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Mio in the Land of Faraway

1987

★★½ Watched

From before Fantasy Movies actually turned good. It looks cheap, the story is dumb and the, what I can only imagine, nightmarish multi-national production, really leaves its mark.

But.

I got to experience this through the eyes of my girlfriend, who really loved it as a kid. And it is for kids. It's perfect for kids. Astrid Lindgren writes in the language of children without dumbing it down, not for pretentious 30-year olds critiquing movies online. It gets an extra…

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019

★★ 1

This movie has so much potential with an intriguing plot set up by the last film, some great actors playing interesting characters and beautiful beautiful sets and special effects. So why doesn't it work? At all. Could be the lazy script, the too many safe bets, a director who doesn't know how to tie his stuff together or the too involved production company? But what do I know.