPV a 4 out of 10."
] |
2 | Too small for adult hands | I have a 1 year old daughter who loves it when I make puppets talk to her. I have really had a hard time finding puppet in the local stores, so I decided to turn to the internet. I used to have some Sesame Street puppets when I was a kid and thought that they were great. So I figured this would be a perfect puppet to use with my daughter.Here's the thing. The opening into the head of this puppet is too small to get a grown ups hand into and still be able to operate the puppet with any ease. This puppet is easier to operate than the Ernie puppet, (which I also bought) but still pretty difficult.The overall look of the puppet is good, but it isn't very user friendly. Needless to say, I am pretty disappointed in this product and wish that I wouldn't have bought it.If you are looking for a puppet to entertain your infant, try checking out Toys R Us. From time to time, I have been able to find some animal puppets that make noise when you use them. My daughter just loves those. | 986 | [
"I have a 1 year old daughter who loves it when I make puppets talk to her.",
"I have really had a hard time finding puppet in the local stores, so I decided to turn to the internet.",
"I used to have some Sesame Street puppets when I was a kid and thought that they were great.",
"So I figured this would be a perfect puppet to use with my daughter.Here's the thing.",
"The opening into the head of this puppet is too small to get a grown ups hand into and still be able to operate the puppet with any ease.",
"This puppet is easier to operate than the Ernie puppet, (which I also bought) but still pretty difficult.The overall look of the puppet is good, but it isn't very user friendly.",
"Needless to say, I am pretty disappointed in this product and wish that I wouldn't have bought it.If you are looking for a puppet to entertain your infant, try checking out Toys R Us.",
"From time to time, I have been able to find some animal puppets that make noise when you use them.",
"My daughter just loves those."
] |
2 | not so green | 2.0 out of 5 stars not so green, March 12, 2008By Jakob OasI always thought these products looked the part of clean and natural, until they showed up in my house.They are very fragrance heavy, and being a person slightly sensitive to fragrance I started to notice it would make me a bit flushed and headachy. The countertop cleaner really bothered me most of all, because it would be on my food eating and prepping surfaces.The more I was around it the more it bothered me. I would even say it was overwhelming on my table while I ate and the fragrance got into the food when I used it on my butcher block.My wife also got the hand soap and having just used it I found that it too caused me some flushed feeling. So I decided I should share my experience. I have never written a product review before, but I've decided I find the claim of natural and "green" to be a bit misleading. These products truly bother me where most other average products do not, be they green or conventional. | 986 | [
"2.0 out of 5 stars not so green, March 12, 2008By Jakob OasI always thought these products looked the part of clean and natural, until they showed up in my house.They are very fragrance heavy, and being a person slightly sensitive to fragrance I started to notice it would make me a bit flushed and headachy.",
"The countertop cleaner really bothered me most of all, because it would be on my food eating and prepping surfaces.The more I was around it the more it bothered me.",
"I would even say it was overwhelming on my table while I ate and the fragrance got into the food when I used it on my butcher block.My wife also got the hand soap and having just used it I found that it too caused me some flushed feeling.",
"So I decided I should share my experience.",
"I have never written a product review before, but I've decided I find the claim of natural and \"green\" to be a bit misleading.",
"These products truly bother me where most other average products do not, be they green or conventional."
] |
2 | a minority opinion | Never having read Macomber before, I picked up Susannah with interest, hoping to discover the secret of her popularity. While the premise of this book is a promising one, it never reached it's potential. Susannah as a character is oh so nice, and for a woman in her 50's, remarkably impetuous and self-absorbed. Her husband Joe is incredibly mild mannered and forebearing, and daughter Chrissy, evidently meant to be charmingly naive and innocent, comes across as petulant and spoiled. As so often happens with writers who turn out book after book, Macomber annoyingly depends too much on favorite phrases (e.g., he "wound his arm around her waist"). Less than halfway through this story, its central "mystery" became transparently predictable, and in the final 30 pages, all the pieces fell conveniently into their happy ending places.On the positive side, Macomber did a terrific job portraying the insidiousness of Alzheimer's. Perhaps her earlier novels are more skillfully written. | 986 | [
"Never having read Macomber before, I picked up Susannah with interest, hoping to discover the secret of her popularity.",
"While the premise of this book is a promising one, it never reached it's potential.",
"Susannah as a character is oh so nice, and for a woman in her 50's, remarkably impetuous and self-absorbed.",
"Her husband Joe is incredibly mild mannered and forebearing, and daughter Chrissy, evidently meant to be charmingly naive and innocent, comes across as petulant and spoiled.",
"As so often happens with writers who turn out book after book, Macomber annoyingly depends too much on favorite phrases (e.g., he \"wound his arm around her waist\").",
"Less than halfway through this story, its central \"mystery\" became transparently predictable, and in the final 30 pages, all the pieces fell conveniently into their happy ending places.On the positive side, Macomber did a terrific job portraying the insidiousness of Alzheimer's.",
"Perhaps her earlier novels are more skillfully written."
] |
2 | Good advice, Old tricks | Have you ever looked a Magic Kit. They almost always promise "over a hundred magic tricks inside." As a kid I bought the kit and ran home only to find props for four or five tricks and a book titled "A hundred tricks anyone can do." It was usualy a reprint of a book over 50 years old. The tricks were good, but most were bar bet sort of tricks. Amusing, but YOU want to learn "magic." That is why you used it as a keyword. There are a few good tricks in this book, but most can be found in any book in your local library. If you a curious about tricks PLEASE start there. If you know a few tricks and want to take the next step in becoming a "Magician," than this book is not without merits. The cartoons are great, the "cheat sheet" should be committed to memory, and the history of magic makes it a must read. If you want to learn some basic, well worn, tricks, save your money and grab your library card. If you know a few tricks and want to develope, this is a good place to start. | 986 | [
"Have you ever looked a Magic Kit.",
"They almost always promise \"over a hundred magic tricks inside.\" As a kid I bought the kit and ran home only to find props for four or five tricks and a book titled \"A hundred tricks anyone can do.\" It was usualy a reprint of a book over 50 years old.",
"The tricks were good, but most were bar bet sort of tricks.",
"Amusing, but YOU want to learn \"magic.\" That is why you used it as a keyword.",
"There are a few good tricks in this book, but most can be found in any book in your local library.",
"If you a curious about tricks PLEASE start there.",
"If you know a few tricks and want to take the next step in becoming a \"Magician,\" than this book is not without merits.",
"The cartoons are great, the \"cheat sheet\" should be committed to memory, and the history of magic makes it a must read.",
"If you want to learn some basic, well worn, tricks, save your money and grab your library card.",
"If you know a few tricks and want to develope, this is a good place to start."
] |
2 | Nothing very new | Only if you have not recently read Hammett, Chandler and co could you be satisfied with this unpersuasive rehash of the American post-war 'noir' thriller. Gran may love the sassy language of this period, and find echoes of its dark wit, but she brings nothing sufficiently new to the genre to make this exercise worthwhile. Many classic genre novels were actually quite ropy in the plot department, but Gran seems to think this an excuse to follow suit, and hers is thin to a degree that most contempory crime writers would find unacceptable. Being a contemporary novel there is more drugs and more in-your-face nastiness than in noir novels of the past; but all that kind of thing is handled with far more panache and impact by James Ellroy ('LA Confidential', 'The Black Dahlia', 'The Big Nowhere' etc.).I enjoyed Gran's last short novel, 'Come Closer', although that too suffered from a lack of story development, hence its extreme brevity. But this is a step in the wrong direction. | 986 | [
"Only if you have not recently read Hammett, Chandler and co could you be satisfied with this unpersuasive rehash of the American post-war 'noir' thriller.",
"Gran may love the sassy language of this period, and find echoes of its dark wit, but she brings nothing sufficiently new to the genre to make this exercise worthwhile.",
"Many classic genre novels were actually quite ropy in the plot department, but Gran seems to think this an excuse to follow suit, and hers is thin to a degree that most contempory crime writers would find unacceptable.",
"Being a contemporary novel there is more drugs and more in-your-face nastiness than in noir novels of the past; but all that kind of thing is handled with far more panache and impact by James Ellroy ('LA Confidential', 'The Black Dahlia', 'The Big Nowhere' etc.).I enjoyed Gran's last short novel, 'Come Closer', although that too suffered from a lack of story development, hence its extreme brevity.",
"But this is a step in the wrong direction."
] |
2 | Stick with the VHS vesion | The original version of the director's cut of Das Boot on VHS is widely, and I think rightly acknowledged as one of the greatest films ever made about men at war, and about submarine warfare in particular. So it was an enormous disappointment to me when I sat down to watch the DVD version of this classic to find that the movie had not only been re-dubbed with different actors, but the script had been re-translated!After spending many enjoyable hours over several years watching the VHS version, I found the different voices and different words on the DVD very jarring, akin to watching a Bugs Bunny cartoon with Daffy Duck's voice!So, if you have never seen this movie, I would have no hesitation in recommending this DVD - it's still a great film. But if, like me, you know and love the original VHS version of the director's cut of Das Boot, then I suggest you stick with it. (I have no idea whether recently produced VHS copies feature the original or new soundtrack and script.) | 986 | [
"The original version of the director's cut of Das Boot on VHS is widely, and I think rightly acknowledged as one of the greatest films ever made about men at war, and about submarine warfare in particular.",
"So it was an enormous disappointment to me when I sat down to watch the DVD version of this classic to find that the movie had not only been re-dubbed with different actors, but the script had been re-translated!",
"After spending many enjoyable hours over several years watching the VHS version, I found the different voices and different words on the DVD very jarring, akin to watching a Bugs Bunny cartoon with Daffy Duck's voice!",
"So, if you have never seen this movie, I would have no hesitation in recommending this DVD - it's still a great film.",
"But if, like me, you know and love the original VHS version of the director's cut of Das Boot, then I suggest you stick with it.",
"(I have no idea whether recently produced VHS copies feature the original or new soundtrack and script.)"
] |
2 | A Suffering Bodice-ripper | Historical fiction this is not. Historical fiction comes from folks like Mary Renault, in my opinion. But if your definition of historical fiction includes romance novel authors such as diana gabaldon, then perhaps, this, too is historical fiction. These days the label "historical fiction" seems to be tossed about to enhance the dignity of low-brow sex-thrillers. This is a syrupy fantasy novel that falls flat even in the romantic sequences that are the focus of the book. Wooden characters and equally stiff interactions. Yes, this is a harsh criticism and it's my true appraisal of the book. Without negative or luke-warm reviews such as this and others here, we'd have a collection of 5-star reviews where apparently every book on Amazon was "the best I've ever read!" Not too informative, eh? I read these reviews before I purchase books or check-out from library. Hence, it's nice to see honest critiques of books as opposed to hyberbole. My recommendation is to skip this book. | 986 | [
"Historical fiction this is not.",
"Historical fiction comes from folks like Mary Renault, in my opinion.",
"But if your definition of historical fiction includes romance novel authors such as diana gabaldon, then perhaps, this, too is historical fiction.",
"These days the label \"historical fiction\" seems to be tossed about to enhance the dignity of low-brow sex-thrillers.",
"This is a syrupy fantasy novel that falls flat even in the romantic sequences that are the focus of the book.",
"Wooden characters and equally stiff interactions.",
"Yes, this is a harsh criticism and it's my true appraisal of the book.",
"Without negative or luke-warm reviews such as this and others here, we'd have a collection of 5-star reviews where apparently every book on Amazon was \"the best I've ever read!",
"\" Not too informative, eh?",
"I read these reviews before I purchase books or check-out from library.",
"Hence, it's nice to see honest critiques of books as opposed to hyberbole.",
"My recommendation is to skip this book."
] |
2 | For the beginner's beginner | This book is for people who are almost entirely unfamiliar with the info product field. If you're a writer who's already pushed to get your work out there, if you've started a semi-successful website or blog, or if you have a semi-successful service- or product-based business, I'm going to guess you already know a thing or two about marketing, e-commerce, etc.As such, this book is too basic. Each chapter was like a good first chapter of a whole book that could've been written with more detail and guidance. I wish the author had taken chapters 7-10 and wrote more about those topics alone, and included more in-depth coverage and real insider tips.Bottom line: If you're looking to dip your toes in the water, this book will do the trick. It's a simple and cursory glance (in the style of ehow.com) at the whole info product field. If you're already in the water (say, knee or waist deep) and were looking to boost your game or refine your knowledge, you'll be pretty disappointed. | 986 | [
"This book is for people who are almost entirely unfamiliar with the info product field.",
"If you're a writer who's already pushed to get your work out there, if you've started a semi-successful website or blog, or if you have a semi-successful service- or product-based business, I'm going to guess you already know a thing or two about marketing, e-commerce, etc.As such, this book is too basic.",
"Each chapter was like a good first chapter of a whole book that could've been written with more detail and guidance.",
"I wish the author had taken chapters 7-10 and wrote more about those topics alone, and included more in-depth coverage and real insider tips.Bottom line: If you're looking to dip your toes in the water, this book will do the trick.",
"It's a simple and cursory glance (in the style of ehow.com) at the whole info product field.",
"If you're already in the water (say, knee or waist deep) and were looking to boost your game or refine your knowledge, you'll be pretty disappointed."
] |
2 | Too much discoursing | Twenty years ago George Maloney wrote this eight-day retreat. His scriptural references seem quite dated. While there are parts to this retreat that can be beautiful and thought-provoking, other parts seem to be so much verbage. For instance, he delves into the Eucharist with great enthusiasm. But too much discourse concerning this mystery can make it seem irrelevant and remote. At the end of the retreat he writes that Christ is available to all, but will give himself to those who make a conscious effort to know him. To this reader, this is the kind of locked in logic of Catholic teaching. A statement is made and then withdrawn almost. What is this conscious effort? What does it require? Maloney says nothing. so in the end all this wonderful stuff, while available, may not be attainable because the reader may not be doing the right things. Apparently, according to Maloney, God has neither the power nor the love to crash through a person's inabilities or blindnesses. Pity. | 986 | [
"Twenty years ago George Maloney wrote this eight-day retreat.",
"His scriptural references seem quite dated.",
"While there are parts to this retreat that can be beautiful and thought-provoking, other parts seem to be so much verbage.",
"For instance, he delves into the Eucharist with great enthusiasm.",
"But too much discourse concerning this mystery can make it seem irrelevant and remote.",
"At the end of the retreat he writes that Christ is available to all, but will give himself to those who make a conscious effort to know him.",
"To this reader, this is the kind of locked in logic of Catholic teaching.",
"A statement is made and then withdrawn almost.",
"What is this conscious effort?",
"What does it require?",
"Maloney says nothing.",
"so in the end all this wonderful stuff, while available, may not be attainable because the reader may not be doing the right things.",
"Apparently, according to Maloney, God has neither the power nor the love to crash through a person's inabilities or blindnesses.",
"Pity."
] |
2 | SUGAR MELTS | Saga has a special friend, Sugar, a weather fairy visible only to her, who at times makes you drown in her sickly saccharine sweetness. She actually would be a little cute if she just kept her mouth shut! With her annoying voice it makes you want to step on her. These two episodes are a flashback of sorts from the perspective of an older Saga as she remembers when her class put on a school play. As Saga's class prepares, Sugar and her fairy friends also begin to produce their own play, with more humorous results.The problem with this show is that it lives by cuteness, but Sugar is more grating than sweet. The only comedy relief you get is from the class prima donna, Greta, who is a walking cliche, and the other fairies. But it's not enough to make this special interesting or engaging. I can't imagine anyone sitting through the 24 episodes of the regular TV series after seeing this sample.I would recommend the anime Figure 17 for a good example of mixing cuteness and plot. | 986 | [
"Saga has a special friend, Sugar, a weather fairy visible only to her, who at times makes you drown in her sickly saccharine sweetness.",
"She actually would be a little cute if she just kept her mouth shut!",
"With her annoying voice it makes you want to step on her.",
"These two episodes are a flashback of sorts from the perspective of an older Saga as she remembers when her class put on a school play.",
"As Saga's class prepares, Sugar and her fairy friends also begin to produce their own play, with more humorous results.The problem with this show is that it lives by cuteness, but Sugar is more grating than sweet.",
"The only comedy relief you get is from the class prima donna, Greta, who is a walking cliche, and the other fairies.",
"But it's not enough to make this special interesting or engaging.",
"I can't imagine anyone sitting through the 24 episodes of the regular TV series after seeing this sample.I would recommend the anime Figure 17 for a good example of mixing cuteness and plot."
