November Movies - Week 3

Good Afternoon Ladies & Gentlemen,

Well, the sun keeps spinning (or I guess we're spinning & the sun stays stationary... but who knows with today's education system?) and we're still here... day by day... plotting along... but I did get to speak to Captain Power himself (Tim Dunigan) the other day so... that was kinda cool... and occasionally watching movies...

November 15 – The Dinosaur Project (2012)
 
This is a found-footage dinosaur expedition movie that I had originally watched a few years ago & remembered liking, so I was wondering if it held up. Basically a famous explorer leads a team into the heart of the Congo to search for Mokele Mbembe, their plane crashes, his teenage son stowed away, hijinx ensue when they find out there are dinosaurs living in this valley or whatever. Yes, the teenage kid who’s our main character is f**king annoying as just about anybody in a found footage movie is. Yes, the ability of the cameras & recording devices are absolutely stunning and put Star Trek technology to shame. Of course any time some real action happens the cameras don’t record it & they might as well have added “Scene Missing – Out of Budget”. However, what did I think of the movie?!?
 
Rating - ???/10 – DINOVEMBER ON EVERYTHING I LEARNED FROM MOVIES!!! Spoilers: It has dinosaurs so… I probably liked it
 
November 17 – The Dogs of War (1980)
 
Election Day here in America is a day that I grow more & more disheartened with the people in my totally a first-world nation… so I prefer to watch movies to pick me up. This year, I randomly picked this movie since it was coming up for a future episode of the podcast. Christopher Walken leads a mercenary team into the African nation of Zangaro to lead a coup & overthrow the evil warlord (though what does that really mean nowadays?). Well… spoilers… I really enjoyed the ending of the movie. Pacing could have used some work & trims here and there… but as for the movie as a whole…
 
Rating - ???/10 – Find out this December when we go “Walken in a Winter Wonderland”
 
November 19 – The Sword & the Sorcerer (1982)
 
I’m not going to lie… I thought I had seen this movie as soon as I saw the main character’s sword (which is THREE blades parallel to each other, which I assume makes it THREE times as heavy & a third as effective) and of course… Richard Lynch was the bad guy… but other than that, I didn’t really recall anything about this Albert Pyun flick… and it’s just about everything you want in a “Sword & Sandals” fantasy flick from the 80’s… including a significant role from friend of the podcast Anthony DeLongis… even with a paper thin plot.
 
Rating – 8/10 – A fun, dumb watch if you’re into the genre of 80’s fantasy flick… which of course I am

See you next week!

​Steve