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Bacalhau (1976)
The south american response to Jaws
The time was the 70s, Jaws had just been released, and a lot of movies were made all over the world to cash in on its popularity, and it was obvious Brazil couldn't stay out of the shark hype. As a brazilian Jaws fan, I got excited when I found out there was a Jaws spoof made in Brazil, I found it in a list video of Jaws Rip Offs made by a north american YouTube Channel named "Movie Timelines".
After that, I looked for this movie on YouTube and found it. Now, what can I say about this movie? The plot is basically the same as Jaws, but it throws all the seriousness away for a more comedic tone. The giant cod prop is well made for a brazilian spoof of a north american blockbuster, I hope somebody make a Remake or a Sequel at some point, because I want to see more of this big cod.
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
Out of words
Maybe it's just the Nostalgic ghost possessing me, but in my mind this movie will always be perfect. Everything here is perfect, the animation, the design, the story, the voice acting, the cinematography, just perfect. This movie is a solid 10/10.
Here I am, this is me
I come into this world so wild and free
Here I am, so young and strong
Right here in the place where I belong
It's a new world, it's a new start
It's alive with the beating of a young heart
It's a new day in a new land
And it's waiting for me
Here I am
Oh, it's a new world, it's a new start
It's alive with the beating of a young heart
Yeah, it's a new day in a new land
And it's waiting for me
Here I am.
Gamera: Rebirth (2023)
This anime is Really Neat and Filled with Meat!
In 1965, Godzilla received a rival, a monster to compete with the King. The monster, known as Gamera, despite being seen by some people as a Godzilla Rip Off, became popular enough to become a whole franchise almost as big as Godzilla's. The original franchise had 8 movies (or 7, since there is one I don't know if is actually canon). After 15 years without movies, a reboot trilogy got released in the 1990s, and in 2006 we got a standalone reboot.
Now, 17 years after the last live action movie, we get "Gamera: Rebirth", not only the first series in the franchise, but also the first animated entry in the franchise. Now, what can I say about it? First of all, the main characters are kids, like in the original franchise, but unlike the original movies, the kids here aren't annoying, I actually enjoyed and related to them. But also, the humans aren't very well animated, they should have just made it 2D, because 3D anime humans don't look very good to me. The monster fights were pretty decent, Gamera looks amazing in this anime, the old monsters from the Showa era look pretty cool. But I also missed some other stuff, like Barugon from the secound movie, and I missed some Jiger habilities, like her rays and making Gamera Pregnant.
Overall, it's a decent Kaiju series, I hope we get more Gamera content in the future.
Vikingulven (2022)
Could be better
So, I watched this recently on Netflix (where else? Lol), thought it would be a nice werewolf movie, and it kind of is, but there are some things that bothered me. First of all, the werewolf was not the most convincing creature I saw in a movie, maybe if it was a man in a costume or a trained dog that would have been better.
The story isn't the newest thing I ever saw, but that's pretty normal, every movie is a copy of the stuff the filmmakers watched, this one mostly "The Wolfman meets Jaws". The things that bothered me the most were the teether-bitten dinamic, the werewolf bites a teenage girl, so she starts to turn into a wolfgirl, but that just happens after the main villain is dead. The villain should have been killed in the third act, and it would have been better if the girl transformed earlier and in the final battle she fights the big bad wolf along to her police mother.
Overall, this movie is kind of funny, has a nice story, but the effects could be better and the teether-bitten dinamic needs some improvement.