Creature Walks Among Us

 

Why?

My mom and grandma have been watching all the classic monster movies and this week I joined them for it. 

What in the world?

A group of scientists go to find the creature and do something with him. I'm not quite sure it was ever specified, but I mean he's the creature so it makes sense.

Personal thoughts

Old movies have a certain charm to them, but this one had a different sort of charm. By that I mean the creature was the only likeable character in this film. The one woman was stupid (1950s so not a shock) and the men were all just awful. The scientists want to put the water creature in a land exhibit and they just think that it's okay. The men frame the creature when he's trying to be peaceful with his sheep and goats (near the end). I hate the men in this movie. The psychologist of the group might have been the only sane one, but even then he made a move on the dead man's wife so ew. I do want to highlight one scene that made the whole thing worth it. There was a mountain lion, cougar, whatever you want to call it just strolling around. It climbs into the creature's enclosure and kills a sheep (rude). The creature is depressed and confused so he kills the mountain lion by SLAMMING IT INTO THE GROUND. That was an amazing scene and was definitely a cut above the rest.

Score

 I have to give this movie a 6 out of 10. Yes I am weighing the mountain lion scene very heavily. I mean it was great and definitely did not need to be in the movie. You just have to see it to believe me. Be warned, the pacing in this movie is criminal. So many freaking long scenes of them swimming. We get it, the creature and the scientists can swim. Good for them. OH I almost forgot. There was a scene where the creature was attacking and defending himself and he just pours gasoline on himself. I'm sure he didn't know what he was doing, but it definitely didn't help because he got set on fire. The ending of the movie doesn't make you feel any better about the creature's fate. SPOILER. The creature escapes the enclosure and just goes to the shore and we never see him again because that was the last movie in the list for classic monster movies. WHAT THE HECK! I want to know if the creature will be okay. I don't think he was though and that just makes me extremely sad.

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Your fellow film watcher

Dear Santa aka My Santa My Dad

 

Why?

It was a lazy evening and my Mom and I needed something to watch. We didn't want anything too serious so we went on Tubi and found this movie.

What in the world?

A used cars salesman is being a little naughty around Christmas time and is chosen to be a secret Santa by Santa himself. I honestly can't tell you what a secret Santa even fully does.

Personal thoughts

I don't know how to feel about this movie. On one hand, it's amazing and I want to show my friends. On the other hand, it's so slow and weird that I don't want to show my friends. The first part of this movie can be summed up as the beginning of any Christmas drama. Dad is being a workaholic and neglecting his family. Simple. Easy. WRONG. The second half of this movie is a fever dream. He's tied up in a trunk, he's talking to an owl (and it's talking back), and he's delivering toys around the world in Santa's whiplash sleigh (which is a whole other can of worms). The movie does get a little bit of credit for giving the talking owl a fake name, but loses that credit when it's not actually in the credits. Shame on you movie, shame.

Score

I have to give this movie a 6 out of 10. It was only my cup of tea near the very end where nothing made sense and I felt like the writers had taken drugs. They had a character who was wanted in all 49 other states. THEY NEVER SAID WHY. I want to know why and all that runs through my mind are thoughts of what could have been. Other than that, I did not like any of the characters and so many of the side characters had less than 10 minutes of screen time that I just couldn't be bothered when they had little montage credits of themselves at the end. 

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Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze

 

Why?

My mom had read the book(s) and found out there was a movie. Her and I decided to watch it with the rest of the family.

What in the world?

Doc Savage goes to South America to try and find a civilization of people that his father had bought the land from. 

Personal thoughts

I don't even know where to begin with this movie. I mean one of the first things that comes to my mind is the fact that all of his vehicles have Doc Savage on it. I mean that was a very interesting tactic, but he wasn't trying to stay anonymous so that was fine I suppose. Secondly, he has a legit Fortress of Solitude. I think he might have stolen it from Superman, but no mention of DC is in this movie. A hunch is a hunch though. The fortress was in a super realistic igloo so there is a slight variation. Thirdly, something that was so trivial but so vital to my memory of this movie was crib man. His bed was a crib and he was a fully grown adult. It even rocked and everything. Once that scene came on, my family was definitely questioning the seriousness of the movie itself.

Score

I have to give this movie a 9 out of 10. I loved almost every second of it. The pacing was very odd and all of the music was basically marches made by John Philip Sousa (USA of Sousa is in red, white, and blue by the way), but with Doc Savage lyrics so that got old kind of fast. There is so much I want to say about this movie, but so much I also just don't want to give away. I do want to say that the end fight with the main villain of the movie is just amazing and a definitely a must watch. Be careful when you watch this movie, Doc Savage has a lethal twinkle in his eye and you might just catch yourself having a genuinely good time.

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Santa Tell Me

 

Why?

Welcome back to another Hallmark Bingo. I don't think it needs any more explanation.

What in the world?

