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1 | Hollywood throw up. | Hearing so much of how this movie was to be the movie of the decade has jaded me a bit because I spent so much money seeing this in the theater with my family and feel so jipped out of my money. It looks totally unfinished and what's with the appearing and disappearing long poncho on Dakota Fanning?? I'm certain this movie was shot without a complete script and it wouldn't surprise me to find out Speilberg and Cruise never even read the classic novel. Too many facts are wrong or off in this film. It is uneven and rushed and what the H2@#! I expect more from such an allegedly expensive movie. The independent War of the Worlds movies are MUCH better and more entertaining and I highly recommend saving your money here and checking out the classic Victorian movie version instead. Let's hope Spielberg gets his head screwed on in the future and makes something we can all be proud of, like the original Jaws. Buyers beware here because this movie is a pooper and not one to be proud of. | 991 | [
"Hearing so much of how this movie was to be the movie of the decade has jaded me a bit because I spent so much money seeing this in the theater with my family and feel so jipped out of my money.",
"It looks totally unfinished and what's with the appearing and disappearing long poncho on Dakota Fanning??",
"I'm certain this movie was shot without a complete script and it wouldn't surprise me to find out Speilberg and Cruise never even read the classic novel.",
"Too many facts are wrong or off in this film.",
"It is uneven and rushed and what the H2@#!",
"I expect more from such an allegedly expensive movie.",
"The independent War of the Worlds movies are MUCH better and more entertaining and I highly recommend saving your money here and checking out the classic Victorian movie version instead.",
"Let's hope Spielberg gets his head screwed on in the future and makes something we can all be proud of, like the original Jaws.",
"Buyers beware here because this movie is a pooper and not one to be proud of."
] |
1 | Boring... | I agree with the reviewer who called this a real stinker. I have to suppress a lot of yawns while listening to this recording. There are so many other beautiful performances and recordings so avoid this and don't waste your money like I did, being misled to think this was beautiful like its CD cover only.There is no immediacy nor vitality in this performance. It's like listening to a concert at the far end of the concert hall instead of the front seats. It's like listening to music in a cavern, a well, the music sounds distant and "small" in staging. Also, to me, the music sounds unnecessarily ponderous and meandering. After listening a while, one easily get emotionally detached and bored. Just comparing this to a lesser known recording by Zubin Mehta/Israel Philharmonic/Decca (highlights, sampler) would instantly show the great difference and what I mean. The latter is so much clearer, richer, detailed, immediate, evocative, moving, dynamic, beautiful, etc...Give this a miss! | 991 | [
"I agree with the reviewer who called this a real stinker.",
"I have to suppress a lot of yawns while listening to this recording.",
"There are so many other beautiful performances and recordings so avoid this and don't waste your money like I did, being misled to think this was beautiful like its CD cover only.There is no immediacy nor vitality in this performance.",
"It's like listening to a concert at the far end of the concert hall instead of the front seats.",
"It's like listening to music in a cavern, a well, the music sounds distant and \"small\" in staging.",
"Also, to me, the music sounds unnecessarily ponderous and meandering.",
"After listening a while, one easily get emotionally detached and bored.",
"Just comparing this to a lesser known recording by Zubin Mehta/Israel Philharmonic/Decca (highlights, sampler) would instantly show the great difference and what I mean.",
"The latter is so much clearer, richer, detailed, immediate, evocative, moving, dynamic, beautiful, etc...Give this a miss!"
] |
1 | This book is DOA | Be advised, believe it or not, this book is ALL text. There are absolutely NO photos, maps, charts, or drawings. How can you possibly tell the story of a ship sinking with nothing but text? The Marine Electric had a fascinating history as a WW2 T-2 tanker that was converted into a bulk freighter. Where are the builder's photos? WW2 era shots? Conversion diagrams or plans? The navigation charts showing the wreck site? This book was obviously written by an amateur, you can tell by the rambling, over the top prose, lengthy, asides that distract from the story line, and the lack of willingness to research and pay for photos and other visual aids. The book is written for someone unfamiliar with ships and the sea since it goes into explanations of the simplest marine terms that most people interested in reading the book would already know. $24.95 brand new? I don't think so Tim. Buy it used and don't pay more than $7.00 with shipping. I bought it sight unseen, what a dissapointment! | 991 | [
"Be advised, believe it or not, this book is ALL text.",
"There are absolutely NO photos, maps, charts, or drawings.",
"How can you possibly tell the story of a ship sinking with nothing but text?",
"The Marine Electric had a fascinating history as a WW2 T-2 tanker that was converted into a bulk freighter.",
"Where are the builder's photos?",
"WW2 era shots?",
"Conversion diagrams or plans?",
"The navigation charts showing the wreck site?",
"This book was obviously written by an amateur, you can tell by the rambling, over the top prose, lengthy, asides that distract from the story line, and the lack of willingness to research and pay for photos and other visual aids.",
"The book is written for someone unfamiliar with ships and the sea since it goes into explanations of the simplest marine terms that most people interested in reading the book would already know.",
"$24.95 brand new?",
"I don't think so Tim.",
"Buy it used and don't pay more than $7.00 with shipping.",
"I bought it sight unseen, what a dissapointment!"
] |
1 | Pathetic | I watched this woman defend her book and her cowardice on Letterman. She was prickly, unpleasant, and delusional. In her mind, she "cannot afford" to be a one-issue voter and thus the present administration was the "best" for the job--which she basically defined as, guess what? ONE issue: Terrorism. But what she doesn't confront in this book or in her interviews is that she is a second-class citizen. She is denied basic civil rights afforded straight Americans. Maybe she can't "afford" to be a one-issue voter--but that ONE issue, the inalienable right to be treated equally, is inherent to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." I came away disgusted with her, even as I tried to be open-minded about her politics. She is a coward, pure and simple, and the book is worthless. She is a traitor to Americans who want equal rights for all. She is a traitor to her sexuality. To her partner. And on top of it, she is sickeningly intolerant when she defends her views on television. | 991 | [
"I watched this woman defend her book and her cowardice on Letterman.",
"She was prickly, unpleasant, and delusional.",
"In her mind, she \"cannot afford\" to be a one-issue voter and thus the present administration was the \"best\" for the job--which she basically defined as, guess what?",
"ONE issue: Terrorism.",
"But what she doesn't confront in this book or in her interviews is that she is a second-class citizen.",
"She is denied basic civil rights afforded straight Americans.",
"Maybe she can't \"afford\" to be a one-issue voter--but that ONE issue, the inalienable right to be treated equally, is inherent to \"life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.\" I came away disgusted with her, even as I tried to be open-minded about her politics.",
"She is a coward, pure and simple, and the book is worthless.",
"She is a traitor to Americans who want equal rights for all.",
"She is a traitor to her sexuality.",
"To her partner.",
"And on top of it, she is sickeningly intolerant when she defends her views on television."
] |
1 | I Hated it~! | AH!!! I completely disliked this book. I know itz not a squel to Ella Enchanted but it doesn't even follow the story line. Or the Cinderella story line for the matter. The characters are boring and rather dull. The only character worth the story line was Quog, who gave you something to raise an eyebrow. The plot was flat. The end, almost predictable. So Jed, the tutor walks into the rooms and gasped at Ella's beauty, he;s the only one who actually talks to her and likes her (other then Mary) and he spends every day with her....hum...my first impression isn't...jee, she must hate his guts. The end is predicatable, Ella give you hints Charm is slow and nastily mean, even though you don't execpt Ella to be locks away in the dungeon....you can see it coming.I thought the book was lame. 6 words. Thats enought. If you want a good Cinderella story read Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister or Ella Enchanted or a Chinesse Cinderella or something....this book is a WASTE OF TIME!!~!!!!! bye | 991 | [
"AH!!!",
"I completely disliked this book.",
"I know itz not a squel to Ella Enchanted but it doesn't even follow the story line.",
"Or the Cinderella story line for the matter.",
"The characters are boring and rather dull.",
"The only character worth the story line was Quog, who gave you something to raise an eyebrow.",
"The plot was flat.",
"The end, almost predictable.",
"So Jed, the tutor walks into the rooms and gasped at Ella's beauty, he;s the only one who actually talks to her and likes her (other then Mary) and he spends every day with her....hum...my first impression isn't...jee, she must hate his guts.",
"The end is predicatable, Ella give you hints Charm is slow and nastily mean, even though you don't execpt Ella to be locks away in the dungeon....you can see it coming.I thought the book was lame.",
"6 words.",
"Thats enought.",
"If you want a good Cinderella story read Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister or Ella Enchanted or a Chinesse Cinderella or something....this book is a WASTE OF TIME!!",
"~!!!",
"!!",
"bye"
] |
1 | Time to Move On | My language-learning background is one where I've learned French and Japanese by way of schools, textbooks, online, and CDs. By far, this book is the poorest method of teaching a language that allows an English speaker to dive wholeheartedly into the culture. First published in the 80's (in the US), the teaching methods show their age; especially given the wealth of technology available today.An example: I've learned via Japanese language that it is important to address fundamentals first, such as enunciating and writing an unfamiliar alphabet. Alas, charts and tables in this book do not provide these options, and it appears the author assumes one has a basic understanding of the Greek language. In short, presupposition reigns. Interestingly, I can see how this text would also be pedantic for the intermediate user, making me wonder at what level one might benefit from this book.I wish I could recommend an alternative, but I'm in the throes of discovering that myself. Onward... | 991 | [
"My language-learning background is one where I've learned French and Japanese by way of schools, textbooks, online, and CDs.",
"By far, this book is the poorest method of teaching a language that allows an English speaker to dive wholeheartedly into the culture.",
"First published in the 80's (in the US), the teaching methods show their age; especially given the wealth of technology available today.An example: I've learned via Japanese language that it is important to address fundamentals first, such as enunciating and writing an unfamiliar alphabet.",
"Alas, charts and tables in this book do not provide these options, and it appears the author assumes one has a basic understanding of the Greek language.",
"In short, presupposition reigns.",
"Interestingly, I can see how this text would also be pedantic for the intermediate user, making me wonder at what level one might benefit from this book.I wish I could recommend an alternative, but I'm in the throes of discovering that myself.",
"Onward..."
] |
1 | Painful and Dull | There is simply no getting around that this movie is a weak, poorly constructed film. The plot is barely held together with a rerun of the story we all know by heart (and if you don't, what's wrong with you?), which leads to a yawn-fest as you're forced to watch things that have to be "just different enough" so as not to completely copy the previous movies. Random events, dropped plot points (there really is no "untold story" so please, don't fall for that), unlikable characters, a villain that is not only paper-thin in his motives, but so horribly brought to life on the screen that it's truly embarassing to watch, this movie has nothing good going for it, even the CG is outdated.If you want an enjoyable Spider-Man movie, watch the first two Spider-Man films from Raimi. You'll have fun, you'll laugh, you won't feel like you just watched what is likely one of the worst superhero movies to come out in quite a while (at least The Spirit was hilarious in it's absurd horribleness). | 991 | [
"There is simply no getting around that this movie is a weak, poorly constructed film.",
"The plot is barely held together with a rerun of the story we all know by heart (and if you don't, what's wrong with you?",
"), which leads to a yawn-fest as you're forced to watch things that have to be \"just different enough\" so as not to completely copy the previous movies.",
"Random events, dropped plot points (there really is no \"untold story\" so please, don't fall for that), unlikable characters, a villain that is not only paper-thin in his motives, but so horribly brought to life on the screen that it's truly embarassing to watch, this movie has nothing good going for it, even the CG is outdated.If you want an enjoyable Spider-Man movie, watch the first two Spider-Man films from Raimi.",
"You'll have fun, you'll laugh, you won't feel like you just watched what is likely one of the worst superhero movies to come out in quite a while (at least The Spirit was hilarious in it's absurd horribleness)."
] |
1 | Deceptive Title | The title of this book should be "Writing to Change the World (for Leftists)". Then I wouldn't have bought it, mistakenly thinking it was about writing. Mary Pipher inserts her political views and agenda throughout, in a self-righteous and judgmental manner. She is stuck in the '60's, with cultural heroes such as Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan and Janis Jopllin, among the other usual suspects.In one particularly mean-spirited screed, she accuses "Mr. America" (commonly known as Uncle Sam) of being an arrogant middle-aged white man, who is also an Evangelical Christian, and who needs therapy in order to foster a world community (of her liking). She seems to have no room for people of a moderate conservative bent, which is easily half of America.This author is still "blowin' in the wind" (and windy she is!) If you want a book on WRITING, I would recommend Steven King's "On Writing." Regardless of his political philosophy, he has respect for a wide audience and doesn't stereotype people. | 991 | [
"The title of this book should be \"Writing to Change the World (for Leftists)\".",
"Then I wouldn't have bought it, mistakenly thinking it was about writing.",
"Mary Pipher inserts her political views and agenda throughout, in a self-righteous and judgmental manner.",
"She is stuck in the '60's, with cultural heroes such as Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan and Janis Jopllin, among the other usual suspects.In one particularly mean-spirited screed, she accuses \"Mr.",
"America\" (commonly known as Uncle Sam) of being an arrogant middle-aged white man, who is also an Evangelical Christian, and who needs therapy in order to foster a world community (of her liking).",
"She seems to have no room for people of a moderate conservative bent, which is easily half of America.This author is still \"blowin' in the wind\" (and windy she is!",
") If you want a book on WRITING, I would recommend Steven King's \"On Writing.\" Regardless of his political philosophy, he has respect for a wide audience and doesn't stereotype people."
] |
1 | A Waste of Time | I must say, this product, is HORRIBLE. I tried to install it, and I keep getting a scipt error. I dont care what anyone else says, I shouldn't have to pay via credit card for advice on how to install this product after I spent fifty dollars on it, and countless other dollars on previous NORTON products. I have tried ALL of the worthless troubleshooting techniques off of the website, and they do not work. I am A+ and N+ certified, so I know it is not me. Others have had this problem. Norton, you dropped the ball big time on this product. I will NEVER buy another one of your products again, and will make it my mission to make sure those I know do not buy your product. Instead of trying to capitalize on the XP launch with your claim that you are "the first piece of software designed for XP", take some time and make sure all the bugs are worked out before you release the product. Norton, you are rich enough, work out the bugs before releasing the product. I am disgusted with this. | 991 | [
"I must say, this product, is HORRIBLE.",
"I tried to install it, and I keep getting a scipt error.",
"I dont care what anyone else says, I shouldn't have to pay via credit card for advice on how to install this product after I spent fifty dollars on it, and countless other dollars on previous NORTON products.",
"I have tried ALL of the worthless troubleshooting techniques off of the website, and they do not work.",
"I am A+ and N+ certified, so I know it is not me.",
"Others have had this problem.",
"Norton, you dropped the ball big time on this product.",
"I will NEVER buy another one of your products again, and will make it my mission to make sure those I know do not buy your product.",
"Instead of trying to capitalize on the XP launch with your claim that you are \"the first piece of software designed for XP\", take some time and make sure all the bugs are worked out before you release the product.",
"Norton, you are rich enough, work out the bugs before releasing the product.",
"I am disgusted with this."
] |
1 | Mediocre/Manipulative | There have been many mixed reviews of this supposedly non-fiction book, so I finally decided to read it for myself to see what I thought. Given that I am a fan of Yunger's "Perfect Storm", I was predisposed to be favorably impressed once again. I wasn't. It's really just an average novel made to read like non-fiction.I thought the writing was much too jumbled and the story-telling seemed to ramble. The good part was that it was easy to get through it quickly.While I didn't study all the factual material surrounding this crime, it is quite obvious that Yunger leads the reader down a path by constructing a hypothesis that pretends to reveal the truth, but there are many significant material omissions. (For example, if the reader just had the opportunity to learn of and/or read highlights of the appeal transcript- appealed was denied- there would have been more balance.) But he used only the "facts" that told a story he wanted to tell and the conclusion he wanted people to reach. | 991 | [
"There have been many mixed reviews of this supposedly non-fiction book, so I finally decided to read it for myself to see what I thought.",
"Given that I am a fan of Yunger's \"Perfect Storm\", I was predisposed to be favorably impressed once again.",
"I wasn't.",
"It's really just an average novel made to read like non-fiction.I thought the writing was much too jumbled and the story-telling seemed to ramble.",
"The good part was that it was easy to get through it quickly.While I didn't study all the factual material surrounding this crime, it is quite obvious that Yunger leads the reader down a path by constructing a hypothesis that pretends to reveal the truth, but there are many significant material omissions.",
"(For example, if the reader just had the opportunity to learn of and/or read highlights of the appeal transcript- appealed was denied- there would have been more balance.) But he used only the \"facts\" that told a story he wanted to tell and the conclusion he wanted people to reach."
] |
1 | Meh | This is the sequel to 28 days later, and I thought it was pretty weak. An entirely predictable plot from start to finish, featuring annoyingly silly teenage protagonists, their dad, and a group of somewhat dim NATO soldiers. I was disappointed because the first film was well done, had an interesting plot and was surprising. This film the children take over with their TSTL (too stupid to live) antics, and the plot devolves into horror/slasher formula. The moment the children arrived in the military zone I predicted they'd do something really moronic. I was disappointed to be right.I enabled close captions, which was convenient when I fast forwarded all the chase scenes that the director apparently considered plot development. This way I could read the sparse dialog without feeling the need to slow down.The ending was almost the only interesting part of the film. Perhaps a sequel would be better.Overall? I give this one a star. It was barely watchable and boring in its banality. | 991 | [
"This is the sequel to 28 days later, and I thought it was pretty weak.",
"An entirely predictable plot from start to finish, featuring annoyingly silly teenage protagonists, their dad, and a group of somewhat dim NATO soldiers.",
"I was disappointed because the first film was well done, had an interesting plot and was surprising.",
"This film the children take over with their TSTL (too stupid to live) antics, and the plot devolves into horror/slasher formula.",
"The moment the children arrived in the military zone I predicted they'd do something really moronic.",
"I was disappointed to be right.I enabled close captions, which was convenient when I fast forwarded all the chase scenes that the director apparently considered plot development.",
"This way I could read the sparse dialog without feeling the need to slow down.The ending was almost the only interesting part of the film.",
"Perhaps a sequel would be better.Overall?",
"I give this one a star.",
"It was barely watchable and boring in its banality."
] |
1 | Azadeh's Iranian Life | The book, Lipstick Jihad by Azadeh Moaveni is a very interesting and factual book. It tells the story, in first person, about an Iranian girl living in America, and then after college, moving to Iran. But instead of feeling comfortable in her home country, she feels like an American foreigner living in Iran. While in America, Azadeh only remebers Iran vaguely, and remembers happy times there. Once she moves to Iran, she discovers the country is confused, filled with politics, and in an emotional struggle. She is a journalist and describes the difference between Iranian and American culture, such as womens' rights, and how they clash with each other. She talks about Iran's strong laws people live by, social codes, public etiquette, and the Islamic revolution that changed her country. This nonfiction book really shows the clash of the two cultures. For anyone who is interested in other countrie, thick government analysis, and how they are run, then this is a great book for that. | 991 | [
"The book, Lipstick Jihad by Azadeh Moaveni is a very interesting and factual book.",
"It tells the story, in first person, about an Iranian girl living in America, and then after college, moving to Iran.",
"But instead of feeling comfortable in her home country, she feels like an American foreigner living in Iran.",
"While in America, Azadeh only remebers Iran vaguely, and remembers happy times there.",
"Once she moves to Iran, she discovers the country is confused, filled with politics, and in an emotional struggle.",
"She is a journalist and describes the difference between Iranian and American culture, such as womens' rights, and how they clash with each other.",
"She talks about Iran's strong laws people live by, social codes, public etiquette, and the Islamic revolution that changed her country.",
"This nonfiction book really shows the clash of the two cultures.",
"For anyone who is interested in other countrie, thick government analysis, and how they are run, then this is a great book for that."
] |
1 | Unbearably bad read | Pendragon is the fifth book in the Sherbrooke Brides series, a sequel to The Scottish Bride. I'm afraid I just skimmed through it, too much catracing and other stuff and very little writing actually on the hero and heroine. Not much on the romance. I didn't learn much about the hero, Thomas, and Meggie grown up is such an unsympathetic character I was sorry for Thomas he ended up with her. Also, I hated Calypso Magic, because I don't want a romance involving a slave plantation (I don't want to read about the exploitation of black slaves) and Jeremy is back and he still owns that slave plantation. I read too much romance and Coulter used to be a pleasant enough read but I think I'm too picky now, I don't like light historicals anymore and I don't like that wedding night thing, why do the women always act so surprised and hate it so much, doesn't seem realistic to me. If you like light historicals you might like this book but I would suggest start at the beginning of the series. | 991 | [
"Pendragon is the fifth book in the Sherbrooke Brides series, a sequel to The Scottish Bride.",
"I'm afraid I just skimmed through it, too much catracing and other stuff and very little writing actually on the hero and heroine.",
"Not much on the romance.",
"I didn't learn much about the hero, Thomas, and Meggie grown up is such an unsympathetic character I was sorry for Thomas he ended up with her.",
"Also, I hated Calypso Magic, because I don't want a romance involving a slave plantation (I don't want to read about the exploitation of black slaves) and Jeremy is back and he still owns that slave plantation.",
"I read too much romance and Coulter used to be a pleasant enough read but I think I'm too picky now, I don't like light historicals anymore and I don't like that wedding night thing, why do the women always act so surprised and hate it so much, doesn't seem realistic to me.",
"If you like light historicals you might like this book but I would suggest start at the beginning of the series."
