Tuesday 9 August 2016

PETE'S DRAGON

Watchable. An awfully sad beginning - it needn't have started so miserable, the boy could have just got lost - and very dark cinematography get compensated for with the dragon acting like a dog, some humour, e.g. "Mom, there's a monster behind the window" and the subsequent mum's reaction or "We're chasing a dragon" "Man, don't ridicule us on the radio!" as well as impressive vistas of the vast Tokoroa Forest, Northern Island, New Zealand. Robert Redford and Karl Urban have created the most distinct parts, Wes Bentley looks like a bad guy while not being the worst villain, Bryce Dallas Howard is sugary sweet to the point of nausea.

Judging from the trailer, DOCTOR STRANGE is going to have good 3D but awful voices cast for the Polish dubbing, sounding like in children's movies.

BARBIE: STAR LIGHT ADVENTURE

Watchable. A colourful, yet silly story. Clearly inspired by: "Star Wars", "Jupiter Ascending", Pokemons, "Back to the Future", "Avatar", "Guardians of the Galaxy", "Hunger Games" and some lesser known productions. Lovely with the rings of Saturn in the skyline of Barbie's home planet.

Cinemas should start offering child-free screenings of "children's movies" to the adults who want to see cartoons and the like in peace. It's just talking or screams audible from each direction. Plus some kids get brought in prams - will they understand a film? Really?! Selfish adults who don't know how to entertain their own kids just ruin the cinema experience for others.

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