Or else get someone who will to write the reviews. EST First of all, the comparison between Falkor and Jar-Jar is pretty apt as far as I'm concerned. You're free to disagree, but both have silly voices, big ears, are included mostly as comic relief and plot devices and serve little purpose other than to annoy me. Compare the two side by side and the resemblance becomes even clearer. As for the lack fo an evil bad GUY, I was right on the money.
Most fantasy films have one.
This one doesn't. He's also not a truly relevant evil in the film, since he only shows up thrice, and even then only speaks once, where he has nine lines and is promptly killed by Atreyu. Okay, so D.M. did actually manage to kill one of the heroes before biting it. OTOH, I don't think he even had nine lines. The only purpose they serve is to disguise a grim and mature animated film as a kiddie movie, and to rake in the merchandising bucks.