Despite his scorn for humans, King Thranduil made an appearance at Ottawa Comic Con 2024!
2024
Gandalf the Grey
Not to be confused with Gandalf the White, who I did not see the weekend of Comic Con 2024. He must have been looking for some hobbits to go on a quest, but he only found the Doctor.
Spellbound – JenEric Movie Review
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Hello Cinephiles,
Today we’re talking about the 2024 film Spellbound.
Story
The story felt very retro and a little like a made for TV special that is trying to explain emotions and divorce to younger kids. It was okay but missed a lot of opportunities to be more nuanced. It was also really slow to start with.
Score: 0
Characters
The parents as monsters were fun and the main character was your usual sassy but bland hero. The Oracles were fantastic and more interesting than the rest of the movie. I also really loved Bolinar although that felt forced to be comedy relief.
Score: 0.5
Dialogue
Glib and shallow, the dialogue was pretty unmemorable.
Score: 0
Visuals and Music
This was a beautiful movie. The art was great and the use of shadows was excellent.
The music was good and I wish there was more.
Score: 1
Fun
I was bored waiting for the inevitable quest but the kids loved it.
Score: 0.5
Overall
An interesting idea that turns out to be pretty predictable and with little for the older audience members. Fun side characters, lovely animation, and good music just aren’t enought to save this one.
Final Score: 2 Stars out of 5
Beautiful
I’m sure I’m missing the obvious, but I have no idea what this cosplay is. However, I had to have a picture of it because it was absolutely stunning. Cottage-cozy core is my favourite.
Sam and Frodo
Sam is 100% my favourite character in Lord of the Rings. I loved how many cosplays I saw of him at OCC2024, but this was my favourite, because it was so perfect. Frodo was also extremely well done, and together they blew my mind.
Doric
The shapeshifter in the Dungeons and Dragons movie (2023) was a huge hit in our house, and I was very excited to see her being cosplayed already.
Velma and Shaggy
Of all the Scooby Doo characters, these two have always been my favourites, and I was delighted to see these two. I think Shaggy would be keen to join the Doctor, but Velma would take some convincing. What do you think?
Hobie Brown
Spider-Punk was my favourite character in Multiverse, and I was disappointed he wasn’t in it more.
Fall Court
I’m probably missing the reference, and I apologize. I wanted this picture because their costumes are incredible, not because I knew who they were.
Silk
I love that there is more variety in superheroes now (compared to when my mom was growing up in the 60s) and this is one I look forward to reading more about: Silk! She was bitten by the same spider that bit Peter Parker (in some canon). I love that I recognized the costume even though I know very little about the character herself – something I must remedy!