] |
2 | More Cursed than Gifted. | Jay-Z, or as he likes to call himself the "Jay-hova" of hip-hop, defintely seemed to be in a runt on this album. Personally, not many hip-hop acts have been able to complete a good double-album. And Jay follows right in the epithome of that cliche.The first disc is tiresome and grows painfully dull, you'll find yourself skipping thru alot of tracks here.The second disc, the better of the two, is laden with samples from old-school jazz music does some help for musical diversity and shows the Jay's versatile side. But remember the phrase..."Too much of one thing is a bad thing"...and that pretty explains why you might be yawning while listening to it. Although it does give a refreshing sound to the whole neptune-esque like production that has been flooding the market for the past few years.Another reason i dont really care for this cd is, all the biggie smalls/tupac references and quoting. ... and its very annoyning. Its still an ok cd, but i wouldnt waste the money for it. | 986 | [
"Jay-Z, or as he likes to call himself the \"Jay-hova\" of hip-hop, defintely seemed to be in a runt on this album.",
"Personally, not many hip-hop acts have been able to complete a good double-album.",
"And Jay follows right in the epithome of that cliche.The first disc is tiresome and grows painfully dull, you'll find yourself skipping thru alot of tracks here.The second disc, the better of the two, is laden with samples from old-school jazz music does some help for musical diversity and shows the Jay's versatile side.",
"But remember the phrase...\"Too much of one thing is a bad thing\"...and that pretty explains why you might be yawning while listening to it.",
"Although it does give a refreshing sound to the whole neptune-esque like production that has been flooding the market for the past few years.Another reason i dont really care for this cd is, all the biggie smalls/tupac references and quoting.",
"... and its very annoyning.",
"Its still an ok cd, but i wouldnt waste the money for it."
] |
2 | It May not Be Her Time | There are many country albums that fall through the cracks each year. This is because many of them are so formulaic, so predictable and so safe. Unfortunately Reeves' debut album on Virgin Nashville falls under this category. Sure this album has its shares of ballads and uptempoes but none of them seem to standout. They are all pretty ordinary. Interestingly the most interesting song on this set is Reeves' cover of Tina Turner's hit "What You See Is What You Get." However Reeves being a less experienced singer doesn't have the calibre of Turner's way of making this song sounds exciting. Dave Loggins' "He Keeps me in One Piece" is beautiful but somehow Reeves fails to ignite the passion of this love ballad. The single and title track has a quasi-rap section but other than that, it's one of those Nashpop numbers. At the end of the day Reeves, like many other artists, is just another new artist that comes and go without much of a splash. Sorry this album may not be her time. | 986 | [
"There are many country albums that fall through the cracks each year.",
"This is because many of them are so formulaic, so predictable and so safe.",
"Unfortunately Reeves' debut album on Virgin Nashville falls under this category.",
"Sure this album has its shares of ballads and uptempoes but none of them seem to standout.",
"They are all pretty ordinary.",
"Interestingly the most interesting song on this set is Reeves' cover of Tina Turner's hit \"What You See Is What You Get.\" However Reeves being a less experienced singer doesn't have the calibre of Turner's way of making this song sounds exciting.",
"Dave Loggins' \"He Keeps me in One Piece\" is beautiful but somehow Reeves fails to ignite the passion of this love ballad.",
"The single and title track has a quasi-rap section but other than that, it's one of those Nashpop numbers.",
"At the end of the day Reeves, like many other artists, is just another new artist that comes and go without much of a splash.",
"Sorry this album may not be her time."
] |
2 | Disappointing | Here we have an example of a filmmaker who is afraid (or unable) to look past the surface experiences of a character and dig for a deeper motivation and a deeper meaning. We are presented with the historical facts of Guevara's life (albeit in an entertaining fashion) yet we can only guess at what interior conflicts led Guevara to make the choices that he did.Great filmmakers such as Tarkovsky and Cassavetes have the ability to "humanize" their subjects. In other words, they avoid all biases and stereotypes and take us directly into the minds and hearts of their characters in a way that helps us to understand their choices and accept them on a more personal, human level. I believe this is what Salles was attempting to do here, but he failed to do so. Perhaps he was afraid to stray too far from the iconic facade of Guevara and socialist ideology or perhaps he has simply reached the limits of his artistic ability. Either way, this film falls short of what it could have been. | 986 | [
"Here we have an example of a filmmaker who is afraid (or unable) to look past the surface experiences of a character and dig for a deeper motivation and a deeper meaning.",
"We are presented with the historical facts of Guevara's life (albeit in an entertaining fashion) yet we can only guess at what interior conflicts led Guevara to make the choices that he did.Great filmmakers such as Tarkovsky and Cassavetes have the ability to \"humanize\" their subjects.",
"In other words, they avoid all biases and stereotypes and take us directly into the minds and hearts of their characters in a way that helps us to understand their choices and accept them on a more personal, human level.",
"I believe this is what Salles was attempting to do here, but he failed to do so.",
"Perhaps he was afraid to stray too far from the iconic facade of Guevara and socialist ideology or perhaps he has simply reached the limits of his artistic ability.",
"Either way, this film falls short of what it could have been."
] |
2 | Could be dangerous | Well we bought this for our 7yr old son for Christmas and a week later we ordered the ants.. The ants arrived in great condition (only 2 dead). We dumped the ants in and waited about 1 day for the tunnels to start. Our family enjoyed watching the ants for about the first month. The ants would make tunnel after tunnel for days, we loved it. But.... After about the first month all the ants (who my son named Judy because you couldn't tell them about, you had to name them the same name) seemed to be on the top with all the little balls they had collected from the tunnel digging.. They we noticed the little buggers all around the top of the habitat eating the rubber seal. I could NOT tape the top of the habitat fast enough!! I don't know what would of happened if we never noticed them eating the rubber seal.. I think this is an awesome thing for learning about ants behaviors and watching them up close. However... I really think they should have some sort of warning on the box! | 986 | [
"Well we bought this for our 7yr old son for Christmas and a week later we ordered the ants..",
"The ants arrived in great condition (only 2 dead).",
"We dumped the ants in and waited about 1 day for the tunnels to start.",
"Our family enjoyed watching the ants for about the first month.",
"The ants would make tunnel after tunnel for days, we loved it.",
"But.... After about the first month all the ants (who my son named Judy because you couldn't tell them about, you had to name them the same name) seemed to be on the top with all the little balls they had collected from the tunnel digging..",
"They we noticed the little buggers all around the top of the habitat eating the rubber seal.",
"I could NOT tape the top of the habitat fast enough!!",
"I don't know what would of happened if we never noticed them eating the rubber seal..",
"I think this is an awesome thing for learning about ants behaviors and watching them up close.",
"However... I really think they should have some sort of warning on the box!"
] |
2 | A disappointment | Another reviewer started out his review with the question: Did we read the same book? Those are my exact sentiments to the reviewers who praised this work.Doctorow has always been a difficult read to me. Although I loved the musical RAGTIME, I found the book difficult to read. At that point I gave up on his books. Had I taken that pattern into consideration, I would not have bothered with THE MARCH.As usual Doctorow has a "shotgun" - scattered approach to his characters. You get a little bit of various characters who eventually interact. As a result, I didn't feel attached to any of the characters, except perhaps Pearl, the mulatto former slave.I'm sure that THE MARCH will become a movie. Sean Penn will be great as Arly and Hallie Berry will play Pearl. The screen writer will tighten up the story as did the writer for Ragtime, the musical.General Sherman makes limited appearances in the story.The only strong point of the novel is the demonstration of the brutality of war. | 986 | [
"Another reviewer started out his review with the question: Did we read the same book?",
"Those are my exact sentiments to the reviewers who praised this work.Doctorow has always been a difficult read to me.",
"Although I loved the musical RAGTIME, I found the book difficult to read.",
"At that point I gave up on his books.",
"Had I taken that pattern into consideration, I would not have bothered with THE MARCH.As usual Doctorow has a \"shotgun\" - scattered approach to his characters.",
"You get a little bit of various characters who eventually interact.",
"As a result, I didn't feel attached to any of the characters, except perhaps Pearl, the mulatto former slave.I'm sure that THE MARCH will become a movie.",
"Sean Penn will be great as Arly and Hallie Berry will play Pearl.",
"The screen writer will tighten up the story as did the writer for Ragtime, the musical.General Sherman makes limited appearances in the story.The only strong point of the novel is the demonstration of the brutality of war."
] |
2 | You've got to wonder.. | You've got to wonder about any game that has been in development in since late 2001 and does not get released until March 2004. You've also have to be concerned about the fact that its release date was constantly pushed back and that its price fell from $49.99 to $19.99. Finally, why is this game being released so quietly and with so little fanfare. The official webpage is eeriely silent and more omniously a patch was released even before the game shipped.These are troubling questions and lead to the ultimate question: what is wrong with this game? I am going to wait until I read some reviews by non-fanboy reviewers before I consider purchasing. (A fanboy is someone who spends his time on the official webpage, salivating at every nugget of info dropped to him by the developers, and is so blinded in his loyalty to the product that he ignores glaring problems. A fanboy is also someone who writes glowing five star reviews on Amazon.com for a game that he has not played yet.) | 986 | [
"You've got to wonder about any game that has been in development in since late 2001 and does not get released until March 2004.",
"You've also have to be concerned about the fact that its release date was constantly pushed back and that its price fell from $49.99 to $19.99.",
"Finally, why is this game being released so quietly and with so little fanfare.",
"The official webpage is eeriely silent and more omniously a patch was released even before the game shipped.These are troubling questions and lead to the ultimate question: what is wrong with this game?",
"I am going to wait until I read some reviews by non-fanboy reviewers before I consider purchasing.",
"(A fanboy is someone who spends his time on the official webpage, salivating at every nugget of info dropped to him by the developers, and is so blinded in his loyalty to the product that he ignores glaring problems.",
"A fanboy is also someone who writes glowing five star reviews on Amazon.com for a game that he has not played yet.)"
] |
2 | I should have passed | I like the Beatles, and I thought George's were the best Beatle songs. I like Concert for George and I like other people playing his music. After watching/listening to Concert for George, I decided to get a George CD to round out my music a bit.Read all the glowing great 5-star reviews for ATMP, and recognized a couple of the popular songs, so I figured I was in for a treat. However, as much as I hate to say it, I can't even give it an average rating. I've listened to it enough times on the way to work (and once at home during an exercise in music appreciation) to be caught by any catchy tunes or inspired songs, and I'm afraid there aren't very many. Yes, there is My Sweet Lord, Isn't It a Pity, What Is Life, If Not For You (isn't it a Dylan song) - and that's about it. I try to get into Wah-Wah (though somewhat muddled) and try to like some of Beware of Darkness. Beyond that it is a struggle to listen to, I'm sorry to say. (I ended up donating to the collection at work.) | 986 | [
"I like the Beatles, and I thought George's were the best Beatle songs.",
"I like Concert for George and I like other people playing his music.",
"After watching/listening to Concert for George, I decided to get a George CD to round out my music a bit.Read all the glowing great 5-star reviews for ATMP, and recognized a couple of the popular songs, so I figured I was in for a treat.",
"However, as much as I hate to say it, I can't even give it an average rating.",
"I've listened to it enough times on the way to work (and once at home during an exercise in music appreciation) to be caught by any catchy tunes or inspired songs, and I'm afraid there aren't very many.",
"Yes, there is My Sweet Lord, Isn't It a Pity, What Is Life, If Not For You (isn't it a Dylan song) - and that's about it.",
"I try to get into Wah-Wah (though somewhat muddled) and try to like some of Beware of Darkness.",
"Beyond that it is a struggle to listen to, I'm sorry to say.",
"(I ended up donating to the collection at work.)"
] |
2 | very different direction! | mxpx is a very upbeat punk band and has always released exelent records for fans of this type of music....BUT if u listen to all their records in order dont u see a pattern forming??each record gets a littlre slower and a little softer and a little less punk rock. well this "before everything and after" hammered the final nail in mxpx's punk rock coffin. this is not a punk rock record by far so do not expect it!over all this is a very mature record and shows alot of growing pains and relationship advice as usual. mxpx has always strived too be an mtv band and now they have finally achieved this goal.smell ya later "magnefied plaid" it was nice knowing you when u were a punk band good luck with your new fan base!Memo to mike Herrera: dude... ive always been a loyal fan too you why do u insist on dissapointing me?!stop simplifying everything and write deeper music like you used too get rid of the POP element and come back too punk, the waters warm man...best wishes ...chris | 986 | [
"mxpx is a very upbeat punk band and has always released exelent records for fans of this type of music....BUT if u listen to all their records in order dont u see a pattern forming??",
"each record gets a littlre slower and a little softer and a little less punk rock.",
"well this \"before everything and after\" hammered the final nail in mxpx's punk rock coffin.",
"this is not a punk rock record by far so do not expect it!",
"over all this is a very mature record and shows alot of growing pains and relationship advice as usual.",
"mxpx has always strived too be an mtv band and now they have finally achieved this goal.smell ya later \"magnefied plaid\" it was nice knowing you when u were a punk band good luck with your new fan base!",
"Memo to mike Herrera: dude... ive always been a loyal fan too you why do u insist on dissapointing me?!",
"stop simplifying everything and write deeper music like you used too get rid of the POP element and come back too punk, the waters warm man...best wishes ...chris"
] |
2 | Sorry, I don't get it | The plot was confusing, and once I did understand who everybody was (more or less), I didn't really care. Who was the old man? Was he some kind of teacher? Why was he keeping the sword? How did that little girl get trained anyway? She was a governor's daughter and was unsupervised her whole life? What was this temple they kept talking about? What was all the hoo-ha in the beginning about the warrior's meditation anyway, what did it have to do with anything? It was like this was the fourth of a series and you were already supposed to know all the background.Some of the fight scenes were pretty, especially the bamboo tree scene, but it was laughable to me generally. People flying? Based on what? The Matrix had an excuse, a background, that permitted one to believe that it was possible for the characters to defy gravity and so forth. Here they just start flying around without any information aside from some vague reference to a manual.Can you spell ``exposition'' in Chinese? | 986 | [
"The plot was confusing, and once I did understand who everybody was (more or less), I didn't really care.",
"Who was the old man?",
"Was he some kind of teacher?",
"Why was he keeping the sword?",
"How did that little girl get trained anyway?",
"She was a governor's daughter and was unsupervised her whole life?",
"What was this temple they kept talking about?",
"What was all the hoo-ha in the beginning about the warrior's meditation anyway, what did it have to do with anything?",
"It was like this was the fourth of a series and you were already supposed to know all the background.Some of the fight scenes were pretty, especially the bamboo tree scene, but it was laughable to me generally.",
"People flying?",
"Based on what?",
"The Matrix had an excuse, a background, that permitted one to believe that it was possible for the characters to defy gravity and so forth.",
"Here they just start flying around without any information aside from some vague reference to a manual.Can you spell ``exposition'' in Chinese?"
] |
2 | Why bother? | Hello Dolly is a dumb show. It is inane, frothy, and utterly empty; nonetheless, the score is catchy, and if you're really in need of some suffocatingly sweet tunes, its a good go. I am not totally averse to frothiness. This recording, however, is not the best representation of this score (which has been recorded quite a few times.) Streisand may have a great belter's voice, but she is totally wrong for this part; she is way WAY too young. The other women in the cast make no impression whatsoever. Michael Crawford sounds like he's about twelve; i have never been a fan of his nasal, forced voice anyway. Matthau is the only one who does good by the material; unfortunately, his big song early on, It Takes A Woman, suffers because it is essentially the same as the more well-known We Need a Little Christmas from Mame, and this is a big distraction. Dont bother with this CD; watch the movie if only for its truly amazing production design (and Louis Armstrong's 30 second cameo.) | 986 | [
"Hello Dolly is a dumb show.",
"It is inane, frothy, and utterly empty; nonetheless, the score is catchy, and if you're really in need of some suffocatingly sweet tunes, its a good go.",
"I am not totally averse to frothiness.",
"This recording, however, is not the best representation of this score (which has been recorded quite a few times.) Streisand may have a great belter's voice, but she is totally wrong for this part; she is way WAY too young.",
"The other women in the cast make no impression whatsoever.",
"Michael Crawford sounds like he's about twelve; i have never been a fan of his nasal, forced voice anyway.",
"Matthau is the only one who does good by the material; unfortunately, his big song early on, It Takes A Woman, suffers because it is essentially the same as the more well-known We Need a Little Christmas from Mame, and this is a big distraction.",
"Dont bother with this CD; watch the movie if only for its truly amazing production design (and Louis Armstrong's 30 second cameo.)"
