Should you see it? Only if you live for continuity errors.
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds."
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders (1996)
How bad is it? It's a patchwork of stories, none of which is interesting.
Should you see it? Only if you live for continuity errors.
This starts with a story that ends in five minutes, when it's revealed to be just a story on television. Then Ernest Borgnine tells kids stories about Merlin the Magician, which have nothing to do with the original sources. The second story is just a "Monkey's Paw" retread and the first one has Merlin opening a magic shop and getting revenge on a guy who's trying to shut him down. Sometimes you can see boom mikes and sometimes you can see set decoration (rocks move and show that they're made of foam, turf rolls, etc.), and there's endless continuity errors in editing. This made it onto MST3K and is probably best seen with their commentary, as it's not very entertaining on its own.
Should you see it? Only if you live for continuity errors.
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