] |
1 | A Complete Dud! | Leslie Collins (black bank officer) is forced to flee her home town to escape a man who attempted to rape her. After three years in jail, he is seeking revenge. Leslie takes a job as a cook on the Saber Estates of John Saber (white University professor cum farmer). Leslie wears her secret like a cloak and fights her attraction for Jordan.This was one of the most boring books I have ever read. I just could not get into the story. The story reminded me of the Barbara Cartland formula of the misunderstood (the reader and love interest thinks he is a pig, however those who know him loves him) duke/earl/lord and his exasperating love interest. Leslie was cold, repressive and frigid and Jordan was overbearing. Since they never really dated I was left not knowing why these two would get together. The tension related to Leslie's stalker that should have made for interesting reading was treated as an afterthought and was never fully developed.This novel was a complete waste of my time! | 991 | [
"Leslie Collins (black bank officer) is forced to flee her home town to escape a man who attempted to rape her.",
"After three years in jail, he is seeking revenge.",
"Leslie takes a job as a cook on the Saber Estates of John Saber (white University professor cum farmer).",
"Leslie wears her secret like a cloak and fights her attraction for Jordan.This was one of the most boring books I have ever read.",
"I just could not get into the story.",
"The story reminded me of the Barbara Cartland formula of the misunderstood (the reader and love interest thinks he is a pig, however those who know him loves him) duke/earl/lord and his exasperating love interest.",
"Leslie was cold, repressive and frigid and Jordan was overbearing.",
"Since they never really dated I was left not knowing why these two would get together.",
"The tension related to Leslie's stalker that should have made for interesting reading was treated as an afterthought and was never fully developed.This novel was a complete waste of my time!"
] |
1 | The worst ever | This is absolutely the worst 17th century movie I have ever seen.Words cannot describe how much it revolted me.They could do a better job if they would not try to make a film at all.If halfway through the movie, the actors began to turn into lizards, it would not have surprised me.Controlling the urge to vomit was hard to say the least.As an armourer, reenactor, historian, and having studied the sword arts for more than two decades, I can honestly say that I believe in my own heart that Micky Mouse could have played the lead role and the little pigs could have been the Three Musketeers, which by the way, we do not even get to know the Musketeers in the movie, due to the focus being on superhuman acts of levitation and flight.But if you must watch it, please bear in mind that this movie is pure fantasy when it comes to any historical value and I would not recommend it even to children if you ever want them to learn "real" storylines, from "real" books, based on "real" history. | 990 | [
"This is absolutely the worst 17th century movie I have ever seen.Words cannot describe how much it revolted me.They could do a better job if they would not try to make a film at all.If halfway through the movie, the actors began to turn into lizards, it would not have surprised me.Controlling the urge to vomit was hard to say the least.As an armourer, reenactor, historian, and having studied the sword arts for more than two decades, I can honestly say that I believe in my own heart that Micky Mouse could have played the lead role and the little pigs could have been the Three Musketeers, which by the way, we do not even get to know the Musketeers in the movie, due to the focus being on superhuman acts of levitation and flight.But if you must watch it, please bear in mind that this movie is pure fantasy when it comes to any historical value and I would not recommend it even to children if you ever want them to learn \"real\" storylines, from \"real\" books, based on \"real\" history."
] |
1 | It had potential.... | I was intrigued by the description of this story, and when I started reading it, I got caught up in it fairly quickly. But then I started feeling like some of it wasn't explained very well. A story like this, which is obviously far-fetched, should have everything explained...but instead, much of it went without ever being clarified. For example, how can a community stop people from seeing color? How could they control the climate without some sort of border? How could they prevent other people from coming in? None of it was given any thought or explanation and it drove me crazy!I also HATED the ending. I got close and even commented to my husband that it was getting really good. And then bam, it was over. I agree with another post that said it seemed like the author got bored with writing the story and just decided to end it.I thought the idea behind the story was excellent and it would have made a really interesting read, but it simply wasn't developed enough. Disappointing. | 990 | [
"I was intrigued by the description of this story, and when I started reading it, I got caught up in it fairly quickly.",
"But then I started feeling like some of it wasn't explained very well.",
"A story like this, which is obviously far-fetched, should have everything explained...but instead, much of it went without ever being clarified.",
"For example, how can a community stop people from seeing color?",
"How could they control the climate without some sort of border?",
"How could they prevent other people from coming in?",
"None of it was given any thought or explanation and it drove me crazy!",
"I also HATED the ending.",
"I got close and even commented to my husband that it was getting really good.",
"And then bam, it was over.",
"I agree with another post that said it seemed like the author got bored with writing the story and just decided to end it.I thought the idea behind the story was excellent and it would have made a really interesting read, but it simply wasn't developed enough.",
"Disappointing."
] |
1 | this is good example... | This is a good example of what will become of the world if we won't do anything about. Britney Spears, Nsync, Backstreet Boys?! Overproduced, overrated teeny-boppers are invading us. Sure some people say they look "hot", but to me, at least, it won't cover there talentless bodies. Britney Spears came out with a pepsi commericial. Oh, how I'd love to see her hair catch on fire just like Michael Jackson's did when he did his commercial. Britney Spears is trying to be all these legends of pop/rock music,(Jacko,Janet, Madonna, Stones,etc,) and it drives me crazy since I love Miss Jackson, and Miss Spears shouldn't get credit for doing her dance moves. The only good song is Independent Women I, and I won't increase my rating with that, because I have that single myself. "It wasn't me" was good, but I heard it so much I got sick of it. Shaggy now has "Angel" released, which proves how outdated this cd is. If I were you, spend your money on real pop, like the legends I listed above. | 990 | [
"This is a good example of what will become of the world if we won't do anything about.",
"Britney Spears, Nsync, Backstreet Boys?!",
"Overproduced, overrated teeny-boppers are invading us.",
"Sure some people say they look \"hot\", but to me, at least, it won't cover there talentless bodies.",
"Britney Spears came out with a pepsi commericial.",
"Oh, how I'd love to see her hair catch on fire just like Michael Jackson's did when he did his commercial.",
"Britney Spears is trying to be all these legends of pop/rock music,(Jacko,Janet, Madonna, Stones,etc,) and it drives me crazy since I love Miss Jackson, and Miss Spears shouldn't get credit for doing her dance moves.",
"The only good song is Independent Women I, and I won't increase my rating with that, because I have that single myself.",
"\"It wasn't me\" was good, but I heard it so much I got sick of it.",
"Shaggy now has \"Angel\" released, which proves how outdated this cd is.",
"If I were you, spend your money on real pop, like the legends I listed above."
] |
1 | Absolutely Horrible! | I am a second year Computer Science student and I have to agree with the rest of the bad reviews because the biggest problem I had with this book was that unlike other math textbooks which have the answers to most of the odd problems, this book only answered selected exercises in the text. I also remember the horrible memories I had about staying up very late at night trying to solve the problems in this book and what made things worse was that I did not have a good instructor either. I barely passed this course and I bought other math books to try and solve some of the problems in the book, but it didn't work. I hate it when mathematics professors try to be a big shot and show off their work by making it too complex and having little or no examples of how to do the problems in the book. I agree with one of the reviewers by saying that this book should be "For Math majors Only". If you are not required to buy this textbook, DON'T! Save your money and invest it in another one. | 990 | [
"I am a second year Computer Science student and I have to agree with the rest of the bad reviews because the biggest problem I had with this book was that unlike other math textbooks which have the answers to most of the odd problems, this book only answered selected exercises in the text.",
"I also remember the horrible memories I had about staying up very late at night trying to solve the problems in this book and what made things worse was that I did not have a good instructor either.",
"I barely passed this course and I bought other math books to try and solve some of the problems in the book, but it didn't work.",
"I hate it when mathematics professors try to be a big shot and show off their work by making it too complex and having little or no examples of how to do the problems in the book.",
"I agree with one of the reviewers by saying that this book should be \"For Math majors Only\".",
"If you are not required to buy this textbook, DON'T!",
"Save your money and invest it in another one."
] |
1 | Big Mistake | I purchased Fertilaid after being on birth control pills for 15 years. Recently married, we decided to start trying to conceive. I was not sure what my cycle would be like off of birth control, so I thought why not try to regulate things right off the bat? I read all the great reviews about it and decided I would go for it. Big mistake! I started taking the pills and got my period right away which lasted 13 days!! (Normally my period was 3 to 4 days). I thought okay, maybe this is just the start of these pills "normalizing" my cycle who knows? Well I am still waiting for my period after 45 days now and have taken 2 pregnancy tests. Deff not pregnant. These pills have messed my cycles up and I am so annoyed. I stopped the pills and am still waiting for a period so that I can try to get back on track! I would not reccomend these vitamins if you are stopping the pill. Wait and see what your body will do on its own!! I feel like I have just wasted time I could have had on to TTC. | 990 | [
"I purchased Fertilaid after being on birth control pills for 15 years.",
"Recently married, we decided to start trying to conceive.",
"I was not sure what my cycle would be like off of birth control, so I thought why not try to regulate things right off the bat?",
"I read all the great reviews about it and decided I would go for it.",
"Big mistake!",
"I started taking the pills and got my period right away which lasted 13 days!!",
"(Normally my period was 3 to 4 days).",
"I thought okay, maybe this is just the start of these pills \"normalizing\" my cycle who knows?",
"Well I am still waiting for my period after 45 days now and have taken 2 pregnancy tests.",
"Deff not pregnant.",
"These pills have messed my cycles up and I am so annoyed.",
"I stopped the pills and am still waiting for a period so that I can try to get back on track!",
"I would not reccomend these vitamins if you are stopping the pill.",
"Wait and see what your body will do on its own!!",
"I feel like I have just wasted time I could have had on to TTC."
] |
1 | I Want My Wide Screen | This is a wounderful movie and still holds up after all these years. Why one star? Well it isnt the movie, its fantastic!....Alot of people complain about the Special Effects. ....It dosent need any. The origional movie was filmed in "Super Panivision "more like: 2:35:1 aspect ratio, and has been reduced to 1:33 VHS. watching this version, will at best give you a headace. Can you imagine driving thru the Red Woods wearing horse blinders, your view would be drastically altered. The special effects are the Splendor, Grandios, and giant set pieces. When I saw this on VHS I got dizzy from all the Pan and scan needed to reduce it to VHS size. Most of the best set pieces are seriouslly cropped, and the destruction seen, is reduced to a mild storm. You are only seeing about 1/4 of the action, and magnificent sets that cover the entire screen. 1 star for the VHS release, but 5 stars for the movie..... Let us pray to the DVD Gods to give this movie the release it so deservedlly needs! | 990 | [
"This is a wounderful movie and still holds up after all these years.",
"Why one star?",
"Well it isnt the movie, its fantastic!",
"....Alot of people complain about the Special Effects.",
"....It dosent need any.",
"The origional movie was filmed in \"Super Panivision \"more like: 2:35:1 aspect ratio, and has been reduced to 1:33 VHS.",
"watching this version, will at best give you a headace.",
"Can you imagine driving thru the Red Woods wearing horse blinders, your view would be drastically altered.",
"The special effects are the Splendor, Grandios, and giant set pieces.",
"When I saw this on VHS I got dizzy from all the Pan and scan needed to reduce it to VHS size.",
"Most of the best set pieces are seriouslly cropped, and the destruction seen, is reduced to a mild storm.",
"You are only seeing about 1/4 of the action, and magnificent sets that cover the entire screen.",
"1 star for the VHS release, but 5 stars for the movie..... Let us pray to the DVD Gods to give this movie the release it so deservedlly needs!"
] |
1 | Stupid. | Viewed: 1/06Rate: 21/06: The Cannonball Run seems to promise entertainment due to its all-star cast but ends up boring the daylights out of me. There were too many pointless scenes happening, and it was hard to like about The Cannonball Run. I'll admit, that doctor did crack me up. But as far as the rest of the film goes, it's all stupid. Three thousand miles to be covered in thirty-two hours? Probable...yes, but it requires a lot of planning, luck, and straight driving. Of course, the film The Cannonball Run makes it too easy for everybody to make it on time although it becomes predictably a footrace to end the race. I wished the rules of the race were explained more clearly so I could grasp the outline and the purpose of the race and the rewards thereafter the finish, but The Cannonball Run would rather focus on the tits of Farrah Fawcett (which isn't saying much for me) than bother with the muckety-muck of the race. All in all, The Cannonball Run is a terrifically bad dud. | 990 | [
"Viewed: 1/06Rate: 21/06: The Cannonball Run seems to promise entertainment due to its all-star cast but ends up boring the daylights out of me.",
"There were too many pointless scenes happening, and it was hard to like about The Cannonball Run.",
"I'll admit, that doctor did crack me up.",
"But as far as the rest of the film goes, it's all stupid.",
"Three thousand miles to be covered in thirty-two hours?",
"Probable...yes, but it requires a lot of planning, luck, and straight driving.",
"Of course, the film The Cannonball Run makes it too easy for everybody to make it on time although it becomes predictably a footrace to end the race.",
"I wished the rules of the race were explained more clearly so I could grasp the outline and the purpose of the race and the rewards thereafter the finish, but The Cannonball Run would rather focus on the tits of Farrah Fawcett (which isn't saying much for me) than bother with the muckety-muck of the race.",
"All in all, The Cannonball Run is a terrifically bad dud."
] |
1 | A big disappointment. | A big disappointment. I enjoyed the first two Jack Reacher stories but found Tripwire hard to finish. The plot was not believable. I know that it is necessary to suspend your disbelief somewhat to enjoy a thriller. But I found most of the book to be filler, just a means to get to the next violent scene.Two people wonder into various government offices across the U.S. and get treated like VIP's? Underlings are actually running to get information for these outsiders? It doesn't work that way when I need something from the Feds. Seems like 60 Minutes has stories on all the time describing how uncooperative these agencies are.The bad guys are too evil to be believable. But we are supposed to believe that the baddest guy in the whole wide world is put on hold by a rich housewife? He holds her captive for two or more days and nights, he fancies her, she is prancing around in next to nothing, and a guy who is so evil he tortures people to death for fun doesn't take advantage of her? | 990 | [
"A big disappointment.",
"I enjoyed the first two Jack Reacher stories but found Tripwire hard to finish.",
"The plot was not believable.",
"I know that it is necessary to suspend your disbelief somewhat to enjoy a thriller.",
"But I found most of the book to be filler, just a means to get to the next violent scene.Two people wonder into various government offices across the U.S. and get treated like VIP's?",
"Underlings are actually running to get information for these outsiders?",
"It doesn't work that way when I need something from the Feds.",
"Seems like 60 Minutes has stories on all the time describing how uncooperative these agencies are.The bad guys are too evil to be believable.",
"But we are supposed to believe that the baddest guy in the whole wide world is put on hold by a rich housewife?",
"He holds her captive for two or more days and nights, he fancies her, she is prancing around in next to nothing, and a guy who is so evil he tortures people to death for fun doesn't take advantage of her?"
] |
1 | Totally dissapointing | This movie has received rave reviews from almost every reviewer on multiple different HK cinema websites. It is also one of the poorest movies I have ever seen. My hands literally shook with anticipation when I saw The Storm Riders at my local video store. I had heard so much about it and when I saw that Sonny Chiba was one of the actors, I nearly lost it. Needless to say, I was quite saddened by this trashy CGI laden attempt at a martial arts flick. I thoroughly enjoyed "A Man Called Hero" which also starred Ekin Cheng because the CGI effects really enhanced the film and helped create a surreal and fascinating enviroment. In this movie the effects are so overused there technically isn't even a single fight sequence in the entire thing. Every encounter involves merely shooting strange energy balls and putting up magical shields and a whole bunch of other nonsense. Not one martial arts technique was used and even if you don't look at it as a kung fu movie, it's still terrible. | 990 | [
"This movie has received rave reviews from almost every reviewer on multiple different HK cinema websites.",
"It is also one of the poorest movies I have ever seen.",
"My hands literally shook with anticipation when I saw The Storm Riders at my local video store.",
"I had heard so much about it and when I saw that Sonny Chiba was one of the actors, I nearly lost it.",
"Needless to say, I was quite saddened by this trashy CGI laden attempt at a martial arts flick.",
"I thoroughly enjoyed \"A Man Called Hero\" which also starred Ekin Cheng because the CGI effects really enhanced the film and helped create a surreal and fascinating enviroment.",
"In this movie the effects are so overused there technically isn't even a single fight sequence in the entire thing.",
"Every encounter involves merely shooting strange energy balls and putting up magical shields and a whole bunch of other nonsense.",
"Not one martial arts technique was used and even if you don't look at it as a kung fu movie, it's still terrible."
] |
1 | worst bags ever | I tried these bags thinking it would save time because I could just pump straight into the bag and then refrigerate/freeze. I wouldn't have to transfer from the bottle to the bag and wash the bottles each time I pumped. These bags are horrible.1. The bag isn't sealed during pumping. So if you actually pump close to 5oz (which is what the bag holds) and you move a little to quickly or bend just a little, milk spills out.2. The bags don't close easily. There's no indicator to ensure that the bag has closed properly - so again, there's a risk of spillage.3. The bags don't lay completely flat the way Mother's Own Milk bags or the Lansinoh style bags do. I like to lay the bags flat when freezing so that I can stack the bags in a ziploc to keep them organized by date. These bags freeze in a bulky shape so they can't be stacked neatly.4. The way the bags are designed - it's hard to pour the milk out of the bags into a bottle without spilling.I recommend staying away from these bags. | 990 | [
"I tried these bags thinking it would save time because I could just pump straight into the bag and then refrigerate/freeze.",
"I wouldn't have to transfer from the bottle to the bag and wash the bottles each time I pumped.",
"These bags are horrible.1. The bag isn't sealed during pumping.",
"So if you actually pump close to 5oz (which is what the bag holds) and you move a little to quickly or bend just a little, milk spills out.2. The bags don't close easily.",
"There's no indicator to ensure that the bag has closed properly - so again, there's a risk of spillage.3. The bags don't lay completely flat the way Mother's Own Milk bags or the Lansinoh style bags do.",
"I like to lay the bags flat when freezing so that I can stack the bags in a ziploc to keep them organized by date.",
"These bags freeze in a bulky shape so they can't be stacked neatly.4. The way the bags are designed - it's hard to pour the milk out of the bags into a bottle without spilling.I recommend staying away from these bags."
] |
1 | What A Jip! | Talk about a tease and a waste of time. I saw this in the theaters when it came out and thought then that it was a waste of time. I wanted to like this show, but I couldn't. You want to see the US Navy kick the tar out of the Imperial Japanese Fleet, but they don't. They plan to kick the tar out of them, then don't. Your ready for a can of whip azz to be opened up and it ain't. It's just a huge string along until you get to the point when we're gonna attack and then.....we don't again. BAH! I suppose the writers were either not very creative or were all wrapped up in the Gordian knot of paradox. WELL PARADOX DOSEN'T EXIST! The other point I would make here is how could they make this into a 2 disk movie? What extra's could they possibly show? Something like the director saying "...and here is where we almost attacked the Japanese fleet...." Boring! The acting is sub-par also. If you want a great take on time travel and its consequences, read the Time Ships. Now thats a story! | 990 | [
"Talk about a tease and a waste of time.",
"I saw this in the theaters when it came out and thought then that it was a waste of time.",
"I wanted to like this show, but I couldn't.",
"You want to see the US Navy kick the tar out of the Imperial Japanese Fleet, but they don't.",
"They plan to kick the tar out of them, then don't.",
"Your ready for a can of whip azz to be opened up and it ain't.",
"It's just a huge string along until you get to the point when we're gonna attack and then.....we don't again.",
"BAH!",
"I suppose the writers were either not very creative or were all wrapped up in the Gordian knot of paradox.",
"WELL PARADOX DOSEN'T EXIST!",
"The other point I would make here is how could they make this into a 2 disk movie?",
"What extra's could they possibly show?",
"Something like the director saying \"...and here is where we almost attacked the Japanese fleet....\" Boring!",
"The acting is sub-par also.",
"If you want a great take on time travel and its consequences, read the Time Ships.",
"Now thats a story!"
