Showing posts with label Dragons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dragons. Show all posts

Sunday, June 16, 2013

The Magic Sword 1962 5 out of 10


The Magic Sword 1962   5 out of 10

An Evil Wizard (Basil Rathbone of Sherlock Holmes fame)   captures a princess which he will feed to his pet dragon unless he gets what he wants.  The son of a bumbling sorceress takes a magical sword and goes on a quest with some knights to rescue her.    The quest like all quests is filled with danger (7 curses to be exact.)  Most of the curses involve terrible makeup like the giant Ogre that was bascially someone in a bad used  Wolfman costume made to look huge by green screens.    The concept for the film was interesting so it gets points for that, but the execution was silly  which made for a really cheesy movie.   It could be remade today with a more serious tone and better effects.  This fantasy adventure was just odd like Santa Claus vs the Martians or some other weird film.


Sunday, November 25, 2012

Dungeons and Dragons: Book of Vile Darkness 2010 7+ out of10




Dungeons and Dragons: The Book of Vile Darkness  2010   7+ out of 10

This movie was a surprise.  I was expecting another bad  --low budget cheesy Stargate episode quality Fantasy film....but instead got a surprisingly good low budget fantasy film.  What made it so good was the story.  The story wasn't the same old bland group of heroes on a heroes quest.  Instead the Book of Vile Secrets takes us on a heroes journey amongst a group of villains.  He has to go over to the darkside a little in order to rescue his father.  How dark can he go without loses who he is?  This twist on the traditional story made for a surprisingly interesting film that would otherwise have been just the same old thing.  The movie overcomes its low budget with and interesting plot and characters.





Saturday, November 24, 2012

Dragon Wars 2007 7 out of 10 I guess

Dragon Wars 2007..  7 out of 10       .. I really have no idea what to think about this movie ....At moments it felt like a typical C Sci Fi channel movie and yet at moments felt like a Epic........The plot was all over the place.....It was a mess and yet interesting at the same time........They obviously put money into this thing.....On further research It was a South Korean production ...The film cost $70 million and only made $10 million at domestic box office..........Still confused as to what I watched...But pretty cool for a totally mess