Since 2002
Ummm…I was hoping for another stand-out song on the soundtrack, like “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” was for the original. That didn’t happen, and they basically recycled one of the songs.
Mushu screws everything up; then he fixes everything in the end, à la deus-ex-dragon. Although the final outcome was probably slightly better than it would have been, had he not interfered at all.
Behold, a sneak preview of TES VI !
This was a real winner, as far as bad movies go; I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see what asinine thing would happen next.
I have no idea whether any of this was intentional or not.
I learned what a caber toss was from Curse of Monkey Island; I smiled when I saw a caber toss here. Didn’t see anyone using a barrel of rum to blow up a rubber tree though.
While watching, I recognized so many bits and pieces of other Disney movies; but I suppose all of the tropes are ancient and I shouldn’t really be surprised.
Oh boy. More flat soda. Somebody needs to learn not to pop the top until it’s time to drink.
I kept hearing not-Simba talking and thinking, “that sounds familiar; but I can’t quite place it.” Once I opened imdb for Greg Cipes and saw the logo for Teen Titans it immediately clicked, “oh yeah, Beast Boy!”
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
Did Toothless get smaller? Maybe Hiccup got bigger…I don’t know.
That was not the death I expected.
Oh hey, how about that? Post #100!
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
The story Eragon wishes it could be.
I kind of don’t want to see the “Oh no; the hero is dead! Sob! Boo-hoo! Oh wait, he’s actually alive! Hooray!” trope anymore.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Ricardo Montalban is the one true Khan.
I’m getting lots of what I’m going to call a “reverse yeah, I remember that” or “yup, that’s where it came from.”
There’s a scene where Kirk says, “damage report”, he and Spock then walk over to a monitor where Spock points at each of the glowing red dots one at a time before finally saying, “they knew exactly where to hit us”. I’m thinking, “thank you Mr Spock, I never would have noticed those specks of light had you not pointed them out to me!” He should have spoken and pointed at the same time.
Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013)
Just even more of, “oh yeah, I remember that!” Only now, instead of just being oh yeah I remember that from the series, it’s also, oh yeah I remember that from Wrath of Khan, and even, oh yeah, I remember that from Star Trek 2009.
I haven’t read the book version of this. I feel like I should, now.
TIME PASSES
I have now read the book; it is quite a bit different than the movie. At least the movie is not alone; it comes from a long line of inaccurate Dahl adaptations.
There are a lot of good names in this; but it’s like a soda that’s been left out overnight that’s gone completely flat.