] |
2 | Even the girls weren't hot | Firstly, allow me to say that I love the video game. That being established, I can go on to write the rest of this review. Granted, I'm probably not the most qualified person to be writing this as I actually fell asleep in the theatre . . . even with THX. I actually find histology more engaging than I found this movie, which is pretty amazing considering how damn boring histology is. The funny thing is that when I woke up, realizing the inappropriatness of drooling in a public place, I hadn't missed a thing. In a nutshell, James Bond has a buch of gadgets, he blows stuff up, drinks some martinis, has some sex and then saves the day. Actually, even the sex was bad. How can anyone do a sex scene without nudity? I mean without nudity, all you've really got is weird sounds. If this review helps one person to not watch this movie, I will feel satisfied. The only reason this movie didn't get one star was because that one star is reserved for THE worst movie ever made - Michael. | 986 | [
"Firstly, allow me to say that I love the video game.",
"That being established, I can go on to write the rest of this review.",
"Granted, I'm probably not the most qualified person to be writing this as I actually fell asleep in the theatre.",
".",
".",
"even with THX.",
"I actually find histology more engaging than I found this movie, which is pretty amazing considering how damn boring histology is.",
"The funny thing is that when I woke up, realizing the inappropriatness of drooling in a public place, I hadn't missed a thing.",
"In a nutshell, James Bond has a buch of gadgets, he blows stuff up, drinks some martinis, has some sex and then saves the day.",
"Actually, even the sex was bad.",
"How can anyone do a sex scene without nudity?",
"I mean without nudity, all you've really got is weird sounds.",
"If this review helps one person to not watch this movie, I will feel satisfied.",
"The only reason this movie didn't get one star was because that one star is reserved for THE worst movie ever made - Michael."
] |
2 | Comedy gold | David Franson does a fantastic job of showing aspiring texture artists how to strive for ever greater levels of mediocrity in this book, which amounts to little more than a printed compilation of the basic free tutorials you could find in 20 minutes of Google searching.The example textures Franson walks you through are pretty basic and lame, and the included images on the CD are hilarious by themselves. For example, a lot of them have a major case of flash burn or other serious irregularities that make them very bad source material for your own textures-no amount of cloning or doctoring can salvage a nicely tiling texture out of many of the images on the CD. You're better off building your own collection of source and reference images by searching for "Mayang" and "CGTexture" on Google.However, it is not without redeeming value-it's a great comedic read if you're a more experienced texture artist than the author. That bar, if this book is anything to go by, is pretty low. | 986 | [
"David Franson does a fantastic job of showing aspiring texture artists how to strive for ever greater levels of mediocrity in this book, which amounts to little more than a printed compilation of the basic free tutorials you could find in 20 minutes of Google searching.The example textures Franson walks you through are pretty basic and lame, and the included images on the CD are hilarious by themselves.",
"For example, a lot of them have a major case of flash burn or other serious irregularities that make them very bad source material for your own textures-no amount of cloning or doctoring can salvage a nicely tiling texture out of many of the images on the CD.",
"You're better off building your own collection of source and reference images by searching for \"Mayang\" and \"CGTexture\" on Google.However, it is not without redeeming value-it's a great comedic read if you're a more experienced texture artist than the author.",
"That bar, if this book is anything to go by, is pretty low."
] |
2 | Bland Is the New Spicy | Or whatever the vigorous opposite of 'bland' is. I've tried listening to this but it's not possible to take more than 1 tracks at a sitting. I just marvel at such obvious talent and sincerity ending up as such a non-event. I guess those scandiwegian nights are long n chilly and there's not much else to do but wear the tread off yr fave 'Chad n Garfunkel sing the Best of Nina and Drake' CDs, hone yr guitar technique ... and buff up the old English. When daylight returns - voilà! - you're both *technically* too good to ignore. They're clearly hells nice blokes in an endearingly fey n whimsical way and what I can make out of the chick looks cute in a bjrkish way. I play this album with the port and cheese and make everyone "Spot the Influence". Hey - astute reviews by everyone - *including* the usually abrasive Amazon critic. I guess the homey album photo precludes reaching for the usual bovver boots. Bless 'em, I say - and it sounds like a nice project to have put together. | 986 | [
"Or whatever the vigorous opposite of 'bland' is.",
"I've tried listening to this but it's not possible to take more than 1 tracks at a sitting.",
"I just marvel at such obvious talent and sincerity ending up as such a non-event.",
"I guess those scandiwegian nights are long n chilly and there's not much else to do but wear the tread off yr fave 'Chad n Garfunkel sing the Best of Nina and Drake' CDs, hone yr guitar technique ... and buff up the old English.",
"When daylight returns - voilà!",
"- you're both *technically* too good to ignore.",
"They're clearly hells nice blokes in an endearingly fey n whimsical way and what I can make out of the chick looks cute in a bjrkish way.",
"I play this album with the port and cheese and make everyone \"Spot the Influence\".",
"Hey - astute reviews by everyone - *including* the usually abrasive Amazon critic.",
"I guess the homey album photo precludes reaching for the usual bovver boots.",
"Bless 'em, I say - and it sounds like a nice project to have put together."
] |
2 | Tepid | This collection of Robert Johnson songs is OK, but ... that's all it is. Clapton's approach to the material is reverent; perhaps too reverent to be enjoyable. If you're familiar with Robert Johnson, you know that the blues isn't all about being miserable and sad. Often, it's about having fun (perhaps in spite of being miserable and sad). These are all competent covers, but there's no sense of exuberance or excitement.Comparing these versions to Johnson's originals is beside the point. However, it's only fair to compare Clapton's contemporary interpretations with those of the Peter Green/Nigel Watson Splinter Group, whose superb, award-winning "Robert Johnson Songbook" is warm, seductive, delightful, smooth, and yes, exuberant in places.True-blue Clapton fans will want to pick this one up, but most listeners will have more fun with the Splinter Group disc. (Also highly recommended: "Hot Foot Powder", Splinter Group's equally fine second collection of Robert Johnson songs.) | 986 | [
"This collection of Robert Johnson songs is OK, but ... that's all it is.",
"Clapton's approach to the material is reverent; perhaps too reverent to be enjoyable.",
"If you're familiar with Robert Johnson, you know that the blues isn't all about being miserable and sad.",
"Often, it's about having fun (perhaps in spite of being miserable and sad).",
"These are all competent covers, but there's no sense of exuberance or excitement.Comparing these versions to Johnson's originals is beside the point.",
"However, it's only fair to compare Clapton's contemporary interpretations with those of the Peter Green/Nigel Watson Splinter Group, whose superb, award-winning \"Robert Johnson Songbook\" is warm, seductive, delightful, smooth, and yes, exuberant in places.True-blue Clapton fans will want to pick this one up, but most listeners will have more fun with the Splinter Group disc.",
"(Also highly recommended: \"Hot Foot Powder\", Splinter Group's equally fine second collection of Robert Johnson songs.)"
] |
2 | only 2 things I liked | I didnt know what to think of this movie when it first came out , I played hooky from school and went to the mall and went to the movies , and saw this one , I just sat there dumb founded and wondered why arent the cops doing anything , Then again there wouldnt be a movie would there lol ?The only 2 things I liked in this Movie are Morgan Fairchild and the idea she finally shot and killed the freak at the end .The very idea that a mad man /rapist can be reduced to a child is not all that strange , I can see anyone mocking a jerk and reducing him to nothing , then again it could piss them off and make matters worse .I like seeing a woman carrying a role where she is NOT the victim but the heron and finally Morgan Fairchilds character did that .BTW I do remember hearing the song for the theme in this movie and recognised it as Dionne Warwick , but can someone tell me the name of the song and where I might get it , it may be the 3rd best thing I liked about the movie lolCiao | 986 | [
"I didnt know what to think of this movie when it first came out , I played hooky from school and went to the mall and went to the movies , and saw this one , I just sat there dumb founded and wondered why arent the cops doing anything , Then again there wouldnt be a movie would there lol?",
"The only 2 things I liked in this Movie are Morgan Fairchild and the idea she finally shot and killed the freak at the end .The very idea that a mad man /rapist can be reduced to a child is not all that strange , I can see anyone mocking a jerk and reducing him to nothing , then again it could piss them off and make matters worse .I like seeing a woman carrying a role where she is NOT the victim but the heron and finally Morgan Fairchilds character did that .BTW I do remember hearing the song for the theme in this movie and recognised it as Dionne Warwick , but can someone tell me the name of the song and where I might get it , it may be the 3rd best thing I liked about the movie lolCiao"
] |
2 | Prefer a paperback | I got a Kindle for Christmas. I enjoy and like to have electronic gadgets, so I thought I would like the Kindle. I tried it for a few days over the holiday time off. The screen is very good and easy to read, just like a regular book. It has lots of neat features, marking/saving quotes in a book, searching, and the on-line access worked very well. It worked anywhere in my home, places our cell phones did not work. Down loading was very fast. I found I missed having a book, and the handling of the Kindle was awkward for me. I kept accidentally hitting the page forward/back buttons, there was little room to hold it. It is a little bigger than most paperbacks, it does not fit into your pocket easily. Most Kindle book prices are $9.99, compared to buying paperbacks, that is little high. It uses an electronic format that is not compatible with other electronic formats, so you can not use most other electronic formats. We sent it back, after a little hassle we got a full refund. | 986 | [
"I got a Kindle for Christmas.",
"I enjoy and like to have electronic gadgets, so I thought I would like the Kindle.",
"I tried it for a few days over the holiday time off.",
"The screen is very good and easy to read, just like a regular book.",
"It has lots of neat features, marking/saving quotes in a book, searching, and the on-line access worked very well.",
"It worked anywhere in my home, places our cell phones did not work.",
"Down loading was very fast.",
"I found I missed having a book, and the handling of the Kindle was awkward for me.",
"I kept accidentally hitting the page forward/back buttons, there was little room to hold it.",
"It is a little bigger than most paperbacks, it does not fit into your pocket easily.",
"Most Kindle book prices are $9.99, compared to buying paperbacks, that is little high.",
"It uses an electronic format that is not compatible with other electronic formats, so you can not use most other electronic formats.",
"We sent it back, after a little hassle we got a full refund."
] |
2 | A disappointment | I am a huge fan of Robin McKinley. I've loved the Damar books since I was a teenager, Deerskin was excellent, I reread Beauty often. I pounced on Rose Daughter as soon as it came out, but it was a big disappointment. The heroine is much less compelling than McKinley's original Beauty, and the characters in general have less depth. In some ways this makes it more like an actual fairytale (Beauty's sisters have names reflecting their personalities, for example, and McKinley creates deliberately parallel storylines for them.) However, the plot completely fails to pull together the different threads of the story, some of which seem completely pointless. The Beast is an artist? And where did these unicorns come from?! McKinley's attempt to avoid a predictable ending results in one that is completely improbable. I won't say don't read this if you are a die-hard fan, but if it is the first of her books you have picked up I suggest you reach for one of her stronger works instead. | 986 | [
"I am a huge fan of Robin McKinley.",
"I've loved the Damar books since I was a teenager, Deerskin was excellent, I reread Beauty often.",
"I pounced on Rose Daughter as soon as it came out, but it was a big disappointment.",
"The heroine is much less compelling than McKinley's original Beauty, and the characters in general have less depth.",
"In some ways this makes it more like an actual fairytale (Beauty's sisters have names reflecting their personalities, for example, and McKinley creates deliberately parallel storylines for them.) However, the plot completely fails to pull together the different threads of the story, some of which seem completely pointless.",
"The Beast is an artist?",
"And where did these unicorns come from?!",
"McKinley's attempt to avoid a predictable ending results in one that is completely improbable.",
"I won't say don't read this if you are a die-hard fan, but if it is the first of her books you have picked up I suggest you reach for one of her stronger works instead."
] |
2 | I Agree with Lake131 | I guess no one has the guts to agree with the girl who wrote the review against Sarah's "Dear God." I am sure that the girl knows by now that Sarah did not write the song; BUT she still recorded it. While I like the cd; I have to agree with Lake131 that the song does not belong on this cd. It is going against all religious beliefs. XTC may have written it, why, only they know. I tend to agree that it is merely a cop out, blame God for OUR problems, no way. We create our own problems, and God is there to protect us. Satan causes disease, and hunger, and strife, it is his way of turning us against God. You better believe in heaven and hell, saints and sinners and the devil as well. Pearly gates and thorny crowns....He is NOT letting us humans down, WE are letting HIM down. Face reality people. Wake up and give the girl credit for stating her beliefs....something no one else had the courage to do! The cd is awesome, I own it, I listen to it...but I also skip track one!Melody | 986 | [
"I guess no one has the guts to agree with the girl who wrote the review against Sarah's \"Dear God.\" I am sure that the girl knows by now that Sarah did not write the song; BUT she still recorded it.",
"While I like the cd; I have to agree with Lake131 that the song does not belong on this cd.",
"It is going against all religious beliefs.",
"XTC may have written it, why, only they know.",
"I tend to agree that it is merely a cop out, blame God for OUR problems, no way.",
"We create our own problems, and God is there to protect us.",
"Satan causes disease, and hunger, and strife, it is his way of turning us against God.",
"You better believe in heaven and hell, saints and sinners and the devil as well.",
"Pearly gates and thorny crowns....He is NOT letting us humans down, WE are letting HIM down.",
"Face reality people.",
"Wake up and give the girl credit for stating her beliefs....something no one else had the courage to do!",
"The cd is awesome, I own it, I listen to it...but I also skip track one!",
"Melody"
] |
2 | Honestly, who'd want Jenny? | This book is the story of two psycho psychiatrists and what they're doing to poor Jenny. Jenny, is an overly-coddled rich girl, who has no personality to speak of (unless you're dealing with Linda, her split personality), not much of a spine, and yet she still manages to have every man in the story tripping over themselves to swoon over her.Coffey is an ex-cop cum cab driver. He too falls head over heels for cardboard Jenny. He's convinced she didn't kill the two men she's accused of murdering. Why? Because he loooooooves her after setting eyes on her once. Who cares that she's a spineless headcase, she's hot!The pacing in this book was terrible. It lurches and jumps all over the place. Overly predictable, there are several moments in the story that are really funny, it's just that the author probably didn't intend for them to be. Though, I do have to admit, the red car with SATAN spraypainted on the door was classic. Daughter of Darkness gets a second star just for that. | 986 | [
"This book is the story of two psycho psychiatrists and what they're doing to poor Jenny.",
"Jenny, is an overly-coddled rich girl, who has no personality to speak of (unless you're dealing with Linda, her split personality), not much of a spine, and yet she still manages to have every man in the story tripping over themselves to swoon over her.Coffey is an ex-cop cum cab driver.",
"He too falls head over heels for cardboard Jenny.",
"He's convinced she didn't kill the two men she's accused of murdering.",
"Why?",
"Because he loooooooves her after setting eyes on her once.",
"Who cares that she's a spineless headcase, she's hot!",
"The pacing in this book was terrible.",
"It lurches and jumps all over the place.",
"Overly predictable, there are several moments in the story that are really funny, it's just that the author probably didn't intend for them to be.",
"Though, I do have to admit, the red car with SATAN spraypainted on the door was classic.",
"Daughter of Darkness gets a second star just for that."
] |
2 | No go for Optoma HD20 | If you're looking at this device for your Optoma HD20, SKIP IT!The price point is certainly nice and this mount would probably work ok with most projectors, but not the HD20. The legs, that would screw into your projector, don't fit. There are four of them, in which only two are usable without any modification. I don't know about you, but two legs to hold up my projector doesn't give me warm fuzzies.Eventually after about 30min of trying every which way to adjust the legs and get three of them to attach, it just wasn't happening. I had to actually cut one of the longer legs shorter (they only give you one short leg to use) to make it work. It's a little ghetto fabulous, but it works.I can't complain too much, since I went cheap and knew it was probably a bad idea...to save time and hassle, and if you have the money, just spend more on a better mount.This item doesn't come with very clear instructions, but if you've ever assembled anything from Ikea then you're good to go. | 986 | [
"If you're looking at this device for your Optoma HD20, SKIP IT!",
"The price point is certainly nice and this mount would probably work ok with most projectors, but not the HD20.",
"The legs, that would screw into your projector, don't fit.",
"There are four of them, in which only two are usable without any modification.",
"I don't know about you, but two legs to hold up my projector doesn't give me warm fuzzies.Eventually after about 30min of trying every which way to adjust the legs and get three of them to attach, it just wasn't happening.",
"I had to actually cut one of the longer legs shorter (they only give you one short leg to use) to make it work.",
"It's a little ghetto fabulous, but it works.I can't complain too much, since I went cheap and knew it was probably a bad idea...to save time and hassle, and if you have the money, just spend more on a better mount.This item doesn't come with very clear instructions, but if you've ever assembled anything from Ikea then you're good to go."
] |
2 | meh...don't bother | I had one of these when I was a child/teen and was happy when I found this. Even though the design is similar to what I had as a child, the function clearly is not. I had trouble getting the batteries in- the spot is very tight, but I was finally able to jam the batteries in. The switch was very hard to slide to the on position, although this would probably get better with more use. The big problem I have with this is the LED light that is used to illuminate. The one I had as a child used a regular bulb, and you were able to see the items clearly. The LED light casts a purple haze on the items and washes out what you are looking at. I used to love looking at my skin with this toy. Try that with this one and you lose most of the detail and it appears you are looking at an alien's skin....funny I didn't know I had purple alien skin. This item may work for some people or be fine for other uses- but if you have used one of these in the past, you will probably be disappointed. | 986 | [
"I had one of these when I was a child/teen and was happy when I found this.",
"Even though the design is similar to what I had as a child, the function clearly is not.",
"I had trouble getting the batteries in- the spot is very tight, but I was finally able to jam the batteries in.",
"The switch was very hard to slide to the on position, although this would probably get better with more use.",
"The big problem I have with this is the LED light that is used to illuminate.",
"The one I had as a child used a regular bulb, and you were able to see the items clearly.",
"The LED light casts a purple haze on the items and washes out what you are looking at.",
"I used to love looking at my skin with this toy.",
"Try that with this one and you lose most of the detail and it appears you are looking at an alien's skin....funny I didn't know I had purple alien skin.",
"This item may work for some people or be fine for other uses- but if you have used one of these in the past, you will probably be disappointed."