] |
1 | A 2 HUMP Camel | If you are a Christian and you are reading this book, SHAME ON YOU!! Consider yourself as having turned from the Gospel of Truth to following a seducing spirit. I have read through the contents of the book and the first chapter; I find it interesting with all the "Hope" that I'm sure is promised from being "enlightened", at the end, in the final chapter, such hopelessness; "The New Earth is not a Utopia". If it is not to be a Utopia, then why believe at all? Everyone who reads this book needs to be "enlightened" to this - RELIGION can be defined as what sinful men do for a Holy God, but the Gospel of Jesus Christ is what a Holy God has done for sinful man (this means everyone, even Oprah and Tolle). We can never achieve acceptance by God outside of anything but this: That we receive His Son Jesus Christ as our Savior and God's sacrifice for our sins. Why is this so hard to swallow? How truly Christ said, "You swallow a camel but strain at a gnat!" This book is a 2 HUMP camel. | 990 | [
"If you are a Christian and you are reading this book, SHAME ON YOU!!",
"Consider yourself as having turned from the Gospel of Truth to following a seducing spirit.",
"I have read through the contents of the book and the first chapter; I find it interesting with all the \"Hope\" that I'm sure is promised from being \"enlightened\", at the end, in the final chapter, such hopelessness; \"The New Earth is not a Utopia\".",
"If it is not to be a Utopia, then why believe at all?",
"Everyone who reads this book needs to be \"enlightened\" to this - RELIGION can be defined as what sinful men do for a Holy God, but the Gospel of Jesus Christ is what a Holy God has done for sinful man (this means everyone, even Oprah and Tolle).",
"We can never achieve acceptance by God outside of anything but this: That we receive His Son Jesus Christ as our Savior and God's sacrifice for our sins.",
"Why is this so hard to swallow?",
"How truly Christ said, \"You swallow a camel but strain at a gnat!",
"\" This book is a 2 HUMP camel."
] |
1 | Not quite Vista ready | This was a terrific printer for me, excellent pictures and good support for the occasional larger document.Then I upgraded from Windows XP to Vista.The D7160 still prints excellent pictures, but chokes on documents of large file size. I've done clean installs of the latest printer drivers and spent many hours with HP and Microsoft people to try to resolve the issue. At this point, it seems clear to me that HP has chosen not to support this line as standalone printers. HP salespeople have steered me away from the Photosmart line and the HP Home and Home Office site no longer lists duplexers for any of the Photosmart printers (after several months of identifying them as "out of stock").I don't have room for two printers on my desk, don't want to maintain another set of mutually incompatible cartridges, and don't want to compromise on photo quality. If you need a printer that can produce high quality prints and the occasional document as well, you should probably look elsewhere. | 990 | [
"This was a terrific printer for me, excellent pictures and good support for the occasional larger document.Then I upgraded from Windows XP to Vista.The D7160 still prints excellent pictures, but chokes on documents of large file size.",
"I've done clean installs of the latest printer drivers and spent many hours with HP and Microsoft people to try to resolve the issue.",
"At this point, it seems clear to me that HP has chosen not to support this line as standalone printers.",
"HP salespeople have steered me away from the Photosmart line and the HP Home and Home Office site no longer lists duplexers for any of the Photosmart printers (after several months of identifying them as \"out of stock\").I don't have room for two printers on my desk, don't want to maintain another set of mutually incompatible cartridges, and don't want to compromise on photo quality.",
"If you need a printer that can produce high quality prints and the occasional document as well, you should probably look elsewhere."
] |
1 | Shoddy Tubes. | I ordered two of these tubes to refit my road bike with. Prior to mounting onto the rim, I inflated both of them to 20 PSI. I instantaneously noticed three bulges on both tubes. Two were located next to the valve stem and one located about a quarter of a turn away from the valve stem. I installed the tubes anyway, inflated them to 60 PSI, and then put my road bike back onto the bike rack of my car. This bike rack keeps the bike off of the ground, ergo, no pressure on the tires. The next morning when I walked by my car I noticed that the rear tire of the bike was deflated. After removing the tire and tube, the tube had a 3 inch long tear right next to the valve stem where two of the bulges were located.I can only imagine how un-safe these tubes are in actual riding conditions considering the fact that they burst with no load on them and having never been ridden. I would certainly steer clear of these and choose another brand before trusting yourself on something such as these. | 990 | [
"I ordered two of these tubes to refit my road bike with.",
"Prior to mounting onto the rim, I inflated both of them to 20 PSI.",
"I instantaneously noticed three bulges on both tubes.",
"Two were located next to the valve stem and one located about a quarter of a turn away from the valve stem.",
"I installed the tubes anyway, inflated them to 60 PSI, and then put my road bike back onto the bike rack of my car.",
"This bike rack keeps the bike off of the ground, ergo, no pressure on the tires.",
"The next morning when I walked by my car I noticed that the rear tire of the bike was deflated.",
"After removing the tire and tube, the tube had a 3 inch long tear right next to the valve stem where two of the bulges were located.I can only imagine how un-safe these tubes are in actual riding conditions considering the fact that they burst with no load on them and having never been ridden.",
"I would certainly steer clear of these and choose another brand before trusting yourself on something such as these."
] |
1 | Are you kidding? | I can't understand how anyone could give this book a good review. It's nothing more than a series two page explanation of some very difficult concepts, and most of the explanations are either slightly off or just plain wrong. The author makes it sound like all you need is for someone to explain what Mushin means and "poof" you can now attain "no mind". It doesn't work thatway folks. His anecdotes are ridiculous! I especially like the one where he is told that pain doesn't hurt if you simply put your mind elsewhere, and then he claims to have simply performed this feat next time has oral surgery. LOL...right! People that can pull off this kind of feat work at it for years. It doesn't just happen! I happen to be a big believer in the Zen/Martial arts connection. That's why I bought this book. The mental aspects of the martial arts are every bit as important as the physical ones. But read something instead like "The Zen Way to the Martial Arts", which is a much better book IMHO. | 990 | [
"I can't understand how anyone could give this book a good review.",
"It's nothing more than a series two page explanation of some very difficult concepts, and most of the explanations are either slightly off or just plain wrong.",
"The author makes it sound like all you need is for someone to explain what Mushin means and \"poof\" you can now attain \"no mind\".",
"It doesn't work thatway folks.",
"His anecdotes are ridiculous!",
"I especially like the one where he is told that pain doesn't hurt if you simply put your mind elsewhere, and then he claims to have simply performed this feat next time has oral surgery.",
"LOL...right!",
"People that can pull off this kind of feat work at it for years.",
"It doesn't just happen!",
"I happen to be a big believer in the Zen/Martial arts connection.",
"That's why I bought this book.",
"The mental aspects of the martial arts are every bit as important as the physical ones.",
"But read something instead like \"The Zen Way to the Martial Arts\", which is a much better book IMHO."
] |
1 | Highly Dissapointed | 6 months ago I bought the Iriver H320. This device was incredible. Drive letter access. You just drag and dropped files into the unit and played em. no software, no worrying that your playlists are configured or track tags are proper. sadly the unit was stolen a few weeks back.Having had great luck with its predesessor, I purchased the new HD10 20 GB player as the H320 is no longer available.IT SUCKS!!!!!!!!! no drive letter access really upsets me. The transfer rate is slow, the usp/combined power cable? why? the old unit allowed usb charging, so I could leave my power cable at work and use usb charging at home or on my laptop when out of town. No I have to carry around 2 cables (Designer should be fired)the up down slider bar, is very unresponsive and jumps, causing you to overshoot what you are looking for. why couldn't they just stay with the buttons?I think even giving this item one star after the H320 is being nice. Iriver you "improved" upon a great product and failed. | 990 | [
"6 months ago I bought the Iriver H320.",
"This device was incredible.",
"Drive letter access.",
"You just drag and dropped files into the unit and played em.",
"no software, no worrying that your playlists are configured or track tags are proper.",
"sadly the unit was stolen a few weeks back.Having had great luck with its predesessor, I purchased the new HD10 20 GB player as the H320 is no longer available.IT SUCKS!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"no drive letter access really upsets me.",
"The transfer rate is slow, the usp/combined power cable?",
"why?",
"the old unit allowed usb charging, so I could leave my power cable at work and use usb charging at home or on my laptop when out of town.",
"No I have to carry around 2 cables (Designer should be fired)the up down slider bar, is very unresponsive and jumps, causing you to overshoot what you are looking for.",
"why couldn't they just stay with the buttons?",
"I think even giving this item one star after the H320 is being nice.",
"Iriver you \"improved\" upon a great product and failed."
] |
1 | THIS MOVIE IS GARBAGE! | SLC Punk is a complete waste of time and talent. Matthew Lillard gives a really good performance as an anarchist going through some major life changes, but the rest of this film is a waste. Way too much hokey philosophy and hackneyed visual shots by a third rate cinematographer. The soundtrack is great--Sex Pistols, Fugazi, Specials, even a little Rush at the end. But Heroin Bob played by Goorjian is completely overacted and ridiculous, he ruins every scene he is in with his inadequacies. One other thing, will someone please get the acid trip right. The director of this film has chosen to go the traditional Easy Rider acid trip route which is a total wreck. I'd love to see just once an accurate portrayal of LSD consumption on the big screen (check out Fear and Loathing). This movie is for posers, I caught it on HBO at 2:00 in the morning so luckily I didn't waste any cash on it. But if your into a mindless story with an aimless plot that leads nowhere then check out SLC Punk. | 990 | [
"SLC Punk is a complete waste of time and talent.",
"Matthew Lillard gives a really good performance as an anarchist going through some major life changes, but the rest of this film is a waste.",
"Way too much hokey philosophy and hackneyed visual shots by a third rate cinematographer.",
"The soundtrack is great--Sex Pistols, Fugazi, Specials, even a little Rush at the end.",
"But Heroin Bob played by Goorjian is completely overacted and ridiculous, he ruins every scene he is in with his inadequacies.",
"One other thing, will someone please get the acid trip right.",
"The director of this film has chosen to go the traditional Easy Rider acid trip route which is a total wreck.",
"I'd love to see just once an accurate portrayal of LSD consumption on the big screen (check out Fear and Loathing).",
"This movie is for posers, I caught it on HBO at 2:00 in the morning so luckily I didn't waste any cash on it.",
"But if your into a mindless story with an aimless plot that leads nowhere then check out SLC Punk."
] |
1 | MYOB doesn't rate | I've used this program for several years and I have now reached the view that it has too many shortcomings to be considered seriously. It's search facilities are the worst of any program I have ever used, limiting searches to company or persons last name. It has major problems coping with GST in Australia especially with General Journal entries which it treats erratically (often saving them with tax reversed, and the entry unbalanced). BASlink (an australian feature) crashes the program. The program is also very slow in version 11. If you decide to edit information from a few months ago as each entry will take 30 seconds to open, 30 seconds to close. Scrolling logs is difficult because the window loses the entries.MYOB also has a bad record on upgrades, upgrading frequently for minor updates and charging full upgrade prices for all tax table updates. You are required to register the program (ie it is not an option). Bug fixes are called "feature enhancements" and charged for. | 990 | [
"I've used this program for several years and I have now reached the view that it has too many shortcomings to be considered seriously.",
"It's search facilities are the worst of any program I have ever used, limiting searches to company or persons last name.",
"It has major problems coping with GST in Australia especially with General Journal entries which it treats erratically (often saving them with tax reversed, and the entry unbalanced).",
"BASlink (an australian feature) crashes the program.",
"The program is also very slow in version 11.",
"If you decide to edit information from a few months ago as each entry will take 30 seconds to open, 30 seconds to close.",
"Scrolling logs is difficult because the window loses the entries.MYOB also has a bad record on upgrades, upgrading frequently for minor updates and charging full upgrade prices for all tax table updates.",
"You are required to register the program (ie it is not an option).",
"Bug fixes are called \"feature enhancements\" and charged for."
] |
1 | Pretentious Garbage | If you love music with every ounce of joy and emotion wrung out of it, then this record is for you. This is a perfect example of a band that takes themselves far too seriously. Queensryche is obviously inspired by Pink Floyd, but everything that makes Pink Floyd great (good taste, humor, originality, pop sensibility) is totally lacking in this record. OK, I will concede that if you are a Metal junkie who likes theme-albums for their own sake and musicians with good chops that like to show off (for the sake of showing off) then this is a must-listen. I had a neighbor that thought this was the greatest album ever. He once said to me, "Music isn't supposed to be FUN; music is supposed to be SERIOUS!" I guess you are pathologically impaired from enjoying music, then you won't mind listening to music that brings no enjoyment to the listener. But, on another level, this music can be enjoyed. That is, for the sheer hilarity of the stupid, over-bearing story that goes with the songs. | 990 | [
"If you love music with every ounce of joy and emotion wrung out of it, then this record is for you.",
"This is a perfect example of a band that takes themselves far too seriously.",
"Queensryche is obviously inspired by Pink Floyd, but everything that makes Pink Floyd great (good taste, humor, originality, pop sensibility) is totally lacking in this record.",
"OK, I will concede that if you are a Metal junkie who likes theme-albums for their own sake and musicians with good chops that like to show off (for the sake of showing off) then this is a must-listen.",
"I had a neighbor that thought this was the greatest album ever.",
"He once said to me, \"Music isn't supposed to be FUN; music is supposed to be SERIOUS!",
"\" I guess you are pathologically impaired from enjoying music, then you won't mind listening to music that brings no enjoyment to the listener.",
"But, on another level, this music can be enjoyed.",
"That is, for the sheer hilarity of the stupid, over-bearing story that goes with the songs."
] |
1 | Not good at all | I'm mystified that any romance fan could read this book and honestly believe it compares it to Ms. McNaught's better books and characters. Judith McNaught is a good writer, and has written some excellent books, but this is not one of them. Every Breath You Take is poorly, poorly done.While the beginning is okay, the ending is rushed and imcomplete. After reading it, I wondered if Ms. McNaught took a vacation in Anguilla and needed to get this book published by the end of '05 in order to write off the vacation on her taxes.Also, like some of the other reviewers here, I have to question the high starred reviews written. Either family and friends are padding the rankings or the publisher and publicist are doing it, because I don't believe people who have to consider where to invest their book money would advise other readers to buy this book.If you must read this book (as I felt I had to) make sure you borrow it, because at least then you'll only regret the time you spent on it. | 990 | [
"I'm mystified that any romance fan could read this book and honestly believe it compares it to Ms.",
"McNaught's better books and characters.",
"Judith McNaught is a good writer, and has written some excellent books, but this is not one of them.",
"Every Breath You Take is poorly, poorly done.While the beginning is okay, the ending is rushed and imcomplete.",
"After reading it, I wondered if Ms.",
"McNaught took a vacation in Anguilla and needed to get this book published by the end of '05 in order to write off the vacation on her taxes.Also, like some of the other reviewers here, I have to question the high starred reviews written.",
"Either family and friends are padding the rankings or the publisher and publicist are doing it, because I don't believe people who have to consider where to invest their book money would advise other readers to buy this book.If you must read this book (as I felt I had to) make sure you borrow it, because at least then you'll only regret the time you spent on it."
] |
1 | Garbage out of the box | I ordered this product last December for work. Worked 4 times for 5 minutes after hitting the power switch and it completely stopped working. Called Bayco and they suggested that maybe it was just a bulb. So I wasted another $8.00 on a bulb. No change.I bought a Makita the next day because I really did not have time to play around with Bayco. They told me I would have to pay shipping and handling to have them look at it. Fed up (and unaware that Amazon had a return policy) I threw it in the closet and forgot about it until now. And I come to find out that Amazon WOULD HAVE taken this piece of crap back. Not anymore.I'll send this junker back to Bayco, pay the shipping, then sell it on Craigslist to at least get my money back on the shipping and feel like at least I made Bayco fix this.Thank you for the wonderful product Amazon. Should have pulled it from your inventory when the first guy said it stunk. News flash: Bayco doesn't retail this unit anymore. Can't imagine why..... | 990 | [
"I ordered this product last December for work.",
"Worked 4 times for 5 minutes after hitting the power switch and it completely stopped working.",
"Called Bayco and they suggested that maybe it was just a bulb.",
"So I wasted another $8.00 on a bulb.",
"No change.I bought a Makita the next day because I really did not have time to play around with Bayco.",
"They told me I would have to pay shipping and handling to have them look at it.",
"Fed up (and unaware that Amazon had a return policy) I threw it in the closet and forgot about it until now.",
"And I come to find out that Amazon WOULD HAVE taken this piece of crap back.",
"Not anymore.I'll send this junker back to Bayco, pay the shipping, then sell it on Craigslist to at least get my money back on the shipping and feel like at least I made Bayco fix this.Thank you for the wonderful product Amazon.",
"Should have pulled it from your inventory when the first guy said it stunk.",
"News flash: Bayco doesn't retail this unit anymore.",
"Can't imagine why....."
] |
1 | Angry about this book | Before I get started, I have to say I love books with very strong character development, finding out what motivates people, why they do what they do. Wally Lamb's book had very little plot but is one of the best I've ever read simply because of the strength of the characters. I finished reading The Little Friend this morning and I was so angry. Tartt spent 450 pages on drivel, yes we understand Harriet's motivations but we really don't care. She spent significantly more pages on snakes than she did on the ending and there was so much potential for a great ending. What did her sister remember? Will Harriet ever be connected to all the problems she caused for the Ratliffs? Will anyone ever recognize that Harriet needs therapy or how emotionally abused she is? Tartt reeled the readers in with an intriguing mystery in the first pages but the story plodded along to the end (it wasn't an ending, it just ended). She could have left out the first 350 pages and had a much better book. | 990 | [
"Before I get started, I have to say I love books with very strong character development, finding out what motivates people, why they do what they do.",
"Wally Lamb's book had very little plot but is one of the best I've ever read simply because of the strength of the characters.",
"I finished reading The Little Friend this morning and I was so angry.",
"Tartt spent 450 pages on drivel, yes we understand Harriet's motivations but we really don't care.",
"She spent significantly more pages on snakes than she did on the ending and there was so much potential for a great ending.",
"What did her sister remember?",
"Will Harriet ever be connected to all the problems she caused for the Ratliffs?",
"Will anyone ever recognize that Harriet needs therapy or how emotionally abused she is?",
"Tartt reeled the readers in with an intriguing mystery in the first pages but the story plodded along to the end (it wasn't an ending, it just ended).",
"She could have left out the first 350 pages and had a much better book."
] |
1 | Not worth your time... | "Full Clip" is essentially an urban remake of the classic Western, "Shane", starring Busta Rhymes, Xzibit, and other Hip Hop performers. Obvious Question #1: Can you remake a classic Western with rappers and make it good? Yes. Obvious Question #2: Did they do it here? No. Not even close. "Full Clip" looks cheap, sounds cheap, and was cheap. Having worked on this film, I know that the production company spent as little as possible to get this thing finished, with most of the money going to pay Busta and his posse. (There are still several crew members who never got paid for their work on this film.) That sad note aside, "Full Clip" does have a few bright spots: Busta Rhymes creates a suitably viable anti-hero, while Xzibit impresses with his passion and believability. Additionally, several of the supporting actors also gave watchable performances. Other than that, "Full Clip" is a shoddy piece of film making that, despite the crew's best efforts, is simply not worth your time. | 990 | [
"\"Full Clip\" is essentially an urban remake of the classic Western, \"Shane\", starring Busta Rhymes, Xzibit, and other Hip Hop performers.",
"Obvious Question #1: Can you remake a classic Western with rappers and make it good?",
"Yes.",
"Obvious Question #2: Did they do it here?",
"No.",
"Not even close.",
"\"Full Clip\" looks cheap, sounds cheap, and was cheap.",
"Having worked on this film, I know that the production company spent as little as possible to get this thing finished, with most of the money going to pay Busta and his posse.",
"(There are still several crew members who never got paid for their work on this film.) That sad note aside, \"Full Clip\" does have a few bright spots: Busta Rhymes creates a suitably viable anti-hero, while Xzibit impresses with his passion and believability.",
"Additionally, several of the supporting actors also gave watchable performances.",
"Other than that, \"Full Clip\" is a shoddy piece of film making that, despite the crew's best efforts, is simply not worth your time."
] |
1 | A Total Waste of Time | As I have mentioned above, do not under any circumstances read (or even worse buy) this book. The layout is abolutely terrible and does the book no favours whatsoever. As indicated by previous reviews most of the proofs are completely glossed over with little or no mathematical rigour in sight. The appendices for the selected chapters are pretty much void of any use, and I can't see why the contents of these appendices could not have been included in the chapters in the first place (not that it would of made much of a difference). Hardly anything is explained with much clarity here and I don't know about anyone else out there but I would consider a one line example not much help at all. Everything right down to the way the index is presented is substandard in this book and the authors "attempts" at humour constituted the proverbial last straw for me (I find the assumption that all mathematics students like Star Trek somewhat insulting). In short this book is ABSOLUTE RUBBISH. | 990 | [
"As I have mentioned above, do not under any circumstances read (or even worse buy) this book.",
"The layout is abolutely terrible and does the book no favours whatsoever.",
"As indicated by previous reviews most of the proofs are completely glossed over with little or no mathematical rigour in sight.",
"The appendices for the selected chapters are pretty much void of any use, and I can't see why the contents of these appendices could not have been included in the chapters in the first place (not that it would of made much of a difference).",
"Hardly anything is explained with much clarity here and I don't know about anyone else out there but I would consider a one line example not much help at all.",
"Everything right down to the way the index is presented is substandard in this book and the authors \"attempts\" at humour constituted the proverbial last straw for me (I find the assumption that all mathematics students like Star Trek somewhat insulting).",
"In short this book is ABSOLUTE RUBBISH."
