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FireGilbert · 07-17-2025, 08:16 PM

Caught up on a bunch of movies lately and didn't have time to review. Enjoy:

Death of a Unicorn: A fantasy horror that takes place in Canada despite not being filmed in Canada. Was an engaging movie with some cool moments but was predictable with an unsubtle message and iffy special effects. Worth watching for Will Poulter's performance. 7/10

Deep Cover: An interesting comedy concept that provides some laughs and twists. Felt like it was missing something and needed to flesh out the characters and criminal plot a bit more. Not sure Bryce Dallas Howard is lead actor material but did enjoy Orlando Bloom's over the top performance. 7/10

The Electric State: How is it possible to make a robot movie so boring? Has some potential with interesting world building but does nothing with it. Just a generic predictable adventure movie. 4/10

Fountain of Youth: Another generic straight to streaming adventure movie, this one feeling like a National Treasure rip off. Has some fun action set pieces but the repetitive humour doesn't land and the plot is trope filled. Has to be Guy Ritchie's worst movie. 4/10

Harold and the Purple Crayon: It's tough to turn a short children's book into a full length movie and I kind of get what they were going for but it doesn't work at all. The story is all over the place and the character development is unearned. Maybe could have been saved with more engaging drawing effects. Did enjoy Jermain Clement hamming it up as the villain. 4/10

KPop Demon Hunters: What if Buffy was a KPop band? This was great! Awesome animation and catchy music with a fast paced story makes this pure joy for the senses. Could have used more backstory and world building but suspect we get than in the sequel. I'm definitely a sucker for these new Sony animated movies and think they have surpassed Pixar in offering entertainment for the whole family with exciting new animation that is worth the hype. Can we get that 3rd Spider Verse already? 10/10

LOTR The War of the Rohirrim: I enjoyed the animation and this started off with a lot of promise but it's just kind of dull with the 2nd act especially being a drag. Doesn't really add much to the LOTR lore and ends up just being an origin story on how Helm's Deep was named. 5/10

07-17-2025, 08:16 PM	#11244
FireGilbert Franchise Player Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Brisbane Exp:	Caught up on a bunch of movies lately and didn't have time to review. Enjoy: Death of a Unicorn: A fantasy horror that takes place in Canada despite not being filmed in Canada. Was an engaging movie with some cool moments but was predictable with an unsubtle message and iffy special effects. Worth watching for Will Poulter's performance. 7/10 Deep Cover: An interesting comedy concept that provides some laughs and twists. Felt like it was missing something and needed to flesh out the characters and criminal plot a bit more. Not sure Bryce Dallas Howard is lead actor material but did enjoy Orlando Bloom's over the top performance. 7/10 The Electric State: How is it possible to make a robot movie so boring? Has some potential with interesting world building but does nothing with it. Just a generic predictable adventure movie. 4/10 Fountain of Youth: Another generic straight to streaming adventure movie, this one feeling like a National Treasure rip off. Has some fun action set pieces but the repetitive humour doesn't land and the plot is trope filled. Has to be Guy Ritchie's worst movie. 4/10 Harold and the Purple Crayon: It's tough to turn a short children's book into a full length movie and I kind of get what they were going for but it doesn't work at all. The story is all over the place and the character development is unearned. Maybe could have been saved with more engaging drawing effects. Did enjoy Jermain Clement hamming it up as the villain. 4/10 KPop Demon Hunters: What if Buffy was a KPop band? This was great! Awesome animation and catchy music with a fast paced story makes this pure joy for the senses. Could have used more backstory and world building but suspect we get than in the sequel. I'm definitely a sucker for these new Sony animated movies and think they have surpassed Pixar in offering entertainment for the whole family with exciting new animation that is worth the hype. Can we get that 3rd Spider Verse already? 10/10 LOTR The War of the Rohirrim: I enjoyed the animation and this started off with a lot of promise but it's just kind of dull with the 2nd act especially being a drag. Doesn't really add much to the LOTR lore and ends up just being an origin story on how Helm's Deep was named. 5/10 __________________ The masses of humanity have always had to surf.