] |
2 | just not worth the money | I bought these bubbles to be part of my daughter's fairy-themed birthday party. I envisioned little fairies, with wings and floral head wreaths, skipping around catching and holding bubbles. While the party was terrific, the bubbles were not. I think these are way overpriced for what they are. I did get the 5-pack, but the bubble blower is so tiny and makes such little bubbles. Ours did not stay bubbles for long, but I understand that may be related to the weather. Also, when they pop/deflate/whatever, the residue is pretty nasty. It's a thick, sticky film that's a little difficult to get off. I feel as if I threw away a chunk of money on this purchase and wish I had just gone to the grocery store and gotten cheap bottles of normal bubbles. The only positive thing I have to say about the catch a bubble is that the design of the container is very nice. It's easy for little hands to hold and the top is designed so that if it tips over, the stuff really doesn't all pour out. | 986 | [
"I bought these bubbles to be part of my daughter's fairy-themed birthday party.",
"I envisioned little fairies, with wings and floral head wreaths, skipping around catching and holding bubbles.",
"While the party was terrific, the bubbles were not.",
"I think these are way overpriced for what they are.",
"I did get the 5-pack, but the bubble blower is so tiny and makes such little bubbles.",
"Ours did not stay bubbles for long, but I understand that may be related to the weather.",
"Also, when they pop/deflate/whatever, the residue is pretty nasty.",
"It's a thick, sticky film that's a little difficult to get off.",
"I feel as if I threw away a chunk of money on this purchase and wish I had just gone to the grocery store and gotten cheap bottles of normal bubbles.",
"The only positive thing I have to say about the catch a bubble is that the design of the container is very nice.",
"It's easy for little hands to hold and the top is designed so that if it tips over, the stuff really doesn't all pour out."
] |
2 | Disturbing | Wuhu Diary records the author's trip to Wuhu China with the daughter whom she adopted from that city. Adopted as an infant, Ms. Prager's daughter is five-years-old during the narrative, and has been coming to grips with being Chinese and American, and the daughter of a single white woman. When I heard the author interviewed on NPR I felt that the daughter was much too young for such an emotionally demanding trip and after reading the book I am all the more convinced that this is true. Not only does the daughter go to an orphanage (not the same one where she stayed ) but she is shown the bridge where she was abandoned. Before the trip she had thought she'd been left at a hospital, small comfort but at least some comfort. Now the daughter must, at five years old, process the truth of her abandonment to the elements and to sheer chance. I find the psychodrama unleashed upon the daughter positively appalling, and I only hope that she has a therapeutic avenue available to her. | 986 | [
"Wuhu Diary records the author's trip to Wuhu China with the daughter whom she adopted from that city.",
"Adopted as an infant, Ms.",
"Prager's daughter is five-years-old during the narrative, and has been coming to grips with being Chinese and American, and the daughter of a single white woman.",
"When I heard the author interviewed on NPR I felt that the daughter was much too young for such an emotionally demanding trip and after reading the book I am all the more convinced that this is true.",
"Not only does the daughter go to an orphanage (not the same one where she stayed ) but she is shown the bridge where she was abandoned.",
"Before the trip she had thought she'd been left at a hospital, small comfort but at least some comfort.",
"Now the daughter must, at five years old, process the truth of her abandonment to the elements and to sheer chance.",
"I find the psychodrama unleashed upon the daughter positively appalling, and I only hope that she has a therapeutic avenue available to her."
] |
2 | Buy the Sony TRV11 Instead | I first bought the JVC 805U because I was enticed by the cheaper price tag, which I convinced myself was the only difference. It isn't. Don't be fooled by price -- pay the extra money and get what you pay for.I returned this model and bought the Sony TRV11. The video quality on the JVC is noticeably worse. This could be because of the lack of the Carl Zeiss lens or the lack of low lux recording (both found on the Sony).The battery that came with the JVC only lasted about 30 minutes (compared to about 1 hour with Sony) and the image stabilization was shoddy at best. Also, the LCD screen quality on the JVC is just so-so.While the JVC does have a built in light, it is really useless for night shooting.Overall, the JVC has average quality and features. If you are willing to settle for average and want to buy a camera in the "average" price range, consider this one or close competitor Panasonic. If you want a much better camera for a few hundred bucks more, buy the Sony TRV11. | 986 | [
"I first bought the JVC 805U because I was enticed by the cheaper price tag, which I convinced myself was the only difference.",
"It isn't.",
"Don't be fooled by price -- pay the extra money and get what you pay for.I returned this model and bought the Sony TRV11.",
"The video quality on the JVC is noticeably worse.",
"This could be because of the lack of the Carl Zeiss lens or the lack of low lux recording (both found on the Sony).The battery that came with the JVC only lasted about 30 minutes (compared to about 1 hour with Sony) and the image stabilization was shoddy at best.",
"Also, the LCD screen quality on the JVC is just so-so.While the JVC does have a built in light, it is really useless for night shooting.Overall, the JVC has average quality and features.",
"If you are willing to settle for average and want to buy a camera in the \"average\" price range, consider this one or close competitor Panasonic.",
"If you want a much better camera for a few hundred bucks more, buy the Sony TRV11."
] |
2 | So Much Hype! | I didn't like the pre-2008 edition of this book for many reasons. First, it was replete with with "pep talk," which was time-consuming to read and irrelevant to the goal of mastering crucial SAT test-taking skills. Second, it was thin on substance, which may be why the author had to use extra-large fonts to fill up the pages. The few SAT test taking strategies, designed for the so-called "2400 Club" members, were nothing you cannot find in most quality SAT prep books. Also, with the pre-2008 edition, the lay-out was so messy that it was actually hard to follow. Finally, having just coached my daughter for the January SAT (in which she scored perfect SAT scores), I think it's misleading to insinuate that one could earn perfect scores on the SAT simply by using this one workbook. From my perspective, nothing short of disciplined work, relentless practice, and a positive mind-set would achieve that. Which is why I have sold this book and, thanks to the hype, at a good price! | 986 | [
"I didn't like the pre-2008 edition of this book for many reasons.",
"First, it was replete with with \"pep talk,\" which was time-consuming to read and irrelevant to the goal of mastering crucial SAT test-taking skills.",
"Second, it was thin on substance, which may be why the author had to use extra-large fonts to fill up the pages.",
"The few SAT test taking strategies, designed for the so-called \"2400 Club\" members, were nothing you cannot find in most quality SAT prep books.",
"Also, with the pre-2008 edition, the lay-out was so messy that it was actually hard to follow.",
"Finally, having just coached my daughter for the January SAT (in which she scored perfect SAT scores), I think it's misleading to insinuate that one could earn perfect scores on the SAT simply by using this one workbook.",
"From my perspective, nothing short of disciplined work, relentless practice, and a positive mind-set would achieve that.",
"Which is why I have sold this book and, thanks to the hype, at a good price!"
] |
2 | Good content, bad recording | If you, dear reader, are considering to buy this pack of four tapes, then you may want to think twice! On the one hand, I was tempted to give the tapes 5 stars for their contents which include a live session, where Jon Kabat-Zinn instructs newcomers to the art of yoga and mindfullness. On the other hand, one should take into consideration, that these audio cassettes apparently are made under some very poor circumstances. The result is a continuing disturbing noise along with Kabat-Zinns instruction. But if that was all! You have to hear the instructions several times in order to understand what is said - simply because of the poor quality of the recording!Kabat-Zinns books and audio cassettes are reviewed on other places on this homepage, and I will not repeat these reviews words like "remarkably, inspiring and gentle". Words like these also fits the content of these tapes. But if I could get a second chance, I would instead have bought some other tapes fr! om Kabat-Zinn. | 986 | [
"If you, dear reader, are considering to buy this pack of four tapes, then you may want to think twice!",
"On the one hand, I was tempted to give the tapes 5 stars for their contents which include a live session, where Jon Kabat-Zinn instructs newcomers to the art of yoga and mindfullness.",
"On the other hand, one should take into consideration, that these audio cassettes apparently are made under some very poor circumstances.",
"The result is a continuing disturbing noise along with Kabat-Zinns instruction.",
"But if that was all!",
"You have to hear the instructions several times in order to understand what is said - simply because of the poor quality of the recording!",
"Kabat-Zinns books and audio cassettes are reviewed on other places on this homepage, and I will not repeat these reviews words like \"remarkably, inspiring and gentle\".",
"Words like these also fits the content of these tapes.",
"But if I could get a second chance, I would instead have bought some other tapes fr!",
"om Kabat-Zinn."
] |
2 | Undisclosed Fiction | I received this book several days ago. I had been anxiously awaiting its arrival. I had been reading articles about the battle of Teutoburg Forest and when I searched for a book about the subject, this one kept popping up. It has great reviews by readers. When I read the item description and I read the word "novel" I was suspicious that it was fiction but I could find nothing stating that it was fiction. Well...much to my dissapointment it is historical fiction. Any reader looking for factual, non fiction history stay away from this. It is written in a first person format and has absolutely nothing to do with Teutoburg Forest. It's set in Britania on Hadrian's wall.The author has clearly mastered the knowledge required to write an historical fiction NOVEL but presents nothing about actual events for the avid history student. I rated it two stars because the way it is presented on Amazon is very deceptive.Amazon needs to more clearly label whether a book is fiction or not. | 986 | [
"I received this book several days ago.",
"I had been anxiously awaiting its arrival.",
"I had been reading articles about the battle of Teutoburg Forest and when I searched for a book about the subject, this one kept popping up.",
"It has great reviews by readers.",
"When I read the item description and I read the word \"novel\" I was suspicious that it was fiction but I could find nothing stating that it was fiction.",
"Well...much to my dissapointment it is historical fiction.",
"Any reader looking for factual, non fiction history stay away from this.",
"It is written in a first person format and has absolutely nothing to do with Teutoburg Forest.",
"It's set in Britania on Hadrian's wall.The author has clearly mastered the knowledge required to write an historical fiction NOVEL but presents nothing about actual events for the avid history student.",
"I rated it two stars because the way it is presented on Amazon is very deceptive.Amazon needs to more clearly label whether a book is fiction or not."
] |
2 | The music really is good... | The music written for St. Anger is absolutely fine. The lyrics aren't supposed to be good. The singing isn't supposed to be perfect. The music is supposed to be fast and not very complicated. It is an angry album, and that's ok. Some of the songs on here are absolutely perfect......except the production just kills it all. The drums, man...the drums! Why the bad drum sound? What made them think that this sound would be ok? It is very unfortunate. Frantic, Sweet Amber, Purify, All Within My Hands...all of these would be great metal songs, but the drum sound completely ruins it. The DVD is much easier for me to listen to, because the drums there sound like they're supposed to.The lack of solos is a minor gripe I have. You can pinpoint in both Sweet Amber and Purify exactly where a guitar solo should be. But this pales in comparison to my complaint about the drumming. This could have been a 4-star album for me, but instead it gets a 2 for being very badly produced good music. | 986 | [
"The music written for St.",
"Anger is absolutely fine.",
"The lyrics aren't supposed to be good.",
"The singing isn't supposed to be perfect.",
"The music is supposed to be fast and not very complicated.",
"It is an angry album, and that's ok.",
"Some of the songs on here are absolutely perfect......except the production just kills it all.",
"The drums, man...the drums!",
"Why the bad drum sound?",
"What made them think that this sound would be ok?",
"It is very unfortunate.",
"Frantic, Sweet Amber, Purify, All Within My Hands...all of these would be great metal songs, but the drum sound completely ruins it.",
"The DVD is much easier for me to listen to, because the drums there sound like they're supposed to.The lack of solos is a minor gripe I have.",
"You can pinpoint in both Sweet Amber and Purify exactly where a guitar solo should be.",
"But this pales in comparison to my complaint about the drumming.",
"This could have been a 4-star album for me, but instead it gets a 2 for being very badly produced good music."
] |
2 | CRAP! | **SLIGHT SPOILER**CRAP! Really, this movie is a good idea, BUT......you have the hot chick, the dude she used to sleep with, but are now not an item, but work together (yeah right, in this day and age?) and are really still in love, and then you have the token, comic relief black dude who gets killed way too early in the movie. WHY JAMIE FOXX, WHYYYYY?! It totally meets the formula for almost every Hollywood, action, special effects movie that has come out since we realized computers can make fake things look real. The special effects are really good though, the acting - not bad considering what they had written for them, but how many of these movies will be made before people finally quit going to see them? If you've seen one Jerry Bruckheimer movie, then you've seen this movie, trust me. I give a 2 star rating only because of the actors and special effects and how good the story could have been. It's worth a rent, but you'll wish you had those 2 hours of your life back. | 986 | [
"**SLIGHT SPOILER**CRAP!",
"Really, this movie is a good idea, BUT......you have the hot chick, the dude she used to sleep with, but are now not an item, but work together (yeah right, in this day and age?",
") and are really still in love, and then you have the token, comic relief black dude who gets killed way too early in the movie.",
"WHY JAMIE FOXX, WHYYYYY?!",
"It totally meets the formula for almost every Hollywood, action, special effects movie that has come out since we realized computers can make fake things look real.",
"The special effects are really good though, the acting - not bad considering what they had written for them, but how many of these movies will be made before people finally quit going to see them?",
"If you've seen one Jerry Bruckheimer movie, then you've seen this movie, trust me.",
"I give a 2 star rating only because of the actors and special effects and how good the story could have been.",
"It's worth a rent, but you'll wish you had those 2 hours of your life back."
] |
2 | Lyra's Oxford | Written by Luke/ChallengersThe book I read was Lyra's Oxford, Written by Phillip Pullman. The main characters are Lyra, and Pan. Lyra and Pan were friends who lived in Oxford, England.At the beginning of the story Lyra and Pan were trying to figure out bird signs. For example, how the birds were flying and why they flew in a "V" shape.Lyra has a daemon and the daemon want Lyra to find Dr. Polstead, an alchemist. I think this because the daemon wanted to know the secret of how to turn lead into gold. At the end of the story Lyra and Pan found Dr. Polstead and ask him how he turns lead into gold. He said he doesn't turn lead into gold. The book is easy to read but in some parts of the book it is hard to understand.If you like to use your imagination this is a great book for you. I think if you like birds, this is a good too! On a scale from 1-5, I give it a 2 because it was not very good. It wasn't that interesting and it didn't have have enough detail to hold my attention. | 986 | [
"Written by Luke/ChallengersThe book I read was Lyra's Oxford, Written by Phillip Pullman.",
"The main characters are Lyra, and Pan.",
"Lyra and Pan were friends who lived in Oxford, England.At the beginning of the story Lyra and Pan were trying to figure out bird signs.",
"For example, how the birds were flying and why they flew in a \"V\" shape.Lyra has a daemon and the daemon want Lyra to find Dr.",
"Polstead, an alchemist.",
"I think this because the daemon wanted to know the secret of how to turn lead into gold.",
"At the end of the story Lyra and Pan found Dr.",
"Polstead and ask him how he turns lead into gold.",
"He said he doesn't turn lead into gold.",
"The book is easy to read but in some parts of the book it is hard to understand.If you like to use your imagination this is a great book for you.",
"I think if you like birds, this is a good too!",
"On a scale from 1-5, I give it a 2 because it was not very good.",
"It wasn't that interesting and it didn't have have enough detail to hold my attention."
] |
2 | Disappointing | Like many people, I was introduced to WA by the incredible "Argus" album, so I was eager to see how they would follow it up. Unfortunately, "Wishbone 4" only disappoints in comparison. In addition to the band's incredible musicianship, the strongest point of "Argus" was the songwriting; unfortunately, the material here just isn't up to par, in fact, most of the album is pretty pedestrian generic 70's guitar boogie. While "Ballad of the Beacon" and "Everybody Needs a Friend" are first-rate, most of the songs here are throw-aways: "Doctor" and "No Easy Road" sound like Humble Pie rejects, "Sorrel" tries to evoke an "Argus"-style vibe in its imagery but fails due to an uninspired melody and indifferent performance, and "So Many Things to Say" (the worst offender) sounds like it was recorded on a cheap cassette deck in someone's garage. If you really love "Argus", this might still be worth a purchase for "Ballad..." and "Everybody...", but otherwise it's pretty slim pickings. | 986 | [
"Like many people, I was introduced to WA by the incredible \"Argus\" album, so I was eager to see how they would follow it up.",
"Unfortunately, \"Wishbone 4\" only disappoints in comparison.",
"In addition to the band's incredible musicianship, the strongest point of \"Argus\" was the songwriting; unfortunately, the material here just isn't up to par, in fact, most of the album is pretty pedestrian generic 70's guitar boogie.",
"While \"Ballad of the Beacon\" and \"Everybody Needs a Friend\" are first-rate, most of the songs here are throw-aways: \"Doctor\" and \"No Easy Road\" sound like Humble Pie rejects, \"Sorrel\" tries to evoke an \"Argus\"-style vibe in its imagery but fails due to an uninspired melody and indifferent performance, and \"So Many Things to Say\" (the worst offender) sounds like it was recorded on a cheap cassette deck in someone's garage.",
"If you really love \"Argus\", this might still be worth a purchase for \"Ballad...\" and \"Everybody...\", but otherwise it's pretty slim pickings."
