Dragonlance - Dragons Of The Autumn Twilight (2007)

Wizards of the Coast Should Be Ashamed

Like many readers of Dragonlance I had waited a long time for this movie to come out and was very dissapointed when it did. First Wizards of the Coast announced it would come out in theaters in November, which gave me hope, but instead it went directly to video- and I can see why. The normal animation is poor, the CGI even worse, events are out of order with many missing and some from other books mixed in, and many people (especially Tass) are out of character. The only new scene I really liked was the end in which the identity of the blue dragon Highlord is revealed. Sigh, how I wish TSR had had made the live action version staring Sean Connery as Fizban as it had originally planned. To bad they sold the company to Wizards of the Coast - who promply sold it to Hazbro. Don't get me wrong, I like the Transformers, but I hate what Hazbro has done to D&D (3rd and 4th edition anyone)and this movie is the perfect example of what happens when a company wants profits without caring about the source material or it's fans. October 5, 2008

For Fanatics Only

I love the whole DragonLance saga, so this was an obvious purchase...even though I don't care for cartoons. CG would have been much better, and if you're animating it, why hold to a 90 minute time frame? Anyways...I'd buy the Winter and Spring continuances if they come out, but it's still not something that I would prominently display. Kiefer Southerland and Lucy Lawless...top casting for voice work, but it didn't help the overall quality of the movie.
It was a Saturday morning cartoon, and I think that is a disservice to the authors. I gave it 3 stars only because of it's original story. The quality of the cartoon I wouldn't be able to even rate...it was that bad for me. September 30, 2008

A long time coming

The film remains true to the story depicted in the novel quite well. With only an hour and a half of run time anyone who's not read the books would get a basic but fundamental feel for the characters, their subtle interactions revealing hidden secrets that are revealed in later installments of the series. I certainly hope future film adaptations, perhaps with better quality on the part of the dragon-kin's appearance, lay in store for us. September 29, 2008

It made me cry in disgust

Why, why, why did they create this travesty?
One can barely go 15 minutes into the movie without cringing at the shody animation. It seemed as if no one could agree on a frame rate for it. At times it feels like 24fps, at others 12fps, and thats youtube quality.
I would demand a remake, probably in the form a mini-series would be most appropriate. September 21, 2008

Best Animated Movie I've Seen

This is a lot better than Disney or Marvel Comics animated movies. Tiamat finally meets her match by Paladine, an obscure Hero of the Lance. Liked it, saw it on charter on demand. September 6, 2008

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