] |
1 | A Horrible Horror. | It sounded interesting, and the idea was novel, but I felt the title and cover misrepresented the book. The story worked on a basic level and the scientific details very informative, but the author went overboard in his vividly gruesome descriptions of death and dismemberment. I quickly grew tired of the macarble detail and found I could skip paragraphs at at time and stil keep track of the plotline. However, my real problem with this book were the one dimensional characters and the unrealistic interactions b/t the Marine characters. I really hate when authors write about the military withoutconsulting someone who served. The interactions b/t the Gunnery Sgt and his subordinates did not realistically reflect the Corps, and the Captain calling the Gunny, "sergeant", would not happen in the Marine Corps. To make matter worse, the author seems to confuse Marines w/ (Army) Soldiers, which is tantamount to heresy. All and all the strong premise of the book melted half way through. | 990 | [
"It sounded interesting, and the idea was novel, but I felt the title and cover misrepresented the book.",
"The story worked on a basic level and the scientific details very informative, but the author went overboard in his vividly gruesome descriptions of death and dismemberment.",
"I quickly grew tired of the macarble detail and found I could skip paragraphs at at time and stil keep track of the plotline.",
"However, my real problem with this book were the one dimensional characters and the unrealistic interactions b/t the Marine characters.",
"I really hate when authors write about the military withoutconsulting someone who served.",
"The interactions b/t the Gunnery Sgt and his subordinates did not realistically reflect the Corps, and the Captain calling the Gunny, \"sergeant\", would not happen in the Marine Corps.",
"To make matter worse, the author seems to confuse Marines w/ (Army) Soldiers, which is tantamount to heresy.",
"All and all the strong premise of the book melted half way through."
] |
1 | Not worth it | I was so disappointed with this high chair when I got it home and fed my son in it for the first time. I'v got the same complaint as some of the other parents as far as the height of the tray. My son is also very tall and the tray was at his shoulders. He's almost 6 months old and looked teeny tiny in that highchair and not very comfy because of it. PLUS, the tray was very difficult for me to take on and off, it was like the one I got was not made right....and actually one of the plastic peices where the tray slides on popped off a few times. This chair was definitely not worth 99.99! I should have gone with my first instinct and got the Fisher Price Aquarium high chair, way cooler chair. We ended up taking back this baby trend the next day and getting the fisher price aquarium and he sits way better in it, and it's really easy to put the tray on...and it has toys! I dont know why I got the baby trend....I felt way better spending $100 on the fisher price Aquarium high chair. | 990 | [
"I was so disappointed with this high chair when I got it home and fed my son in it for the first time.",
"I'v got the same complaint as some of the other parents as far as the height of the tray.",
"My son is also very tall and the tray was at his shoulders.",
"He's almost 6 months old and looked teeny tiny in that highchair and not very comfy because of it.",
"PLUS, the tray was very difficult for me to take on and off, it was like the one I got was not made right....and actually one of the plastic peices where the tray slides on popped off a few times.",
"This chair was definitely not worth 99.99!",
"I should have gone with my first instinct and got the Fisher Price Aquarium high chair, way cooler chair.",
"We ended up taking back this baby trend the next day and getting the fisher price aquarium and he sits way better in it, and it's really easy to put the tray on...and it has toys!",
"I dont know why I got the baby trend....I felt way better spending $100 on the fisher price Aquarium high chair."
] |
1 | Very disappointed | I was very disappointed in this MP3 player since it's the most popular waterproof available. I followed the instructions, but found water in the screen after two uses & rust-colored water coming out of the holes in the ear buds. The third time I tried to use it...it wouldn't even power on.The player is difficult to use because each button performs multiple functions. Even with the manual in front of me, it's confusing to operate. The buttons are small and VERY difficult to push. The water ear buds are uncomfortable & don't stay in place while aqua-jogging. The screen is hard to read even when it's illuminated. The clip comes off so easily that it's almost impossible to clip the unit to anything b/c it just pops off.I wouldn't recommend this product to anyone for any reason. Fortunately, I've recieved a full refund from the vendor.Thanks to the suggestion of another reviewer, I've learned about Otterboxes. I'll be buying an iPod Nano as soon as Otterbox markets the box to fit! | 990 | [
"I was very disappointed in this MP3 player since it's the most popular waterproof available.",
"I followed the instructions, but found water in the screen after two uses & rust-colored water coming out of the holes in the ear buds.",
"The third time I tried to use it...it wouldn't even power on.The player is difficult to use because each button performs multiple functions.",
"Even with the manual in front of me, it's confusing to operate.",
"The buttons are small and VERY difficult to push.",
"The water ear buds are uncomfortable & don't stay in place while aqua-jogging.",
"The screen is hard to read even when it's illuminated.",
"The clip comes off so easily that it's almost impossible to clip the unit to anything b/c it just pops off.I wouldn't recommend this product to anyone for any reason.",
"Fortunately, I've recieved a full refund from the vendor.Thanks to the suggestion of another reviewer, I've learned about Otterboxes.",
"I'll be buying an iPod Nano as soon as Otterbox markets the box to fit!"
] |
1 | Frightfully Boring. | Like some of the other reviewers, I saw this movie expected it to be an undiscovered gem. The premise is very intersting and I'm a fan of Rufus Sewell. The only thing scary about this film was how boring it was. The director lingers way too long on scenes with no dialogue and random images. Possibly to make up for the total lack of story or characters to care about. I kept waiting for the film to pick-up and do something that made sense. One thing that would have made sense is for the lead male character to leave his crazy, pouty-mouthed wife in the jungle to talk to the trees. But alas, we're expected to believe that a pampered European couple could wander aimlessly through the jungles of Southwast Asia without running into anything worse than a pack of children with pointy sticks. Yes, the imagery was intriguing but I could have gotten that from a documentary film about Burma which would have been more interesting. However, a bowl of cereal would have been more interesting. | 990 | [
"Like some of the other reviewers, I saw this movie expected it to be an undiscovered gem.",
"The premise is very intersting and I'm a fan of Rufus Sewell.",
"The only thing scary about this film was how boring it was.",
"The director lingers way too long on scenes with no dialogue and random images.",
"Possibly to make up for the total lack of story or characters to care about.",
"I kept waiting for the film to pick-up and do something that made sense.",
"One thing that would have made sense is for the lead male character to leave his crazy, pouty-mouthed wife in the jungle to talk to the trees.",
"But alas, we're expected to believe that a pampered European couple could wander aimlessly through the jungles of Southwast Asia without running into anything worse than a pack of children with pointy sticks.",
"Yes, the imagery was intriguing but I could have gotten that from a documentary film about Burma which would have been more interesting.",
"However, a bowl of cereal would have been more interesting."
] |
1 | I DON'T GET IT | I don't get it. One editorial says this "reads like a classic".Not to me.Chuck Barris likes to use foul language. I mean all the time. A simple line like "I sat under the tree" is transformed into "I sat under the ***#*!* tree." It's gratuitous, it's silly, and it's too much. It becomes seriously grating. At first it was humorous. In the end it's annoying.The whole CIA angle is preposterous. Again, at first it's kind of amusing to think of a little nebbish like Chuck Barris working as a hitman for the CIA, but that too gets old fast. I get a kick out of the "is it true or isn't it" debates. Folks, it's a crock. Okay? End of discussion.The parts that are interesting all revolve around the game shows. But a lot of what's written has me wondering what part of the game show stories are true. I'd like to believe all of it, but given the nature of the book, I can't tell fact from fiction.So I'm left with a book that isn't really all that entertaining.All it really did was annoy me. | 990 | [
"I don't get it.",
"One editorial says this \"reads like a classic\".Not to me.Chuck Barris likes to use foul language.",
"I mean all the time.",
"A simple line like \"I sat under the tree\" is transformed into \"I sat under the ***#*!",
"* tree.\" It's gratuitous, it's silly, and it's too much.",
"It becomes seriously grating.",
"At first it was humorous.",
"In the end it's annoying.The whole CIA angle is preposterous.",
"Again, at first it's kind of amusing to think of a little nebbish like Chuck Barris working as a hitman for the CIA, but that too gets old fast.",
"I get a kick out of the \"is it true or isn't it\" debates.",
"Folks, it's a crock.",
"Okay?",
"End of discussion.The parts that are interesting all revolve around the game shows.",
"But a lot of what's written has me wondering what part of the game show stories are true.",
"I'd like to believe all of it, but given the nature of the book, I can't tell fact from fiction.So I'm left with a book that isn't really all that entertaining.All it really did was annoy me."
] |
1 | Boring!! | I tried reading this a few years back before fifty shades was even heard of, and although I feel bad that this book which came first is now getting it's hype due to people saying it's like fifty shades, I must say that fifty shades was ten times more better than this. There at least was a story line in fifty, in this book it was nothing but spankings page after page and the men making her do what they wanted. There was no romance or even any erotica. I can't even say this is BDSM because I don't think nothing but spanking qualifies in that department. For you very few who like this that's great, we are all entitled to our own opinion but this book doesn't even deserve to be in the same category as fifty, let alone be a book where "if you liked fifty shades of grey then try this", it's just boring and although usually if I lend my books out I want them back, this is one my borrower may keep. I really hate that amazon won't let you give zero stars as giving one was hard enough. | 990 | [
"I tried reading this a few years back before fifty shades was even heard of, and although I feel bad that this book which came first is now getting it's hype due to people saying it's like fifty shades, I must say that fifty shades was ten times more better than this.",
"There at least was a story line in fifty, in this book it was nothing but spankings page after page and the men making her do what they wanted.",
"There was no romance or even any erotica.",
"I can't even say this is BDSM because I don't think nothing but spanking qualifies in that department.",
"For you very few who like this that's great, we are all entitled to our own opinion but this book doesn't even deserve to be in the same category as fifty, let alone be a book where \"if you liked fifty shades of grey then try this\", it's just boring and although usually if I lend my books out I want them back, this is one my borrower may keep.",
"I really hate that amazon won't let you give zero stars as giving one was hard enough."
] |
1 | You make me sick | Abraham, you're a sick man. Apart from this event being a total mockery of what Selena stood for, to release this CD is as comparable of a tribute to Selena as it would be to dance on her grave. I wonder how you sleep at night.If this were a real tribute to Selena, you would have included people who KNEW Selena and would truly convey an honest perspective of what it feels to lose Selena. Instead we got alot of people who prior to her death did not even know of Selena's existence! So are we lead to believe that these people all seriously felt grief in their hearts when they falsely said "we miss you Selena!" at the concert?. Yes..I can see it now..Thalia and Aleks Syntek really felt it...right. Where were you in 1993?You should be ashamed of yourself. And to all who support this trash, please stop feeding evil. His money isn't going to any charity bigger than his own pocket. You know, toupé's don't buy themselves...Abraham has his Golden Goose with her golden eggs with Selena. | 990 | [
"Abraham, you're a sick man.",
"Apart from this event being a total mockery of what Selena stood for, to release this CD is as comparable of a tribute to Selena as it would be to dance on her grave.",
"I wonder how you sleep at night.If this were a real tribute to Selena, you would have included people who KNEW Selena and would truly convey an honest perspective of what it feels to lose Selena.",
"Instead we got alot of people who prior to her death did not even know of Selena's existence!",
"So are we lead to believe that these people all seriously felt grief in their hearts when they falsely said \"we miss you Selena!",
"\" at the concert?",
".",
"Yes..I can see it now..Thalia and Aleks Syntek really felt it...right.",
"Where were you in 1993?",
"You should be ashamed of yourself.",
"And to all who support this trash, please stop feeding evil.",
"His money isn't going to any charity bigger than his own pocket.",
"You know, toupé's don't buy themselves...Abraham has his Golden Goose with her golden eggs with Selena."
] |
1 | This Book is Terrible! | This book is terrible! It gives different definitions for the same term several times in the first few chapters. Why doesn't it just give one coherent, comprehensive definition for each word?!! The concepts are broken up and presented helter-skelter, so reading this book is like working a tedious jigsaw puzzle. Then it includes lots of problems at the end of each chapter, but there is no answer key, and the Solutions Manual is only available to teachers. Do they think that my professor is too lazy or too stupid to make up his own tests? (Hint to oblivious writers/editors: a textbook is useless if students cannot practice working problems and check the answers on their own. This is not third grade, and my professor is not a babysitter!) I bought the workbook (which contains practice tests) separately, but I still don't have the answers to the problems at the end of the chapters. I will speak to the department heads at my college and beg them to switch publishers next semester. | 990 | [
"This book is terrible!",
"It gives different definitions for the same term several times in the first few chapters.",
"Why doesn't it just give one coherent, comprehensive definition for each word?!!",
"The concepts are broken up and presented helter-skelter, so reading this book is like working a tedious jigsaw puzzle.",
"Then it includes lots of problems at the end of each chapter, but there is no answer key, and the Solutions Manual is only available to teachers.",
"Do they think that my professor is too lazy or too stupid to make up his own tests?",
"(Hint to oblivious writers/editors: a textbook is useless if students cannot practice working problems and check the answers on their own.",
"This is not third grade, and my professor is not a babysitter!",
") I bought the workbook (which contains practice tests) separately, but I still don't have the answers to the problems at the end of the chapters.",
"I will speak to the department heads at my college and beg them to switch publishers next semester."
] |
1 | blu ray buyer beware | ok , i'm not a fan but my wife is ..she loves all that is jane austin. i'm into goodfella's and the godfathers, etc. we have a " top of the line " 52 LCD & blu ray player. i've seen bits of this movie over the years in all forms...... i was excited to be able to get this on blu ray for her as a surprise. she didnt know it was comming out .although it is better than the dvd versions i've seen her watching, this is the worst blu ray movie we have ever seen !!! it is very grainy through out the whole movie compared to so many blu rays we've watched old movies and newer ones. they did a terriable transfer job on this which i'm very surprised as this movie is so popular. if your going to do it, do it right !!! there are times where the scene is crystal clear then as they are walking etc it changes to grainy ( by blu ray standards ). just wanted to let you gals know not to get your hopes up too much. it is possiable for some of you with smaller screens, that you wont notice as much | 990 | [
"ok , i'm not a fan but my wife is ..she loves all that is jane austin.",
"i'm into goodfella's and the godfathers, etc.",
"we have a \" top of the line \" 52 LCD & blu ray player.",
"i've seen bits of this movie over the years in all forms...... i was excited to be able to get this on blu ray for her as a surprise.",
"she didnt know it was comming out .although it is better than the dvd versions i've seen her watching, this is the worst blu ray movie we have ever seen!!!",
"it is very grainy through out the whole movie compared to so many blu rays we've watched old movies and newer ones.",
"they did a terriable transfer job on this which i'm very surprised as this movie is so popular.",
"if your going to do it, do it right!!!",
"there are times where the scene is crystal clear then as they are walking etc it changes to grainy ( by blu ray standards ).",
"just wanted to let you gals know not to get your hopes up too much.",
"it is possiable for some of you with smaller screens, that you wont notice as much"
] |
1 | First Clark mistake | I always read other people's reviews and sometimes base whether or not I will purchase an item or not by their say so. There was one review on this shoe and I should have listened more carefully. Out of the five or six pairs of Clarks I own, this is the most uncomfortable of all. The instep is too low and cuts into the top of each foot. You will notice it has an elastic band on one side but that does not help. Also the leather is not flexible on the sides of the shoe, futhermore, cutting into the sides of my feet as well. To make things worse, the shoes are a half size bigger than my regular Clark size, 9 M. I decided to keep these though I don't know why. I have patched them with soft moleskin all over the place inside the shoe so they can at least be wearable. I will have to wear knee socks with them because as I stated above, they are at least a half size bigger than my size 9's. I have never written a review that said, "Don't buy these." Looks like this is the first time. | 990 | [
"I always read other people's reviews and sometimes base whether or not I will purchase an item or not by their say so.",
"There was one review on this shoe and I should have listened more carefully.",
"Out of the five or six pairs of Clarks I own, this is the most uncomfortable of all.",
"The instep is too low and cuts into the top of each foot.",
"You will notice it has an elastic band on one side but that does not help.",
"Also the leather is not flexible on the sides of the shoe, futhermore, cutting into the sides of my feet as well.",
"To make things worse, the shoes are a half size bigger than my regular Clark size, 9 M.",
"I decided to keep these though I don't know why.",
"I have patched them with soft moleskin all over the place inside the shoe so they can at least be wearable.",
"I will have to wear knee socks with them because as I stated above, they are at least a half size bigger than my size 9's.",
"I have never written a review that said, \"Don't buy these.\" Looks like this is the first time."
] |
1 | Horrible | This is the worst dvdbox i have bought. There picture quality is horrible, the picture is often full of blinking squares, it happens whenever small details with contrast show, i have never seen anything like it.The english credits interupts the movie with a grey background, the english credits are realy unnecessary and destroyes the feeling of the movies, the english credits should have been in the subtitle or at the very end of the movies.The writing style on the back of the dvdbox doesn't fit with the movies, it lokes like some emo writing or something.The movies themselves was also dissapointing, the movies begin with boring japanese acting where not much happens. The daimajin doesn't appear before the last 20-15 minutes of the films. There is about 1 hour of the 4 hours the trilogy lasts that are worth watching. It's obvious that Daimajin was made into a trilogy just for making more money.Maybe i had too big expectations after watching the awesome trailer for the trilogy? | 990 | [
"This is the worst dvdbox i have bought.",
"There picture quality is horrible, the picture is often full of blinking squares, it happens whenever small details with contrast show, i have never seen anything like it.The english credits interupts the movie with a grey background, the english credits are realy unnecessary and destroyes the feeling of the movies, the english credits should have been in the subtitle or at the very end of the movies.The writing style on the back of the dvdbox doesn't fit with the movies, it lokes like some emo writing or something.The movies themselves was also dissapointing, the movies begin with boring japanese acting where not much happens.",
"The daimajin doesn't appear before the last 20-15 minutes of the films.",
"There is about 1 hour of the 4 hours the trilogy lasts that are worth watching.",
"It's obvious that Daimajin was made into a trilogy just for making more money.Maybe i had too big expectations after watching the awesome trailer for the trilogy?"
] |
1 | Nope! | This plate is a "deluxe" piece Junk!The 1/32"+ "crown" that the brilliant "engineers" decided to manufacture into this plate make's any raised panel, edge, or joint forming work infuriating, and impossible to achieve accurately. It also looks very "cheap", the top surface is very slippery, and it scratches easily. What initially "caught my eye" and made this plate appealing were the "2in1" plastic insert rings, they looked like a nice feature. They fit extremely tight though, and removal without a hammer or pry bar was not really possible unless you modified them. Needless to say, I returned it. I purchased a very nice machined 1/4" aluminum plate from Rockler instead that it IS flat, and has an very nice anodized coating. It works excellent! I highly recommend that you save yourself the time and money I lost and do the same. Keep in mind that the aluminum plates also have different sized inserts you can buy or you can get a solid one that you can drill out for a custom size. | 990 | [
"This plate is a \"deluxe\" piece Junk!",
"The 1/32\"+ \"crown\" that the brilliant \"engineers\" decided to manufacture into this plate make's any raised panel, edge, or joint forming work infuriating, and impossible to achieve accurately.",
"It also looks very \"cheap\", the top surface is very slippery, and it scratches easily.",
"What initially \"caught my eye\" and made this plate appealing were the \"2in1\" plastic insert rings, they looked like a nice feature.",
"They fit extremely tight though, and removal without a hammer or pry bar was not really possible unless you modified them.",
"Needless to say, I returned it.",
"I purchased a very nice machined 1/4\" aluminum plate from Rockler instead that it IS flat, and has an very nice anodized coating.",
"It works excellent!",
"I highly recommend that you save yourself the time and money I lost and do the same.",
"Keep in mind that the aluminum plates also have different sized inserts you can buy or you can get a solid one that you can drill out for a custom size."
