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The only thing that bothers me about this movie - which otherwise is both really awesome and made an effort to showcase the local fauna - is that Marahute isn’t a Wedge Tailed Eagle. Like I know we’re already running on bullshit what with talking mice and Cody riding the eagle like a prototype Hiccup and Toothless arrangement but I’d really loved to have seen our big bird on that screen. Otherwise the movie is a big thumbs up.A ★★★½ review of The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
Not nearly as good as The Little Mermaid, but a very marked improvement over the original in every way, this film is often overlooked and while I can see why, it's still a bit of a shame. The plot of the film follows Cody (voiced by Adam Ryen) as he rescues a golden eagle by the name of Marahute...
My dad forced me to watch this with him. Idk, all the pieces were there, but it lacked timing and punch of typical James Gunn faire. Like all the jokes were a little late or kinda forced. I think maybe this was really directed towards little kids so they felt they had to play all the jokes on slowmo so the tots would get it. I dont recall how many songs were in it, but the two I did hear just made me leave to go get coffee. Im not really into long drawn out bland Christmas music. James gunn did director, but this felt pretty thrown together.
Probably your most "controversial" opinion is the negative one about Loki, it got positive response. And while Eternals was initially received poorly, yours isn't the first time I'm seeing someone come back later with something positive to say about it.
I know online and in terms of metrics, it was the best recieved Disney+ MCU show, but my entire family found it quite boring as well. I was quite surprised to learn that it's so loved by most. Honestly still don't get what people see in this show. It has lots of individual good stuff in it, but as a whole, it was such a mess of a show.
I honestly couldn't really tell you much about what happens in this show. Loki, and most of the other Disney+ shows fall into the same trap, where something exciting happens in the first episode, something exciting happens at the end, and then you have about 4+ hours in between where nothing of consequence really happens.
Tom Hiddleston is hot.
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Ouch, man. I know I'm not the most interesting person in the world, but...sniff...
As a massive fan of Anne Rice (I met her twice and have several books signed by her,) I am intrigued by that comparison. I've not read Servant Of The Bones in YEARS, but I recall enjoying it quite a bit. (And for the record, I've never bothered with her "trashier" stuff; I stick to her vampires, witches, etc.)
Similar backstory of a person getting unwillingly trapped in a phylactery and forced to do others bidding over the course of several thousand years. It was her attempt to do a "what would it be like to be a genji", but it had similar vibes with the other vampire stuff - of that character trying to acclimate to changing times, which I think is her strong suit. Very different literal story, but shares a lot in common with the ideas, especially the third story in the film.
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