Finally got around to watching this over the weekend. Milly Bobby Brown plays a good female action star. I know there were a lot of predictable moments in the movie but she still did good in her role. Also, I was trying to figure out who the Queen was and it turns out it was Jenny from Gump! I also didn't realize she was the Bride from The Princess Bride! Who's seen it? what are your thoughts?

I thought it was a pretty fun watch. They went "over the top a bit" when the action got going but otherwise it was worth the watch.

Family Friendly for older elementary kids? The reviews make it seem a bit gory, but no bad language.

Josepi said:

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Family Friendly for older elementary kids? The reviews make it seem a bit gory, but no bad language.

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Some people get burned alive but I don't recall any bad language or anything sexual at all. It was mainly a dragon doing dragon things!

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Family Friendly for older elementary kids? The reviews make it seem a bit gory, but no bad language.

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https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/damsel-0

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• Parents Need to Know
  Parents need to know that Damsel is a fantasy adventure film that stars Millie Bobby Brown as a woman who must fight a dragon to save her life, leading to lots of graphic violence. This woman vs. beast battle makes it clear that Brown's character, Elodie, is a fierce, clever warrior who survives all manner of physical and emotional trauma. She's married off by her father to a man she's just met, only to then be dropped as a sacrifice into a deep network of caves ruled by a vengeful dragon. She runs for her life, suffering falls, cuts, and burns. She experiences deep fear as the dragon chases and taunts her and threatens and kills loved ones in front of her. She sees ghosts, skeletons, and the remains of dead people; other characters and animals are also injured or killed in violent ways (burned alive, stabbed, crushed, etc.). A married couple kisses, and language includes the word "damn." Elodie demonstrates perseverance and courage as the "damsel in distress" who can rely only on herself to be saved. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails.

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The director did 28 Weeks later. The trailer made it look like a fun watch.

I absolutely LOVE Stranger Things. Probably one of my favorite shows ever. But I never thought MBB was a very good actress. Is she getting better at that? I haven't watched her in anything except ST.

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I absolutely LOVE Stranger Things. Probably one of my favorite shows ever. But I never thought MBB was a very good actress. Is she getting better at that? I haven't watched her in anything except ST.

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I think she did a very admirable job in Enola Holmes. Henry Cavill as well.

I enjoyed Damsel. One of Netflix's better offerings. Unique story with a few twists.

For the family friendly question:

There is a bit of "torture porn" with her getting cut, stabbed, burned, etc. Dragon kills a few people somewhat graphically. But no nudity, gore, major profanity.

more tame than your average Marvel movie.

Agreed, thought it was terrible.

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I absolutely LOVE Stranger Things. Probably one of my favorite shows ever. But I never thought MBB was a very good actress. Is she getting better at that? I haven't watched her in anything except ST.

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I only watched Season 1, but I thought Brown was the only good actor in stranger things. Plus, she was phenomenal in both Enola Holmes movies.

I thought Damsel was a fun movie. Brown was great and it was cool to see "the princess bride" playing the evil queen.

Just watched since it was at the top of Netflix. I thought it was entertaining. Most annoying thing is lead character constantly making loud noises when she's trying to avoid being found by the dragon. Also, the insistence on always having the anachronism of black/multi-racial royalty in European Middle Age fantasy stories just distracts from the plot.

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Just watched since it was at the top of Netflix. I thought it was entertaining. Most annoying thing is lead character constantly making loud noises when she's trying to avoid being found by the dragon. Also, the insistence on always having the anachronism of black/multi-racial royalty in European Middle Age fantasy stories just distracts from the plot.

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It's a movie about dragons and you're worried about European Middle Aged representation of races? Why is that distracting? It's not like they mentioned race at all or pretended in any way this was loosely based on actual history so whatever preconceived notion you came in with in regards to societies built around dragons is on you.

I always thought her acting in Stranger Things was based on her character being different, learning to adapt to society, troubled childhood, etc. I think I see what you are saying, but I think that her acting style in that show is a bit awkward on purpose for her character. I'm not saying she is Daniel Day Lewis, but I do think her acting is more based on Elle adapting to the world than complete lack of acting skill.

And I enjoyed Damsel for what it was. Entertaining, not winning any Oscars.