Two movie recommendations in one month?
What is this world coming to?
But it’s true! I actually saw two movies in the theater in December that I highly enjoyed, so I’m letting you know about them.
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Coming out of hiatus briefly because Derek and I went to see The Shift the other night and I feel like I need to talk about it!
It’s been a while since I did a movie review.
Honestly, it’s been a while since I saw anything worth reviewing. Partially because I haven’t been watching much worth talking about, partially because I haven’t been watching much in general, and partially just because the movie industry doesn’t seem capable of making much in the way of “good” lately.
However, The Shift was a notable exception to all of the above.
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Let me begin by assuring y’all that I am a self-proclaimed, certified book dragon.
I LOVE books.
Ever since I learned to read, I have devoured books at a fairly unhealthy rate. (My daughter, reading over my shoulder, wishes to protest that there is no such thing as “reading at an unhealthy rate”) I maaay be inclined to agree with her.
I’ve gone through all the usual phases: dog stories, horse-crazy stories, a couple of rounds of fascination with vampires, and then I settled happily into fantasy and have dwelt there ever since.
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Fantasy is not exactly a genre that has ever been over-represented on the big screen.
There has generally been a paucity of good fantasy on screen… partially because until now, the technology to make the worlds and mythical creatures believable and not-cheesy hasn’t existed.
However, live-action fantasy is starting to show up more and more. And as it does, there are a few older movies that I think get overlooked, but have managed to stand the test of time.
Today, I want to talk about a few fantasy movies that might fall into the “lesser well known” category:
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