The Party

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The Party turned out to be very entertaining for the viewer that is, not the participants of the titular event. And I liked the ending too, unexpected. 

Like Father

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Like Father didn't work. It didn't work at any level. The acting was good but not enough to save it. Kristen Bell is an actress I like a lot. But is she the go to actor for the holiday destination film? Forgetting Sarah Marshall (great film), Couples Retreat so so and now this. Despite and interesting plot the film fell flat on all counts. 

Ghost

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Ghost really affected me when I first watched in cinema and it affected me a lot the second time I have watched but I think the biggest impact was this third viewing. This film is good. It has a good plot, great cast, love, revenge, melodrama and it caused many tears to fall every time. And I realised that I have never appreciated Patrick Swayze (RIP) as an actor. He is really good and he was so in everything I have seen him in. My favorite youth film is still Dirty Dancing btw. He and Demi Moore are so so good in it. 

Switched

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Switched ok these two in the above photo have only minor parts in this TV show. I chose this one because I liked the plot. A popular girl in high school unwillingly switches bodies with the class loser who is overweight. Anyway it is not that good a show (nowhere near, say Nobuta Wo Produce) but I liked its message and the acting from the two female leads (not the ones above) were very good. I alos liked the fact that the overweight girl ended up being happy without having to lose weight or getting a make over or something like that. I shed many tears during this one and especially felt sad for the secondary male lead and hoped the best for the character in the future. 

It

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It well it is not that bad I suppose but I was not scared during the viewing. Some of the reasons for that are unrelated to the film; I have watched a LOT of horror films and I guess I'm a bit jaded. Also I very rarely watch a horror film about something that truly scares me (these are mainly low grade Turkish horror films about djinns and those really scare me so I never watch them) and also I have read the novel a few times and know if pretty well (now the novel kind of scares me, even though I know what is coming). The acting, the set design, the make up are all good (as evidenced in the photo) but there is something lacking in it. Something the novel has abundance of. Even though this is only chapter one it only barely grazes over the issues in the novel and also eschews its storytelling timeline. Anyway the book is way better but I didn't fall asleep during this one. 

The Nightingale

The Nightingale turned out to be as good as everyone says it is. I actually do not like this writer very much. Not because of her writing style or storytelling (which is good) but something else I can't quite put my finger on. Something about the way her characters act. Anyway I was so ready not to like this novel but in the end I was in tears and actually had to take the tissue box since a few silent tears quickly turned into ugly crying. 

Eileen turned out to be good but not captivating. I liked it well enough but did not feel emotionally connected (and to be fair I don't think the writer wants the reader to).