(just a warning, this whole post is going to be full of spoilers start to finish)
I'm just going to start off, why did they think it was a good idea to make Siveth some peace loving vegan hippy? And related, it was mentioned she ate plant seeds people gave to her to help them, yet at the end, it's mentioned they were just stored somewhere, which fixed the famine. So I gotta ask, what exactly did she eat, if not any meat or seeds? Better yet, how is she a vegan at all? I don't remember dragons being omnivores, but I guess I'm just pointing out petty details at this point.
Generally, I found the story rather meh in most regards, but I guess introducing a conspiracy where the king started wars and ravaged farmers to increase support is rather interesting. Especially given said conspiracies are relevant in today's day and age in America. Anyway, I found the "barbarians killed my parents, I want revenge" thing cliche in a lot of regards. Despite this, the movie somehow managed to keep itself from being too boring, and it introduced some new lore that reminds me of metallic dragons from D&D, AKA, Siveth's ability to transform into other animals.
Maybe my humor is just pretty bad, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't find some parts kind of funny, though the part where Lukas was getting dating advice from Siveth was pretty cringe. Overall, I can say he was far from the status of Gary Stu (the male equivalent to a Mary Sue), but there are some plot holes I noticed. It's never explained how Darius or "The Wolf" ever survived, especially given that the latter completely lost an arm and fell into a river/stream. Darius was also left in a pretty poor condition, but I guess it's not impossible for him to survive. Lastly, the fairy tale ending just left me feeling like I'd watched a children's movie.
All n' all, I give it a 5/10, was expecting more, but got a pretty meh story. I still feel it was better than what I thought Battle for the Heartfire was, which was boring, and chalk full of feminist agendas. It also strayed from the established canon, because for some reason we needed half dragon people.
I'm just going to start off, why did they think it was a good idea to make Siveth some peace loving vegan hippy? And related, it was mentioned she ate plant seeds people gave to her to help them, yet at the end, it's mentioned they were just stored somewhere, which fixed the famine. So I gotta ask, what exactly did she eat, if not any meat or seeds? Better yet, how is she a vegan at all? I don't remember dragons being omnivores, but I guess I'm just pointing out petty details at this point.
Generally, I found the story rather meh in most regards, but I guess introducing a conspiracy where the king started wars and ravaged farmers to increase support is rather interesting. Especially given said conspiracies are relevant in today's day and age in America. Anyway, I found the "barbarians killed my parents, I want revenge" thing cliche in a lot of regards. Despite this, the movie somehow managed to keep itself from being too boring, and it introduced some new lore that reminds me of metallic dragons from D&D, AKA, Siveth's ability to transform into other animals.
Maybe my humor is just pretty bad, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't find some parts kind of funny, though the part where Lukas was getting dating advice from Siveth was pretty cringe. Overall, I can say he was far from the status of Gary Stu (the male equivalent to a Mary Sue), but there are some plot holes I noticed. It's never explained how Darius or "The Wolf" ever survived, especially given that the latter completely lost an arm and fell into a river/stream. Darius was also left in a pretty poor condition, but I guess it's not impossible for him to survive. Lastly, the fairy tale ending just left me feeling like I'd watched a children's movie.
All n' all, I give it a 5/10, was expecting more, but got a pretty meh story. I still feel it was better than what I thought Battle for the Heartfire was, which was boring, and chalk full of feminist agendas. It also strayed from the established canon, because for some reason we needed half dragon people.