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On 7/2/2026 10:38 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
On D&D night, I watched:
Nothing.
What did you watch?
Hey, thanks for asking!
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DOCTOR JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, a version I never knew existed with Michael
Caine and a surprisingly good Cheryl Ladd telling a completely new story around the already known events with a completely obvious four hours
earlier surprise ending. There are some serious story and timeline problems here.
I don't think I've ever watched any version of Jekyll and Hyde before, although I have watched movies that featured the character.
JACK THE RIPPER, with Michael Caine again as the detective chasing him. Presented as a pseudo documentary. Not really interesting, but I always
love Michael Caine.
Sounds like a good pairing.
I have "From Hell" on my watch list. That is pretty good version of the story. A while back I had planned on watching the always enjoyable
"Time After Time" but I couldn't find the disc.
I own a little over 6,000 movies/TV shows, and I have them on shelves in alphabetical order. That movie is not in the "Time" section or anywhere
else I've looked. This has happened before and I will eventually find
the movie sitting in the wrong spot. But it is *very* frustrating when
I look up and down the shelves and just don't see the disc anywhere.
On Wednesday I watched:
The Book of Life (Disney+) 2014 Fox animated jukebox musical set around
the Mexican "Day of the Dead" festival. The story revolves around a man
who breaks with family traditional due to his love of music. He winds
up in the afterlife where everyone looks like skeletons. He wants to
get back to the world of the living to be reunited with his true love. Meh!
Coco (4K disc) 2017 Pixar animated musical set around the Mexican "Day
of the Dead" festival. The story revolves around a boy who breaks with
family traditional due to his love of music. He winds up in the
afterlife where everyone looks like skeletons. He wants to get back to
the world of the living. You know, I could have sworn I just watched
another movie with the same exact plot.
I remember when "Coco" came out that in spite of the great reviews I had almost no interest in watching it because I had watched "The Book of
Life" didn't care for it, and this seemed like it would be a rip off of
that movie. Then I broke down and saw Coco in the theater and really
liked it. This is my first time pairing "The Book of Life" and "Coco"
and my second time watching each movie. And once again, "Coco" held up
as a great movie. Plus, I had completely forgotten the plot and was
very pleasantly surprised by the twists and turns that I didn't see coming.
I think the thing with "Coco" is there is an emotional story arc,
characters you actually care about, and even a solid villain in the
third act of the movie. "The Book of Life" has none of that.
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