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DragonHeart (1996)
Rate:
5
Viewed:
7/18
7/18:
DragonHeart is a fantasy movie that's meant for children.
Unfortunately, it's too middling for me to get into the action. Dennis Quaid is perfect and plays a great character. If it
wasn't for him, the movie would've never taken off. The other star is Draco whose voice is supplied by Sean
Connery. The dragon looks pretty good for 1996, but how it blends in with the environs is disappointing. An example of
what I mean is the weak to no impact of Draco's force against the landscape or water surface.
The rest of the cast, which is made up of a bunch of nobodies, ranges from okay to fair. David Thewlis reminds me of Timothy
Dalton from Mary, Queen of Scots. Julie Christie looks aged and is now plain.
Of course, DragonHeart wouldn't have been made possible until the CGI technology was taken advantage of for
Jurassic Park. That's why Draco looks too familiar, invoking memories of the dinosaurs. The main trouble is the
middle. Good films tend to have a smattering of interesting incidents for filler but here. It just
goes in circles, leaving me exasperated when I wanted the story to move along. That's what happens when a studio
decides to hire a weak screenwriter by the name of Charles Edward Pogue.
All in all, DragonHeart is a decent fantasy movie for little kids or man-children who want to have a
relationship with dragons.