Showing posts with label first-wave YA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label first-wave YA. Show all posts

Sunday, 16 August 2020

The Legend Of The Five (2020) - Movie Review



Considering the shitstorm currently surrounding J.K. Rowling (and by extension the Harry Potter franchise), part of me really wanted to give this a go. A throwback to first-wave ‘magical Earth hero saving a mystical land’ YA storytelling, and made in my own backyard to boot (not literally, although given the production values of these Aussie indie efforts, you’d be forgiven for assuming so), this definitely piqued my interest. And while there’s definitely some good to it, it’s also incredibly muddled.