Schlockbuster.

That’s my new word for movies that have an enormous budget but are still awful. This movie has many disappointing parallels with Superman IV, which I watched recently. The notable exception is that Superman IV had it’s budget pulled.

This movie is chock full o’ good actors, a too short running time and a potentially cool story notion, but it fails. Hard. There are gaping story holes, which were painfully apparent. It was based in a fantasy world that seemed to not have been thought out past the lens of the camera. I really hope the book was better (no, it has to be).

I don’t know why studios do this kind of movie: it doesn’t make me want to shell out hard-earned money at the theater. Thank goodness for Netflix and the library.

There are a lot of important actors in this humdrum fantasy not-exactly-romp.

But hey, baby dragons!

Exactly what I expected. Not disgustingly terrible, but a pure kids movie. Simplistic story line, nothing much to think about. The dragon was cute, the kid was cute, but John Malkovich? Either way, I’m happy that Rachel Weisz did the dragon’s voice.

warning: Absolutely nothing like the book. There should have been a “based on” message at the beginning. As a movie it was pretty good, but all the differences got to me anyway. Watch the movie first, then read the book.

Oh boy, another Part 1 of 3 movie. I’m really getting sick of movies that don’t end, they have a couple climaxes, then they jsut drag for a few more minutes and then out of nowhere they just stop. Sorry but this movie didn’t impress me at all so i’m not too concerned with seeing part 2 whenever it gets made. My bf liked it though.

I cant compare it to the book because I havent gotten around to reading it yet, though it is in the que on my shelf. . . but I enjoyed th movie. .. it could have had a little more depth to the plot, but I thought the acting was decent, the dragon was wonderfully done, and over all the potential is there, I am hoping subsequent movies made form the sequal books will surpass this first intallment, but I found it interesting and entertaining to watch. It was good for a snowy monday night movie.