Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-12-30 (Monday)

On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 13:09:31 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:

Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

I've been making my way through various movie groupings.  On Monday I
watched Dragon movies:
 
 
Dragonslayer (4K disc) 1981 movie starring Peter MacNicol as a
sorcerer's apprentice who takes over his master's promise to battle a
dragon.  This was a childhood favorite, but it's not as good as it was
when I was a kid.  I think probably because when I was a kid I just
cared about the dragon, and now I also look at the plot.  The disc has a
new commentary track with Matthew Robbins who writer and directed the
movie and  Guillermo del Toro.  At first I was confused why del Toro was
on the track, but it turns out Robbins has written several movies for
del Toro, and del Toro was geeking out on the track about how much of a
huge Dragonslayer fan he is.

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Roger Ebert pointed out in his review that there are easier ways to save
virgins from being eaten by the dragon, than fighting the dragon.

Not having any virgins being the obvious solution.

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Dragonheart (4K disc) 1996 movie starring Dennis Quaid who teams up with
a Dragon (voiced by Sean Connery) to run a con where the dragon flies
over a town then Quaid rides in and offers to rid the town of their
dragon problem for a fee.  But the two end up having to stop their con
and fight an evil king by movie's end.  OK, I guess.  I know they made
umpteen sequels, but this was good enough for me.
 

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I enjoyed my one viewing of this mostly for Connery and Quaid always does a
good job. The whole “last Dragon“ deal is usually depressing though.
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Dragon Wars: D-War (blu-ray) 2007 movie with a vary convoluted plot.
But basically an evil sorcerer and his army are trying to take over the
world and they've got dragons.  I think.  Like I said, the plot is
convoluted, but the important thing is, this movie has dragons fighting
the modern military.  And that's all I care about.  I love that the FBI
has a supernatural task force that's up to speed on these types of
things, and knows exactly what needs to be done to handle it.  And
unlike Reign of Fire (a movie I will never stop cursing), this movie
actually has attack copters vs. dragons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_5iRVuof0A
 

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I have either seen this or reign of fire and I can’t tell you which.

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What did you watch?

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Hey, thanks for asking!
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Nothing.

Hopefully that can change. Or at least you will feel good enough to
decide not to watch TV and not have the decision made for you by the
pain.