One of my all time favorites.

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

best movie i've ever seen.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

You'd think that if you have an honest to gods dragon in your film you would have at least a little bit of excitement. You'd be wrong. Dawn of the Dragonslayer has a decent basic setup. Boy loses father to a dragon, goes questing, meets a girl, meets evil people (because it's never solely about the monster), prepares to meet the dragon, et cetera, et cetera. Clichéd, but workable.Once again it's the execution that ruins the film. First of all, they've actually used their budget somewhat decently. Sure the castle looks more ruins than something you'd actually live in, but they can be forgiven that little fact. And the dragon actually looks pretty good, given the budget limit. It's obviously CGI, but it has some neat design choices going for it.Unfortunately the actors are bland and/or horrible, the dialogues don't allow the characters to have any chemistry, the characters themselves are merely archetypes interacting with one another, the plot crawls forward with the pace of a snail, the ending resolution is the most predictable one and the various villains are not smarmy enough for me to care.Dawn of the Dragonslayer is not a bad film because it's offensive or anything. It's bad because it has no soul, no creative spark behind it. It's an empty retold husk of a tale with nothing new or original.

This is a bit like Game of Thrones. Without the budget. Unfortunately also without the plot, without the acting ability, without the well-written dialogue, the without the depth, without the politics, without the believable characters, without the engagement, without the locations, without the visual effects, without... well, you get the idea. Even the Irish accents and the Irish scenery couldn't keep me interested (yes, I am Irish, so that usually counts for something). I especially snorted at the way the "hero" gets flamed by a dragon and shows up in the next scene without so much as a singed hair. But the scenery is nice, and the heroine has lovely 21st century makeup and shiny lip gloss.

There are many ways for a film to fail, but most of the time it is all about bad story or bad acting or both. This film has decent actors and a rather acceptable story. However the direction and script are abysmal, making the viewing experience feel like mild torture. Poor Anne Black (the writer and director - ouch), she probably has the passion, but not the skill.The story itself is more of a fairy tale, the sort of "man of the people rises against all odds and defeats evil". There is a girl involved, a competing pretender to her graces, a confused father, a wise woman and, more interesting, magic and a dragon. What does the film do with all this? A nauseating script, with bad dialogue, ridiculous action scenes and implausible situations that are only shadowed by the bad CGI.It is unclear to me how one can screw up a fairy tale: we know the script from when we're young. The actors were not brilliant, but they were decent. The CGI was cheap, but there was a dragon in the film. So how does one make a complete mess of something like that?

OK, I've just about had it with egotistical prats who wave their so- called credentials around and rubbish sincere efforts to entertain them! Yes, I realise that I am probably "using" Dawn Of The Dragonslayer to vent my spleen over many reviews that appear on IMDb hyper-criticising low-budget movies that, if push came to shove, they couldn't anywhere-near match even if they had the best screenwriter in the world!Dawn Of The Dragonslayer is one such movie. Yet some idiot who claims (NOT to brag he/she/it says!) that it is a well-educated person with refined tastes and yet didn't seem to realise that people DO have different tastes (thank God) and we aren't all like itself. I am only glad that I didn't read "it's" review before watching the movie because I might have allowed it to put me off and missed a damned good effort to entertain me. Yes, I watch movies to be entertained - not tested to the extremities of my deductive powers. I get more than enough of that in real life (and yes, I DO have one!).Actually, the only reason I looked at the reviews was because I felt that this movie was grossly underrated and wanted to know why. Now, unlike the overcritical reviewer I have no desire to blow any trumpets other than on behalf of the folk who put all their efforts into producing a couple of hours (more or less) of fun for people with nothing better to do than watch movies. However, just so that my co- reviewer doesn't run away with the idea that I am some sort of simpleton who is easily pleased, let me say that I have university degrees including one in film production and my IQ is officially in "genius' level (for what that's worth!). Until my retirement, I operated my own independent studio (mostly making docos - not dramas) and so I do know a little bit about the industry. My protagonist clearly does not!As I say, when I sit down to watch a movie, I do it to relax and be entertained. Having so said though, whilst I honestly don't enjoy highly convoluted political or crime dramas that require lots of attention simply to figure out what's happening, I don't get onto IMDb and slate them because, even though I may not enjoy the genres, I CAN see the skills that go into making them. Dawn of the Dragonslayer is a fantasy so who's to say whether it is believable or not? Both lead roles are, I felt, very well handled by young novice actors who seemed to me to be well-directed. Sure, there wasn't much new about the story - but who cares? IT WAS FUN!! And, as I say, I watch movies for fun! End of story!If the "knockers" are so dissatisfied, why don't they put their money where their mouths are and make a better movie. Then we can see what their fellow-critics have to say about THEIR efforts! Now that could be fun too!