Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

Absolutely Fantastic

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

The recipe is simple and that did the film decent. a middle - school boy as arbiter in a conflict, appearences, impressive fight scenes and the importance of values. sure, not remarkable animation. but one of many respecting conventions of genre, proposing a reasonable story for young public, remembering pieces from ~Neverending Story~ and other classic tales. in first part, the animation seems not brilliant. in the second, the story has more coherent. but not exactly convincing. because the fight of man against nature, theoretically noble, is not served by a story who seems a fruits basket. and Jun is so bizarre in the status of great hero , than something seems missing in profound sense. so, a nice film. but far to be memorable.

This movie was another example of excellent story telling. It reveals the struggles of two opposing groups, each vying for the power of a "Savior", the main boy character. But he comes to understand that war is not one-sided, but often disguised by deception and fears. It was especially satisfying watching the child change from a fearful, fragile person, to a strong and powerful young man, though not necessarily in a way one would totally expect.The one drawback I experienced was that with so many characters put into the story, it was hard to tell them apart, and who signified what. Of course, there is a lot of back story that is not presented and, without some research would be difficult to understand. However, I cam e away from it with a renewed appreciation for this type of story telling.

The movie is bland entertainment, but I gave this a 4 because of the nice animation. I didn't care about any of the characters which includes the main character. All of the characters are so uninteresting. They just exist to move the story along, but not to give viewers emotions as well.The dragon of the movie's title is weak for most of the film. He (or she) is probably weak throughout the film. During the ending battle, it was a water dragon against a fire monster. It should be obvious who wins which makes this film even more boring. Normally films can get the ending correct at least, but that isn't the case with this one. Water vs fire means that the winner of obvious. Even though it is usually obvious that the main character wins, this is the worst example of it and it doesn't work.

What can I say about this film? It could have been brilliant, the story line is OK, the setting imagery is very nice, and a lot of detail has been put into it. However, the human characters have a annoying 'Dora The Explorer' nature to them, both crudely drawn in comparison to the settings, and unbelievable in ratio the story line. It turn's a possible classic into a cartoon movie for the under 12's. Personally, I don't understand why use inferior character depiction when they clearly went to so much effort in the setting and story.Its the eyes...Don't bother with the English dub; it will only make you more angry.