Product: Dragonheart: A New Beginning (2000)
Rating: 1.0
I thought Draco was the _last_ dragon . . .
Blech. That's probably the best thing I can say about this video. The original movie "DragonHeart", of which I am a huge fan, is a movie with an interesting premise: the last dragonslayer and the last dragon team up together to defeat an evil king and free his people from slavery. Aided by a fiery peasant girl and a priest, they ultimately bring victory . . . at a cost. (Check out the movie reviews at Amazon.com for a more detailed plot.) One of the neatest things about "DragonHeart" was the simple premise of the last dragon and the last dragon-slayer together. So, I ask you, how can there be a sequel to the movie when it was about the _last_ dragon? There are no more dragons in the world after "DragonHeart"; just in the stars and in our hearts. It quite upset me to see the producer cheapen the effects and meanings in the first movie in order to produce a rather cheezy sequel. The plot is simple; a young boy training for knighthood meets a young dragon, Drake. Don't ask me where _he_ came from; _Draco_ was the _last_ dragon in DragonHeart! There is a problem----the dragonette can't fly. Together, they must learn how the dragon is to fly, but also overcome an evil ruler. Not the most fascinating plot, but it's certainly a sad substitute for the original movie. Not to mention the fact that the special effects are no where near as magical as in the first movie; at times Drake almost appears to have a black outline around him, and his movements are jerky and sometimes unnatural. I will say this, the acting seems decent; but the actors are not given much to work with! I have a great respect for the writer, Charles Edward Pogue, who did the first movie. I don't believe he wrote the plot or script for the second movie, and I'm willing to bet it wasn't anything he ever had in mind. This movie, quite simply, does not fit in the DragonHeart-Universe; the two movies are not compatible. Who needs a sequel like that? When a cheaply-done, childish sequel like this comes along, it will definetly ruin the effects of the original. So if you want more DragonHeart, read the novelization of the first movie; an excellent book, in some ways better than the film. But don't waste your time with this movie. Draco would _not_ approve.