IMDb plot summary: The last dragon and a disillusioned dragon-slaying knight must unite to stop an evil king, who was granted partial immortality.
Directed by Rob Cohen. Starring Dennis Quaid, Sean Connery, and Dina Meyer.
Dragonheart is a fantasy movie about a young king who is saved from death thanks to a dragon sharing his heart with him. But the king grows up to be a tyrannical ruler like his father, and his former mentor, a victim of his cruelty, and the dragon whose heart it was all band together to try to take him down. I was ten when this movie came out, and if I had seen it as a kid, I could absolutely see it becoming a favorite. As it is, it is definitely a movie for children, but it has some charm to it. The story manages to capture both the sense of the individual characters as well as the far-reaching epic story that you want from a fantasy adventure. The amount of humor in this was a bit of a surprise, but I'm pleased the film doesn't take itself too seriously to be a kids' film. The character archetypes aren't deep, but they are clear and make it easy for a child to identify themselves quickly with one of the heroes. Overall, this one was a pleasant surprise and I'm glad I finally got around to seeing it, even if I don't think I'm going to rewatch it.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Dragonheart > Being the Ricardos
Dragonheart < In the Name of the Father
Dragonheart > The Pianist
Dragonheart < Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Dragonheart > The Minus Man
Dragonheart > The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey
Dragonheart < Watchmen
Dragonheart > The French Dispatch
Dragonheart < Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Dragonheart > The Shoes of the Fisherman
Dragonheart > What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
Dragonheart > The Descendants
Final spot: #1301 out of 4036, or 68%.
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