] |
2 | Why Argue? | Some find it strange that, while I am a strong believer in free markets, trade and the "Chicago School" of economics, I despise Ayn Rand. There are two reason - first, Rand is no philosopher, and second, I am a pragmatist (i.e., I don't see the need for an abstract moral philosophy to justify things).In this book, Rand violates one of the most important philosophical laws: David Hume's statement that "No 'is' implies an 'ought.'" Just because an organism has a tendency to survive does not mean it has a moral right to.Capitalism has transformed the world and raised the standards of living. This is the true (and pragmatic) virtue of capitalism and self-interest. This virtue rests not on some abstract philosophy, but in the lives of billions of people on this planet.All Rand has done is create a straw-man for the socialists and communists who despise capitalism to attack, for her arguments cannot be logically defended, and she is too extreme. Let capitalism speak for itself. | 986 | [
"Some find it strange that, while I am a strong believer in free markets, trade and the \"Chicago School\" of economics, I despise Ayn Rand.",
"There are two reason - first, Rand is no philosopher, and second, I am a pragmatist (i.e., I don't see the need for an abstract moral philosophy to justify things).In this book, Rand violates one of the most important philosophical laws: David Hume's statement that \"No 'is' implies an 'ought.'\" Just because an organism has a tendency to survive does not mean it has a moral right to.Capitalism has transformed the world and raised the standards of living.",
"This is the true (and pragmatic) virtue of capitalism and self-interest.",
"This virtue rests not on some abstract philosophy, but in the lives of billions of people on this planet.All Rand has done is create a straw-man for the socialists and communists who despise capitalism to attack, for her arguments cannot be logically defended, and she is too extreme.",
"Let capitalism speak for itself."
] |
2 | flimsy, brittle work bowls | I've used Cuisinart processors for probably 30 years, but unfortunately the quality has gone to hell. I purchased one about 2 years ago, and even though I have used this one infrequently, usually just for grating cabbage for slaw or for making mayonnaise and aioli and only occasionally for slicing potatoes, the bowl is already cracked. The company that now makes Cuisinart is the old Ronco manufacturer. Apparently to bolster their corporate bottom line they have taken steps to cheapen the product and diminish its quality. And to add insult to injury, replacing the bowl, lid, chute and pusher--just the Lexan pieces--will cost you about $100, not significantly less than the cost of a whole new food processor. It's a shame, really, because I've read that the processors made by Kitchen Aide slosh liquids like oil and purees out of the bowl. So the bottom line seems to be that in the USA there are no high-quality, well-designed food processors being made. Kind of sucks, really. | 986 | [
"I've used Cuisinart processors for probably 30 years, but unfortunately the quality has gone to hell.",
"I purchased one about 2 years ago, and even though I have used this one infrequently, usually just for grating cabbage for slaw or for making mayonnaise and aioli and only occasionally for slicing potatoes, the bowl is already cracked.",
"The company that now makes Cuisinart is the old Ronco manufacturer.",
"Apparently to bolster their corporate bottom line they have taken steps to cheapen the product and diminish its quality.",
"And to add insult to injury, replacing the bowl, lid, chute and pusher--just the Lexan pieces--will cost you about $100, not significantly less than the cost of a whole new food processor.",
"It's a shame, really, because I've read that the processors made by Kitchen Aide slosh liquids like oil and purees out of the bowl.",
"So the bottom line seems to be that in the USA there are no high-quality, well-designed food processors being made.",
"Kind of sucks, really."
] |
2 | a little disappointing... | I admit, after hearing 'From A Motel 6' (on the Painful album)and 'Madeline' from this one, I was seriously anticipating getting aCD from this band. Needless to say, since I was somewhat unfamiliar with this band (...)..I hoped that this was not one of those bands where that 'one' song would be the best one on the CD. Well unfortunately, it was.However, I do not think that this band does not have promise. They do. I have a sense that with this band when they are hot..Ouch! when they are cold..Brrr! I would also like to say that it is quite possible that Yo La Tengo is the type of band where one album wouldn't agree with you and that another one of their's would. Hit or Miss. Geez, they have like eleven to chose from anyways, right?So if I ever find myself with (enough money) again (She says with "bunny-ears" from her pockets), then I will take another chance on this group. Possibly with 'Painful' because it seems to have a sort of direction and mood that this album lacks. | 986 | [
"I admit, after hearing 'From A Motel 6' (on the Painful album)and 'Madeline' from this one, I was seriously anticipating getting aCD from this band.",
"Needless to say, since I was somewhat unfamiliar with this band (...)..I hoped that this was not one of those bands where that 'one' song would be the best one on the CD.",
"Well unfortunately, it was.However, I do not think that this band does not have promise.",
"They do.",
"I have a sense that with this band when they are hot..Ouch!",
"when they are cold..Brrr!",
"I would also like to say that it is quite possible that Yo La Tengo is the type of band where one album wouldn't agree with you and that another one of their's would.",
"Hit or Miss.",
"Geez, they have like eleven to chose from anyways, right?",
"So if I ever find myself with (enough money) again (She says with \"bunny-ears\" from her pockets), then I will take another chance on this group.",
"Possibly with 'Painful' because it seems to have a sort of direction and mood that this album lacks."
] |
2 | Less than decent. | When I first heard of these earphones, they were praised so well that I just had to get them. When I listened to them, the sound was relatively balanced in terms of highs/mids/lows, but not much more spectacular than any other earphones like jvc aircushions.What really bothered me was the thickness of the cord. The cord was so thin that I couldn't even walk around with sound resonating to the earphones! It was unbearable! And if that wasn't enough, the earphones themselves were so difficult to put in. They kept slipping out of my ears no matter which way I put them. I was not a big fan of the assymetric design, and I am still not now.About 6 months after normal everyday usage and low volume music, the right earbud stops working completely. Dead. After only half a year. I was hoping these to last much longer! And so it is after this pair of earphones that I gave up completely on trying to get $30 earphones and just settle for cheaper ones that still provide the same sound. | 986 | [
"When I first heard of these earphones, they were praised so well that I just had to get them.",
"When I listened to them, the sound was relatively balanced in terms of highs/mids/lows, but not much more spectacular than any other earphones like jvc aircushions.What really bothered me was the thickness of the cord.",
"The cord was so thin that I couldn't even walk around with sound resonating to the earphones!",
"It was unbearable!",
"And if that wasn't enough, the earphones themselves were so difficult to put in.",
"They kept slipping out of my ears no matter which way I put them.",
"I was not a big fan of the assymetric design, and I am still not now.About 6 months after normal everyday usage and low volume music, the right earbud stops working completely.",
"Dead.",
"After only half a year.",
"I was hoping these to last much longer!",
"And so it is after this pair of earphones that I gave up completely on trying to get $30 earphones and just settle for cheaper ones that still provide the same sound."
] |
2 | for the casual fan only | no, no, no. i just can't get past joquain's portrayal of CASH. his voice just doesn't cut it, and the musical numbers are painful to watch. if CASH actually sounded like that, he never would have been popular. i think the ball was dropped by the casting of this movie...i am positive that there are better fits for CASH out there than phoenix. when you're dealing with such a legend, it behooves you to make the right choice. i guess i'm just too big of a CASH fan, of course i understand that no one can ever be CASH but i just feel that this movie would have been better with different lead actors (yes, reese is cute but she ain't no june neither!) plus, the movie paints a very shallow picture of CASH as a pill popping freak. one more thing...phoenix's acting is pretty terrible as well. he looks like a monkey when he tries to mimic CASH's facial expressions. go back and watch some vintage CASH footage, you'll see what i mean. way overacted. this movie is wayyyyyyyyy overrated! | 986 | [
"no, no, no.",
"i just can't get past joquain's portrayal of CASH.",
"his voice just doesn't cut it, and the musical numbers are painful to watch.",
"if CASH actually sounded like that, he never would have been popular.",
"i think the ball was dropped by the casting of this movie...i am positive that there are better fits for CASH out there than phoenix.",
"when you're dealing with such a legend, it behooves you to make the right choice.",
"i guess i'm just too big of a CASH fan, of course i understand that no one can ever be CASH but i just feel that this movie would have been better with different lead actors (yes, reese is cute but she ain't no june neither!",
") plus, the movie paints a very shallow picture of CASH as a pill popping freak.",
"one more thing...phoenix's acting is pretty terrible as well.",
"he looks like a monkey when he tries to mimic CASH's facial expressions.",
"go back and watch some vintage CASH footage, you'll see what i mean.",
"way overacted.",
"this movie is wayyyyyyyyy overrated!"
] |
2 | Sorry I bought it | The seat is nicely designed, but has one HUGE design flaw. The seat and lid together are thicker than most toilet seats/lids so when lifted together and leaned against the tank lid, it is not exactly vertical and the seat will not stay up. The toilet lid does. If all your users are female, this is not a problem. But my husband finds it particularly annoying and I don't blame him. This may not be a problem if the lid on the tank does not overlap the tank, but our lid projects out over the tank about an inch. I don't know what to do about this. I will call Kohler and see if they have a solution but I doubt it. Also, the heating element is advertised as heating to 20-30 deg. F above room temperature, but our bathroom is about 55 deg F in the early morning and a 75 deg F seat is not all that warm. I was disappointed that there is no way to increase the temperature. There are many heated toilet seats on the market. I wish I had thought more about the pros and cons of each one. | 986 | [
"The seat is nicely designed, but has one HUGE design flaw.",
"The seat and lid together are thicker than most toilet seats/lids so when lifted together and leaned against the tank lid, it is not exactly vertical and the seat will not stay up.",
"The toilet lid does.",
"If all your users are female, this is not a problem.",
"But my husband finds it particularly annoying and I don't blame him.",
"This may not be a problem if the lid on the tank does not overlap the tank, but our lid projects out over the tank about an inch.",
"I don't know what to do about this.",
"I will call Kohler and see if they have a solution but I doubt it.",
"Also, the heating element is advertised as heating to 20-30 deg.",
"F above room temperature, but our bathroom is about 55 deg F in the early morning and a 75 deg F seat is not all that warm.",
"I was disappointed that there is no way to increase the temperature.",
"There are many heated toilet seats on the market.",
"I wish I had thought more about the pros and cons of each one."
] |
2 | Don't Believe the Hype | I just finished watching the 229 minute version of Once Upon a Time in America, and I have to say it was a disappointment. It is by no means a terrible movie, and you can see what Leone was trying to do, but he just doesn't pull it off. I can forgive the time shifts and flashbacks; those are easy to follow (if you overlook some glaring anachronisms), but it's the less-than-stellar directing, sometimes wooden acting (especially by the child actors) and the patchy script that I had trouble with. Don't get me wrong, the movie was interesting and I didn't mind watching it for the most part, but to call this one of the greatest films (or even gangster films) of all time, is far too kind. It's a decent movie that is perhaps worth one viewing, with mostly good acting by De Niro and some others, but there are many flaws that keep this off any "best of" list I can think of. If you're got three hours to kill and are curious - check it out. If you want a masterpiece, look elsewhere. | 986 | [
"I just finished watching the 229 minute version of Once Upon a Time in America, and I have to say it was a disappointment.",
"It is by no means a terrible movie, and you can see what Leone was trying to do, but he just doesn't pull it off.",
"I can forgive the time shifts and flashbacks; those are easy to follow (if you overlook some glaring anachronisms), but it's the less-than-stellar directing, sometimes wooden acting (especially by the child actors) and the patchy script that I had trouble with.",
"Don't get me wrong, the movie was interesting and I didn't mind watching it for the most part, but to call this one of the greatest films (or even gangster films) of all time, is far too kind.",
"It's a decent movie that is perhaps worth one viewing, with mostly good acting by De Niro and some others, but there are many flaws that keep this off any \"best of\" list I can think of.",
"If you're got three hours to kill and are curious - check it out.",
"If you want a masterpiece, look elsewhere."
] |
2 | Unintentionally Comic | Good Lord! What a mess! No wonder the Stones suppressed this. Forget being "upstaged" by the Who-this was a classic waste of money and is mainly interesting as a sort of unintentional comedy.The Who certainly ripped things up,but Jethro Tull are simply awful-they honestly look like circus performers,and one wonders how on earth they made the cut.Taj Mahal steals the show with authentic Chicago style blues, but the rest of the performers,including the Stones,appear exhausted and confused.Special note should be made of the lackluster performance by John Lennon fronting what should be a dream band-and then Yoko Ono gets the microphone! The "real" circus perrformers seem to be imposters. The Pete Townsend interview is interesting, but this is really just a footnote. Jagger & Co showed good sense in putting this in the vault. Too bad...it must have cost a fortune to make. One last note-this is proof that your kids are going to laugh at your clothes,no matter how cool you were. | 986 | [
"Good Lord!",
"What a mess!",
"No wonder the Stones suppressed this.",
"Forget being \"upstaged\" by the Who-this was a classic waste of money and is mainly interesting as a sort of unintentional comedy.The Who certainly ripped things up,but Jethro Tull are simply awful-they honestly look like circus performers,and one wonders how on earth they made the cut.Taj Mahal steals the show with authentic Chicago style blues, but the rest of the performers,including the Stones,appear exhausted and confused.Special note should be made of the lackluster performance by John Lennon fronting what should be a dream band-and then Yoko Ono gets the microphone!",
"The \"real\" circus perrformers seem to be imposters.",
"The Pete Townsend interview is interesting, but this is really just a footnote.",
"Jagger & Co showed good sense in putting this in the vault.",
"Too bad...it must have cost a fortune to make.",
"One last note-this is proof that your kids are going to laugh at your clothes,no matter how cool you were."
] |
2 | Argentina | I bought this book primarily to take with me to Argentina where I play polo. While this book was still useful, there are lots of words and phrases that are just different down here. For instance, nobody calls a polo mallet a "martillo de polo" (polo hammer), everyone calls them tacos. Calling it that seems just as odd to Argentines as "baseball mallet" would seem to Americans. A polo ball is not so much a "pelota de polo" as a "bocha." To play "stick and ball" is to "taquear" (an important verb not in the book). The polo field is almost always called a "cancha" not a "campo." A match is "un match," not usually "un juego." The word "montar," while understood, is never used, using "andar a caballo" pretty much exclusively. Some of the equipment and some of the words are also different down here. This may seem nitpicky, but Argentina is the most important polo country in the world and horses are probably more important in Argentina than in any other Spanish-speaking country. | 986 | [
"I bought this book primarily to take with me to Argentina where I play polo.",
"While this book was still useful, there are lots of words and phrases that are just different down here.",
"For instance, nobody calls a polo mallet a \"martillo de polo\" (polo hammer), everyone calls them tacos.",
"Calling it that seems just as odd to Argentines as \"baseball mallet\" would seem to Americans.",
"A polo ball is not so much a \"pelota de polo\" as a \"bocha.\" To play \"stick and ball\" is to \"taquear\" (an important verb not in the book).",
"The polo field is almost always called a \"cancha\" not a \"campo.\" A match is \"un match,\" not usually \"un juego.\" The word \"montar,\" while understood, is never used, using \"andar a caballo\" pretty much exclusively.",
"Some of the equipment and some of the words are also different down here.",
"This may seem nitpicky, but Argentina is the most important polo country in the world and horses are probably more important in Argentina than in any other Spanish-speaking country."
