The premise is good, but the execution falls flat in so many places. Lead-up to the whole dragon situation takes way too long and it doesn't matter much for the rest of the plot. You could cut out first 20 minutes of the film and jump right into her being thrown into the pit after the wedding ceremony. At least you'd have some mystery to unravel while watching. Instead, by that time, you're one-third into the runtime it's obvious who's good, who's bad, who's gonna be punished in the end. What is left is the "dragon part" of the movie.
Said dragon magically changes size several times throughout the viewing experience. In one scene it fills the whole cave, in another it's a size of the elephans, in another it looms over half a castle. A little indicator that they didn't care enough to make even obvious things consistent.
Dragon itself is not even inteligent or interesting enough. It's just angry and a bit dangerous. When it almost has its prey in its grasp it decides to go away for one reason or another, giving Elodie room to progress with the plot. Dragon is not defeated, outsmarted or subdued. It doesn't make sense. Whole conclusion to the story is lackluster at best. Some of the dialogues are cringe instead of emotional and inspiring. Watched it with my wife last night and this movie had our eyes rolling on more than one occassion. We really couldn't wait for it to finish so we can watch something else.
I think it might be targetted to a younger audience, but then there's a scene where a flock of birds is basically burned alive while flying away from the dragon, which is unnecessarily cruel for a kids movie.
If you're an adult with half a brain you should probably skip this one.
Said dragon magically changes size several times throughout the viewing experience. In one scene it fills the whole cave, in another it's a size of the elephans, in another it looms over half a castle. A little indicator that they didn't care enough to make even obvious things consistent.
Dragon itself is not even inteligent or interesting enough. It's just angry and a bit dangerous. When it almost has its prey in its grasp it decides to go away for one reason or another, giving Elodie room to progress with the plot. Dragon is not defeated, outsmarted or subdued. It doesn't make sense. Whole conclusion to the story is lackluster at best. Some of the dialogues are cringe instead of emotional and inspiring. Watched it with my wife last night and this movie had our eyes rolling on more than one occassion. We really couldn't wait for it to finish so we can watch something else.
I think it might be targetted to a younger audience, but then there's a scene where a flock of birds is basically burned alive while flying away from the dragon, which is unnecessarily cruel for a kids movie.
If you're an adult with half a brain you should probably skip this one.