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Title: Promising Subject Matter, Poor Writing Style Review: Having very much enjoyed listening to Barrett Whitener read P Nichols's Sea Change: Alone Across the Atlantic in a Wooden Boat, I was looking forward to listening to his reading of River-Horse. Unfortunately, the style of William Least Heat-Moon is long-winded and trite. His humor (or is it attempted wit?)is forced--especially in the failed witticisms with which he inevitably ends each chapter. Some of his iconographs are interesting, and the historical background he provides can even be gripping. However, listening to him describe his own life and experiences in his pretentious and overblown prose (did he write the whole thing with the thesaurus open in front of him?) made me shut off the tape recorder more than once. Is this product review negative?
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Title: Ho hum Review: Oh, there were a few funny gags here, but mostly this is pretty low-brow stuff. Part of the problem lies with the fact that Sheen is not a comedy actor. Is this product review negative?
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Title: I think we all should boycott this! Review: You know I was all for a little spit and polish on these movies back in 1997, but this has gotten crazy. I don't mind adding a few CG elements here and there: cloud city, Mos Eisley, Dewbacks, but when the original movie is significantly altered with the special editions, the 2004 DVD's, and now this, it's gotten out of hand.No one should ever take classic movies and delete original footage, significantly alter footage "Han/Greedo, fake CG Jabba, CG dancers, deletion of original Anakin, or add new dialogue, NOOOOOOOOOOOO!. Plus whatever minor changes are made, always include for the fans the original unaltered versions.I don't really know what can be done to stop this butchering of these movies. Please release originals and have a version that has CG elements that doesn't alter the original concept.GEEZ! Is this product review negative?
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Title: If Brandon Birmingham is your knight in shining armor... Review: ...I would hate to see what kind of man you consider abrute! This was by far the worst book I have ever read.Thank God the romance genre has advanced as it has over thepast twenty years or so. That is, I believe it has evolvedinto a form of literature from the simple stringing togetherof nouns (usually breasts, in this case) and modifiers. Is this product review negative?
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