] |
2 | MONEY, MONEY, YUMMY, YUMMY | WHEN I FIRST HEARD THAT DIRECTOR RIDLEY SCOTT WAS INVOLVED IN THE SEQUEL TO THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO A RAW THRILLING PIECE OF CINEMATIC HISTORY. I SAT PATIENTLY IN MY CINEMA CHAIR, GROWING MORE AND MORE RESTLESS. IT WAS WHEN THE INFAMOUSE END SEQUENCE ARRIVED THAT I ACTUALLY TURNED TO THE PERSON SAT BESIDE ME AND ASKED "IS THIS A JOKE?" I FELT LIKE I WAS ON A NEW HIDDEN CAMERA SHOW AND THE FILM I WAS WATCHING WAS A GOFFY SETUP. SADLY, THE MOVIE WAS INDEED NOT A SETUP AND THIS WAS WHAT FANS HAD BEEN THROWN AFTER A VERY PROMISING BUILDUP. FOR ANYONE WHO CLAIMS HANNIBAL IS A CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE, I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU ONE QUESTION; IF HANNIBAL LECTER IS SUCH AN INTELLIGENT MADMAN, SURELY HE WOULD KNOW TO GET OUT OF HANDCUFFS ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS CHOP OFF HIS THUMB AND NOT HIS WHOLE HAND. EVEN THE DUMBEST CRIMINALS KNOW THAT!!! LUCKILY RED DRAGON REDEFINED THE WORDS INTELLIGENCE AND SUSPENSE AND GAVE AUDIENCES THE PROPER ENTERTAINMENT THEY DESERVE. | 986 | [
"WHEN I FIRST HEARD THAT DIRECTOR RIDLEY SCOTT WAS INVOLVED IN THE SEQUEL TO THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO A RAW THRILLING PIECE OF CINEMATIC HISTORY.",
"I SAT PATIENTLY IN MY CINEMA CHAIR, GROWING MORE AND MORE RESTLESS.",
"IT WAS WHEN THE INFAMOUSE END SEQUENCE ARRIVED THAT I ACTUALLY TURNED TO THE PERSON SAT BESIDE ME AND ASKED \"IS THIS A JOKE?",
"\" I FELT LIKE I WAS ON A NEW HIDDEN CAMERA SHOW AND THE FILM I WAS WATCHING WAS A GOFFY SETUP.",
"SADLY, THE MOVIE WAS INDEED NOT A SETUP AND THIS WAS WHAT FANS HAD BEEN THROWN AFTER A VERY PROMISING BUILDUP.",
"FOR ANYONE WHO CLAIMS HANNIBAL IS A CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE, I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU ONE QUESTION; IF HANNIBAL LECTER IS SUCH AN INTELLIGENT MADMAN, SURELY HE WOULD KNOW TO GET OUT OF HANDCUFFS ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS CHOP OFF HIS THUMB AND NOT HIS WHOLE HAND.",
"EVEN THE DUMBEST CRIMINALS KNOW THAT!!!",
"LUCKILY RED DRAGON REDEFINED THE WORDS INTELLIGENCE AND SUSPENSE AND GAVE AUDIENCES THE PROPER ENTERTAINMENT THEY DESERVE."
] |
2 | where's the instructions??? | much to my disgust; for something that seemingly was suppossed to be so easy to install, due to there being absolutely no instructions (or picture guides), i am forced to take my bike to a shop 10 miles away in order for them to install them? i feel like an idiot? i have a degree in architecture, and 25 years experience in civil engineering :)! per an earlier review, my reflectors will also need to be slid out, and then have holes drilled into he pedal. not exactly what i had in mind when i purchased this item? for the most part i've been pleased with my pacific gray bicycle, but have experienced on many occassions "shifting-of-gears" without my doing so? this too can be slightly dangerous. however; the color combo of blue and gold are exceptional! additionally; i have bolted on a tire pump...a water bottle...a combo headlight/flasher...small back carrier bag...and a considerably more comfy schwinn bicycle seat. thank you, and i hope i have been of some help? steelersteve | 986 | [
"much to my disgust; for something that seemingly was suppossed to be so easy to install, due to there being absolutely no instructions (or picture guides), i am forced to take my bike to a shop 10 miles away in order for them to install them?",
"i feel like an idiot?",
"i have a degree in architecture, and 25 years experience in civil engineering :)!",
"per an earlier review, my reflectors will also need to be slid out, and then have holes drilled into he pedal.",
"not exactly what i had in mind when i purchased this item?",
"for the most part i've been pleased with my pacific gray bicycle, but have experienced on many occassions \"shifting-of-gears\" without my doing so?",
"this too can be slightly dangerous.",
"however; the color combo of blue and gold are exceptional!",
"additionally; i have bolted on a tire pump...a water bottle...a combo headlight/flasher...small back carrier bag...and a considerably more comfy schwinn bicycle seat.",
"thank you, and i hope i have been of some help?",
"steelersteve"
] |
2 | magical | Here it is, the definitive account of Tantra. Assume Yoga, Gita, Veda, Acharya, Ramayana, Pranayama and Vedanta. Now contemplate the subtitle, "Seducing the Forces of Nature." What could be greater than seducing Mahakali, the Great Goddess herself, into giving us everything our teensy little hearts desire? Yet one must be wary of who is seducing whom. "Wallowing in ignorance time and again, the fools imagine, 'We have reached our aim!' Because of their passion, they do not understand, these people who are given to rites. Therefore, they fall, wretched and forlorn, when their heavenly stay comes to a close [Mundaka Upanishad 1.2.9]." On a practical level, there are photos of how to hold one's hands in mudra (again, assume the basics of adoration and supplication). There is also a 60-day ritual for curing insomnia, that is bound to put anyone to sleep. More secret knowledge is available from bona-fide lineage-holders. Just remember: it's not *nice* to fool Mother Nature.... | 986 | [
"Here it is, the definitive account of Tantra.",
"Assume Yoga, Gita, Veda, Acharya, Ramayana, Pranayama and Vedanta.",
"Now contemplate the subtitle, \"Seducing the Forces of Nature.\" What could be greater than seducing Mahakali, the Great Goddess herself, into giving us everything our teensy little hearts desire?",
"Yet one must be wary of who is seducing whom.",
"\"Wallowing in ignorance time and again, the fools imagine, 'We have reached our aim!",
"' Because of their passion, they do not understand, these people who are given to rites.",
"Therefore, they fall, wretched and forlorn, when their heavenly stay comes to a close [Mundaka Upanishad 1.2.9].\" On a practical level, there are photos of how to hold one's hands in mudra (again, assume the basics of adoration and supplication).",
"There is also a 60-day ritual for curing insomnia, that is bound to put anyone to sleep.",
"More secret knowledge is available from bona-fide lineage-holders.",
"Just remember: it's not *nice* to fool Mother Nature...."
] |
2 | NOT WHAT MY VET RECOMMENDS | I bought this book because I was scared to death to buy any more dog food from the stores after the poisoned stuff showed up from CHINA...which is a bad place to get ANY food from.I showed it to my vet. He confirmed what I already felt after reading it...it is NOT a good book to feed your dog from on a regular basis. It is ok for an occasional cooked meal; but not for regular consumption. The recipes do not contain wholesome ingredients, and do contain salt and other things not good, and are too fattening. The treat section is good. I made some treats from the book and my dogs loved them. I made one of the meal recipes and only one of my dogs spit it on the floor...but she spits EVERYTHING on the floor if it isn't to her liking, and being a Shih-Tzu, NOTHING is to her liking,lol.Anyway, it is an OK book for an occasional cooked meal treat or for making your own treats, but not healthy to give your dog on a regular basis....according to a Vet with degrees lining his walls. | 986 | [
"I bought this book because I was scared to death to buy any more dog food from the stores after the poisoned stuff showed up from CHINA...which is a bad place to get ANY food from.I showed it to my vet.",
"He confirmed what I already felt after reading it...it is NOT a good book to feed your dog from on a regular basis.",
"It is ok for an occasional cooked meal; but not for regular consumption.",
"The recipes do not contain wholesome ingredients, and do contain salt and other things not good, and are too fattening.",
"The treat section is good.",
"I made some treats from the book and my dogs loved them.",
"I made one of the meal recipes and only one of my dogs spit it on the floor...but she spits EVERYTHING on the floor if it isn't to her liking, and being a Shih-Tzu, NOTHING is to her liking,lol.Anyway, it is an OK book for an occasional cooked meal treat or for making your own treats, but not healthy to give your dog on a regular basis....according to a Vet with degrees lining his walls."
] |
2 | NOT REQUIRED... | RICK DERRINGER-REQUIRED ROCKING: Multi-faceted axe slinger Rick Derringer has just about done it all. He was a teen star in the 60's group The McCoys, supported both Johnny and Edgar Winter in their best bands, played on Steely Dan, Alice Cooper, and Kiss albums, created Hulk Hogan's theme song for the WWF, and most recently has released a solid series of blooze albums. Yet he's mainly remembered for two songs...the McCoys' bubble-rock chart killer HANG ON SLOOPY, and his big solo hit, the earphone-melting ROCK & ROLL HOOCHIE KOO. Unfortunately, a lame reggae-styled update of SLOOPY appears here, but at least STILL ALIVE & WELL, Rick's tribute to Johnny, and a respectable remake of Warren Zevon's LAWYERS, GUNS AND MONEY make the final cut. The rest of the REQUIRED ROCKING compilation is, like the title, surprisingly medicore for a guitar hero of Rick's caliber. A better choice is the more conclusive ROCK & ROLL HOOCHIE KOO: THE BEST OF RICK DERRINGER.RATING: TWO BULLSEYES | 986 | [
"RICK DERRINGER-REQUIRED ROCKING: Multi-faceted axe slinger Rick Derringer has just about done it all.",
"He was a teen star in the 60's group The McCoys, supported both Johnny and Edgar Winter in their best bands, played on Steely Dan, Alice Cooper, and Kiss albums, created Hulk Hogan's theme song for the WWF, and most recently has released a solid series of blooze albums.",
"Yet he's mainly remembered for two songs...the McCoys' bubble-rock chart killer HANG ON SLOOPY, and his big solo hit, the earphone-melting ROCK & ROLL HOOCHIE KOO.",
"Unfortunately, a lame reggae-styled update of SLOOPY appears here, but at least STILL ALIVE & WELL, Rick's tribute to Johnny, and a respectable remake of Warren Zevon's LAWYERS, GUNS AND MONEY make the final cut.",
"The rest of the REQUIRED ROCKING compilation is, like the title, surprisingly medicore for a guitar hero of Rick's caliber.",
"A better choice is the more conclusive ROCK & ROLL HOOCHIE KOO: THE BEST OF RICK DERRINGER.RATING: TWO BULLSEYES"
] |
2 | Not so great | This book covers an enormously important group in American music, and for that the authors deserve our thanks. It's a decent read and has plenty of fun and interesting information and anecdotes that people will no doubt enjoy. But as a serious (which is not to say scholarly) biography, it falls short. There are gaps in information, little real insightful analysis of what it is that makes the Carters' music so special, and some rather poor writing. Compare this to something like Nolan Porterfield's outstanding biography of Jimmie Rodgers, and the weaknesses in this book become startlingly apparent. Until a better study of the Carter Family comes along, there's no real alternative to recommend (there is Charles Wolfe's extensive liner notes to the Carter Family box set on Bear Family Records, but that's not easily accessible). If you're interested in the Carters, read this, but prepare to be underwhelmed--not by the story of the Carter Family, but by the way it's told here. | 986 | [
"This book covers an enormously important group in American music, and for that the authors deserve our thanks.",
"It's a decent read and has plenty of fun and interesting information and anecdotes that people will no doubt enjoy.",
"But as a serious (which is not to say scholarly) biography, it falls short.",
"There are gaps in information, little real insightful analysis of what it is that makes the Carters' music so special, and some rather poor writing.",
"Compare this to something like Nolan Porterfield's outstanding biography of Jimmie Rodgers, and the weaknesses in this book become startlingly apparent.",
"Until a better study of the Carter Family comes along, there's no real alternative to recommend (there is Charles Wolfe's extensive liner notes to the Carter Family box set on Bear Family Records, but that's not easily accessible).",
"If you're interested in the Carters, read this, but prepare to be underwhelmed--not by the story of the Carter Family, but by the way it's told here."
] |
2 | Not scary! Sorry Wes. | A brother and sister team are biten by a werewolf that then stalks them. I'm usually a fan of Wes Craven, but he missed by a mile on this one.This is a hugely flawed story. The brother and sister are biten by a werewolf, but still run when it shows up. Why? What are they afraid of, aren't they already cursed?Then there is the flaw of the werewolf that made them wanting to destroy them? Why did he turn them to werewolves in the first place if he just wanted to kill them? Didn't he make killing them harder by turning them into something supernatual? He could have just killed them in the beginning.Also, Craven strays from the werewolf legend by making the werewolves retain their control and ability to reason when morphed into full werewolf. It would be scarier to make the werewolves into out of control creatures that mindlessly kill without reason.There were a couple attempts at humor that did not help the story and came across as cheesy. Not what I want in a werewolf flick. | 986 | [
"A brother and sister team are biten by a werewolf that then stalks them.",
"I'm usually a fan of Wes Craven, but he missed by a mile on this one.This is a hugely flawed story.",
"The brother and sister are biten by a werewolf, but still run when it shows up.",
"Why?",
"What are they afraid of, aren't they already cursed?",
"Then there is the flaw of the werewolf that made them wanting to destroy them?",
"Why did he turn them to werewolves in the first place if he just wanted to kill them?",
"Didn't he make killing them harder by turning them into something supernatual?",
"He could have just killed them in the beginning.Also, Craven strays from the werewolf legend by making the werewolves retain their control and ability to reason when morphed into full werewolf.",
"It would be scarier to make the werewolves into out of control creatures that mindlessly kill without reason.There were a couple attempts at humor that did not help the story and came across as cheesy.",
"Not what I want in a werewolf flick."
] |
2 | Buyer Beware !! | For this spacemaker you will want to lower your expectations. Installation was not bad however we did not get a template in the box. Sound quality is like a little protable radio so don't expect it to be the quality of, say a boom box...it's not there. The Bass Boost is worthless, I notice no difference when it's on. You should also be aware that the reception is very poor. I was not able to get stations I can get on all other radios. The attenna is in the power cord which must be stretched all the way out for mediocre reception so plan on having run room for the cord. I was very dissapointed with this product and would not recommend it. For half the price you can get a small boom box or radio that will sound much better. The stations are not easily set. You have to scroll through the stations so plan on having presets or spending plenty of time holding down the tuning button. Based on functionality and materials quality this product shouldn't cost any more than $50 tops. | 986 | [
"For this spacemaker you will want to lower your expectations.",
"Installation was not bad however we did not get a template in the box.",
"Sound quality is like a little protable radio so don't expect it to be the quality of, say a boom box...it's not there.",
"The Bass Boost is worthless, I notice no difference when it's on.",
"You should also be aware that the reception is very poor.",
"I was not able to get stations I can get on all other radios.",
"The attenna is in the power cord which must be stretched all the way out for mediocre reception so plan on having run room for the cord.",
"I was very dissapointed with this product and would not recommend it.",
"For half the price you can get a small boom box or radio that will sound much better.",
"The stations are not easily set.",
"You have to scroll through the stations so plan on having presets or spending plenty of time holding down the tuning button.",
"Based on functionality and materials quality this product shouldn't cost any more than $50 tops."
] |
2 | Just a warning | I have recently started doing reviews because I realize how imporatnt they are in my decision making. With that in mind I wanted to give a quick warning. If you love hot sex scenes and virtually no plot, this book is for you. I am not a lover of erotica but I do read it occasionally and in my opinion, this book was subpar as a mainstream attempt. Do not get me wrong, I had read Ms. Leigh's other erotica concerning the breeds and the concept is very good. I thought that it would be a good device to sedgeway erotica and romantic suspense. It did not happen. Braden is bothersome. The heroine is not much better. As far as using the ploy that they must have sex or die, Leigh could have altered that. Kept the urge but killed the need. For erotica fans, this may be a good read. There is a little meat on the bone. But for fans of romantic suspense that are used to great and compelling stories sprinkled with great love scenes that actually have a purpose....this may not be for you | 986 | [
"I have recently started doing reviews because I realize how imporatnt they are in my decision making.",
"With that in mind I wanted to give a quick warning.",
"If you love hot sex scenes and virtually no plot, this book is for you.",
"I am not a lover of erotica but I do read it occasionally and in my opinion, this book was subpar as a mainstream attempt.",
"Do not get me wrong, I had read Ms.",
"Leigh's other erotica concerning the breeds and the concept is very good.",
"I thought that it would be a good device to sedgeway erotica and romantic suspense.",
"It did not happen.",
"Braden is bothersome.",
"The heroine is not much better.",
"As far as using the ploy that they must have sex or die, Leigh could have altered that.",
"Kept the urge but killed the need.",
"For erotica fans, this may be a good read.",
"There is a little meat on the bone.",
"But for fans of romantic suspense that are used to great and compelling stories sprinkled with great love scenes that actually have a purpose....this may not be for you"
] |
2 | Leaves much to be desired | I am a huge fan of gothic literature and theory, and this book was a big disappointment. the author basically rehashes theories which have been espoused, used and overkilled in the late 80s and early 90s. Written in 1999, and with so many new theoretical stuff on the gothic - some of which are incredibly sophisticated - this book just does not make the cut. if one wants a good introduction to gothic in general, one should try Fred Botting's Gothic, or more specifically, if one wishes to read more of the female/feminine gothic, Anne Williams's and Eugenia DeLamottes's books are super. the only worthwhile thing about this book is that the author expands the gothic "cannon" (although i dont like this word) to include some canadian writers who have not been regarded as gothicist before (thus the one extra star). but even so, the theorisation really really needs some serious updating. this book references a LOT, but i suspect that the author is merely padding her bibliography. | 986 | [
"I am a huge fan of gothic literature and theory, and this book was a big disappointment.",
"the author basically rehashes theories which have been espoused, used and overkilled in the late 80s and early 90s.",
"Written in 1999, and with so many new theoretical stuff on the gothic - some of which are incredibly sophisticated - this book just does not make the cut.",
"if one wants a good introduction to gothic in general, one should try Fred Botting's Gothic, or more specifically, if one wishes to read more of the female/feminine gothic, Anne Williams's and Eugenia DeLamottes's books are super.",
"the only worthwhile thing about this book is that the author expands the gothic \"cannon\" (although i dont like this word) to include some canadian writers who have not been regarded as gothicist before (thus the one extra star).",
"but even so, the theorisation really really needs some serious updating.",
"this book references a LOT, but i suspect that the author is merely padding her bibliography."
