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Dota: Dragon's Blood (2021)
Refreshing, surprisingly traditional yetgritty
I wasn't expecti ng much, I admit. Maybe an attempt at a quirky animation style, characters deparately saying quips to out-Marvel a Marvel movie, tongue and cheek PG style, some over the top morality tale. But, i forgot - I was just too busy watching. It's hard to explain why I loved this show so much. The world is traiditional - hero, swords, magic, dragons, elves... and refreshingly and unapologetically so. The general animation remind me of shows of old - she-ra/he-man come to me. But, of course, much sharper, smoother - and action sequences similar to great modern animes. Also, satisfying gore, intersting setting, great voice acting. The story trapped me too.
The Tomorrow War (2021)
Fun movie - plot hole is PAINFUL
Spoilers - Majority of the movie is focused on Dan bringing back a toxin, from 30 years in the future, that will kill all the aliens. Then we can mass produce the toxin and kill all the aliens when they arrive in the future. Aliens over ran the last base in the future and the time portal collapses as he goes back through. He arrives to a world in chaos, cities on fire, UN disbanded - human civilisation is collapsing under the belief we're doomed. But... He was SUCCESSFUL. Now we can win. Totally and utterly ignored in the plot. THEN, Dan and a scientist figure out the alien ship has been on Earth all along. Go to the ice, find the ship, want to blow it up. All well and good. But NO ONE takes any pics or videos of the alien craft or aliens while they are inside. How could scientists explore an ALIEN vessel that crash landed with taking any documentation at all. I don't know why, but it bugged the living crap out of me. These aliens prob still exist, they might come again, we should learn all we can, recording this would be invaluable. Also... couldnt he have just accidently broke the vial to tie up the other plot hole. BUT, all that considered, i actually like this considered, it was entertaining but could havd been sooooo much better had they tied up thaf ludricious plot hole with the toxin. He literally told his adult daughter "you saved the world" , then she plunged to her death but it was all worth it because of the toxin! But.... um, guess none of that mattered since the toxin was ignored... sigh. It was so close to a great movie..
Bigfoot Family (2020)
Why is the rating so low?
I randomly watched this because it captured my interest while walking thru a room. I'm glad i did. I was really surprised by how beautiful it was, esp the parts in Alaska. The story was surprisingly good, and i enjoyed the writing also. It also had humor, i cared about the characters, and the animals were fun too. P.s. To all the haters saying it's unscientific - it is the message that's the point. To protect nature. And , there is a bear that talks, a racoon that drives, magic powers of healing, and Bigfoot is in it for Pete's sake - it's fantastical.
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
Everything you could want and more
I only recently began watching Godzilla movies the past couple years, long time Kong fan. And when my bf suggested i start I didn't think i would be interested. 'It was a guys thing, right?'. Well - i loved this movie. Loved it. And i was thankful to watch the movies that came before and they tied together greatly. It was a whole lot of fun, i didn't find the humans annoying and screen time wasters. And that's saying a lot. Just - so much fun and so satisfying.
Trench 11 (2017)
Surprised by low IMD rating
I've watched some truly awful horror movies with the same IMD rating as this one. I'm baffled by the IMD rating for this film. Obviously it's not going to be a blockbuster high budget movie, but ? ... The atmosphere was great, story was simple but good, characters believable and well acted (surprisingly so), loved the setting of WWI, well paced, good tension, nice set and period details. Felt wonderfully claustrophobic at times, some nice scares, a love-to-hate him bad guy. Not a cliched 'evil Germans' movie. Just, well, an enjoyable movie. I actually cared about the characters and how the story turned out, which is often not the case with many horror/sci fi movies for me - and it felt oddly fresh for a somewhat generic sounding horror movie... maybe because it felt honest, and no jump scares or annoying characters, and those sort of cliches.