Dark Kingdom - The Dragon King | Benno Fürmann, Kristanna Loken

Dark Kingdom - The Dragon King | Benno Fürmann, Kristanna Loken | Not too bad, not great.

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	Dark Kingdom - The Dragon King Benno Fürmann, Kristanna Loken Sony Pictures, 2006 average customer review:based on 38 reviews view larger image
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In the tradition of the lord of the rings comes a brand new epic fantasy. A fantasy-adventure story based on nordic myths of the ring of the nibelungs about the son of a simple swordsmith who repeatedly saves his country not knowing that he is heir to a throne. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 01/27/2009 Starring: Benno Furman Alicia Witt Run time: 132 minutes Rating: Pg13

Great except for the title

This film in its original form was fairly faithful to the German version of the story, known as the Nibelungenlied. "Ring of the Nibelungs" would have been just fine as a title- so what if Wagner used it first (it is the same story after all). The acting was excellent- the motives and emotions of the characters really come through. You are watching one of the classic legendary stories portrayed as a very human story. Whoever decided to put "Dark Kingdom- The Dragon King on this film was an absolute idiot. It is the only thing that spoils the film.

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Not too bad, not great.

This was a decent effort to put the Nibelungenlied to film. The FX was good, the sets and costumes were above average and most of the actors were ok. However, it really didn't do much for me, and had too much of a TV-movie feel to it. I'd rather listen to Wagner.

Dark Kingdom

The acting was satisfactory. A considerable amount of artistic liberties were taken varying the story line and relationship of charactore to each other. It would be better to just present the original story line and try and explain the relationship of charactors to each other, A longer movie would be much better.

Jim

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