Friday, 19 October 2012

DVD review: Dragon Hunters


A group of dragon hunters goes against the biggest dragon of them all.

This movie is based on a French TV animated series. I never heard of that series before and didn’t watch a single episode of that, therefore I can testimony that it’s not really needed; you can easily enjoy this animated movie without any prior knowledge.
Plot wise this is kid stuff. I don’t mean it in a demeaning way, kid animation got its place, not everything can be as sophisticated as the Pixar’s stuff.
The story is simple and straightforward, the humor is broad and mainly physical but also quite effective. An adult watcher will not probably laugh out loud but will surely smile a lot. The ending, in particular the final boss of the whole movie, is interesting and deliver an “epic” quality that is often absent to more loaded productions.
What is impressive is the graphic. Instead of going for a straight conversion of those terrible TV graphics they amped everything up to 11 (Thank you spinal tap). It’s all really original and really good looking, a joy to the eyes.
Conclusion: If you are a die hard animation fan you’ll like it but for the normal movie goer this is too much kid fare.

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