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[LucasGodzilla]

How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

I've always had a huge soft spot for this series, the first one being my single-most favorite Dreamworks animated movie of all time as well as a personal childhood classic. So seeing how this was the final part of the trilogy, I decided to go check it out at a nearby theater.

Seeing the series end the way it did admittedly hit me a bit in the feels more than I'd like to admit, although truth be told, my expectations for the ending epilogue were way more melancholic than it actually was. I don't even know why honestly, especially knowing that it's a kid's movie, but I was half-expecting it to sort of go into Titanic territories with like, an elderly Hiccup dreaming about him and Toothless in a perfect world. Would've been interesting to see and probably would have left an even stronger impact in all honesty, but with that said, I'm happy with the actual one, especially since it's, you know, not as depressing since

they actually do meet again after their final departure, implying that they still maintain a distant friendly relationship and possibly for future generations to come despite there being no planned movies cashing in on that potential–which may be a good thing all things considered.

With all of that said, it's an absolutely gorgeous movie at times and it's really quite amazing when recalling the technology the first movie had. I will say that it still never quite hits the same levels the first one had (in terms of like, music and story and all of that), but I will say that I slightly prefer this one over the second one. With that also being said, I think both this and the second one were still worthy sequels, so I don't have any real complaints.

[Vlaflip]

Watched Green Book the other night. Solid acting, beautiful locations and quite funny. Completely predictable though. All in all; a 7.

[Beber]

Just got back from the French "movie" Le Chant du loup: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7458762/

What a waste of time! Bad writing, bad acting, bad characters, bad direction. That looked like a glorified TV movie that got its budget validated for western anti-Russia propaganda purposes that turns into a bad remake of Crimson Tide, with elements from Red October, without the talent. And on top of that, even though they had the sound made at Skywalker Sound, that's useless when actors can't enonciate half the time: I had to wait the end credit to read that the actual name of the main character was "Chanteraide", as I heard the whole movie people calling him "Chantrelle".

Well, at least I got to experience a new kind of screening: the Onyx LED 10 meter wide screen by Samsung with pure blacks and whatnot... I just wish I had experienced this with a real movie.

[spoRv]

Aquaman (2018)

Dunno... not a bad movie, but neither a good one... a lot of "things going on" on screen most of the time (mostly underwater) that keep distracting, losing focus... a melting pot of other movies came to mind in any moment - some titles: Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Jurassic Park, Pacific Rim, The Abyss, Tomb Raider, Black Panther, TinTin (!) - plus Sam Raimi's Spider-Man's Green Goblin.

Again, dunno... it had funny moments - and dumb ones, too: c'mon, "Black Manta"... with that helmet... really? - a lot of different locations, some good CGI, and bad too; nice music, okay acting... still undecided if I liked it or not; so, let's give it a neutral vote for the moment, maybe a second watch is needed. 

5/10

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Lo (2009)

Stumbled upon this, read the summary on IMDB: "Love presents many challenges to couples...but none so daunting as the one Justin faces with his girlfriend April. Kidnapped by demons, April's mystery begins to unfold when he finds an ancient book that she has left behind. Using the book, he contacts the demon Lo, ordering it to help him rescue his girl from the fiery pits. But Lo has other plans for his new master...dinner being one of them." it seemed interesting... well, the idea, at the end, was not bad, but soooo poorly executed! Yes, some funny moments, but, unless you want to throw away 80 minutes of your life watching few humans and demons mostly inside a black room and few other things more, my advice is to spend time in a better way - reading my reviews, for example!

3/10

[Beber]

Just came back from a 4K screening of The Matrix: looked the same colorwise as the remastered Blu-ray, but the highlights didn't seem as blown out as on the Blu-ray.

[nafroe]

Looking for a 4K or 35mm screening myself... never got to see it in theaters back in 1999.

[Stamper]

The Dirt on Netflix. Opens with female ejaculation. Just awesome.

[Beber]

Tonight, it was 1922 German silent not so black & white ripoff of Dracula, Nosferatu, on DCP in theater. I had never seen this classic oddity.

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Watched The Mule by Clint Eastwood. Really good movie, tremendously enjoyed it.

Only criticism is that

in real life his family would likely have ended up cut to pieces and skinned alive, so the happy ending kind of leaves me with a bitter taste in my mouth, but I guess it was the right decision for the movie.

[Beber]

Just watched Aquaman in 3D Blu-ray, fully in 2.39:1, unlike the 2D that opens to IMAX sometimes. I had not seen it in theater. I liked it. It's the average super-hero movie with enough fun, action and sense of adventure and quest to keep me interested.