Dragonheart - 2 Legendary Tales Double Bill | Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis

Dragonheart - 2 Legendary Tales Double Bill | Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis | If you like fantasy and Dragon Movies

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	Dragonheart - 2 Legendary Tales Double Bill Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis Universal Studios, 2004 average customer review:based on 25 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 05/22/2007 Run time: 188 minutes

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This is one of our favorite movies of all movies ever made. Absolutely love Sean Connery!

If you like fantasy and Dragon Movies

For the price of this product you get 2 movies. One is really worth watching again and again(the first one) and the other is well... not.

Sean Connery was great with the lending of his voice and really made it a unique movie experience.

It has to be in any DVD library that has Fantasy movies.

Fantasy & Imagination are still alive in our hearts...

First of all, this review is directed to the double-bill version of the DVD, which contains on a double-sided disc the original widescreen movie and alas, also its worse, "meant" for TV, cousin, for which I only give two stars for the effort.

Sean Connery, although just in voice, steals the show from anyone else in the movie. And how could it be else?

It is as if they wrote the character of Draco, the dragon, fitting it to him and his skills as an actor. A true one at that.
Pity he retired, but when one thinks about what Hollywood offers nowadays, with perhaps a few exceptions, it is more than comprehensible.

But back to this tiny gem of a movie.

It has the style and the flavor of the old good tales of Merlin, Arthur and his good Table Round, combined with an intelligent twist on the myth of Dragons.

There is plenty of action in it, as well as drama, comedy and the eternal "good vs. evil" theme.

But the difference lies in how the story was developed.

It is not taken from the usual comic-book style as is the habit of many unimaginative movie-makers today, but rather interwoven with Celtic myth and often referring the "Old Code" of the, by now gone, fellowship of Knights devoted to justice and righteousness introduced by King Arthur, a few decades earlier.

It is the story of real friendship, faith and character strength, but it never turns itself into a preachy piece of moralizing babble.

It simply "shows" us these virtues in motion.

It is a movie for the entire family and can even be watched by unattended children.

It is a well-layered movie that flows like water and never gets boring.

This is also a thinking man's movie, despite its mythological contents and highly adventurous action scenes.

Like Draco, this movie belongs among the stars for nobleness and purity of Heart.

It goes beyond religious beliefs or moral tales, it is a very well studied weave of a tale, told by someone who knows what it is required from a skillful storyteller.

Alas, the second movie is not as well written or intelligent as the first one, and is forgettable at best, being just another adventure outing.

I would have dropped the second altogether, since it does not add to the glitter of the first one, but for completeness-sake, we might forgive Universal and think that a comparison is in order.

A comparison between true Art and purely commercial endeavor and the usual "milking the cow".

With Sean Connery, we get Dennis Quaid as a Knight of the "Old Code", played fairly well by him, considering he also starred in movies like "Enemy Mine" which had a very similar approach, Peter Postlethwaite, whose skills as an actor are undisputed and the legendary Julie Christie, who in a secondary role, shines as usual.

When we talk about Art, we also must remember the music of a movie, and this one has a very lovely score composed by the very talented Randy Edelman.

In my humble view, this is a must buy DVD for the entire family.

If you like the Dark Ages, its histories, myths and tales of Chivalry, then this one should belong in your shelves together with "The Mists of Avalon", "Excalibur", "Knights of the Round Table", and "Dragonslayer" (another wonderful installation on the theme, starring a very young Peter MacNichol and an old veteran like Ralph Richardson, master of actors).

Take your pick, but remember that this movie (Dragonheart) in its Widescreen scope (2.35:1) and excellent DD 5.1 Surround sound is well worth the effort.

After watching the movie, if you have the chance, take a stroll, raise your nose up to the night sky and contemplate the stars, then simply start dreaming...

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Dragonheart - 2 Legendary Tales Double Bill

The original Dragonheart is great and well worth it as for #2 it is not so Legendary or even a good tale.

Dragon Heart

This set is definitely a bargain. Though I have yet to watch the prequel, I can say that the first movie is still the classic tale of fantasy I remembered it to be. A very enjoyable movie with lots of emotion.

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