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X-Men (1992)
For nostalgia purposes only
Disney + recently announced that it would be continuing the X-Men animated series. It was probably my favorite cartoon growing up so I thought that I would give it a rewatch. As soon as the theme song started I got the warm fuzzies, unfortunately they didn't last long. In my opinion it just doesn't hold up. It leaned into the early 90s "Rad" aesthetic so hard I just couldn't get past it to focus on the story. Marvel/Disney have done a pretty good job so far. I'll be interested to see what direction they go with this.
Wolverine and the X-Men (2008)
Plagued by poor animation choices
Okay, I get it. This is a young adult cartoon, but it seems like every episode has something that pulls me out of the story. A year after the X-men disappeared Rogue shows up at a public event wearing a trench coat over her original X-men uniform? Why? She's immediately recognizable to the viewer by her hair. Just put her in street clothes. The X jet seems to change size three or four times per episode shrinking to land on a roof or be submerged in a reservoir. Like I said, it's a cartoon, but object permanence is not a difficult concept. The reason I'm so annoyed by these inconsequential flubs is because it really is a good show. The dialogue is good while avoiding obscenities, the story arc is good. It just could have been so much better.
Trolljegeren (2010)
More like this please
One of my favorite movies to recommend. The writing and acting felt realistic to how a person would react in the real world when confronted by something truly unbelievable.
The Perfection (2018)
Meh
It's watchable but don't put to much thought into the plot. It almost seems like someone had some cool ideas for individual scenes so they forced them into a loose narrative.
Archive (2020)
Didn't see it coming
I watch a lot of movies and can usually guess the general direction of the plot. I have to give credit where it's due - this one got me. I did not see the twist at the end coming. Maybe I just wasn't paying enough attention, but any time I find myself thinking about a film after it ends that film deserves some credit.
El laberinto del fauno (2006)
Visual master class
Absolutely recommend watching for the visual elements alone. In all honesty, I didn't find the story or characters very compelling, but they served the purpose. The mostly practical effects of the creatures are fantastic. The set design and cinematography does a great job of capturing that 'not quite real' dream state.
The Night House (2020)
Didn't deliver
Ultimately it just didn't deliver. There were some new ideas outside of the same tired horror movie tropes, but they didn't really explore any of them. I had high hopes for this one and thought the trailer was legitimately creepy. But for me the movie just fell flat.