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(e)Book – Love and friendship

  (e) Book –  Love and friendship Full title :  Love and friendship and other early works Author : Jane Austen Score : /10 Year : 1790 (original) ; 2012 (this edition) Publisher : Duke Classics   ISBN  978-1-62012-155-9  // 9781620121559  (ebook)  Pages :  Language: English Jane Austen is best known for her 6 novels, which all have been adapted into tv movies - but after having read Virginia Woolf's short fiction in chronological order, I decided to apply the same for Austen's publications, to better appreciate her growth and evolution in narrative style. So, before reading her novels which were released from 1811 to 1817, in the following order :  Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma,  Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, I decided to go back to her teenage years, reading Love and Friendships, and other early works.
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Movie – Star Trek II : the wrath of Khan



Movie – Star Trek II : the wrath of Khan

Score : 8/10  
Year : 1982
Director:  Nicholas Meyer 
Country : USA
Language : English
Duration: 1h53
Writers : Harve Bennet (story) ; Gene Roddenberry  (Star Trek created by) 

 The second Star Trek movie, the Wrath Of Khan, is a huge improvement in contrast to ''the motion picture'' which was released 3 years before. 
The Wrath is a sequel to TOS episode ''Space Seed'' in which the Enterprise crew met genetically engineered, augmented humans. Ricardo Montalban reprises his role as Khan, who's back about 15 years later, with a bitter wish for revenge. 

 Aside for the fact that a Mexican actor portrays a Sikh from India, this augmented man in both ''Space Seed'' and this sequel, the story, acting and directing of ''The Wrath of Khan'' is actually very good and puts to shame the previous movie, with one tiny exception : James Horner's music here is less of a character of its own than Jerry Goldsmith's Motion picture. Yet, Horner's score isn't a bad one, it just doesn't stand out as it should. 

 In this cult classic, Star Trek surpasses itself and offers an entertaining plot, full of action, better (but not best) dialogues, the return of TOS humour into the ingredients and a much improved pace in the story telling. 

The movie deals with several social issues, and opposes Khan VS Kirk in what became an epic battle. 
Kirk's midlife crisis and friendship with Mr Spock are also highlighted, and some of the most memorable scenes between them are in this movie. 

 The cinematography offers interesting lights & shadows contrasts which I liked a lot, and the ship-porn scenes are reduced to a more suitable duration which is a great progress since the previous movie. 

 I enjoy the Wrath of Khan quite a bit, except for a few scenes involving bugs and bloodied ears...It's not a gory movie, though, remaining faithful to Star Trek's standards in that matter. 
Starring : William Shatner, Neonard Nimoy, Deforest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barret-Roddenberry, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Ricardo Montalban, Bibi Besch, Merrit Butrick, Paul Wilfield, Kirstie Alley 
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