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Watchable, not great acting CGI is meh, but still better than La La Land!

As I sat down to watch the 2020 fantasy movie "Ancestral World", I must admit that my expectations weren't exactly high. Why? Well, because a lot of fantasy movies out there are dubious at best, and with "Ancestral World" having scored only 2.4 here on IMDb as I am writing this review, the odds were not favoring the movie. But still, with "Ancestral World" being a movie that I hadn't already seen, of course I sat down to watch it here in 2021 as I had the chance to do so. And I must say that writers Adriano Barone and Enrico De Palo actually managed to surprise me with their movie. Sure, "Ancestral World" wasn't a spectacular tour de force of a fantasy adventure movie. But it proved to be better than what I had assumed a 2.4 IMDb rating would result in. The storyline told in "Ancestral World", as written by Adriano Barone and Enrico De Palo is a pretty straight forward one, even for a fantasy story. And it feels like it is the story that was concocted by a teenager that first had stumbled upon the world of fantasy. For better or worse, "Ancestral World" was a watchable fantasy movie, albeit a generic one. The acting in the movie was mediocre at best. Yeah, you will not be in for a grand display of thespian skills that would put Shakespear himself to shame. I am sure that the actors and actresses were doing the best they could with the limitations of the script and a somewhat shunted and rigid character gallery. For a fantasy movie, then there was not much of special effects, neither CGI or practical effects throughout the course of the movie. There were the odd bits and pieces of effects here and there, but nothing grand, nor overly impressive. And a fantasy should have a dazzling array of special effects to bring the fantasy world to life. Sadly, "Ancestral World" didn't have that. "Ancestral World" is by no means an outstanding foray into the fantasy and adventure genre. Director Enrico De Palo managed to deliver a watchable enough movie, though it is a movie that came and went without leaving much of any impression. And I doubt that the movie will be lingering in my memory come next week. This is the type of movie that you will watch once and never again, only to forget about it entirely. And yeah, "Ancestral World" just doesn't have the story contents to support more than a single viewing. My rating of the 2020 movie "Ancestral World" lands on a surprising four out of ten stars. It wasn't as bad as I had anticipated it to be, given its low IMDb rating. Nor was it a movie that will leave you hoping for more.

They clearly have money to burn but couldn't get anyone who can act or even sync up the dubbing properly. What a mess.

It feels more like a video game than a movie, even the background music. The story is good, but the execution could not be worse.

Some of the dubbing is in colloquial Great Lakes area, white, working-class English. They use "yer" for your; and "yers" for yours. Otherwise, I liked this. Mostly for the queen. She was nice to look at. The fights were fair; except for the final fight, which was poorer than the rest. Saw this on Tubi; the free streaming site, which has a few better movies, and many much worse.

Where to begin with this film... I bought this film after having a bad day at work and then getting stuck in traffic for an hour. I was looking for something that was both cheap and terrible, this film ticked both those boxes. I was mildly amused by the fact they use LARP armour and weaponry throughout the film and am still not entirely unconvinced the film crew didn't just tag along at their local larp and then added effects, music and editing later. The plot is your standard good guy coming of age and learning through sacrifice and adversity. The female characters all suffer from "Grr! I'm a fierce female warrior but I'm going to leave vital parts of my body exposed so that you know I'm still female and totally attainable. Fear not though, for the power of my womb shall protect me!". The acting is terrible. The dubbing is worse. The fight scenes are laughable bad and you can clearly see where they've sped things up, put things in reverse and reused sections of the footage. The dramatic music is so over used it spends the entire film blaring for your attention over the most mundane scenes like an over-enthusiastic toddler jabbing their fingers into the pre-set buttons of an electric keyboard. I was not drunk enough for this film. I was not prepared for this film. This would be a great film to put when you want to make someone leave or to see who can last the longest without losing the will to live. All in all a great film if you want to spend time revaluating the events that lead you to watching this film and how "they couldn't really have been all that bad". PS The best part is the dragon flying over our main character against a star lit sky. PPS I'm still trying to decide whether this film is bad good or just bad.