] |
1 | What a waste! | Not only is the accompanying tape only about 10 min in total length, but there are only about 10 rhymes in the whole book!I bought this for my nephew as a 'starter nursery rhyme' book. My SIL likes to sing, &thought; this would be good for all. After receiving,they were strangely silent about it. When I finally visited last wk, I was horrified to see how badly I'd been ripped off. I couldn't apologize enough.#1 - each little verse is sung only once.#2 - as mentioned, the tape looks like a joke. If it plays 5 whole min before it needs to be switched to other side, I'd be surprised.#3 - They could've at least made the book better, by putting each verse on it's own page w/picture, but no, it's a couple per page with one main graphic & tiny ones maybe for the other verses.Book is good for toddlers, with hard pages, but is so short, & the TAPE IS SO SHORT, that it is a total waste of time to even put in a cassette player.Was Carly desperate for a payck or did she just not care???? | 990 | [
"Not only is the accompanying tape only about 10 min in total length, but there are only about 10 rhymes in the whole book!",
"I bought this for my nephew as a 'starter nursery rhyme' book.",
"My SIL likes to sing, &thought; this would be good for all.",
"After receiving,they were strangely silent about it.",
"When I finally visited last wk, I was horrified to see how badly I'd been ripped off.",
"I couldn't apologize enough.#1 - each little verse is sung only once.#2 - as mentioned, the tape looks like a joke.",
"If it plays 5 whole min before it needs to be switched to other side, I'd be surprised.#3 - They could've at least made the book better, by putting each verse on it's own page w/picture, but no, it's a couple per page with one main graphic & tiny ones maybe for the other verses.Book is good for toddlers, with hard pages, but is so short, & the TAPE IS SO SHORT, that it is a total waste of time to even put in a cassette player.Was Carly desperate for a payck or did she just not care???",
"?"
] |
1 | Made up story | Not only is this book not written in the right order but also not a true story. This lady has newer been in any concentration camp. Even her brother Piet(not his real name)denied ever have been in a concentration camp. Cato's neighborhood has newer been bombed for hour and hours or any other places in Amsterdam. Amsterdam has no sewers you can walk in, as is written on page 85 in this book. Also on the same page it says, Jews were forced in a ghetto with a high brick wall aroud it. Not true, I am Jewish, I lived in Amsterdam at that time, my Grand Father and Aunt and Uncle's lived there with there Family's and non of uf had a wall around us. The hunger winter was in 1944-1945, the American Air Force dropped food just out side Amsterdam on May 6th 1945. The execution on page 103 dit take place on March 1945, not in 1943. How did Cato could have seen the execution and seen the food drop if she was in Dora concentration camp? Dont believe this story, do some investigation. (...) | 990 | [
"Not only is this book not written in the right order but also not a true story.",
"This lady has newer been in any concentration camp.",
"Even her brother Piet(not his real name)denied ever have been in a concentration camp.",
"Cato's neighborhood has newer been bombed for hour and hours or any other places in Amsterdam.",
"Amsterdam has no sewers you can walk in, as is written on page 85 in this book.",
"Also on the same page it says, Jews were forced in a ghetto with a high brick wall aroud it.",
"Not true, I am Jewish, I lived in Amsterdam at that time, my Grand Father and Aunt and Uncle's lived there with there Family's and non of uf had a wall around us.",
"The hunger winter was in 1944-1945, the American Air Force dropped food just out side Amsterdam on May 6th 1945.",
"The execution on page 103 dit take place on March 1945, not in 1943.",
"How did Cato could have seen the execution and seen the food drop if she was in Dora concentration camp?",
"Dont believe this story, do some investigation.",
"(...)"
] |
1 | sketchy | A pity that such an original setting -British early Middle Ages-, a plot with good potential and Mr Keegan's great skill should be wasted with such a light heart.Let us skip the ridiculous art cover, there are still so many typos as to disturb even comprehension and the blame of this belongs mostly to Gay Men's Press.Mr Keegan though shares just as much of the blame.In most of the pages we are faced with what looks like a summary of the story: in a third person narrative the POV shifts constantly with each paragraph and quite often even within the paragraph leading to incredible confusion.The same facts are often repeated, often with amendments that contraddict what has already been said half a page above. This leads to many inconsistencies in plot events, characterizations and in minor but disturbing details such as people's looks.Then, suddenly, we are faced with nearly perfect pages that hint at Mr Keegan's undoubted abilities and leave the reader with a bitter aftertaste. | 990 | [
"A pity that such an original setting -British early Middle Ages-, a plot with good potential and Mr Keegan's great skill should be wasted with such a light heart.Let us skip the ridiculous art cover, there are still so many typos as to disturb even comprehension and the blame of this belongs mostly to Gay Men's Press.Mr Keegan though shares just as much of the blame.In most of the pages we are faced with what looks like a summary of the story: in a third person narrative the POV shifts constantly with each paragraph and quite often even within the paragraph leading to incredible confusion.The same facts are often repeated, often with amendments that contraddict what has already been said half a page above.",
"This leads to many inconsistencies in plot events, characterizations and in minor but disturbing details such as people's looks.Then, suddenly, we are faced with nearly perfect pages that hint at Mr Keegan's undoubted abilities and leave the reader with a bitter aftertaste."
] |
1 | not reliable | I bought this just a year ago on Black Friday Sale. I bought this just because it was a good price, big capacity, and good appearance. I regret that I didn't do research. After a year of use, I lent this to my friend along with my other externals. I plugged this into my computer and the computer did not recognize this just like the problem other reviewers faced. My friend might have tipped it over or used it too long that causes overheat. But my other 3 and 4 year-old externals were fine although they were treated the same way. totally junk.it does start spinning when i connect USB to a computer, but it stops spinning after 10 seconds and never get recognized by any computer I tested (XP, Vista, and Mac). So I opened the enclosure hoping that SATA HD is still fine, but unfortunately it was the HD that failed. It has a 5 year warranty, but why would I wanna have another piece of junk that I cannot trust? I will see if I can get any kind of refund instead of a junk replacement. | 990 | [
"I bought this just a year ago on Black Friday Sale.",
"I bought this just because it was a good price, big capacity, and good appearance.",
"I regret that I didn't do research.",
"After a year of use, I lent this to my friend along with my other externals.",
"I plugged this into my computer and the computer did not recognize this just like the problem other reviewers faced.",
"My friend might have tipped it over or used it too long that causes overheat.",
"But my other 3 and 4 year-old externals were fine although they were treated the same way.",
"totally junk.it does start spinning when i connect USB to a computer, but it stops spinning after 10 seconds and never get recognized by any computer I tested (XP, Vista, and Mac).",
"So I opened the enclosure hoping that SATA HD is still fine, but unfortunately it was the HD that failed.",
"It has a 5 year warranty, but why would I wanna have another piece of junk that I cannot trust?",
"I will see if I can get any kind of refund instead of a junk replacement."
] |
1 | The Slave Dancer | The book I read was The Slave Dancer. I think The Slave Dancer was Ok. I think it was Ok. because they had a lot of Interresting words. They also had slavery. It did had adventure. I would recommend it to anyone.After reading The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox we were amazed by the realistic settings and characters of the book. In the book the character Jessie who is kidnapped by the crew of the Moonlight. Once the slaves board he is forced to empty the latrines and help clean the holds. They had a ball for the slaves the ship ran into the American Patrol. They then had to throw all the slaves overboard but Jessie saved a slave name Ras. Ras and Jessie escaped to the hold and stayed there for a while. All of the crew died excepted for the evil captain. Ras and Jessie escaped by floating ashore on a piece of wood of the ship, they then met Daniel who took care of them. Ras went to the North and gave Jessie directions to go back home. In Conclusion, we thought this book was amazing. | 990 | [
"The book I read was The Slave Dancer.",
"I think The Slave Dancer was Ok.",
"I think it was Ok.",
"because they had a lot of Interresting words.",
"They also had slavery.",
"It did had adventure.",
"I would recommend it to anyone.After reading The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox we were amazed by the realistic settings and characters of the book.",
"In the book the character Jessie who is kidnapped by the crew of the Moonlight.",
"Once the slaves board he is forced to empty the latrines and help clean the holds.",
"They had a ball for the slaves the ship ran into the American Patrol.",
"They then had to throw all the slaves overboard but Jessie saved a slave name Ras.",
"Ras and Jessie escaped to the hold and stayed there for a while.",
"All of the crew died excepted for the evil captain.",
"Ras and Jessie escaped by floating ashore on a piece of wood of the ship, they then met Daniel who took care of them.",
"Ras went to the North and gave Jessie directions to go back home.",
"In Conclusion, we thought this book was amazing."
] |
1 | Bad to the Bone | This movie sucks. It's a horrible parody of T2 and has nothing original in it whatsoever. Everything is taken from the first two flicks and given a 'spin' (not really) to make fresh. The humour is horrible and mocks the legacy of the two 'real' Terminator films. ie)Elton John shades on the Terminator.The special effects were terrible CGI graphics (in the behind the scenes interview on the T2 DVD Stan Winston says the big problem with films today is all the computer effects - he uses them ONLY when they can't be done another way. But here it's ALL CGI all the time and it's all terrible.)The uninventive story plods along, missing the boat in almost every scene. There's no real dramatic arc in this film and it completely misses the point of the second with its resonant theme of the value of human life. There are no such themes here -just boring, unimaginative action scenes that land with a dull thud.I'm glad Arnie is now governor because he hasn't made a good movie in TEN YEARS. | 990 | [
"This movie sucks.",
"It's a horrible parody of T2 and has nothing original in it whatsoever.",
"Everything is taken from the first two flicks and given a 'spin' (not really) to make fresh.",
"The humour is horrible and mocks the legacy of the two 'real' Terminator films.",
"ie)Elton John shades on the Terminator.The special effects were terrible CGI graphics (in the behind the scenes interview on the T2 DVD Stan Winston says the big problem with films today is all the computer effects - he uses them ONLY when they can't be done another way.",
"But here it's ALL CGI all the time and it's all terrible.)The uninventive story plods along, missing the boat in almost every scene.",
"There's no real dramatic arc in this film and it completely misses the point of the second with its resonant theme of the value of human life.",
"There are no such themes here -just boring, unimaginative action scenes that land with a dull thud.I'm glad Arnie is now governor because he hasn't made a good movie in TEN YEARS."
] |
1 | Wow! | Wow! That's all I can say. This book is the worst thing I have ever read. First of all, it is written on a third grade level. Little words, large type, 2 page chapters - just like my son's reading books!Second, even for a fictional piece, the story is totally unbelieveable. This guy goes around killing people and nobody seems to notice. He kills two people in a hotel, he kills a person in a busy city square, he has a shootout with two thugs on a baseball field and nobody see or hears anything? And, he seems to be the only competent "bad guy" in the book. Everybody else makes a mistake and they get killed. It's like watching Die Hard. The bad guy shoots a hundred times and misses and the good guy shoots once and kills five. Was I reading the script for the next Austin Powers movie??? There might be more but I could only get through half the book before I got sick of reading it. I kept reading and reading hoping that it would get better but it just got more and more ridiculous. | 990 | [
"Wow!",
"That's all I can say.",
"This book is the worst thing I have ever read.",
"First of all, it is written on a third grade level.",
"Little words, large type, 2 page chapters - just like my son's reading books!",
"Second, even for a fictional piece, the story is totally unbelieveable.",
"This guy goes around killing people and nobody seems to notice.",
"He kills two people in a hotel, he kills a person in a busy city square, he has a shootout with two thugs on a baseball field and nobody see or hears anything?",
"And, he seems to be the only competent \"bad guy\" in the book.",
"Everybody else makes a mistake and they get killed.",
"It's like watching Die Hard.",
"The bad guy shoots a hundred times and misses and the good guy shoots once and kills five.",
"Was I reading the script for the next Austin Powers movie???",
"There might be more but I could only get through half the book before I got sick of reading it.",
"I kept reading and reading hoping that it would get better but it just got more and more ridiculous."
] |
1 | Poor Old Naomi Wolf | Ms. Wolf needs to see a therapist about her issues. She clearly needs help. Writing such a contradictory, self-absorbed, elitist piece of garbage doesn't do anyone any favors, except maybe makes her bank account a little larger, which she obviously values more than her kids.Her self-loathing and country club poor-me attitude got so trite, irresponsible and preachy, I couldn't get past the second chapter. This book is a HUGE disservice to pregnant and nursing mothers across the country. Yes, American vigilante obstetrics is flawed beyond comparision. Really, why didn't she follow her own advice to not go back for more? Why didn't she follow what she's so preachy to others to do? What a hypocrite.If you really want to read this boring, snide drivel, check it out at the library. Save your money for a GOOD pregnancy and motherhood book, like the new "Ina May Gaskin's Guide To Natural Childbirth" by a mother and a midwife who actually knows something about birth in the real world. | 990 | [
"Ms.",
"Wolf needs to see a therapist about her issues.",
"She clearly needs help.",
"Writing such a contradictory, self-absorbed, elitist piece of garbage doesn't do anyone any favors, except maybe makes her bank account a little larger, which she obviously values more than her kids.Her self-loathing and country club poor-me attitude got so trite, irresponsible and preachy, I couldn't get past the second chapter.",
"This book is a HUGE disservice to pregnant and nursing mothers across the country.",
"Yes, American vigilante obstetrics is flawed beyond comparision.",
"Really, why didn't she follow her own advice to not go back for more?",
"Why didn't she follow what she's so preachy to others to do?",
"What a hypocrite.If you really want to read this boring, snide drivel, check it out at the library.",
"Save your money for a GOOD pregnancy and motherhood book, like the new \"Ina May Gaskin's Guide To Natural Childbirth\" by a mother and a midwife who actually knows something about birth in the real world."
] |
1 | arrived with holes | I've always been a happy customer of Amazon, until now. When I received this bed, not only did it take 3 weeks for delivery, but it also arrived WITHOUT the motor, the carrying case, or the cover. The only thing that came was the mattress, and that had large gaping rips with footprints and mold on it. It also emitted a terrible odour. Looked like it went through a war or something.When I called amazon about this, they were willing to send me over a new bed, but of course the delux model was not to be in stock for 2 more months. So they made me downgrade to the regular model but still paying the same price. Of course I didn't go down without fighting a significant amount and yelled at several managers. But it seems like making their customers happy isn't that important. So to sum it up, Amazon screwed me over by making me pay the same amount of money for a downgrade w/ finally getting a bed in 4 WEEKS!!! since I ordered it. [...]. If I didn't desperately need a bed asap, [...] | 990 | [
"I've always been a happy customer of Amazon, until now.",
"When I received this bed, not only did it take 3 weeks for delivery, but it also arrived WITHOUT the motor, the carrying case, or the cover.",
"The only thing that came was the mattress, and that had large gaping rips with footprints and mold on it.",
"It also emitted a terrible odour.",
"Looked like it went through a war or something.When I called amazon about this, they were willing to send me over a new bed, but of course the delux model was not to be in stock for 2 more months.",
"So they made me downgrade to the regular model but still paying the same price.",
"Of course I didn't go down without fighting a significant amount and yelled at several managers.",
"But it seems like making their customers happy isn't that important.",
"So to sum it up, Amazon screwed me over by making me pay the same amount of money for a downgrade w/ finally getting a bed in 4 WEEKS!!!",
"since I ordered it.",
"[...].",
"If I didn't desperately need a bed asap, [...]"
] |
1 | Pointless | I watched this movie, having unfortunately bought into the hype. However, after 78 minutes I was left thinking what was the whole point. Yes, its a movie about revenge - but how jaded is that idea? The two protagtonists seemed to stumble from one scene to the next - the film didn't seemed to 'flow' well. It was as if the producers were trying to shock their audience with each scene. I was not horrified, as some people have been, by the anti-male udercurrent in the movie (all it portrayed was that some women hate men. Wow!). However, I would not view this as some masterpiece of arthouse cinema. The violence was not as graphic as Tarrantino has been (especially in Dusk Till Dawn, where he was particularly gratuitous) Similarly the violence was not as random as Natural Born Killers. The sex scenes were annoying and pointless (all they showed was that men are only thinking of sex. Again, wow!)Maybe I have become completely desensitized, but this movie was irritating and annoying. | 990 | [
"I watched this movie, having unfortunately bought into the hype.",
"However, after 78 minutes I was left thinking what was the whole point.",
"Yes, its a movie about revenge - but how jaded is that idea?",
"The two protagtonists seemed to stumble from one scene to the next - the film didn't seemed to 'flow' well.",
"It was as if the producers were trying to shock their audience with each scene.",
"I was not horrified, as some people have been, by the anti-male udercurrent in the movie (all it portrayed was that some women hate men.",
"Wow!",
").",
"However, I would not view this as some masterpiece of arthouse cinema.",
"The violence was not as graphic as Tarrantino has been (especially in Dusk Till Dawn, where he was particularly gratuitous) Similarly the violence was not as random as Natural Born Killers.",
"The sex scenes were annoying and pointless (all they showed was that men are only thinking of sex.",
"Again, wow!",
")Maybe I have become completely desensitized, but this movie was irritating and annoying."
] |
1 | A Very Bad Game | This is an incompetently executed video game, with obscure rules, many bugs, and ENORMOUS problems in translation. Contrary to another reviewer, it took me only about five minutes to discover this game is a (poor) translation of a game from Europe. Looking at the names of the people connected with it, I would guess it was made somewhere in Scandanavia. There's SOME humor value in the comically bad translations of the TV shows you will be producing, they really make no sense at all. However, the programmers made no effort to lip sync the animation and the soundtrack. The installation does not always refer to the program by the same name -- which I always take as a warning sign of sloppy programming. In the game itself, many of the pop-up message boxes appear on top of one another, obscuring important information. There are other bugs, and translation errors which made the game difficult to play, and quite tedious. I can't believe this game actually made it out of beta testing. | 990 | [
"This is an incompetently executed video game, with obscure rules, many bugs, and ENORMOUS problems in translation.",
"Contrary to another reviewer, it took me only about five minutes to discover this game is a (poor) translation of a game from Europe.",
"Looking at the names of the people connected with it, I would guess it was made somewhere in Scandanavia.",
"There's SOME humor value in the comically bad translations of the TV shows you will be producing, they really make no sense at all.",
"However, the programmers made no effort to lip sync the animation and the soundtrack.",
"The installation does not always refer to the program by the same name -- which I always take as a warning sign of sloppy programming.",
"In the game itself, many of the pop-up message boxes appear on top of one another, obscuring important information.",
"There are other bugs, and translation errors which made the game difficult to play, and quite tedious.",
"I can't believe this game actually made it out of beta testing."
] |
1 | gotta be bad | Any new Lone Ranger DVD's out there now since the take over way back when, are Classic Media versions shown on the Western Channel. This could go back to when Golden Books had the rights. Either way, the episodes have been cut up, shortened, time compressed, and altered, and original material trashed never to be restored again. The only complete original episodes could be in someones home library taped maybe 30 years ago, when VCR'S made their first appearance, (You know, the 40-50 pound models,) from an independent channel as I did. The only complete, as shown originally in 1949, version of the first 3 episodes, "Enter the Lone Ranger", I am aware of is a 76 minute tape I purchased in 1986-87 is an LP speed from GOODTIMES. Even the 75th Anniversary edition is flawed and for the most part,is The Western Channel versions as described above. It's too bad The Western Channel could not restore an American icon as they did The Gene Autry shows. It would have been more appreciated. | 990 | [
"Any new Lone Ranger DVD's out there now since the take over way back when, are Classic Media versions shown on the Western Channel.",
"This could go back to when Golden Books had the rights.",
"Either way, the episodes have been cut up, shortened, time compressed, and altered, and original material trashed never to be restored again.",
"The only complete original episodes could be in someones home library taped maybe 30 years ago, when VCR'S made their first appearance, (You know, the 40-50 pound models,) from an independent channel as I did.",
"The only complete, as shown originally in 1949, version of the first 3 episodes, \"Enter the Lone Ranger\", I am aware of is a 76 minute tape I purchased in 1986-87 is an LP speed from GOODTIMES.",
"Even the 75th Anniversary edition is flawed and for the most part,is The Western Channel versions as described above.",
"It's too bad The Western Channel could not restore an American icon as they did The Gene Autry shows.",
"It would have been more appreciated."
] |
1 | Oh my.... | Oh my goodness...I don't think I have seen a worse film in all my years. I am a huge fan of Brad Renfro and thought, "Hey, why don't I add another one of his DVDs to my collection, since he is a really good actor so I know none of his movies could be bad, at least in my mind because just him being in the movie is an automatic 3 stars." Boy, was I wrong! I couldn't even watch this. I had to keep pausing it and returning back. It was just horrible. I bought it used and wish I could take it back...that was 15 dollars shot out of my pocket. I don't recommend viewing this due to the complete torture of boredom. But I think you should watch this if you hope to become a screen writer on what NOT to write. If they can make movies like this I have a bunch of scripts I think they should put together than would be block buster hits compared to this film. Just absolutely horrible. Not to mention, Brad Renfro was only in like 3 scenes with like 2 lines. Just horrible. Completely horrible. | 990 | [
"Oh my goodness...I don't think I have seen a worse film in all my years.",
"I am a huge fan of Brad Renfro and thought, \"Hey, why don't I add another one of his DVDs to my collection, since he is a really good actor so I know none of his movies could be bad, at least in my mind because just him being in the movie is an automatic 3 stars.\" Boy, was I wrong!",
"I couldn't even watch this.",
"I had to keep pausing it and returning back.",
"It was just horrible.",
"I bought it used and wish I could take it back...that was 15 dollars shot out of my pocket.",
"I don't recommend viewing this due to the complete torture of boredom.",
"But I think you should watch this if you hope to become a screen writer on what NOT to write.",
"If they can make movies like this I have a bunch of scripts I think they should put together than would be block buster hits compared to this film.",
"Just absolutely horrible.",
"Not to mention, Brad Renfro was only in like 3 scenes with like 2 lines.",
"Just horrible.",
"Completely horrible."