] |
2 | Not exactly as announced | I own a large collection of Darth Vader items. I was excited about this product since it was a high-end collectible instead of a toy.There are however many flaws in it, which I will describe in detail:1)The product is marketed as being 17" tall, but that is only if you measure it from the base to the tip of the raised lightsaber. The Vader figure alone is barely 7-8" tall.2)The statue is said to be made of high grade resin. I could not find a single resin piece in the box. The base is plastic with screws, the figure is made of something similar to ABS plastic (hard plastic).3)The price was fair for a resin statue 17" tall but not for a small, hard plastic figure. Think of it as a figure from the Unleashed line with a large base.I would recommend to stay away from it and invest instead on a real high-end collectible such as the ArtFX/Kotobukiya vinyl figures (do an Amazon search for kotobukiya). They are about the same price, 11" tall and feature awesome sculpt and detail. | 986 | [
"I own a large collection of Darth Vader items.",
"I was excited about this product since it was a high-end collectible instead of a toy.There are however many flaws in it, which I will describe in detail:1)The product is marketed as being 17\" tall, but that is only if you measure it from the base to the tip of the raised lightsaber.",
"The Vader figure alone is barely 7-8\" tall.2)The statue is said to be made of high grade resin.",
"I could not find a single resin piece in the box.",
"The base is plastic with screws, the figure is made of something similar to ABS plastic (hard plastic).3)The price was fair for a resin statue 17\" tall but not for a small, hard plastic figure.",
"Think of it as a figure from the Unleashed line with a large base.I would recommend to stay away from it and invest instead on a real high-end collectible such as the ArtFX/Kotobukiya vinyl figures (do an Amazon search for kotobukiya).",
"They are about the same price, 11\" tall and feature awesome sculpt and detail."
] |
2 | Disappointing | It wasn't clear to me that you have to pour the lamp oil into the tiny opening at the top of this glass insert. If you don't have a very small funnel you will end up pouring half the lamp oil all over the floor. Lamp oil is expensive and messy. Fill the insert over the sink. I'm not sure what the capacity of the insert is - perhaps 2oz - but it's only enough to burn for about 10 minutes. It's hard to get into the romantic mood if you have to keep refilling your candle with messy, smelly lamp oil every 10 minutes.I was expecting the insert to be open at the bottom and the wick to reach the bottom of the bottle. Then I'd fill the bottle with lamp oil and my candle would burn for several hours. That's not what we're buying here.The stem part is 5" long. If you have a short wine bottle, maybe 6" tall, you could carefully knock off the bottom with a hammer and you'd have a decent candle. None of my wine bottles are that short - not even the port.I don't recommend this product. | 986 | [
"It wasn't clear to me that you have to pour the lamp oil into the tiny opening at the top of this glass insert.",
"If you don't have a very small funnel you will end up pouring half the lamp oil all over the floor.",
"Lamp oil is expensive and messy.",
"Fill the insert over the sink.",
"I'm not sure what the capacity of the insert is - perhaps 2oz - but it's only enough to burn for about 10 minutes.",
"It's hard to get into the romantic mood if you have to keep refilling your candle with messy, smelly lamp oil every 10 minutes.I was expecting the insert to be open at the bottom and the wick to reach the bottom of the bottle.",
"Then I'd fill the bottle with lamp oil and my candle would burn for several hours.",
"That's not what we're buying here.The stem part is 5\" long.",
"If you have a short wine bottle, maybe 6\" tall, you could carefully knock off the bottom with a hammer and you'd have a decent candle.",
"None of my wine bottles are that short - not even the port.I don't recommend this product."
] |
2 | Nothing happens! | I really loved the first two books in Fforde's Thursday Next series. Therefore, I was extremely disappointed in "The Well of Lost Plots." I literally could not finish it. I always have a pile of books by my bed and the call of another author was just too great. I abandoned this book on about page 150. I was mired in cleverness and inside book jokes. Other reviewers have noted that this book takes place almost entirely inside the world of books. I think that may be the problem. There's no connection to the characters in the Outland or the previous storylines. Also, I began this book within a day of finishing "Lost in a Good Book"; maybe I just needed a break. Thursday Next is my hero and I wanted to read more about her. I just couldn't maintain my interest in the plot -- or lack thereof. I'm going to try the fourth book in the series, upon the recommendation of one of the reviewers, but I found this book to be considerably less satisfying than the first two. Be forewarned. | 986 | [
"I really loved the first two books in Fforde's Thursday Next series.",
"Therefore, I was extremely disappointed in \"The Well of Lost Plots.\" I literally could not finish it.",
"I always have a pile of books by my bed and the call of another author was just too great.",
"I abandoned this book on about page 150.",
"I was mired in cleverness and inside book jokes.",
"Other reviewers have noted that this book takes place almost entirely inside the world of books.",
"I think that may be the problem.",
"There's no connection to the characters in the Outland or the previous storylines.",
"Also, I began this book within a day of finishing \"Lost in a Good Book\"; maybe I just needed a break.",
"Thursday Next is my hero and I wanted to read more about her.",
"I just couldn't maintain my interest in the plot -- or lack thereof.",
"I'm going to try the fourth book in the series, upon the recommendation of one of the reviewers, but I found this book to be considerably less satisfying than the first two.",
"Be forewarned."
] |
2 | VERY Disappointed | I have purchased 2 pairs of these Jensen JHW200 series headphones prior to this set. I turned a blind eye in the past to the fact that with regular use, they only last about 1 1/2 to 2 years before one, and shortly thereafter, both of the channels fail, because of the sound quality and comfortable design. This newest set, however, delivers neither. I have a job where I'm at a computer all day, and am somewhat particular about music clarity and sound, not a nut by any means, but I like good highs, deep bass and good clarity. The previous models provided exactly that. They also fit much more snuggly, and the speakers themselves were double the size. I realize that they are only a $ 10 set of headphones, but compared to their previous excellence, these "updated" headphones fall far short. On a side note, I would not have purchased them had I been able to get a hold of ANYONE, be it via phone or e-mail, to redeem the "Lifetime Warranty" that they promise from my previous set. | 986 | [
"I have purchased 2 pairs of these Jensen JHW200 series headphones prior to this set.",
"I turned a blind eye in the past to the fact that with regular use, they only last about 1 1/2 to 2 years before one, and shortly thereafter, both of the channels fail, because of the sound quality and comfortable design.",
"This newest set, however, delivers neither.",
"I have a job where I'm at a computer all day, and am somewhat particular about music clarity and sound, not a nut by any means, but I like good highs, deep bass and good clarity.",
"The previous models provided exactly that.",
"They also fit much more snuggly, and the speakers themselves were double the size.",
"I realize that they are only a $ 10 set of headphones, but compared to their previous excellence, these \"updated\" headphones fall far short.",
"On a side note, I would not have purchased them had I been able to get a hold of ANYONE, be it via phone or e-mail, to redeem the \"Lifetime Warranty\" that they promise from my previous set."
] |
2 | not playable on Windows XP | I was able to install the game on Windows XP Home SP3 by doing the following: (for disc 1)It says it needs Windows 95.1. Go to CD.2. Right click on the setup.exe3. Choose properties.4. Go to the compatibility tab.5. Check the compatibility mode checkbox and select Windows 95.6. Click OK.7. Double-click setup.exe and the game installs just fine.After the game installs, right click on the game shortcut and follow #3-6 above.Disc 2 won't install if you try the above method. Disc 2 is only a video (not part of the game). If you want to see the video, then go to youtube and search for VTS4vrpRwgc.To see the controls when you are playing the game, hit the F1 key.I was able to start the first mission and go to the first 2 waypoints. But when I complete the second waypoint and proceed to the third waypoint, the game freezes. It tried playing the game 3 times, but had the same result each time.To see some of my favorite PC games, click on my name, then click on "Listmania! Lists". | 986 | [
"I was able to install the game on Windows XP Home SP3 by doing the following: (for disc 1)It says it needs Windows 95.1. Go to CD.2. Right click on the setup.exe3.",
"Choose properties.4. Go to the compatibility tab.5. Check the compatibility mode checkbox and select Windows 95.6. Click OK.7. Double-click setup.exe and the game installs just fine.After the game installs, right click on the game shortcut and follow #3-6 above.Disc 2 won't install if you try the above method.",
"Disc 2 is only a video (not part of the game).",
"If you want to see the video, then go to youtube and search for VTS4vrpRwgc.To see the controls when you are playing the game, hit the F1 key.I was able to start the first mission and go to the first 2 waypoints.",
"But when I complete the second waypoint and proceed to the third waypoint, the game freezes.",
"It tried playing the game 3 times, but had the same result each time.To see some of my favorite PC games, click on my name, then click on \"Listmania!",
"Lists\"."
] |
2 | You Can't Go Home Again ... | I wanted desperately to love this mower. I remember my grandfather and several uncles had reel mowers that I would use as a child. There's something about a reel mower that brings us back to simpler times. Plus, no gasoline is needed, they're quiet, and you just might get some exercise.Then reality barges in: this reel mower just doesn't cut the lawn very well. Weeds or crabgrass do not get cut. As other reviewers have noted, you MUST have a perfect, weed-free lawn or you will likely be disappointed. Plus, I was surprised at how LOUD the mower is. The "shearing" sound it makes is at least as loud as an electric mower (which I now own).Also, take a moment to scroll to a June 4, 2002 review of this product titled "A Metaphor For Socialism" where the reviewer discusses his "commie mower." The review is hilarious (and I agree!).Bottom line: borrow a reel mower first if at all possible and give it a try. Based on my experience, you should be able to pick up a used one as well. | 986 | [
"I wanted desperately to love this mower.",
"I remember my grandfather and several uncles had reel mowers that I would use as a child.",
"There's something about a reel mower that brings us back to simpler times.",
"Plus, no gasoline is needed, they're quiet, and you just might get some exercise.Then reality barges in: this reel mower just doesn't cut the lawn very well.",
"Weeds or crabgrass do not get cut.",
"As other reviewers have noted, you MUST have a perfect, weed-free lawn or you will likely be disappointed.",
"Plus, I was surprised at how LOUD the mower is.",
"The \"shearing\" sound it makes is at least as loud as an electric mower (which I now own).Also, take a moment to scroll to a June 4, 2002 review of this product titled \"A Metaphor For Socialism\" where the reviewer discusses his \"commie mower.\" The review is hilarious (and I agree!",
").Bottom line: borrow a reel mower first if at all possible and give it a try.",
"Based on my experience, you should be able to pick up a used one as well."
] |
2 | Like a thief in the night | Ok Lets cut the crap, this is just another rerelease of older movies that they think colorizing makes it sale again. This is a walmart 5.50 bin item that has the duke which of course is nice it is in no way worth more than 10 bucks colorized or not.Blue steel and mclintock are the 2 most rereleased john wayne fans of all time.here it comes again blue steel. lol i have this one in 5 different sets.the lucky texan againsagebrush trail againthe only reason to buy this set is if u don't already own them or are the kind of collector that must have every think john wayne on dvd.in closing the quality is subpar if you like to see what they can do with older movies check out errol flynns robin hood or the james bond ultimate collections. these are B movies no amount of tricks is gonna change that in interviews duke himself thought these movies weren't the best.beware this is false advertising and amazon themselves should ad in subtext under the names the real names of these films | 986 | [
"Ok Lets cut the crap, this is just another rerelease of older movies that they think colorizing makes it sale again.",
"This is a walmart 5.50 bin item that has the duke which of course is nice it is in no way worth more than 10 bucks colorized or not.Blue steel and mclintock are the 2 most rereleased john wayne fans of all time.here it comes again blue steel.",
"lol i have this one in 5 different sets.the lucky texan againsagebrush trail againthe only reason to buy this set is if u don't already own them or are the kind of collector that must have every think john wayne on dvd.in closing the quality is subpar if you like to see what they can do with older movies check out errol flynns robin hood or the james bond ultimate collections.",
"these are B movies no amount of tricks is gonna change that in interviews duke himself thought these movies weren't the best.beware this is false advertising and amazon themselves should ad in subtext under the names the real names of these films"
] |
2 | My opinion ONLY! | Lady Abigail Weston was a twenty-five year old spinster and determined to see her younger sister, Caroline, wed well. However, without knowing what happened in the marriage bed (except the horrible things she had been told) Abby could not explain it to Caroline. To rectify this, Abigail hired someone to give her lessons!James Stevens was the illegitimate son of an earl. James thought nothing could ever surprise him again, until Abigail's request for love lessons! Curious and intrigued, he agreed!** I warn everyone up front that this book contains A LOT explicit sex! I can only recommend this book for mature readers! The love scenes go into detail and each is several pages long. Not really much of a plot to this book, except for a past paramour interfering out of jealousy. Caroline seemed, to me, as if she was thrown into the book as an after thought. The book is well written, grammar wise. But, in my opinion, the book came across to me as soft porno instead of romance. ** | 986 | [
"Lady Abigail Weston was a twenty-five year old spinster and determined to see her younger sister, Caroline, wed well.",
"However, without knowing what happened in the marriage bed (except the horrible things she had been told) Abby could not explain it to Caroline.",
"To rectify this, Abigail hired someone to give her lessons!",
"James Stevens was the illegitimate son of an earl.",
"James thought nothing could ever surprise him again, until Abigail's request for love lessons!",
"Curious and intrigued, he agreed!",
"** I warn everyone up front that this book contains A LOT explicit sex!",
"I can only recommend this book for mature readers!",
"The love scenes go into detail and each is several pages long.",
"Not really much of a plot to this book, except for a past paramour interfering out of jealousy.",
"Caroline seemed, to me, as if she was thrown into the book as an after thought.",
"The book is well written, grammar wise.",
"But, in my opinion, the book came across to me as soft porno instead of romance.",
"**"
] |
2 | Photoshare battery | I was shocked that the expensive Photoshare Album (PL7) I had purchased neither came with a battery nor the memory card. The battery (PSLB7) isn't available just anywhere either. I 'Googled' the battery part number (even that wasn't provided in the Photoshare instruction manual) and Amazon.com was the top search result. The price was lower than any other link, which was nice. The battery just does fit and it wasn't easy getting the cover to latch. The device works well on the battery but it doesn't seem to keep a charge for very long. The Photoshare was a gift for my wife to show off pictures of our twin grandsons and the battery doesn't last long enough for her to show her friends at church before going dead. There is absolutely no way a larger battery could fit. Tip: carry the charger/adapter and if an outlet is available--use it! Amazon.com provided quick shipping and made the purchase smooth and easy. The device has problems of its own but not the fault of Amazon.com. | 986 | [
"I was shocked that the expensive Photoshare Album (PL7) I had purchased neither came with a battery nor the memory card.",
"The battery (PSLB7) isn't available just anywhere either.",
"I 'Googled' the battery part number (even that wasn't provided in the Photoshare instruction manual) and Amazon.com was the top search result.",
"The price was lower than any other link, which was nice.",
"The battery just does fit and it wasn't easy getting the cover to latch.",
"The device works well on the battery but it doesn't seem to keep a charge for very long.",
"The Photoshare was a gift for my wife to show off pictures of our twin grandsons and the battery doesn't last long enough for her to show her friends at church before going dead.",
"There is absolutely no way a larger battery could fit.",
"Tip: carry the charger/adapter and if an outlet is available--use it!",
"Amazon.com provided quick shipping and made the purchase smooth and easy.",
"The device has problems of its own but not the fault of Amazon.com."
