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…

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

2016

★½ Rewatched

I'm a biologist and I grew up with Harry Potter. I have no interest in this at all.

The Adventures of Prince Achmed

1926

★★★★ Watched

Hypnotically beautiful! The technical limitations helps it to feel timeless rather than of out of time and makes it feel like something that both could've been displayed on a cave wall by the time One Thousand and One Nights was written as well as at an independent film festival 2024.

Give this movie the recognition it deserves! Snow White ain't got nothing! (It has a lot but you get my point)

The Thief of Bagdad

1924

★★★★½ Watched

Not all was good in the 20's but man could they create cinema. The sets look great, the special effects look better than many from 100 years later and best of all looks Douglas Fairbanks!
I don't know what it takes to bring this kind of film making back, but I'm all for it! Unless it's a world war and slave labour , in which case I'm out.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007

★★½ Rewatched

This one is the most boring of the Harry Potter movies and the one that feels most like a middle entry in a franchise. Even though it has brilliant elements, like Imelda Stauntons Umbridge for example, the lack of a classic dramatic structure keeps it from feeling like a film that can stand on its own two legs and takes away from the emotional payoffs it's trying to deliever.

Black Adam

2022

★★ Watched

It's impressive how they made an AI write a superhero movie based on the input "the most average superhero movie ever" and then made rewrites to make it even less original. You could literally cut this film together with clips from other movies and then paste the Rocks face on top of it.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

2022

★★★ Watched

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

The Shogun Assassins

1979

★★★ Watched

I watched this by mistake. It was a good enough premise but too many characters and too hard to follow. I enjoyed the ride though.