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As a Dragonlance fan for many years, I was very excited about this release. Its nice to see all your favourite characters brought to life in animation, but this could have been done SO much better :( There are quite a few problems with the production itself, including 2D and 3D animated characters interacting and looking wholly unprofessional, problems with voice syncing and problems with the gaudy colours and lighting used. This makes for quite a mismatched cartoon at times and it can look quite ugly in places, particularly when 2D characters fight 3D CGI enemies etc. The animation style overall is very reminiscent of Filmation early work. This isnt such a bad thing as many of us are fans of those cartoons, but it doesnt look very professional, being released post 1985 !!! This is one of the best books in the series, and with such great source material - Raistlin the troubled wizard, Takhisis the evil dragon queen, Goldmoon the priestess, Tanis the half-elf, their varied other interesting companions and generally the magical land of Krynn and all its fantastic inhabitants. Hate to say it but I preferred the Dragonlance books to Lord of the Rings :O !! :P However, this film doesnt make as much use of this epic history as it could have. It does stick VERY faithfully to the story (which is great and rare these days !) and covers everything a fan would hope to see, but some of the drama isnt very effective and they could have explored some of the darker themes much more thoroughly. I also dont understand why this has a PG rating when its utterly non-bloody etc ?! The voice talent are all excellent, the story is fast-paced and frenetic in a good way and the music is very nice also, but sadly these dont make up for the problems with the animation itself. They should have blatantly stuck to either all 2D or all CGI 3D :( A confusing mix of the two didnt work :( There couldve been SO many more extras on the DVD also :( a pitiful selection of trailers and test animation + character designs is all we get ! SO much content that they couldve treated us to from the Dragonlance universe, you kind of feel cheated ! Hopefully they will learn from their mistakes and subsequent releases from the series will be improved :) Unsurprising this went straight to DVD ! In all, a great story, told well with good voicing and music, badly let down by problems with animation and confusing visuals. Get if youre a true fan or want to see some interesting fantasy animation. Dont get it if youre expecting miracles, you'll be sorely disappointed :( !Read full review
where, I read the original book titled dragonlance: dragons of autumn twilight and loved it as a child, the video was something that I had longed to see on video. The voice acting was solid, led by keifer sutherland and also starring lucy lawless, the acting of sutherland as raistlin was spot on. The best thing about the video was that the writers remained true to the story which was most imperative, however the animation was not the best. The korean's really did a number on this one. For anyone who had read the book i would recommend the video for seeing it all on the screen.
*** This comment may contain spoilers *** I swore off of this "movie" after the "rough trailer" was released. Then all these folks kept telling me it'd be so much better than that, would look like the cover art and the story was "so true to the book". I bought it, and found that the "rough trailer" even on YouTube looked pretty much the same as this crap-filled crap-coated crap with a crap center that they put out as a final product. Verminaard wearing a dishtowel over his face? Takhisis is all fuzzy in most of her scenes. People missing hands and feet. Extra hands and feet. No dead lizard for healing. Giant Square Chins For All (tm). No death by acid - wasn't this the reason for the PG-13 stated by the authors? Big Wiggly Bewbs on Innocent Young Barmaids (tm) - seriously, she's supposed to have a rack and all, but holy stripclub freakshow, Batman! Staff light punches people in the chest? It seemed to be an average of about four frames per second. I even paused and frame-by-framed it, there are places where I had to advance 10 or 12 frames to see anything change. The Forestmaster looked more like the Lawnornament. Sizechanges all around. Grow a foot, shrink a foot. Grow a foot, shrink a foot. No Horns for Sturm, no Helm for Caramon, but Verminaard got a dishtowel? Elistan macking on Laurana? Wasn't there a pretty important theme later on, of Tanis's jealousy and how it was unfounded, that Laurana was mad he'd infer that Elistan was anything more than her wise mentor? Gonna be kind of hard for her to get mad now, having been macked on. Hope I'm using that term right - isn't that how you kids say it? Bewbs here, Bewbs there, Bewbs everywhere! Tika's Bewbs are so freakishly huge they deserved a second entry. Though, I do wish my wife (or any woman anywhere, for that matter) had the ability to make their bewbs dance around and point like that. I'm selling mine on eBay already. I hope to soon get it out of my house. I'd throw it away but our trash company won't take sewage.Read full review
For those of you who aren't aware, this movie is based on a novel that many would consider a staple of its genre. Characters are torn between worlds and love, searching for lost legacies, driven by friendship, or quests for power. They must wrestle with their flaws while seeking a way to save everyone from the coming evil. When the movie was first coming out, I was excited. It was an awesome book and they were coming in with some great voice talents. In watching the movie, though, I guess they had to have good names. The animation was that of the '80s. Even when the used computerized images, it was shoddy. I expected more and better. The story itself remained true to the original for the most part. However, it was only the bare bones. All the meat of the characters' internal thoughts and struggles were missing, perhaps eaten by an Abyssal Editorial Staff (or perhaps not). What I saw were the bones of a magnificient beast, though I would have never known it if I hadn't had the 'before' picture. Anyway, if you can't read the book, the movie will give you a basic idea of what happened. If you want more that just the basics, you'll have to look elsewhere.Read full review
I give the review a 5 out of 5 just for the idea of bringing the book to life and also keeping to the book almost word for word! Character descriptions were dead on! I think its good they used animation instead of real life so the could stick to the book like they did! To be truthful to readers though, I do have to say that the animation couldve been a tiny bit better and the battle scenes too, but I didnt complain once because I was so overwhelmed at the whole idea of it all! Really looking forward to all the season books and hopefully others such as the Time of the twins and so forth! Hope to see more of Raistilin's magic, and hopefully Lord Soth's story! Maybe even Huma's sometimes! Thanks to all who had a part in making this possible and ofcourse Margarette and Tracy for there devotion to making there readers ever happy! Eric PeacockRead full review
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