Dragon Hunters

2008 "Dragon hunting isn't a fairy tale"
6.5| 1h20m| PG| en
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Dragon Hunters is a fantastic tale telling the adventures of two dragon hunters: the world has become a vast conglomerate of islands of varying size and shape. This babbling universe is mainly peopled with ruthless rogues, surly peasants and illiterate, petty lords Their main concerns revolve around two fundamental rules : Eat and don't get eaten.

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CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
Tymon Sutton The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.
violinisthamel (may have slight spoilers) The only reason this has a 3 is because the graphics are good. The story is very simple, the characters lack development and aren't interesting enough to care about them, most of the scenes don't make sense to what the "story" is striving at and flash backs/supposed sad moments lack the feeling because of how lacking the characters are. The Music is good and definitely puts you into the mood of the scene but because there are no feelings for the characters, it destroys it. What really bothers me about this movie is the lack of any information. The world seems like it could be interesting but there is no explanation for why it is the way that it is and really such a shame. Desolate and broken is understandable but the lack of gravity and why the world is broken seems to have gone completely untold.
Paul Magne Haakonsen "Dragon Hunters" is without a doubt one of the best animation movies that I have ever come across. It is right up there with "How to Train Your Dragon".The story told in "Dragon Hunters" is a classic tale of good vs. evil, right vs. wrong, and the unlikeliest of heroes emerging to save the day. And we, the watchers, are invited along for a ride of a lifetime.From the very beginning, you are in for some visual treats. There are so many fine details and amazing work made here. From the floating chunks of rock and such, having a very chaotic limbo-like feeling to it, to the details on the characters and creatures. There is really a very unique style going on in the movie, and it works out so well.The characters in "Dragon Hunters" are well thought up, though they are taken right out of the classical "how to make a fairytale" workbook. And the voice acting behind the characters supports and carries these animated characters so well.I was genuinely surprised by the movie and it blew me away, instantly becoming one of my favorite animated movies of all time.If you like adventure, animated movies and heroics, then "Dragon Hunter" is definitely a movie that you have to check out. It is so cool, that this review hardly does it any justice.
wewilsons First time I saw this movie I was fascinated and have since watched it again and again. The storyline is one someone should have done years ago. The characters are only enough to tell the story. The time is instead spent developing the characters and setting up for the huge finish.The visually stunning world floating around is fascinating all by itself. The unique graphics to make a gravity defying universe must have been a huge effort. This is a different world than any you've seen. Who ever wrote the screen play really believed in the story to fill it out like they did, down to the little puffing plants. The people are not the best graphics but are a very characterized style which manage to be amusing particularly in motion.Fold in good characters, well developed by the end of the movie (the dog is awesome funny) new monsters and by the end you're totally rooting for the underdogs in the face of an unbelievable foe.Love it. Will always be one of my favorites and probably the biggest surprise hit to me of animation ever.
DrLex Well, my title sums it up. The computer graphics are top-notch, I dare say they can compete with Pixar's. There are some scenes in there that are jaw-dropping, especially when combined with the musical score. The only thing that bothered me is that the choreography of some scenes is so spastic that only people with severe ADD could enjoy them. One can only sweep around the camera so much and so often before it becomes annoying.The story however is not top-notch. The characters all give the impression of being mish-mashes of predecessors from various older animated films. One particular character's personality suddenly changes completely without any valid reason. The result is that none of the characters are particularly interesting, because they just try to be so much at once that they end up being compromises.Children will probably love this just for the awesome visuals and the simple story, and will not notice the inconsistencies. Adults can enjoy this by turning off their brain and letting themselves be awed by the stunning visuals. If you don't care about eye-candy, you may want to stay away from this one.P.S.: Yes, this film features floating islands very reminiscent of Avatar, but remember that Dragon Hunters is one year older.