] |
2 | i blame paul carrack | i cant image roger waters truely enjoying this album. while the closing songs, home, 4 minutes, and the tide is turning are decent, they do nothing to make you forget the abysmal opener (radio waves), and the follwing succession of bad songs that just scream "80s!" and where in God's name was paul carrack picked up from? his singing on "powers that be" turns an already irritating song into an absolute disgrace. (And i dont even want to mention what he did to floyd songs on the tour that followed this album) another strike against kaos is the down right silly plot. as other reviewers have detailed, it involves a whelsh boy in a wheel chair who hears (what else?) radio waves! somewhere along the line, the kid (billy) leanrs to speak, and gets a hold of jim ladd, a radio dj. from there, billy goes on to stage a fake nuclear war with his semi-telepathic abilities. honestly, what was roger (whos other solo albums i enjoy immensly) thinking here? ...i'll just blame paul carrack | 986 | [
"i cant image roger waters truely enjoying this album.",
"while the closing songs, home, 4 minutes, and the tide is turning are decent, they do nothing to make you forget the abysmal opener (radio waves), and the follwing succession of bad songs that just scream \"80s!",
"\" and where in God's name was paul carrack picked up from?",
"his singing on \"powers that be\" turns an already irritating song into an absolute disgrace.",
"(And i dont even want to mention what he did to floyd songs on the tour that followed this album) another strike against kaos is the down right silly plot.",
"as other reviewers have detailed, it involves a whelsh boy in a wheel chair who hears (what else?",
") radio waves!",
"somewhere along the line, the kid (billy) leanrs to speak, and gets a hold of jim ladd, a radio dj.",
"from there, billy goes on to stage a fake nuclear war with his semi-telepathic abilities.",
"honestly, what was roger (whos other solo albums i enjoy immensly) thinking here?",
"...i'll just blame paul carrack"
] |
2 | pop music | This late recording of Sarah Vaughan interested me greatly, because I knew her voice aged more gracefully than Ella's, so I really expected not only romance, but also passion from this album. Well, the voice is still here (of course, much deeper than in her sassy and romantic youth, but who cares?)Apparently, majority of people commenting this album online are quite thrilled... I appologize, but I'm not.Maybe it's because I'm primarily jazz-oriented Sarah Vaughan fan, althoug I like some other forms of music as well (blues for instance)... I have nothing against bossa nova and other forms of Latin music, but this is, basically, a pop album with light Brazilian touch and even lighter jazz touch...Even when Sarah goes on short wordless-impro flight, for instance on "Love and Passion", it is smothered in electric sounds of elevator music... In my humble opinion.So, merely because I wouldn't like to be too harsh out of my jazz-based biggotry, I'm giving it more than one star. | 986 | [
"This late recording of Sarah Vaughan interested me greatly, because I knew her voice aged more gracefully than Ella's, so I really expected not only romance, but also passion from this album.",
"Well, the voice is still here (of course, much deeper than in her sassy and romantic youth, but who cares?",
")Apparently, majority of people commenting this album online are quite thrilled... I appologize, but I'm not.Maybe it's because I'm primarily jazz-oriented Sarah Vaughan fan, althoug I like some other forms of music as well (blues for instance)... I have nothing against bossa nova and other forms of Latin music, but this is, basically, a pop album with light Brazilian touch and even lighter jazz touch...Even when Sarah goes on short wordless-impro flight, for instance on \"Love and Passion\", it is smothered in electric sounds of elevator music... In my humble opinion.So, merely because I wouldn't like to be too harsh out of my jazz-based biggotry, I'm giving it more than one star."
] |
2 | Good Lord... | At the risk of being burned at the stake as a "henchman for the religious right", allow me a voice in the wilderness here. When I finished this telephone directory of a thriller last night, I came here to comment on how much I disliked it. From some of the reviews, I thought I had the wrong book. To be accurate, unless I bought a misprinted copy of the book, the Last Day I read was written poorly, self-important nonsense, with a politically correct Jeza character (a female Jesus clone) who gave me the creeps when she wasn't making me yawn. The church bashing was funny at times, but seemed overdone and bitter when it went on too long. The author doesn't appear to know much about the bible, religion, or real people. If it wasn't so darn long, so difficult to read, and so self-important, it could be dismissed as a sub-par thriller. But since the book tries so desperately to be significant, I'll give it two stars for the effort. I believe I smell smoke, so on to better books! | 986 | [
"At the risk of being burned at the stake as a \"henchman for the religious right\", allow me a voice in the wilderness here.",
"When I finished this telephone directory of a thriller last night, I came here to comment on how much I disliked it.",
"From some of the reviews, I thought I had the wrong book.",
"To be accurate, unless I bought a misprinted copy of the book, the Last Day I read was written poorly, self-important nonsense, with a politically correct Jeza character (a female Jesus clone) who gave me the creeps when she wasn't making me yawn.",
"The church bashing was funny at times, but seemed overdone and bitter when it went on too long.",
"The author doesn't appear to know much about the bible, religion, or real people.",
"If it wasn't so darn long, so difficult to read, and so self-important, it could be dismissed as a sub-par thriller.",
"But since the book tries so desperately to be significant, I'll give it two stars for the effort.",
"I believe I smell smoke, so on to better books!"
] |
2 | Lame | Tarzan & Jane is one hour and fifteen minutes long and was released direct to video on July 23, 2002. This is the follow-up movie to Tarzan and a rather poor follow-up. Basically the movie is a cut and paste job. The movie deals with Jane trying to figure out what to give Tarzan to celebrate their one year anniversary of marriage together. She talks with Terkina and Tantor, later on her father joins in on the discussion, and they all recall flashbacks on how things went wrong. The flashbacks are episodes taken from the television show The Legend of Tarzan. The three episodes are: "Tarzan and the British Invasion", "Tarzan and the Volcanic Diamond Mine" and "Tarzan and the Flying Ace". In the end Tarzan turns the tables on Jane by giving her a diamond wedding ring, a surprise party, and wearing his father's suit. The story is just a bunch of flashbacks with no real story line to it. Even the original actors did not return to do the sequel. Tarzan & Jane gets a D as in dud. | 986 | [
"Tarzan & Jane is one hour and fifteen minutes long and was released direct to video on July 23, 2002.",
"This is the follow-up movie to Tarzan and a rather poor follow-up.",
"Basically the movie is a cut and paste job.",
"The movie deals with Jane trying to figure out what to give Tarzan to celebrate their one year anniversary of marriage together.",
"She talks with Terkina and Tantor, later on her father joins in on the discussion, and they all recall flashbacks on how things went wrong.",
"The flashbacks are episodes taken from the television show The Legend of Tarzan.",
"The three episodes are: \"Tarzan and the British Invasion\", \"Tarzan and the Volcanic Diamond Mine\" and \"Tarzan and the Flying Ace\".",
"In the end Tarzan turns the tables on Jane by giving her a diamond wedding ring, a surprise party, and wearing his father's suit.",
"The story is just a bunch of flashbacks with no real story line to it.",
"Even the original actors did not return to do the sequel.",
"Tarzan & Jane gets a D as in dud."
] |
2 | Not as good as her first... | I really enjoyed The Secret Life of Bees and was hoping to like this one as well. This book left me WAAAAY wishing I hadn't read it.Let's just start by saying the main character, Jessie, is a middle aged woman. I just can't bring myself to think of the name Jessie as that belonging to a middle aged woman. Perhaps that's just me? But Jessie has the perfect life... a gorgeous house, great daughter, handsome, caring husband. And yet she finds that she has lost "herself"? It just doesn't seem plausible to me.So she has a crazy mother, who is barely described and you just can't even come up with a mental picture of her. There's a slight backstory about Jessie's issues with her fathers death but only the surface is really touched upon and it doesn't give our heroine the backstory the book needs.This one just really fell short for me. I won't go into huge detail cause I don't want to spoil it if you are wanting this book. But for me it fell dramatically short of my expectations. | 986 | [
"I really enjoyed The Secret Life of Bees and was hoping to like this one as well.",
"This book left me WAAAAY wishing I hadn't read it.Let's just start by saying the main character, Jessie, is a middle aged woman.",
"I just can't bring myself to think of the name Jessie as that belonging to a middle aged woman.",
"Perhaps that's just me?",
"But Jessie has the perfect life... a gorgeous house, great daughter, handsome, caring husband.",
"And yet she finds that she has lost \"herself\"?",
"It just doesn't seem plausible to me.So she has a crazy mother, who is barely described and you just can't even come up with a mental picture of her.",
"There's a slight backstory about Jessie's issues with her fathers death but only the surface is really touched upon and it doesn't give our heroine the backstory the book needs.This one just really fell short for me.",
"I won't go into huge detail cause I don't want to spoil it if you are wanting this book.",
"But for me it fell dramatically short of my expectations."
] |
2 | he loved it.... | My son is in to the turtles big time! He has it all. Last year at christmas he saw this playset and had to have it. I thought what a great idea. Yes,it may take you a few minutes to put it together, but it was worth it, I thought. Its been almost a year and everytime, it never fails, he is yelling at me to come help him fix something on it, this wall came unsnapped, I tried to move it and the whole thing came apart,etc. It only takes a few times for that, before a 5 year old is done with it and moved on to something else to use his creative little mind on. Sounds like a great toy. Well I gave it 3 stars for fun, he loved it so much while it stayed together. Durability got 1 star because, after a 5 year old beats up shredder a few times on it,the durablity life is very slim. Boys are going to have a couple of ninja fights in this Lair, and if he is dying to have I say get it,but you may have to get creative and use glue to get the snaps to snap! it was fun while it lasted. | 986 | [
"My son is in to the turtles big time!",
"He has it all.",
"Last year at christmas he saw this playset and had to have it.",
"I thought what a great idea.",
"Yes,it may take you a few minutes to put it together, but it was worth it, I thought.",
"Its been almost a year and everytime, it never fails, he is yelling at me to come help him fix something on it, this wall came unsnapped, I tried to move it and the whole thing came apart,etc.",
"It only takes a few times for that, before a 5 year old is done with it and moved on to something else to use his creative little mind on.",
"Sounds like a great toy.",
"Well I gave it 3 stars for fun, he loved it so much while it stayed together.",
"Durability got 1 star because, after a 5 year old beats up shredder a few times on it,the durablity life is very slim.",
"Boys are going to have a couple of ninja fights in this Lair, and if he is dying to have I say get it,but you may have to get creative and use glue to get the snaps to snap!",
"it was fun while it lasted."
] |
2 | I cook for a living... | I purchased this knife a year and a half ago on impulse, taken in by it's minimalist design, it is a beautiful concept but I paid RETAIL. It IS beautiful but... after 18 months of everyday use in a commercial kitchen I am selling it (at half price) to a younger sous chef that was taken in by the design. I hope that he can cope with it.This knife is very high maintenance. Once I sliced some cured meat, Genoa Salami I think, plunged the knife into scalding hot, soapy water, rinsed and wiped her down with a clean cotton towel just as I do all of my knives after use. I guess that I didn't wipe hard enough along the cutting edge because after only 10 hours the "cure" had eaten three tiny pin point notches in the blade's edge. It's been a downhill relationship ever since. I can't cut this or that, the knife has a balance point too far back for a pro's liking, the edge is sooo delicate that it requires twice the "steeling" that my forged knives do ... it's a pain...good ridance. | 986 | [
"I purchased this knife a year and a half ago on impulse, taken in by it's minimalist design, it is a beautiful concept but I paid RETAIL.",
"It IS beautiful but... after 18 months of everyday use in a commercial kitchen I am selling it (at half price) to a younger sous chef that was taken in by the design.",
"I hope that he can cope with it.This knife is very high maintenance.",
"Once I sliced some cured meat, Genoa Salami I think, plunged the knife into scalding hot, soapy water, rinsed and wiped her down with a clean cotton towel just as I do all of my knives after use.",
"I guess that I didn't wipe hard enough along the cutting edge because after only 10 hours the \"cure\" had eaten three tiny pin point notches in the blade's edge.",
"It's been a downhill relationship ever since.",
"I can't cut this or that, the knife has a balance point too far back for a pro's liking, the edge is sooo delicate that it requires twice the \"steeling\" that my forged knives do ... it's a pain...good ridance."
] |
2 | Particle board comes apart | I made the mistake of ordering 3 of these before trying it out first. Like a lot of un-assembled furniture, this lateral file comes with the usual assorted hardware of Ikea-style turn fasteners. It looks ok but the problem is the cheap particle board... turn a screw just a little too much and you're toast- the wood breaks right off leaving you with no way of getting the unit properly assembled.Besides that, I tilted one while trying to move it (while empty) and the cheap plastic foot broke right off. I had to use a piece of plywood as a patch to fix it. There's no doubt this will not hold up to repeated use and am not putting anything heavy or of value on top of it. Plainly put it's not good furniture, if you manage to get it assembled it will likely only weather a couple years of use. There's cheaper furniture out there, but not by much. I spent an entire day putting together the three cabinets and learned my lesson. I will never waste my time with such cheap crap again. | 986 | [
"I made the mistake of ordering 3 of these before trying it out first.",
"Like a lot of un-assembled furniture, this lateral file comes with the usual assorted hardware of Ikea-style turn fasteners.",
"It looks ok but the problem is the cheap particle board... turn a screw just a little too much and you're toast- the wood breaks right off leaving you with no way of getting the unit properly assembled.Besides that, I tilted one while trying to move it (while empty) and the cheap plastic foot broke right off.",
"I had to use a piece of plywood as a patch to fix it.",
"There's no doubt this will not hold up to repeated use and am not putting anything heavy or of value on top of it.",
"Plainly put it's not good furniture, if you manage to get it assembled it will likely only weather a couple years of use.",
"There's cheaper furniture out there, but not by much.",
"I spent an entire day putting together the three cabinets and learned my lesson.",
"I will never waste my time with such cheap crap again."
] |
2 | Nice Try .... But No Cigar! | This is a shakey release of "supposedly good hard rock" and it misses the mark for many reasons. Let me first make it known that I am a !!!!BIG!!!! Deep Purple and Rainbow fan and I am a true fan of hard rock and heavy metal music in general and many other countless GOOD! bands that have some decent degree of originality to what they are doing. This release has very little of that kind of quality. The biggest problem I have with this CD is Glenn Hughes. The way you change the tone in your voice while you sing is not good, try to sing normal and maybe it would sound much better. Also what is up with that picture on the back of the CD?. You two guys are Trying to look Cool and Fail Badly!!. Where are any pictures of the other people who contributed to this release???. This is a Rip Off of Deep Purple, Rainbow and Cheesy 80's Metal. VERY little New or Original here. This is a Disappointing Release People!!!. Be forewarned and save your money and not throw it away like I did. | 986 | [
"This is a shakey release of \"supposedly good hard rock\" and it misses the mark for many reasons.",
"Let me first make it known that I am a!!!",
"!",
"BIG!!!",
"!",
"Deep Purple and Rainbow fan and I am a true fan of hard rock and heavy metal music in general and many other countless GOOD!",
"bands that have some decent degree of originality to what they are doing.",
"This release has very little of that kind of quality.",
"The biggest problem I have with this CD is Glenn Hughes.",
"The way you change the tone in your voice while you sing is not good, try to sing normal and maybe it would sound much better.",
"Also what is up with that picture on the back of the CD?",
".",
"You two guys are Trying to look Cool and Fail Badly!!",
".",
"Where are any pictures of the other people who contributed to this release???",
".",
"This is a Rip Off of Deep Purple, Rainbow and Cheesy 80's Metal.",
"VERY little New or Original here.",
"This is a Disappointing Release People!!!",
".",
"Be forewarned and save your money and not throw it away like I did."
] |
2 | Back to the basics. | Our kids watch something from the Wiggles every day, whether it be from their TV show or from one of our many Wiggles DVD's. Naturally, we added this one to our collection. So imagine my surprise to see how uninspiring this production turned out. The whole show was stuck in a small circular stage, and the colorful circus atmosphere clashed with the black starry backdrop and polka-dotted black floor. The songs were rather bland. They did the same gymnastic numbers as they did on their other recent DVD release, "The Wiggles: Big, Big Show!". And at times, the camera was 10-feet high and you would be looking down on the Wiggles at an awkward camera angle. This is nothing like their computer graphic enhanced DVD's, "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" and "The Wiggles Go Bananas!". It's more basic than "Hoop-Dee-Doo! It's a Wiggly Party", and that's going way, way back. I hate to do it, Wiggles, but I have to give it 2-stars. Here's hoping the next DVD production turns out better. | 986 | [
"Our kids watch something from the Wiggles every day, whether it be from their TV show or from one of our many Wiggles DVD's.",
"Naturally, we added this one to our collection.",
"So imagine my surprise to see how uninspiring this production turned out.",
"The whole show was stuck in a small circular stage, and the colorful circus atmosphere clashed with the black starry backdrop and polka-dotted black floor.",
"The songs were rather bland.",
"They did the same gymnastic numbers as they did on their other recent DVD release, \"The Wiggles: Big, Big Show!",
"\".",
"And at times, the camera was 10-feet high and you would be looking down on the Wiggles at an awkward camera angle.",
"This is nothing like their computer graphic enhanced DVD's, \"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing\" and \"The Wiggles Go Bananas!",
"\".",
"It's more basic than \"Hoop-Dee-Doo!",
"It's a Wiggly Party\", and that's going way, way back.",
"I hate to do it, Wiggles, but I have to give it 2-stars.",
"Here's hoping the next DVD production turns out better."
] |
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