A shining beacon for fantasy adventure films

Rating: 9/10 (9 May 2015)

This is one of those movies that separate the movie lovers from the trolls and the bandwagon zombies. This movie has everything a good fantasy adventure needs: exciting action scenes, amazingly lovable franchise-worthy characters, amazing soundtrack, great costumes, great humor, a cool story and an AMAZING ending. Sure it has some flaws, but they are minor. If this movie was grittier and held on more tightly to the many moral and philosophical themes it touches upon for just a moment, it would have been the greatest monster hunter movie ever made. But even as it is, it is still one of the greatest. I am a lifelong fan of fantasy and have probably seen every movie in the genre and i can say that, in a sea of films that try to cash in on established characters by trying to do needless and terrible''reboots'', or films that are all but mediocre, this movie shines true as an example of how fantasy adventure films should be made. It will forever be one of those films that should have had many sequels.