fantasy fiction movies

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - (2016 movie)

2016-11-27
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Avoid, especially if you like the Harry Potter series!

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(on Wikipedia)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3183660/
http://www.fantasticbeasts.com/

A British wizard travels to New York City, but his case full of endangered magical creatures causes trouble in a city that already has its own creature problem.

Weak characters, a shit plot with lots of filler and generally unlikeable. Especially bad in light of the earlier movies set in this universe. God that main character is fucking terrible to watch.

I will forever misremember this title as Fantastic Breasts and Where to Find Them. No fantastic breasts were found in this movie.



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Mythic (2015 short film)

2016-11-21
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(on Wikipedia)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4270610/
http://mythicfilm.weebly.com/

It is discovered that a person and their voice can be paired with certain words to manifest effects in the real world.

Tiring. Slow, confusing, and after 12 minutes it gets into a bit of a plot. The world has not been particularly well-explained.. giving this too little substance to hold my attention.

  • 17 minutes

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The Mortal Instruments - City of Bones (2013)

2016-11-17
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(on Wikipedia)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1538403/

A girl learns she has magic powers and stuff when a bad guy and his henchmen who all like demons hunt her down for a thing she has.

A superhero-girl-witch movie. Adorable and stuff. Recommended for girls who are fans of this adorable trope genre.



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Star Wars II.I - Attack of the Phantom

2016-04-02
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(on Wikipedia)

An assassination attempt on a senator gets her two superpowered-bodyguards, one of whom has the hots for her and whose investigation leads to a mystery that has remained shrouded for ten years.

While nowhere near as good as I.I, this is an adequate watch and certainly head and shoulders above Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones.

Definitely do not watch this until you have episode III lined up. At present, I do not know if there is a phantom edit of that. So.. I don't know if I can recommend this. Right now it's flagged as disliked, but I don't feel that I wasted my time watching it. I just feel let down by the ending.

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The Neverending Story (1984)

2016-03-30
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The Neverending Story

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(on Wikipedia)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088323/

A boy skips school, is assaulted by bullies then hides from them in a bookstore which he then robs, then hides out in his school's attic to read.

An extraordinarily powerful movie.

There's a certain feeling with movies in the 1980's which were positioned for children but had unashamedly-adult themes running through them. The Neverending Story has, at its core, themes of literacy, imagination, will, loss, hope and determination.



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Star Wars Episode I.II - The Phantom Edit (2000)

2016-03-29
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(on Wikipedia)

The Trade Federation blockades a peaceful planet, and decisive action is required to bring political and military strength to bear.

An astonishing improvement on the original. Even though it's lower visual quality than it's original can be, it's worth a watch. Very highly recommended especially to fans of the original trilogy who were disappointed by this new trilogy.

  • Properly titled Star Wars Episode I.II: The Phantom Edit
  • This is an edit of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
  • Continues from Star Wars II.I - Attack of the Phantom

  • There was a Star Wars Episode I.I - The Phantom Edit (notice the I.I) which was a VHS-only release with a longer running length.

    • The DVD release cut two additional scenes.
    • I do not know if the VHS and DVD releases have different release dates, or know for sure if the one I reviewed was actually released in 2000.

  • TODO - this has a commentary track!



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Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)

2016-03-12
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(on Wikipedia)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101452/

The fates of two dumbasses is challenged by an man from their future, bent on bending their future-utopia into his world-domination.

An excellent movie. Though it does suffer from some generation-drift, it suffers far less than its predecessor. It's not childish, but it is light enough to be "young". Enjoyable, well-written and recommended. Grab a beer and some popcorn with your buddies and enjoy this at least once.



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The Crown and the Dragon (2013)

2016-03-05
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1913178/

Something about a coronation, a dragon, a prophesy, a paladin and probably some other stuff.

A solid story, executed well, but something about it seems off to me. Perhaps it's a budget issue. I'd bet the high-budget films have spoiled things for the others. Recommended (only) for fantasy fiction enthusiasts.

  • Properly titled The Crown and the Dragon - The Paladin Cycle



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Gods of Egypt (2016)

2016-03-03
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(on Wikipedia)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2404233/

The gods fuck around and threaten all mortals, but it's up to one mortal to help a downtrodden god to be a not-downtrodden god and save the day.

The day is saved. Entertainment was had. Possibly worth a watch, but I think it's fluff even for for movies like this one.



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Dragonheart 3 - The Sorcerer's Curse (2015)

2016-01-15
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(on Wikipedia)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3829170/
http://www.uphe.com/movies/dragonheart-3-the-sorcerers-curse

A dragon, having, for unknown reasons, landed as a meteorite but on top of a clutch of eggs and somehow not damaging them, heals a not-knight who risked his life for the eggs but actually to steal them is cursed to become the slave of a druid who is for some reason called a sorcerer.

This is basically a high-quality TV-movie but released for the big screen. It's not dependent on the other movies in this series, which is probably for the best. It's not great, not particularly good and only worth a one-time watch for people who are fans of this sort of genre.

  • This is a prequil to the series.

  • Properly titled Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse

  1. DragonHeart (1996)
  2. Dragonheart - A New Beginning (2000) (sequel)

  3. Dragonheart 3 - The Sorcerer's Curse (2015) (prequel)



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