] |
1 | Don't waste your Timex | I bought this watch at a Timex store a few months ago for a travel time piece. Within a week or two I dropped it on a soft surface and the rear metal case cove popped open! I brought to the store and the clerk was trying to blame me. I finally told him I have had watches that have been through wars and have never had the rear case pop off. He finally have me the new watch same model, though he treated me like I was stupid.I happen to be in the 'business', so I doubt this is the case. Two weeks later I had my watch off sitting on the drier. It fell 4 feet onto a rug, and you guessed it, the rear case cover popped off. It was lucky I had a witness for the first incident. The salesman actually pressed the rear case cover back on and dropped it on the floor and gave it back to me, telling me it didn't pop off. no refund of course for faulty design. So I ponied up another pile of dosh for a Timex T49618, screw in rear case cover good for 200 meters. No surprises after 24 hrs...... | 990 | [
"I bought this watch at a Timex store a few months ago for a travel time piece.",
"Within a week or two I dropped it on a soft surface and the rear metal case cove popped open!",
"I brought to the store and the clerk was trying to blame me.",
"I finally told him I have had watches that have been through wars and have never had the rear case pop off.",
"He finally have me the new watch same model, though he treated me like I was stupid.I happen to be in the 'business', so I doubt this is the case.",
"Two weeks later I had my watch off sitting on the drier.",
"It fell 4 feet onto a rug, and you guessed it, the rear case cover popped off.",
"It was lucky I had a witness for the first incident.",
"The salesman actually pressed the rear case cover back on and dropped it on the floor and gave it back to me, telling me it didn't pop off.",
"no refund of course for faulty design.",
"So I ponied up another pile of dosh for a Timex T49618, screw in rear case cover good for 200 meters.",
"No surprises after 24 hrs......"
] |
1 | Cheap and not much fun. | I bought this toy for my daughter's 5th birthday and she was excited until we took her out of the box and followed the directions to get Sarah on her bike and ready to play. The doll does not sit on the bike seat. When her feet and hands are attached to the appropriate places(handlebars and pedals), her bottom just hangs in mid air and her head falls backwards, so she appears to be riding her bike as though she's fallen asleep. Her legs do appear to be pedaling(for a short while) and the bike moves only in forward and backward motions. She can't do wheelies on her own, you have to attach a clip from the bike to the cart and it allows the bike to ride with only the back wheel on the ground and the front wheel raised in the air. Also, her feet constantly fall off the pedals. The little hooks that attach to her feet are not big enough to fit into the holes on the bottoms of her feet, so after she pedals three or four rotations, they just come apart. This was a disappointing toy. | 990 | [
"I bought this toy for my daughter's 5th birthday and she was excited until we took her out of the box and followed the directions to get Sarah on her bike and ready to play.",
"The doll does not sit on the bike seat.",
"When her feet and hands are attached to the appropriate places(handlebars and pedals), her bottom just hangs in mid air and her head falls backwards, so she appears to be riding her bike as though she's fallen asleep.",
"Her legs do appear to be pedaling(for a short while) and the bike moves only in forward and backward motions.",
"She can't do wheelies on her own, you have to attach a clip from the bike to the cart and it allows the bike to ride with only the back wheel on the ground and the front wheel raised in the air.",
"Also, her feet constantly fall off the pedals.",
"The little hooks that attach to her feet are not big enough to fit into the holes on the bottoms of her feet, so after she pedals three or four rotations, they just come apart.",
"This was a disappointing toy."
] |
1 | don't get this printer | i got this printer as a gift, and i'm sure it didn't cost very much. first off, although the printer's cheap, the replacement ink cartridges each cost about $30. i've had it for about six months w/ only occasional use and i already need a new ink cartridge. it also messes up the colors, sometimes printing only in yellow, sometimes only red, and sometimes only blue or green. i read something about having to clean the cartridge, which i guess i'll look into, but the fact is the printer itself really doesn't work very well. the "auto sheet feeder" is supposed to load multiple sheets for you, but on my printer it just didn't work and would cause it to jam, so i had to load each individual page which was definitely annoying. also, it had this weird bug where sometimes it would print the first few lines of the text and then skip to the middle of the page and resume printing for no apparent reason. i'm a computer programmer so i know shoddy workmanship when i see it. avoid this one. | 990 | [
"i got this printer as a gift, and i'm sure it didn't cost very much.",
"first off, although the printer's cheap, the replacement ink cartridges each cost about $30.",
"i've had it for about six months w/ only occasional use and i already need a new ink cartridge.",
"it also messes up the colors, sometimes printing only in yellow, sometimes only red, and sometimes only blue or green.",
"i read something about having to clean the cartridge, which i guess i'll look into, but the fact is the printer itself really doesn't work very well.",
"the \"auto sheet feeder\" is supposed to load multiple sheets for you, but on my printer it just didn't work and would cause it to jam, so i had to load each individual page which was definitely annoying.",
"also, it had this weird bug where sometimes it would print the first few lines of the text and then skip to the middle of the page and resume printing for no apparent reason.",
"i'm a computer programmer so i know shoddy workmanship when i see it.",
"avoid this one."
] |
1 | terrible at best | Zakk Wylde is a man that demands perfection in the music of others. It then comes as a surprise that he doesn't practice what he preaches. While he is an amazing guitarist, his songwriting is downright horrible. His chord progressions are mediocre, songs are repetetive, and his guitar solos are repeated flurries of predictable pentatonics with no melody. In other words, his solos sacrifice substance for style. He never allows his band to have any instrumental time of their own. They are more or less hired guns. That is why it's called Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society. This album's poor quality is further augmented by the fact that Wylde cannot sing. He blatantly tries to rip off both Ozzy Osbourne and Pantera's own Phil Anselmo with horrendous results. He has no tone control and at times, sounds like he is yawning while he is singing. If you want real heavy metal with great vocals and/or melodic guitar solos, check out Metallica, Fear Factory, Pantera, Tool, and Shadows Fall. | 990 | [
"Zakk Wylde is a man that demands perfection in the music of others.",
"It then comes as a surprise that he doesn't practice what he preaches.",
"While he is an amazing guitarist, his songwriting is downright horrible.",
"His chord progressions are mediocre, songs are repetetive, and his guitar solos are repeated flurries of predictable pentatonics with no melody.",
"In other words, his solos sacrifice substance for style.",
"He never allows his band to have any instrumental time of their own.",
"They are more or less hired guns.",
"That is why it's called Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society.",
"This album's poor quality is further augmented by the fact that Wylde cannot sing.",
"He blatantly tries to rip off both Ozzy Osbourne and Pantera's own Phil Anselmo with horrendous results.",
"He has no tone control and at times, sounds like he is yawning while he is singing.",
"If you want real heavy metal with great vocals and/or melodic guitar solos, check out Metallica, Fear Factory, Pantera, Tool, and Shadows Fall."
] |
1 | is not what is listed | Do not buy from dc sportsThey sent the wrong itemand try to make it mine or amazons faultI ordered this and they email me to not look at the description when you buy from themProduct InformationBrandDC SportsManufacturer Part NumberD42AHC6606_216054________________________________________Product Description4-2-1 ONE PIECE, HEADER, CERAMIC COATED, CNC MANDREL BENDS WITH ROBOTICALLY-WELDED FITTINGS DELIVER PERFECT FIT, C.A.R.B. EXEMPT, INCLUDES COMPREHENSIVE INSTRUCTIONS AND ALL NECESSARY HARDWAREthis is their email responceThank you for your email.According to Amazon we were to ship DC Sports part number AHC6606 to you. Is this not what you received? Please only confirm the part number. Do not look at the description, only the part number on the actual DC Sports box. We need to confirm this part number to verify if the mistake originated at our warehouse or with Amazon and their item description, which many times is incorrect.---Please let us know if we can further assist you. | 990 | [
"Do not buy from dc sportsThey sent the wrong itemand try to make it mine or amazons faultI ordered this and they email me to not look at the description when you buy from themProduct InformationBrandDC SportsManufacturer Part NumberD42AHC6606_216054________________________________________Product Description4-2-1 ONE PIECE, HEADER, CERAMIC COATED, CNC MANDREL BENDS WITH ROBOTICALLY-WELDED FITTINGS DELIVER PERFECT FIT, C.A.R.B. EXEMPT, INCLUDES COMPREHENSIVE INSTRUCTIONS AND ALL NECESSARY HARDWAREthis is their email responceThank you for your email.According to Amazon we were to ship DC Sports part number AHC6606 to you.",
"Is this not what you received?",
"Please only confirm the part number.",
"Do not look at the description, only the part number on the actual DC Sports box.",
"We need to confirm this part number to verify if the mistake originated at our warehouse or with Amazon and their item description, which many times is incorrect.---Please let us know if we can further assist you."
] |
1 | Robin Hobb's worst book | As a fan of Robin Hobb's Assassin series, and a slightly less enthusiastic fan of her other trilogies, I picked up this book expecting to at least be intrigued by her imagination. Unfortunately, what I found instead was a detailed description of a boy growing up to be a soldier with a background full of possibilities that fails to ever achieve its potential.The disappointments in this book include a less than sympathetic and rather whiny main character, only a few chapters being devoted to advancing the story while you wade through endless chapters of minute detail of military school life, and typical characterizations for all the other characters. In fact, those chapters that are devoted to the plot almost seem out of place in this book.Recently, I read "Ender's Game", an older sci-fi book which has all the elements of this book, but delivers much more satisfaction. If you are interested in this book, I suggest you read "Ender's Game" first. This one will pale in comparison. | 990 | [
"As a fan of Robin Hobb's Assassin series, and a slightly less enthusiastic fan of her other trilogies, I picked up this book expecting to at least be intrigued by her imagination.",
"Unfortunately, what I found instead was a detailed description of a boy growing up to be a soldier with a background full of possibilities that fails to ever achieve its potential.The disappointments in this book include a less than sympathetic and rather whiny main character, only a few chapters being devoted to advancing the story while you wade through endless chapters of minute detail of military school life, and typical characterizations for all the other characters.",
"In fact, those chapters that are devoted to the plot almost seem out of place in this book.Recently, I read \"Ender's Game\", an older sci-fi book which has all the elements of this book, but delivers much more satisfaction.",
"If you are interested in this book, I suggest you read \"Ender's Game\" first.",
"This one will pale in comparison."
] |
1 | What? ...What? | This book was recommended to me. Here are some quotations from Quantations, and my thoughts about them:"Only the incomprehensible is worth understanding."[Me: I don't understand; oh, but now I do; hey, wait a second...]"All human experience is ordinary, not quantum. Whether our reliance on classical modes of perception is a permanent feature of the human condition remains to be seen."[Me: Oh, you mean like, because we're not electrons?]"Death is simply the collapse of the superpositions we call "life." The ultimate decoherence."[Me: I've seen loved ones die. This is both idiotic and insulting.]"Look at it in quantum light."[Me: As contrasted with that non-quantum light?]"Matter is thought, and thought is matter."[Me: Yeah... no, it's not.]Is this a joke? What a load of rubbish. People actually paid 21 bucks to read this drivel? This book is so full of hot air, it must float. I worry I may have lost a couple IQ points just reading the selections from the 'Look Inside' feature. | 990 | [
"This book was recommended to me.",
"Here are some quotations from Quantations, and my thoughts about them:\"Only the incomprehensible is worth understanding.\"[Me: I don't understand; oh, but now I do; hey, wait a second...]\"All human experience is ordinary, not quantum.",
"Whether our reliance on classical modes of perception is a permanent feature of the human condition remains to be seen.\"[Me: Oh, you mean like, because we're not electrons?",
"]\"Death is simply the collapse of the superpositions we call \"life.\" The ultimate decoherence.\"[Me: I've seen loved ones die.",
"This is both idiotic and insulting.]\"Look at it in quantum light.\"[Me: As contrasted with that non-quantum light?",
"]\"Matter is thought, and thought is matter.\"[Me: Yeah... no, it's not.]Is this a joke?",
"What a load of rubbish.",
"People actually paid 21 bucks to read this drivel?",
"This book is so full of hot air, it must float.",
"I worry I may have lost a couple IQ points just reading the selections from the 'Look Inside' feature."
] |
1 | Danger!! | My wife got her Kindle 2 last week. Neither of us are exactly computer experts. While trying to adjust the font size and change the registered owner, because it was a gift, she accidentally ordered a book! She called and they gladly removed it. The other day, my son, who is 16 and very technically inclined, accidentally ordered a book also! Here on Amazon, it is very difficult to purchase anything by accident. When I asked the phone rep about removing the credit card info so that it would have to be entered every time, they said that it wasnt possible. When I asked about having it ask for a password, like here on Amazon, I was told that was also not possible. When I asked about password protecting the Kindle, like our laptop, again, not possible. Does anyone else see this as a problem? She hasnt really tried to actually read a book on it yet, so we cant comment on how it works. I can say that for $359, it should have included a case and a light. All in all, so far, not great. | 990 | [
"My wife got her Kindle 2 last week.",
"Neither of us are exactly computer experts.",
"While trying to adjust the font size and change the registered owner, because it was a gift, she accidentally ordered a book!",
"She called and they gladly removed it.",
"The other day, my son, who is 16 and very technically inclined, accidentally ordered a book also!",
"Here on Amazon, it is very difficult to purchase anything by accident.",
"When I asked the phone rep about removing the credit card info so that it would have to be entered every time, they said that it wasnt possible.",
"When I asked about having it ask for a password, like here on Amazon, I was told that was also not possible.",
"When I asked about password protecting the Kindle, like our laptop, again, not possible.",
"Does anyone else see this as a problem?",
"She hasnt really tried to actually read a book on it yet, so we cant comment on how it works.",
"I can say that for $359, it should have included a case and a light.",
"All in all, so far, not great."
] |
1 | Not very strong | I bought this item from Amazon to use for my Bichon Frise as a car travel case, While we frequently take him with us, we used the case only a few times to contain him in a safe area. Last evening we brought the Bichon to a small gathering and I put him in the carrier so that I could eat my dinner while he was safe as well as out of the reach of the group. Within 5 minutes I watched as my 7.5 pound dog walked freely among the gathering. He had ripped the screening in one area of the case and ripped out a three cornered piece, gaining his freedom. Fortunately this was a very safe place but I cannot imagine the havoc that could have happened should this have happened anywhere else. It is too late to return the product, all packaging is gone as is the shipping information. The problem has nothing to do with Amazon, I will continue my relationship with them! But I will not purchase anything else from the manufacturer and would advise everyone else to avoid a purchase of this item. | 990 | [
"I bought this item from Amazon to use for my Bichon Frise as a car travel case, While we frequently take him with us, we used the case only a few times to contain him in a safe area.",
"Last evening we brought the Bichon to a small gathering and I put him in the carrier so that I could eat my dinner while he was safe as well as out of the reach of the group.",
"Within 5 minutes I watched as my 7.5 pound dog walked freely among the gathering.",
"He had ripped the screening in one area of the case and ripped out a three cornered piece, gaining his freedom.",
"Fortunately this was a very safe place but I cannot imagine the havoc that could have happened should this have happened anywhere else.",
"It is too late to return the product, all packaging is gone as is the shipping information.",
"The problem has nothing to do with Amazon, I will continue my relationship with them!",
"But I will not purchase anything else from the manufacturer and would advise everyone else to avoid a purchase of this item."
] |
1 | Not helpful in anyway! | This book was such a bad introduction to Wicca that I would never recommend it to anyone. What little bit there was on Wiccan practices and beliefs could be found in any other introductory book on Wicca but with better detail.Penczack should have called this his autobiography because all he talked about was himself and his own personal experiences with his mother, his sexuallity, and his finding the Wiccan faith. It is not helpful for other young men, not even other gay men. The chapter on divine mothers/sons is just an excuse for him to talk about his mommy and has almost nothing to do with Wiccan beliefs.I am glad that I had read two other (and much better) intoductiary books on Wicca before I read this one otherwise I would never have been interested in going farther in the Craft. I admit I only got halfway through this book before I stopped reading it, because it was just aweful. And I have seen Penczack on TV and he is a pompus ass who really likes to milk his publicity! | 990 | [
"This book was such a bad introduction to Wicca that I would never recommend it to anyone.",
"What little bit there was on Wiccan practices and beliefs could be found in any other introductory book on Wicca but with better detail.Penczack should have called this his autobiography because all he talked about was himself and his own personal experiences with his mother, his sexuallity, and his finding the Wiccan faith.",
"It is not helpful for other young men, not even other gay men.",
"The chapter on divine mothers/sons is just an excuse for him to talk about his mommy and has almost nothing to do with Wiccan beliefs.I am glad that I had read two other (and much better) intoductiary books on Wicca before I read this one otherwise I would never have been interested in going farther in the Craft.",
"I admit I only got halfway through this book before I stopped reading it, because it was just aweful.",
"And I have seen Penczack on TV and he is a pompus ass who really likes to milk his publicity!"
] |
1 | Truly UNwatchable | This is definitely being added to the top 10 Worst movies I have ever seen. There is nothing original about the entire story. It is a hodge-podge of plagiarism drawing from numerous sci-fi and fairy tales. To name a few: Pinocchio, Alice in Wonderland, Robot Dreams, What makes this terribly bad is that these sources don't even seem to be disguised at all. It is like there is a blatant reference to all the original stories.The characters are extremely un-captivating, which leaves you with sense of not identifying with nor caring about their plight. But wait, it gets worse the lighting throughout the film is terrible. What should be lit isn�t and what should be dark is lit. It seems like the back ground was more important that the actors. I guess it was to draw the viewer�s attention away from the thin story line. I found myself just wanting the main character, David, just to die, or better yet rust away.Do yourself a favor, and save your money for something else. | 990 | [
"This is definitely being added to the top 10 Worst movies I have ever seen.",
"There is nothing original about the entire story.",
"It is a hodge-podge of plagiarism drawing from numerous sci-fi and fairy tales.",
"To name a few: Pinocchio, Alice in Wonderland, Robot Dreams, What makes this terribly bad is that these sources don't even seem to be disguised at all.",
"It is like there is a blatant reference to all the original stories.The characters are extremely un-captivating, which leaves you with sense of not identifying with nor caring about their plight.",
"But wait, it gets worse the lighting throughout the film is terrible.",
"What should be lit isn�t and what should be dark is lit.",
"It seems like the back ground was more important that the actors.",
"I guess it was to draw the viewer�s attention away from the thin story line.",
"I found myself just wanting the main character, David, just to die, or better yet rust away.Do yourself a favor, and save your money for something else."
] |
1 | Don't be fooled !!! | My kids had lice 2 years ago and I treated it the traditional way. I purchased lice killing products from over the counter and they are gone. since that time, I got obsessed with this problem and I check their heads every couple of day. Every time I see something weired, I assume it could be a nit and I use the treatment once to make sure they are fine. So I searched for some kind of detector to tell me if what I occasionally see is lice or just a dirt. I found this product and thought as the name says, Lice Detector. I immediately purchased it, but it came out to be just a lice comb. it vibrates while you comb the hair to kill the lice, but I'm not sure if the lice die because of the vibration or because you'll comb it out anyway. THIS IS NOT A DETECTOR as they say but a comb. If you need to comb the lice and nits out, just buy the regular over the counter lice combs, do not be fooled and pay $20.99 + shipping when you can buy any comb from any store for a couple of dollars. | 990 | [
"My kids had lice 2 years ago and I treated it the traditional way.",
"I purchased lice killing products from over the counter and they are gone.",
"since that time, I got obsessed with this problem and I check their heads every couple of day.",
"Every time I see something weired, I assume it could be a nit and I use the treatment once to make sure they are fine.",
"So I searched for some kind of detector to tell me if what I occasionally see is lice or just a dirt.",
"I found this product and thought as the name says, Lice Detector.",
"I immediately purchased it, but it came out to be just a lice comb.",
"it vibrates while you comb the hair to kill the lice, but I'm not sure if the lice die because of the vibration or because you'll comb it out anyway.",
"THIS IS NOT A DETECTOR as they say but a comb.",
"If you need to comb the lice and nits out, just buy the regular over the counter lice combs, do not be fooled and pay $20.99 + shipping when you can buy any comb from any store for a couple of dollars."
