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Julie and the Phantoms (2020)
Unexpected entertainment
I'll start with the fact that I'm 64. I stumbled across this yesterday while getting ready to watch something else and was, slightly, intrigued. When my teen daughter came out to see what I was watching I described it as a kind of High School Musical kind of show, by the very talented Kenny Ortega. I was already 3 episodes in. I just finished the last episode. And I gotta tell ya, it just kept getting better with each one. Yeah, it's a little cheesy, but some cheese is good. The music was pretty great! The last episode ended with a cliffhanger and I just said "what?? That can't be it!" And looked to see if a 2nd season has been ordered. It hasn't, but im gonna keep hoping for it, because I can't wait to see how this plays out!!
Good entertainment for the whole family.
Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)
Funnier than I expected
I'm 64 and hated Dora when my kids and grandkids watched it. I swore that if I heard "backpack, backpack!" one more time I would scream. Then I saw a preview that looked interesting, so on a whim I checked it out.
So, so funny! I'd say the target audience is older kids who will get the jokes targeting the animated series, and the adults who were forced to watch with them. Dora is adorable and the cringeworthy moments she experiences when forced to leave the jungle and go to a high school were pretty great. That she is the one to solve the puzzles when tossed back into the jungle is a given. Sort of like a soft-serve Indiana Jones.
I got my husband to watch it with me again, and he laughed a lot, too. We both gave it an 8!