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DragonLance Dragons of Autumn Twilight
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Genre | Animation |
Format | NTSC, Multiple Formats, Color, Dolby, Widescreen, AC-3 |
Contributor | Jason Marsden, Rino Romano, Fred Tatasciore, Michelle Trachtenberg, Kiefer Sutherland, Will Meugniot, Marc Worden, Neil Ross, Michael Rosenbaum, Lucy Lawless, Phil LaMarr See more |
Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 40 minutes |
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Star Kiefer Sutherland, Lucy Lawless, Michael Rosenbaum Special Features: Full Frame - 1.33 Audio: 2.0 Surround Dolby Digital - English 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital - English Subtitled - English Optional Runtime: 100 minutes Year of Release: 2007.
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Based on the first in a series of countless fantasy books by bestselling authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight is the first animated feature-length film spun from the venerable Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game. The 90-minute feature hews as closely to the 400-plus-page source material as possible--in a nutshell, a group of adventurers seek to head off the evil plans of a multi-headed dragon goddess and her army with the help of a crystal staff--and there is plentiful swordplay and spellcasting to keep younger viewers entranced. And the voice talent, which includes Kiefer Sutherland, Xena's Lucy Lawless, and Michael Rosenbaum of Smallville, does a respectable job of making the heavy-handed dialogue sound believable. However, the animation (a mix of 2D and CGI) is truly dreadful, and brings the epic scope of the story down to the level of Saturday morning cartoons. Supplemental material might've helped make this middling DVD more palatable, but sadly, there's only a few clips of original test animation (which looks slightly better than the finished product) and a gallery of early character designs. --Paul Gaita
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.85:1
- MPAA rating : PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 0.01 ounces
- Item model number : 097368523043
- Director : Will Meugniot
- Media Format : NTSC, Multiple Formats, Color, Dolby, Widescreen, AC-3
- Run time : 1 hour and 40 minutes
- Release date : January 15, 2008
- Actors : Lucy Lawless, Kiefer Sutherland, Michael Rosenbaum, Fred Tatasciore, Michelle Trachtenberg
- Subtitles: : English
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1)
- Studio : Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B000Y7U996
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #14,247 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #210 in Fantasy DVDs
- #1,194 in Kids & Family DVDs
- #1,455 in Action & Adventure DVDs
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I enjoyed this movie based on multiple reasons, the number one being I wanted to see the characters brought to life. Now take into point that there is NO way to make an animated movie that will accurately portray what your mind see's when reading. You would have to make a LOTR type (we can only hope) mega blockbuster to even come close. They did an excellent job with this movie... I loved the music and was left wondering why all these people are dissin' the graphics on this movie. If anything, the only thing I found wrong was how fast paced it was, I mean you can only cram so much into 1 1/2 hours I guess. This movie is what it is, a great story come to life. I didn't have a problem with the sound of this movie like some of the reviews I read, I guess either my system is great or there are some seriously bad ones out there.
People who have read and love the Dragonlance series will like this movie.. C'mon, you know you have to see... I really do hope they come out with the others... And in the same format! If it gets real popular maybe we'll see a trilogy on the big screen... Someone call Peter Jackson!!!! Margaret... Tracy.. Is this thing on?!?!!?? Lol... But seriously, if you don't like this DVD even a little.. You got problems...
Well, that's all I have to say about that... Now where'd I leave my hat?
:)
Some background: I've been a dragonlance fan for twenty years, ever since I was in elementary school. It was my introduction to D&D and the Chronicles (the series of novels on which the movie is based) were some of the first novels I ever read. So, I had high hopes for this movie, perhaps too high. My heart sank with the opening sequence, but gradually lifted as the movie continued.
The movie: The bulk of the animation was done by a Korean animation studio called Toonz. Note to producers: Do not hire Toonz. The animation work was incredibly choppy, occasionally the lines for characters flickered back and forth between frames even though the character wasn't moving, at one point major objects that are in the scene suddenly "disappear" because the animator forget to include them (i.e., a large table and chairs that all the characters have congregated around), and the detail in the characters frequently left me wanting for more. This was made all the more jarring by the inclusion of the 3D animation for the dragons and draconians (a type of lizard-man, for those unfamiliar with Dragonlance). And yet,the 3D animation was frequently lacking as the movement of the characters seemed wholly unnatural, clunky and lacking a degree of fluid motion that real creatures have.