] |
1 | What can I say? | Yes, this book is full of misinformation about Aboriginal life and culture - the fact that the real Aboriginal custodians of the area she claims to have been in have been so offended - and mounted a campaign pointing out her many ridiculous errors - are testament to that. For those of you who do not understand the criticisms of the book, it is not just its fictional aspect that has caused problems. For one thing, Aboriginal people are tired of having white people speak for them and the claim that this group chose a white American to transmit their message (even fictionally)is offensive to many. Please celebrate Aboriginal culture but make it the real one, the one real people live, not a white fantasy. Also the idea that these people are apparently dieing is too much like the ideas the 19th -20th governments used to ignore Aboriginal issues and steal children as 'they'll all be dead soon anyway'. Aboriginal people are a living people - not a metaphor for spiritual enlightment. | 990 | [
"Yes, this book is full of misinformation about Aboriginal life and culture - the fact that the real Aboriginal custodians of the area she claims to have been in have been so offended - and mounted a campaign pointing out her many ridiculous errors - are testament to that.",
"For those of you who do not understand the criticisms of the book, it is not just its fictional aspect that has caused problems.",
"For one thing, Aboriginal people are tired of having white people speak for them and the claim that this group chose a white American to transmit their message (even fictionally)is offensive to many.",
"Please celebrate Aboriginal culture but make it the real one, the one real people live, not a white fantasy.",
"Also the idea that these people are apparently dieing is too much like the ideas the 19th -20th governments used to ignore Aboriginal issues and steal children as 'they'll all be dead soon anyway'.",
"Aboriginal people are a living people - not a metaphor for spiritual enlightment."
] |
1 | Upset | This book was a great book. I read the book after I saw the movie. Now I hate the movie. They didn't seem to get the characters right. Murtagh is my favorite character, even though they stuck to the book with him it seemed ike they didn't follow his character traits. He was in the book a lot more than they showed in the movie. Arya was another one of the important characters and they didn't even follow her right. Not to mention Brom's death. I found myself disappointed when they didn't follow the book with his death. Not to mention all of the things they didn't cover that they should have! Where Eragon got Saphira's name, and where Eragon's name came from. I can expect some changes in movie's that they didn't follow in the book, but that much? I think they should have gotten a better director for the movie who would follow the book. I would not recomend the movie to anyone who hasn't read the book. In fact I wouldn't even recomend the movie. It was a waste of money, and time. | 990 | [
"This book was a great book.",
"I read the book after I saw the movie.",
"Now I hate the movie.",
"They didn't seem to get the characters right.",
"Murtagh is my favorite character, even though they stuck to the book with him it seemed ike they didn't follow his character traits.",
"He was in the book a lot more than they showed in the movie.",
"Arya was another one of the important characters and they didn't even follow her right.",
"Not to mention Brom's death.",
"I found myself disappointed when they didn't follow the book with his death.",
"Not to mention all of the things they didn't cover that they should have!",
"Where Eragon got Saphira's name, and where Eragon's name came from.",
"I can expect some changes in movie's that they didn't follow in the book, but that much?",
"I think they should have gotten a better director for the movie who would follow the book.",
"I would not recomend the movie to anyone who hasn't read the book.",
"In fact I wouldn't even recomend the movie.",
"It was a waste of money, and time."
] |
1 | bummer | Installing an ethernet card should be simple, right? Put the card in the slot, install the driver - bingo.Not if the company has programmed it with an incorrect PCI ID. It will be unusable."A small percentage of the FA311 with serial numbers starting with the characters below is affected. FA35A09, FA35A0A, FA35A0B, FA35A0C, FA35A11, FA35A12, FA35B11, FA35B12, FA35B13, FA35B14."Lucky purchasers of that small percentage may experience frustration, rage, and a tendency to avoid Netgear products in the future.Eventually (using a borrowed laptop and a dial-up internet provider since we couldn't use our DSL without a functioning ethernet card) we were able to find a fix on Netgear's website.Ah, so they knowingly sent us a defective product, it's not like it was a one-time fluke or anything, there's a bunch of people just like us, part of an unlucky "small percentage."Thanks, Netgear! Produts that work are so boring. Thanks for mixing it up with some spicy defective ones that don't. | 990 | [
"Installing an ethernet card should be simple, right?",
"Put the card in the slot, install the driver - bingo.Not if the company has programmed it with an incorrect PCI ID.",
"It will be unusable.\"A small percentage of the FA311 with serial numbers starting with the characters below is affected.",
"FA35A09, FA35A0A, FA35A0B, FA35A0C, FA35A11, FA35A12, FA35B11, FA35B12, FA35B13, FA35B14.\"Lucky purchasers of that small percentage may experience frustration, rage, and a tendency to avoid Netgear products in the future.Eventually (using a borrowed laptop and a dial-up internet provider since we couldn't use our DSL without a functioning ethernet card) we were able to find a fix on Netgear's website.Ah, so they knowingly sent us a defective product, it's not like it was a one-time fluke or anything, there's a bunch of people just like us, part of an unlucky \"small percentage.\"Thanks, Netgear!",
"Produts that work are so boring.",
"Thanks for mixing it up with some spicy defective ones that don't."
] |
1 | Another Studio Rip-Off | What a major freaking disappointment. I am sooooo tired of being ripped off. I was so looking forward to Big Valley Season 2 and must echo the remarks of previous reviewers...STOP BREAKING UP THE SEASONS!!!And come on guys...be reasonable and knock off the greedy marketing ploys. Sheeeesh. I WILL NOT purchase this at this price. I can wait for it to be on TV and record it to DVR myself...or...I know where I can get the whole series at once on-line! Screw this rip-off...hope it is boycotted (as I did Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Time Tunnel, Lost In Space, Perry Mason, and all other releases of this inconsiderate type.)Note to Paramount: When the remastered Star Trek Original Series is released: PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE be reasonable to the fans who have stood by your product and made it possible for you to reap the rewards throughout the decades. We are the reason you have this cash cow and will continue to support your product...or walk away with a bad taste in our mouths. | 990 | [
"What a major freaking disappointment.",
"I am sooooo tired of being ripped off.",
"I was so looking forward to Big Valley Season 2 and must echo the remarks of previous reviewers...STOP BREAKING UP THE SEASONS!!!",
"And come on guys...be reasonable and knock off the greedy marketing ploys.",
"Sheeeesh.",
"I WILL NOT purchase this at this price.",
"I can wait for it to be on TV and record it to DVR myself...or...I know where I can get the whole series at once on-line!",
"Screw this rip-off...hope it is boycotted (as I did Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Time Tunnel, Lost In Space, Perry Mason, and all other releases of this inconsiderate type.)Note to Paramount: When the remastered Star Trek Original Series is released: PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE be reasonable to the fans who have stood by your product and made it possible for you to reap the rewards throughout the decades.",
"We are the reason you have this cash cow and will continue to support your product...or walk away with a bad taste in our mouths."
] |
1 | What the heck? | If I could give this zero stars I would. I saw the trailer and it looked really interesting.... NOT! Throughout the whole movie I couldn't help but keep looking over at my friend and yelling things like "What?" or, "I don't get it!" Listen, please do not waste your time like I did, and watch a good movie. Its a shame that this was Heath Ledger's last movie, because I wouldn't want my last movie to be remembered as this one! It's terrible! I mean, there's nothing good about it. I can't think of anything that was good. No plot, a story that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, and an ending that's as terrible as it's beginning. I don't know what else to say.... It's awful and a waste of time, I implore you to do anything but watch this movie. And if you insist upon doing the latter then at least rent it because you will feel so stupid and guilty for wasting your money buying it once you've seen it. Don't be fooled by the people rating this with 5 stars! What are they thinking? | 990 | [
"If I could give this zero stars I would.",
"I saw the trailer and it looked really interesting.... NOT!",
"Throughout the whole movie I couldn't help but keep looking over at my friend and yelling things like \"What?",
"\" or, \"I don't get it!",
"\" Listen, please do not waste your time like I did, and watch a good movie.",
"Its a shame that this was Heath Ledger's last movie, because I wouldn't want my last movie to be remembered as this one!",
"It's terrible!",
"I mean, there's nothing good about it.",
"I can't think of anything that was good.",
"No plot, a story that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, and an ending that's as terrible as it's beginning.",
"I don't know what else to say.... It's awful and a waste of time, I implore you to do anything but watch this movie.",
"And if you insist upon doing the latter then at least rent it because you will feel so stupid and guilty for wasting your money buying it once you've seen it.",
"Don't be fooled by the people rating this with 5 stars!",
"What are they thinking?"
] |
1 | Do not upgrade or buy | I have used Money for 7 years and upgraded each year. I have been very satisfied with the quality until this year. This is plainly a disaster. Initially I was put thru an endless stream of tests which mostly assumed that my installation or computer was at fault. When I did a search on the web for Money bugs I found that many others were having the same problems. When I mentioned this, they admitted to 'working on fixes' and then basically threw their hands up. How useful is that? and when will these dozens of fixes be made available. I knew I was in trouble when I bought it the day it was released and by the time it arrived from Amazon, the first time I tried to run it I had to download a large patch. Reverting to 2004 requires each account to be exported individually and is a very time consuming alternative to just reentering all my transactions over again. I strongly suggest you don't buy this product, at least until there are consistently good reviews for at least 1 month. | 990 | [
"I have used Money for 7 years and upgraded each year.",
"I have been very satisfied with the quality until this year.",
"This is plainly a disaster.",
"Initially I was put thru an endless stream of tests which mostly assumed that my installation or computer was at fault.",
"When I did a search on the web for Money bugs I found that many others were having the same problems.",
"When I mentioned this, they admitted to 'working on fixes' and then basically threw their hands up.",
"How useful is that?",
"and when will these dozens of fixes be made available.",
"I knew I was in trouble when I bought it the day it was released and by the time it arrived from Amazon, the first time I tried to run it I had to download a large patch.",
"Reverting to 2004 requires each account to be exported individually and is a very time consuming alternative to just reentering all my transactions over again.",
"I strongly suggest you don't buy this product, at least until there are consistently good reviews for at least 1 month."
] |
1 | Not to me | I had some major problems with it. I love the X-Files and I had huge expectations for this game. I was also excited that you could finish the game with both Mulder and Scully probably adding to the game's replay value. The story also appeared to be loyal to the show. I add an extra star only for the game's desire to be entertaining at most.The worst problem was the cheap graphics. You only have to compare it to any Silent Hill games to know how bad the graphics of X-Files were. Most of the times, I tolerate poor graphics if the game is intriguing enough, but that never happened. Frankly, I couldn't believe the zombie on wheels. I can't believe that was the best they could come up with after a long list of bizarre monsters filed up after so many X-Files seasons. This wasn't the X-Files. This was just another videogame.But I had to pass the first stage at least. Couldn't give up so easily. What I saw terrified me. I had never witnessed a Playstation game with Nintendo graphics. | 990 | [
"I had some major problems with it.",
"I love the X-Files and I had huge expectations for this game.",
"I was also excited that you could finish the game with both Mulder and Scully probably adding to the game's replay value.",
"The story also appeared to be loyal to the show.",
"I add an extra star only for the game's desire to be entertaining at most.The worst problem was the cheap graphics.",
"You only have to compare it to any Silent Hill games to know how bad the graphics of X-Files were.",
"Most of the times, I tolerate poor graphics if the game is intriguing enough, but that never happened.",
"Frankly, I couldn't believe the zombie on wheels.",
"I can't believe that was the best they could come up with after a long list of bizarre monsters filed up after so many X-Files seasons.",
"This wasn't the X-Files.",
"This was just another videogame.But I had to pass the first stage at least.",
"Couldn't give up so easily.",
"What I saw terrified me.",
"I had never witnessed a Playstation game with Nintendo graphics."
] |
1 | Hated it!! | I recently bought this diaper pail for my 9 month old and it's terrible, it started smelling in a few days! I saw it got good reviews here and decided to buy it because of that. Once I looked at the reviews closer, I noticed that most of the reviewers had very young babies which, of course, don't have diapers as stinky as older ones, which is probably why the reviews are so good. When my son was first born, I went to Wal-Mart and bought a Rubbermaid trash can that has a lid you can press and it opens. I used that with scented bags (I got mine at Big Lots) and didn't have a problem until recently,when it started to give off a little smell. Well, it was much better than this product and I'm going back to my cheap system. I'd say don't waste your money. I know many people who never even bought a diaper pail but just used something similar to my Wal-Mart trash can and said it worked out just fine. Luckily, I bought my Diaper Dekor Plus at Babies R Us and they said I can return it | 990 | [
"I recently bought this diaper pail for my 9 month old and it's terrible, it started smelling in a few days!",
"I saw it got good reviews here and decided to buy it because of that.",
"Once I looked at the reviews closer, I noticed that most of the reviewers had very young babies which, of course, don't have diapers as stinky as older ones, which is probably why the reviews are so good.",
"When my son was first born, I went to Wal-Mart and bought a Rubbermaid trash can that has a lid you can press and it opens.",
"I used that with scented bags (I got mine at Big Lots) and didn't have a problem until recently,when it started to give off a little smell.",
"Well, it was much better than this product and I'm going back to my cheap system.",
"I'd say don't waste your money.",
"I know many people who never even bought a diaper pail but just used something similar to my Wal-Mart trash can and said it worked out just fine.",
"Luckily, I bought my Diaper Dekor Plus at Babies R Us and they said I can return it"
] |
1 | Kent misses the boat | There's a lot of good content in here, but there's a big problem, as I see it. Specifically, the chapter on the line "Where there is doubt, let me sow faith" is just completely off base. There is no way Francis would have espoused the universalist nonsense that Mr. Nerburn puts in here. He would never have thought that all religions, whether buddhist, muslim or whatever, lead to the same God. There's no way you can read Francis' writings and come away with that without some seriously revisionist thinking.In general, the author strays way too far from the Christian Gospel that Francis espoused and epitomized. What Francis was about was pointing to Christ, not just some new age rhetoric about how to live our lives, or some fuzzy feeling about the unknowable God. He pointed to Jesus who is the living hope, and the worship of whom is the chief end and aim of man. So if this is your first encounter with St. Francis, skip this book and read Englebert's or Green's biography instead. | 990 | [
"There's a lot of good content in here, but there's a big problem, as I see it.",
"Specifically, the chapter on the line \"Where there is doubt, let me sow faith\" is just completely off base.",
"There is no way Francis would have espoused the universalist nonsense that Mr.",
"Nerburn puts in here.",
"He would never have thought that all religions, whether buddhist, muslim or whatever, lead to the same God.",
"There's no way you can read Francis' writings and come away with that without some seriously revisionist thinking.In general, the author strays way too far from the Christian Gospel that Francis espoused and epitomized.",
"What Francis was about was pointing to Christ, not just some new age rhetoric about how to live our lives, or some fuzzy feeling about the unknowable God.",
"He pointed to Jesus who is the living hope, and the worship of whom is the chief end and aim of man.",
"So if this is your first encounter with St.",
"Francis, skip this book and read Englebert's or Green's biography instead."
] |
1 | JUNK! | I had been wanting this camera for a while, since my boss showed it to me online. The things I saw online made it look so cool. I'm a camera buff. Finally decided to order it, I even paid extra for next day shipping. I was excited to get home to try it out. As soon as I opened the package and picked it up, I realized how cheaply made it is. I loaded the film according to the directions, but the advance mechanism didn't work right. It would just tear the film at the little gripper hole things. I thought maybe it was my error or defective film or something. I went out and bought another 2 rolls of film to try. Same thing! The advance wheel feels so cheap and notchy. The design of the advance wheel is terrible also. It doesn't grip the film positively. I packaged the camera back up, and now am returning it. I guess I have to eat the extra shipping costs and cost of the film I bought to try it the second time. What a waste of money! Don't buy this!!! :( Look for a quality camera. | 990 | [
"I had been wanting this camera for a while, since my boss showed it to me online.",
"The things I saw online made it look so cool.",
"I'm a camera buff.",
"Finally decided to order it, I even paid extra for next day shipping.",
"I was excited to get home to try it out.",
"As soon as I opened the package and picked it up, I realized how cheaply made it is.",
"I loaded the film according to the directions, but the advance mechanism didn't work right.",
"It would just tear the film at the little gripper hole things.",
"I thought maybe it was my error or defective film or something.",
"I went out and bought another 2 rolls of film to try.",
"Same thing!",
"The advance wheel feels so cheap and notchy.",
"The design of the advance wheel is terrible also.",
"It doesn't grip the film positively.",
"I packaged the camera back up, and now am returning it.",
"I guess I have to eat the extra shipping costs and cost of the film I bought to try it the second time.",
"What a waste of money!",
"Don't buy this!!!",
":( Look for a quality camera."
] |
1 | Bad for beginners | I'm preparing for my trip back to Japan, and thought these tapes would help me remember what I was fluent in as a child, so I skipped the first edition.I listened to level 2 tapes a few times, and after not recognizing the words they were saying, and then realizing they were using phrases I'd never use, for example "i am not your friend", I figured out I bought the wrong tapes.The phrases are said in English first, and then in Japanese, but the Japanese is so fast that you don't have a chance to mimic the sentence, and if you do, you don't know how to break down the meaning of each part of the sentence. Maybe I should have bought level 1, but I really don't think I need to learn how to say things they were trying to teach.I bought the 1993 version of Henry N. Raymond's cassettes, but I'm not sure the current version is any different!I've since found a great book for beginners called Japanese in 10 Minutes a Day. It is easy to learn, fun, and really does take 10 minutes a day! | 990 | [
"I'm preparing for my trip back to Japan, and thought these tapes would help me remember what I was fluent in as a child, so I skipped the first edition.I listened to level 2 tapes a few times, and after not recognizing the words they were saying, and then realizing they were using phrases I'd never use, for example \"i am not your friend\", I figured out I bought the wrong tapes.The phrases are said in English first, and then in Japanese, but the Japanese is so fast that you don't have a chance to mimic the sentence, and if you do, you don't know how to break down the meaning of each part of the sentence.",
"Maybe I should have bought level 1, but I really don't think I need to learn how to say things they were trying to teach.I bought the 1993 version of Henry N.",
"Raymond's cassettes, but I'm not sure the current version is any different!",
"I've since found a great book for beginners called Japanese in 10 Minutes a Day.",
"It is easy to learn, fun, and really does take 10 minutes a day!"
] |
1 | Why?! | Okay i'm not biased. I love David Cross. Mr. show. Awesome. His stand up. Pretty damn funny. This dvd sucks. It's totally boring. There's nothing funny on here. It tries to be like Insomniac with Dave Attell, but comes nowhere close. It's sad. It shows just how much of a loser David Cross is when he's not on stage. He reminds me of myself! His life must be as boring as mine! My god I bet even he'd waste his time writing a review for Amazon. And I'm only doing this because I care about you! Don't waste your money! If you want to laugh, buy David Cross's "shut up you [sex]ing baby!" CD. It's actually pretty damn funny! If you want to cry, buy this dvd. It just plain sucks! The audio is nearly impossible to understand. The video isn't that great. And you get that feeling at the end. Remember back when you were 13 and you thought masturbation was wrong?! You know that feeling you got every time after you did it?! Well that's how you feel after you watch this video! Okay i'm done. | 990 | [
"Okay i'm not biased.",
"I love David Cross.",
"Mr.",
"show.",
"Awesome.",
"His stand up.",
"Pretty damn funny.",
"This dvd sucks.",
"It's totally boring.",
"There's nothing funny on here.",
"It tries to be like Insomniac with Dave Attell, but comes nowhere close.",
"It's sad.",
"It shows just how much of a loser David Cross is when he's not on stage.",
"He reminds me of myself!",
"His life must be as boring as mine!",
"My god I bet even he'd waste his time writing a review for Amazon.",
"And I'm only doing this because I care about you!",
"Don't waste your money!",
"If you want to laugh, buy David Cross's \"shut up you [sex]ing baby!",
"\" CD.",
"It's actually pretty damn funny!",
"If you want to cry, buy this dvd.",
"It just plain sucks!",
"The audio is nearly impossible to understand.",
"The video isn't that great.",
"And you get that feeling at the end.",
"Remember back when you were 13 and you thought masturbation was wrong?!",
"You know that feeling you got every time after you did it?!",
"Well that's how you feel after you watch this video!",
"Okay i'm done."
