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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

I wanted like this movie, and I did for a while actually, but I spent most of the last half or so feeling uncomfortable.  Between the child-beating subplot, and the sadistic execution scene, and other bizarre bits of “why?!”, there’s a pervasive grossness to this movie that I couldn’t ignore.  O, hi Johnny Depp suddenly appearing in the finale to top off this gross cake!

I wanted a fun fantasy flick, but this was draining.

I thought Harry Potter was wholesome family entertainment?

SilverWook said:

I thought Harry Potter was wholesome family entertainment?

And this movie actually was fun, wholesome entertainment for a while. They were chasing around some cute little CG things and general hijinks ensued. Suddenly, about halfway through the runtime I estimate, we see a woman preparing to beat her son with his belt, and then after a strange (possibly anti-semetic?) charicature alerts the magic police of the presence of the hero group, they get arrested and sentenced to death by very gruesome means, but the executioners enjoy every second of it. They escape, of course, but man, it was hard to watch.

And, again, Johnny Depp is in this movie, and he is scum, so suddenly everything bad here fits a bit too well.

Other than that, I did like the the main hero characters (and I can have a good time just looking at Eddie Redmayne for a while). I liked a lot of the designs of various things and places as well. It’s really a shame, there are good things here, but they can’t escape the bad taste left by the awful parts of the movie.

TV’s Frink said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

And, again, Johnny Depp is in this movie, and he is scum

Are you referring to the Trump thing and/or other things?

I was referring to the wife-beating thing, the Trump thing is news to me.

The Last Unicorn (1982)

Wonderful fantasy. I didn’t care for most of the songs - they didn’t fit the tone of the movie very well - but the dialogue is exceptionally well written and the visuals are often beautiful.

One out of one unicorn.

TV’s Frink said:

Huh, the wife-beating thing was news to me. That’s much worse.

And reading about it, it’s terrible how little coverage it seems to have gotten.

People were ready to hang him on twitter at the time sans any evidence. It sounded like another ugly celebrity divorce being played out in the tabloids and the court of public opinion.

dahmage said:

NeverarGreat said:

The Last Unicorn (1982)

Wonderful fantasy. I didn’t care for most of the songs - they didn’t fit the tone of the movie very well - but the dialogue is exceptionally well written and the visuals are often beautiful.

One out of one unicorn.

I have been told, on two wholly separate occasions, that I remind people of Prince Lir.

I try to not be insulted by this.

At least you don’t remind them of King Haggard 😉

Miss Representation (2011)

I find myself in fundamental agreement with the messages and most of the ideas presented, but it’s not a particularly well made movie.

The first Fraser Mummy was better than the last Indiana Jones movie. 😉

SilverWook said:

The first Fraser Mummy was better than the last Indiana Jones movie. 😉

THIS

Baby Driver (2017)

Something uniquely Edgar Wright; a mix of choreography and car chases, gun fights and good music, emotion and charm. Fast paced, brilliantly edited, it’ll put a smile on your face while you’re on the edge of your seat.