Overall, the story itself is quite faithful to the novel it's based on (see the Chronicles trilogy by Weis and Hickman). Yes, a lot of it was cut and abbreviated -- the writers had to turn a 400 page novel into a 90 minute movie. Peter Jackson tried the same thing with the Lord of the Rings movies at 3 hours each and STILL had to cut things. As a consequence, the pace of the movie moves very quickly and is sometimes quite abrupt. Some of the fantastic elements and immersion that you get from the novels is missing because of this. However, the fundamental plot points remain, the characters come through, and all the major scenes from the novel are included in the movie. If one accepts the fact that this is a 90 minute movie (actually, less than that if you exclude the credits and opening sequence), it's remarkable how faithful the writers were able to stay to the original book. Kudos.
The voice work had its ups and downs but was, on the whole, well done. Lawless and Sutherland did great jobs, as did several of the other actors, but others had voices that did not fit their characters and seemed forced or canned.
The soundtrack is quite good. I don't know if I'd call it an instant "Classic" or masterpiece, but it is very well done. I might be one of the few people who did not care for the opening theme, but the rest of the music I thought was beautiful and very appropriate to the movie.
As for the DVD itself, the "extras" are hardly worth mentioning -- merely artwork stills for character concepts and proofs. It's interesting for about fifteen seconds, which is also about the extent of the content. I don't understand why they couldn't have at least included some interviews with the original authors or something, but I guess with such a small budget (only $1.5 million, compared to $150 million for the latest stuff from Pixar) they wanted to make sure as much of it went to the movie as possible.
My hope is that Mr. Hickman, one of the novel's co-authors, is correct -- that this movie is the first part of a journey. This will only come true, however, if there are enough sales of the DVD to turn a profit. It seems this movie got little love or attention from Wizards of the Coast (the owner of the license and published of the Dungeons and Dragons RPG), but hopefully the sales and rentals will be enough to not only justify a second installment, but a substantial increase in the budget for its production.
If "the Dark Queen" or Tracy are reading this, a heart felt thank you to the both of you. You have brought me countless hours of joy and happiness with the world you have created and this movie only added to it regardless of my quibbles with its production. You are both amazing people. Good luck on all your future endeavors.
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Ein Abenteuer mit Drachen, unfreiwilligen aber dafür umso sympathischeren Helden und einer geheimnisvollen Welt, die stets Raum für Spannung und Überraschungen lässt.
Der animierte englischsprachige Trickfilm mag seine Schwächen haben: Die kurze Laufzeit ermöglicht es nicht, jedes Geschehen des Buches wiederzugeben, die Bewegungen der Figuren wirken manchmal etwas steif, die Computeranimierten Effekte teils aufgezwungen, aber vor allem hat der Film auch seine Stärken. Die Musik und die Synchronsprecherauswahl (Kiefer Sutherland, Lucy Lawless, Michael Rosenbaum) versetzen einen in gebanntes Staunen. Die ausgewählten Szenen der spannenden Handlung lassen dem Zuschauer keinen Moment Ruhe sondern sorgen immer für genug unterhaltsame Aktion auf dem Bildschirm. Für Drachenlanze Fans ist dieser Film ein wahres Muss. Auch wenn ihn einige wohl kritisch beäugen, wurde hier mit wenig zur Verfügung stehenden finanziellen Mitteln viel geschafft. Das Preis-Leistungsverhältnis für den Käufer stimmt jedenfalls vollkommen zufrieden. Als Special Features bekommt man durch eine Testanimation und der kurzen Vorstellung des Charakterdesigns einen Eindruck vom zeichnerischen Aufbau eines solchen Animationsfilms.
Fazit: Ein gelungener und unterhaltsamer Film, der auch ohne Hintergrundwissen zu den Büchern durchaus sehenswert ist.