] |
1 | Horrifying | All I can say is that with in 4 minutes of listening to this album I felt violently ill. I almost cried when I heard what one of my favorite bands had been reduced to. If you enjoyed Against Me! DO NOT buy this album. If you're new to Against Me! buy one of their older releases and never listen to them again. Lock your self in your room and pretend that they broke up after the release of Reinventing Axl Rose. Maybe then you can live in a beautiful fantasy world in which Against Me! has never created a bad song. Unfortunately I can never live in this fantasy world because I purchased this excuse for an album. If for some reason unbeknownst to me you enjoy crappy pop punk clichés then buy this album. However, if you enjoy original music with a meaningful message for the love of all that is holy, stay away from this album!!!Things this album stole:Jello Biafra vocals (track 1 TSR)Clash riffs (track 5 Rice and Bread)Cover Art (see Ryan Adams Gold and Rolling Stone Sticky Fingers) | 990 | [
"All I can say is that with in 4 minutes of listening to this album I felt violently ill.",
"I almost cried when I heard what one of my favorite bands had been reduced to.",
"If you enjoyed Against Me!",
"DO NOT buy this album.",
"If you're new to Against Me!",
"buy one of their older releases and never listen to them again.",
"Lock your self in your room and pretend that they broke up after the release of Reinventing Axl Rose.",
"Maybe then you can live in a beautiful fantasy world in which Against Me!",
"has never created a bad song.",
"Unfortunately I can never live in this fantasy world because I purchased this excuse for an album.",
"If for some reason unbeknownst to me you enjoy crappy pop punk clichés then buy this album.",
"However, if you enjoy original music with a meaningful message for the love of all that is holy, stay away from this album!!!",
"Things this album stole:Jello Biafra vocals (track 1 TSR)Clash riffs (track 5 Rice and Bread)Cover Art (see Ryan Adams Gold and Rolling Stone Sticky Fingers)"
] |
1 | BUYER BEWARE | I bought this system for my son. Less than 3 months after first using it, the tuner failed. Sony gives you a one year warranty on the product. So, while disappointed, I figured "no big deal" - I'm covered for parts and labor for one year.What they don't tell you is that the ONLY place to repair the item under warranty is in Laredo, Texas, which is fine I suppose.......if you live near Laredo. I live on the east coast, so my "free" warranty service would actually cost me the time and materials for shipping this relatively heavy item. This hardly makes sense to pay shipping that would cost about 25% of the item's value.The product itself worked OK up until it stopped working. It had good sound and lots of features.My advice - buy a similar unit from Panasonic. Their warranty actually covers repair as you would assume (i.e., they will allow you to bring it to a local authorized dealer). Sony has numerous authorized service centers, but they won't cover their shelf systems there! | 990 | [
"I bought this system for my son.",
"Less than 3 months after first using it, the tuner failed.",
"Sony gives you a one year warranty on the product.",
"So, while disappointed, I figured \"no big deal\" - I'm covered for parts and labor for one year.What they don't tell you is that the ONLY place to repair the item under warranty is in Laredo, Texas, which is fine I suppose.......if you live near Laredo.",
"I live on the east coast, so my \"free\" warranty service would actually cost me the time and materials for shipping this relatively heavy item.",
"This hardly makes sense to pay shipping that would cost about 25% of the item's value.The product itself worked OK up until it stopped working.",
"It had good sound and lots of features.My advice - buy a similar unit from Panasonic.",
"Their warranty actually covers repair as you would assume (i.e., they will allow you to bring it to a local authorized dealer).",
"Sony has numerous authorized service centers, but they won't cover their shelf systems there!"
] |
1 | Coen Brother do this? | Listen, I've never watched a Coen brother's movie. Perhaps thats just me being dumb or it not being on my to-do list. But this movie looked funny in the trailers. So I decided to rent it, the Blockbuster guy having told me he didn't like it. I didn't believe him because 1) He was flirting with me. Never trust someone who flirts with you and you don't know them. 2)He smelled like Beef and cheese.So I get to my place and decide to watch this. Then I realize something. This movie has no plot. Wonderful actors, yes. But no plot for them to feed on. What were the writer's doing, spending a weekend in Vegas then waking up with a hangover the day the script was needed? So they took a bunch of ideas and put them together?And because of this, I don't even remember the chracters names. I know that Brad Pitt's was the funniest, even though he was too retarded to live. And Geogre clooney's guy? What is that machine? I was digusted. So my review; burn in general. Don't even bother reading | 990 | [
"Listen, I've never watched a Coen brother's movie.",
"Perhaps thats just me being dumb or it not being on my to-do list.",
"But this movie looked funny in the trailers.",
"So I decided to rent it, the Blockbuster guy having told me he didn't like it.",
"I didn't believe him because 1) He was flirting with me.",
"Never trust someone who flirts with you and you don't know them.",
"2)He smelled like Beef and cheese.So I get to my place and decide to watch this.",
"Then I realize something.",
"This movie has no plot.",
"Wonderful actors, yes.",
"But no plot for them to feed on.",
"What were the writer's doing, spending a weekend in Vegas then waking up with a hangover the day the script was needed?",
"So they took a bunch of ideas and put them together?",
"And because of this, I don't even remember the chracters names.",
"I know that Brad Pitt's was the funniest, even though he was too retarded to live.",
"And Geogre clooney's guy?",
"What is that machine?",
"I was digusted.",
"So my review; burn in general.",
"Don't even bother reading"
] |
1 | YAWN.......... | First I have to admit, I only read 150 pages of this book. That was all I could possibly stand. Life is just too short to waste on a book you don't enjoy reading.Ballas, our main character, is a drunk and a scoundrel. One is not sure whether they should root for or against him. He is a vagrant, thief, and all around not so nice guy. He steals a mysteriously beautiful gemstone, which sets into motion something........I got too bored to stick around and find out what.The first 150 pages are filled with Ballas being beaten within an inch of his life, coming to, healing enough to move on, only to be beaten within an inch of his life again. ok, we get it, let's get on with the story. I just got too bored to stay with this one folks. Maybe it got better, but to me, if an author can't write well enough to grab and maintain my attention, their book isn't worth my time. There are too many great books out there. Read this one at your own risk, if you can stay awake through it, that is. | 990 | [
"First I have to admit, I only read 150 pages of this book.",
"That was all I could possibly stand.",
"Life is just too short to waste on a book you don't enjoy reading.Ballas, our main character, is a drunk and a scoundrel.",
"One is not sure whether they should root for or against him.",
"He is a vagrant, thief, and all around not so nice guy.",
"He steals a mysteriously beautiful gemstone, which sets into motion something........I got too bored to stick around and find out what.The first 150 pages are filled with Ballas being beaten within an inch of his life, coming to, healing enough to move on, only to be beaten within an inch of his life again.",
"ok, we get it, let's get on with the story.",
"I just got too bored to stay with this one folks.",
"Maybe it got better, but to me, if an author can't write well enough to grab and maintain my attention, their book isn't worth my time.",
"There are too many great books out there.",
"Read this one at your own risk, if you can stay awake through it, that is."
] |
1 | Misleading Compilation | I wanted to add my voice to the complaints that this item is a compilation of episodes that are already on different seasons. If people do not read this they are going to think that they are new episodes that haven't been seen and that is not the case. You must be careful to really read these descriptions and I've begun to read thru a few of the first few customer reviews to make sure I'm not buying duplicae material or ho-hum material. I am a huge paranormal/supernatural fan and have been for many many years even when it wasn't a thing that was mentioned about in "normal" circles. I particularly enjoyed this series when it was televised on the Discovery Channel and would love to see additional seasons made of it. I think there would be enough fans out there that would enjoy seeing a new season. I have all four seasons and have just rewatched them. Just be aware that New Dominion has released two sort of "best of" sets with 8 episodes on each one but they're not new material. | 990 | [
"I wanted to add my voice to the complaints that this item is a compilation of episodes that are already on different seasons.",
"If people do not read this they are going to think that they are new episodes that haven't been seen and that is not the case.",
"You must be careful to really read these descriptions and I've begun to read thru a few of the first few customer reviews to make sure I'm not buying duplicae material or ho-hum material.",
"I am a huge paranormal/supernatural fan and have been for many many years even when it wasn't a thing that was mentioned about in \"normal\" circles.",
"I particularly enjoyed this series when it was televised on the Discovery Channel and would love to see additional seasons made of it.",
"I think there would be enough fans out there that would enjoy seeing a new season.",
"I have all four seasons and have just rewatched them.",
"Just be aware that New Dominion has released two sort of \"best of\" sets with 8 episodes on each one but they're not new material."
] |
1 | Doesn't work | First, let me just say that this item is a good idea. However, this particular product should be avoided at all costs. I received it as a gift.... Put batteries in it, and noticed that it would try to squirt at random times. The instructions, which are very minimalist, say not to put it near bright lights or a window. I tried it in several different places in both my bathroom and my kitchen and it would attempt to dispense randomly on its own. Not a good sign.My husband suggested I try loading it with soap anyway to see if it would make a difference. So I did. The dispenser won't dispense anything. Referred to the instructions again which suggested that the liquid loaded in it might be too thick and to try diluting it. So I did. It still won't dispense anything. The little motor goes but nothing comes out....even after trying to get it to dispense for about 5 minutes.I'm going to empty it and it's going to be returned. Save yourself the frustration and don't buy this product. | 990 | [
"First, let me just say that this item is a good idea.",
"However, this particular product should be avoided at all costs.",
"I received it as a gift.... Put batteries in it, and noticed that it would try to squirt at random times.",
"The instructions, which are very minimalist, say not to put it near bright lights or a window.",
"I tried it in several different places in both my bathroom and my kitchen and it would attempt to dispense randomly on its own.",
"Not a good sign.My husband suggested I try loading it with soap anyway to see if it would make a difference.",
"So I did.",
"The dispenser won't dispense anything.",
"Referred to the instructions again which suggested that the liquid loaded in it might be too thick and to try diluting it.",
"So I did.",
"It still won't dispense anything.",
"The little motor goes but nothing comes out....even after trying to get it to dispense for about 5 minutes.I'm going to empty it and it's going to be returned.",
"Save yourself the frustration and don't buy this product."
] |
1 | Carafe Leaks! | Though I really wanted to buy a Vita-Mix blender, I couldn't justify the cost. So, I decided to buy the pretty red KitchenAid. I read the reviews that people wrote about the blender leaking at the base of the carafe, but I didn't think it would happen to me. Literally the 1st time that I used it, the blender made this awful loud noise and my smoothie poured out of the base of the carafe. I contacted KitchenAid customer service about the issue and they sent me a brand new carafe - which also leaks! I found out that the issue is that there is a design flaw and the movement of the blender blade actually loosens the blade from the carafe, causing the leak. So now, every time I use my blender, I have to make sure that the blade is super tight in the carafe. Though it always loosens enough that there is some leakage during use, it doesn't pour out of the blender anymore. I'm just saving up for a Vita-Mix, because this KitchenAid blender is awful. I would not recommend it to anyone! | 990 | [
"Though I really wanted to buy a Vita-Mix blender, I couldn't justify the cost.",
"So, I decided to buy the pretty red KitchenAid.",
"I read the reviews that people wrote about the blender leaking at the base of the carafe, but I didn't think it would happen to me.",
"Literally the 1st time that I used it, the blender made this awful loud noise and my smoothie poured out of the base of the carafe.",
"I contacted KitchenAid customer service about the issue and they sent me a brand new carafe - which also leaks!",
"I found out that the issue is that there is a design flaw and the movement of the blender blade actually loosens the blade from the carafe, causing the leak.",
"So now, every time I use my blender, I have to make sure that the blade is super tight in the carafe.",
"Though it always loosens enough that there is some leakage during use, it doesn't pour out of the blender anymore.",
"I'm just saving up for a Vita-Mix, because this KitchenAid blender is awful.",
"I would not recommend it to anyone!"
] |
1 | Pedantic and unhelpful | I had to read this book for a graduate music education course. When it was assigned, I looked forward to reading it because, up to now, I have found Canadian scholars of music education (e.g., Bowman, Elliott, Stubley, Lamb) to be exceptionally fine thinkers with excellent, cutting-edge ideas. I expected the same from Woodford, another Canadian. Unforunately, I was very disappointed. Woodford is not in the same league as his Northern colleagues. The content of his book (it's just a booklet, actually) will be unhelpful and uninspiring to any music educator interested in learning more about music, or music education, or engaging his/her students in the joys of music making. Woodford's book is about turning music teachers and music education into political-social tools. This is not a new idea, and it has potential, but Woodford does not have the writing and thinking abilities needed to justify his spin on this topic. In a nutshell: this book is an unconvincing and pedantic plod. | 990 | [
"I had to read this book for a graduate music education course.",
"When it was assigned, I looked forward to reading it because, up to now, I have found Canadian scholars of music education (e.g., Bowman, Elliott, Stubley, Lamb) to be exceptionally fine thinkers with excellent, cutting-edge ideas.",
"I expected the same from Woodford, another Canadian.",
"Unforunately, I was very disappointed.",
"Woodford is not in the same league as his Northern colleagues.",
"The content of his book (it's just a booklet, actually) will be unhelpful and uninspiring to any music educator interested in learning more about music, or music education, or engaging his/her students in the joys of music making.",
"Woodford's book is about turning music teachers and music education into political-social tools.",
"This is not a new idea, and it has potential, but Woodford does not have the writing and thinking abilities needed to justify his spin on this topic.",
"In a nutshell: this book is an unconvincing and pedantic plod."
] |
1 | Bad Luck Purchase | I bought the master steam, black iron a week ago at K-Mart to give to my daughter for her birthday. I paid 20.00+ for this iron (on sale) and gave it to my daughter who had just moved into a lovely new home. I was the first person to use the iron and thought it very acceptable. When my daughter used it, the same week I purchased it there was near disaster because the iron started to spit out dark brown water etc. and smoke and it smelled terrible. So we shut it off not daring to continue with the iron process. Apparently for some unknown reason this iron burned up on the inside!! Never in all of my many, many years of ironing have I experienced anything like this. I really don't care to return the iron to K-Mart because I'm afraid I'll only get taken again. So - what should I (we) do about this? I am so disappointed and rather embarrased to have given my daughter such a poorly chosen gift.Any guidance you can give me will be appreciated. Thank you.JoAnne CotaJoCota@yadtel.net | 990 | [
"I bought the master steam, black iron a week ago at K-Mart to give to my daughter for her birthday.",
"I paid 20.00+ for this iron (on sale) and gave it to my daughter who had just moved into a lovely new home.",
"I was the first person to use the iron and thought it very acceptable.",
"When my daughter used it, the same week I purchased it there was near disaster because the iron started to spit out dark brown water etc.",
"and smoke and it smelled terrible.",
"So we shut it off not daring to continue with the iron process.",
"Apparently for some unknown reason this iron burned up on the inside!!",
"Never in all of my many, many years of ironing have I experienced anything like this.",
"I really don't care to return the iron to K-Mart because I'm afraid I'll only get taken again.",
"So - what should I (we) do about this?",
"I am so disappointed and rather embarrased to have given my daughter such a poorly chosen gift.Any guidance you can give me will be appreciated.",
"Thank you.JoAnne CotaJoCota@yadtel.net"
] |
1 | Worst buy I ever made | When the unit is turned off, there is a lot of noise comingfrom the speakers, as long as it is plugged in the wall. Hadto disconnect the system from the electric plug at night time- otherwise I could not fall asleep ;)Then, I tried to connect my guitar effects to the RCA inputjacks. However, I could barely hear any sound coming throughthe speackers, even if I turn it all the way up. I'veused the same setup to connect my guitar effects to my stereo,and no problem there, so I know it's this unit.Wanted to return this [...] the next day, but could not findmy receipt. Shucks. Now I've taked the unit to the office,assuming the noise would be less annoying because of our officeair vents. Nope. Noise is so bad, I have to unplug the systemif I don't want to listen to music.For $50, I'm sure this is a very very bad buy. For $50,any other alternative is most likely a better buy that this.Beware.And if you choose to go against this advaice, make sure youknow where you keep your receipt. | 990 | [
"When the unit is turned off, there is a lot of noise comingfrom the speakers, as long as it is plugged in the wall.",
"Hadto disconnect the system from the electric plug at night time- otherwise I could not fall asleep ;)Then, I tried to connect my guitar effects to the RCA inputjacks.",
"However, I could barely hear any sound coming throughthe speackers, even if I turn it all the way up.",
"I'veused the same setup to connect my guitar effects to my stereo,and no problem there, so I know it's this unit.Wanted to return this [...] the next day, but could not findmy receipt.",
"Shucks.",
"Now I've taked the unit to the office,assuming the noise would be less annoying because of our officeair vents.",
"Nope.",
"Noise is so bad, I have to unplug the systemif I don't want to listen to music.For $50, I'm sure this is a very very bad buy.",
"For $50,any other alternative is most likely a better buy that this.Beware.And if you choose to go against this advaice, make sure youknow where you keep your receipt."
] |
1 | It's NOT Superman | Superman throughout the years has always possessed honesty, intelligence, and the moral center that made him one of the greatest superheroes ever. Comic fans laughingly refer to him as the "big blue boy scout" even as they admire his steadfast stand for truth, justice, and the American way. Batman is darker and more complex, but the simplicity of Superman keeps you coming back. There's something we all see in Superman that we wish we saw in yourselves. That said, the Clark Kent/Superman in this book is NOT ANYTHING like that. This Clark Kent is a moron, lacks a moral compass, and has all the appeal of asphalt. Lois Lane comes off like a 1950's good girl gone bad. If you want to experience the real Superman, watch one of the good movies (Superman 1 & 2, and Superman Returns), the animated series, or even "Smallville". Listen to "It's Not Easy To Be Me/Superman" by Five For Fighting or "Kryptonite" by Three Doors Down. But whatever you do, avoid this book like green kryptonite! | 990 | [
"Superman throughout the years has always possessed honesty, intelligence, and the moral center that made him one of the greatest superheroes ever.",
"Comic fans laughingly refer to him as the \"big blue boy scout\" even as they admire his steadfast stand for truth, justice, and the American way.",
"Batman is darker and more complex, but the simplicity of Superman keeps you coming back.",
"There's something we all see in Superman that we wish we saw in yourselves.",
"That said, the Clark Kent/Superman in this book is NOT ANYTHING like that.",
"This Clark Kent is a moron, lacks a moral compass, and has all the appeal of asphalt.",
"Lois Lane comes off like a 1950's good girl gone bad.",
"If you want to experience the real Superman, watch one of the good movies (Superman 1 & 2, and Superman Returns), the animated series, or even \"Smallville\".",
"Listen to \"It's Not Easy To Be Me/Superman\" by Five For Fighting or \"Kryptonite\" by Three Doors Down.",
"But whatever you do, avoid this book like green kryptonite!"
] |
1 | Director's Cut Sucks | I saw Halloween when it was release in Theaters and I loved the film. So when it came out on DVD, I went out and bought the Director's Cut to see what was added. I discovered that one of my favorite scenes was replaced! In the theatrical release, Micheal escaping from the guards was just a fun scene, but Rob Zombie felt 'it wasn't real enough,' so he replaced it with a rape scene.So, Micheal breaking lose and killing a handful of guards, or two guys break into Micheal's cell to rape a girl (WTF) and Micheal just walks out (and kills the two guys). The director's cut also including pointless things like fading to black and it reading "Halloween night." Zombie must think his fans are retarded that we couldn't figure that out.If you watch the director's cut and hated the movie, I don't blame you. But give the film another try and watch the theatrical release, it's way better. It's amazing, ask anyone who saw it in theaters.Director's Cut- 0 out of 0Theatrical Release- 4 out of 5 | 990 | [
"I saw Halloween when it was release in Theaters and I loved the film.",
"So when it came out on DVD, I went out and bought the Director's Cut to see what was added.",
"I discovered that one of my favorite scenes was replaced!",
"In the theatrical release, Micheal escaping from the guards was just a fun scene, but Rob Zombie felt 'it wasn't real enough,' so he replaced it with a rape scene.So, Micheal breaking lose and killing a handful of guards, or two guys break into Micheal's cell to rape a girl (WTF) and Micheal just walks out (and kills the two guys).",
"The director's cut also including pointless things like fading to black and it reading \"Halloween night.\" Zombie must think his fans are retarded that we couldn't figure that out.If you watch the director's cut and hated the movie, I don't blame you.",
"But give the film another try and watch the theatrical release, it's way better.",
"It's amazing, ask anyone who saw it in theaters.Director's Cut- 0 out of 0Theatrical Release- 4 out of 5"
] |
1 | Simply a waste of money | If I could give this zero stars, I would. I rarely post reviews of products, but this one is so bad, I had to. I have been playing golf for 17 years. I currently play about 2 rounds per week, and practice at least one other day. In other words - I take golf pretty seriously. I recognized that my putting was suffering and sought out this DVD. I was really amazed and just how bad this DVD was. Basically all Dave Stockton says is that you need to forward press with your hands and you need to find your "signature stroke". That's it. I just saved you from buying this DVD. I passed it around to a couple of my other golfing buddies and they were also amazed. I emailed Dave Stockton through his website and expressed my disappointment. They offered to refund my money. I like Dave Stockton - he is indeed a good instructor, but this video was nothing other than something to put his name on and make some money. Absolutely the worst instructional material (book or video) I have EVER seen. | 990 | [
"If I could give this zero stars, I would.",
"I rarely post reviews of products, but this one is so bad, I had to.",
"I have been playing golf for 17 years.",
"I currently play about 2 rounds per week, and practice at least one other day.",
"In other words - I take golf pretty seriously.",
"I recognized that my putting was suffering and sought out this DVD.",
"I was really amazed and just how bad this DVD was.",
"Basically all Dave Stockton says is that you need to forward press with your hands and you need to find your \"signature stroke\".",
"That's it.",
"I just saved you from buying this DVD.",
"I passed it around to a couple of my other golfing buddies and they were also amazed.",
"I emailed Dave Stockton through his website and expressed my disappointment.",
"They offered to refund my money.",
"I like Dave Stockton - he is indeed a good instructor, but this video was nothing other than something to put his name on and make some money.",
"Absolutely the worst instructional material (book or video) I have EVER seen."
] |
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