Too violent

Rating: 8/10 (14 June 2014)

The animation is SPECTACULAR, and so is the soundtrack, and there are some very amusing moments. However, there is a great deal of violence - well, more the THREAT of violence - which I find inappropriate in a children's movie. Look - "101 Dalmatians" had plenty of that threatened violence, too, but in "Dragon," we actually SEE the boy brandishing a knife, hear him trying to talk himself into killing the dragon and removing the heart to give to his father. (You KNOW that won't happen, but the concept is way too scary for a young child, IMHO.) Yes, I know I tend to be a wuss about these things, and standards are rapidly changing, but I would have rated it PG-13.