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Attack of the Gryphon (2007)
A mixture of good and awful
What amazed me about this movie was the difference between the highs and the lows in it. Many of the locations were great. They picked some very nice places in Bulgaria to film some of the shots. The gryphon itself I thought was actually very good, but the way they put it into the picture was laughably bad. It was really, truly terrible. The plot was equally bad. Throw all the old fantasy clichés into a hat and just randomly draw 10 or so, and you'll get an idea of how bad the plot is. The acting also had highs and lows. Jonathan LaPaglia read his lines well - I bought his performance. Amber Benson, on the other hand, was terrible. Interestingly, it seemed like the decent performances were all by the "Delphites" (LaPaglia's character and his nation), and all of the "Locklanders" (Benson's character and her nation) were just the opposite.
Anyway, it was kind of fun to watch once my expectations were lowered to a reasonable level.
Disneyland: I-Man (1986)
Walt Disney Sunday Night Movie
This wasn't a regular program; it was a Disney "Sunday Night Movie" back when they had a new one every week. Brat Patrol was another one of those. They were pretty good movies. I remember looking forward to it all week with my little sisters.