A house flipper reality show person gets a magic letter from Santa granting a wish from 25ish years ago. She must choose the right Nick or risk losing the love of her life forever. At the same time as this, she is redoing her childhood home for her Christmas special. The three Nicks were probably the fan favorite of the house since they weren't leading other people on. 

Personal thoughts

I hate how this movie was actually decent. Everyone that watched it laughed multiple times. My dad was watching it and he laughed a decent amount. He hates these kinds of movies so that was a surprise. The three Nicks had to be a fan favorite. I mean they weren't leading someone on so that helped in their favor. The rest of this movie was watching the lady go on dates with three Nicks. SPOILER!!! There are actually four Nicks.

Score

I have to give this movie a 6 out of 10. It was pretty good, but it was also a Hallmark movie. Hate me all you want, but the acting in the movie was still really bad. The beginning of the conflict was really interesting. I liked that part a lot. Oh! The way that Santa communicated was using the same letter paper, but changing the words on it. That was pretty amusing to see the stupid letter light up and play the same bell sounds all the time. 

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The Giant Claw

 

Why?

My mom recommended that my sister and I watch this, but we've just been busy. We finally found the time to watch it so we did. 

What in the world?

A giant bird alien is terrorizing the world and only an engineer knows how to save the world from doom.

Personal thought

I can understand why my mom wanted me to watch this movie. One of the things that was a bother was all my favorite characters kept dying. Poor Pete survived a plane crash and then died after sitting up. I mean that's not very nice. The romance in this movie was really strange. I mean it had the two people get together almost immediately. That was pretty strange. It seemed very wrong. I did like the giant bird that was being used. He was just a special kind of ugly.

Score

I have to give this movie a 7 out of 10. It was pretty good, but I don't know. Something felt like it was missing. There were parts that were very slow and draggy. I mean the professor explaining atoms to me was not something that I wanted to watch for 5 minutes. I think I know that atoms make up a lot of things. Other than that though, I highly recommend this movie.

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'Tis the Season to Be Irish

 

Why?

It's that time of the year. Hallmark's annual (way too early) Christmas Countdown. That means we get a whole new arsenal of Christmas movies to do bingo with. This is one of the newer ones that premiered this time. 

What in the world?

A house flipper really wants to flip a house in Ireland because of her dead mom. She then starts to fall for the guy who is putting a bunch of restrictions on her house flipping. So nothing super interesting in this one. 

Personal thoughts

THIS MOVIE WAS ONE OF THE DULLEST I HAVE EVER SEEN! It had maybe one redeeming quality about the whole thing and that was the lamb that was the whole saving point of the relationship. There was a weird lady who was all over the place and she was trying to spread her husband's ashes WITHOUT HER KIDS!! If I was related to her, I would never forgive her if she actually got around to doing it. There was also this pop star in disguise who sang Danny Boy at the supposed spreading of the ashes. Super insensitive if you ask me. The main guy was horrid at having an Irish accent and if he did have one, you couldn't understand him half the time anyway. The main lady was just boring and didn't really do much. 

Score

I have to give this movie a 1 out of 10. The lamb named Lambchop was really the only good thing about this movie. I can't think of anything else to say to describe how boring and pointless this movie was. Not a very strong start to the new year of Christmas movies.

Side Note: The main guy character is actually Irish. This was not immediately evident and that is my fault for not doing a little bit of research.

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Enchanting Christmas

 

Why?

I was casually just looking for something to watch when this movie popped up. I read the synopsis and it was just one of the craziest things I have read in a while so I decided to watch it.

What in the world?

A single ice sculptor is broke and wants to give his daughter a Christmas present. She wants a princess ice sculpture and makes a Christmas wish on it. The ice sculpture comes to life and would you guess that's where it turns into a Hallmark movie.

Personal thoughts

The start of the movie was so much better than the rest of it. Of course she would come to life and not know anything, but it was just so hard to watch. She also had a lot of traits that the kid gave her so that kind of made her just annoying. I mean she was good at math and artistic which are very basic things and they didn't do much with either of those things. The main conflict was that he didn't believe in her. That was crazy. I mean once he found out that his daughter was advocating for some random person claiming to be her teacher to stay at their place it was so valid. The man had every right to be concerned and not believe that she was previously an ice sculpture. He also didn't really care about his daughter too much, but that's neither here nor there. 

Score

I have to give this movie a 2 out of 10. I mean the beginning and some other parts were good, but not enough to carry this movie. I mean Santa was in it and he was a janitor so that was cool. He also did magic to a truck. It was like a magic shockwave and nobody noticed. I mean that's crazy. But he was there. He didn't really do much to try and help people honestly he was just there. There was a weird antagonist for a bit who tried to sabotage the ice sculptor because of the main lady. He just thought she was pretty and got jealous. He tried to ruin his main sculpture by turning up the heat. HE COMMISSIONED THAT FOR HIS IMAGE!!! It was a sleigh for the insurance company he worked for. Who hates someone that much that they'd ruin their own reputation. It was a very crazy movie.

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