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List Price: $14.99 | | Label: Peace Arch Home Entertainment
Salesrank: 9687
Released: June 23, 2009 |
| Our Price: $5.99 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Zoe is a little girl who believes in fairy tales. In order to help her uncle Lord Arnold get rid of a terrible dragon, Zoe decides she has to find some heroes. When she meets Gwizdo and Lian-Chu, a couple of two-bit, fly-by-night dragon hunters, she decides that she s going to believe in them and set out on an adventure to bring peace to the land.
Dragon Hunters Reviews:
From the depths of Obscurity 
2009-11-03 - Though this film was originally French, the American dubbed version is very enjoyable. From out of no where, this movie came recommended on Amazon, so I figured, what the heck? The graphics and scenery are fantastic and the story, though standard fare, is very enjoyable. The level of humor is there and the ending does have one fact that was unexpected, though after the film was over, we realized that it was better that way. My favorite parts were the scenery, and I would rewind the DVD to see some of the backgrounds again. After a while though, we just continued with our film. This is definitely on our list of films that we must own.
A breath of fresh air 
2009-10-25 - I'm torn between a four and a five star. I picked four stars because the storyline is very simple. I agree it's geared more for kids rather than adults. There are only a few characters throughout the movie which makes it easy for kids to follow. However, it is too violent and dark for young children. We started out watching it with our 2 and nearly 4 year old and they had a hard time once it got really dark and more dragon hunting. But, it's a PG rating and should have known better. With that being said, my husband and I really did enjoy it. The world that was created was incredible and my husband and I were fascinated with the animation. The fact that it is so different than the standard Disney Pixar stuff we usually watch really got our attention. We thought the voice talents were great and we really enjoyed the score of the movie. Kind of made us think of Chinese techno at times. I hadn't heard of this movie until it popped up on Amazon as a pre-order and had several wonderful reviews. I'm glad I took a chance with a movie unknown to us. We'll be watching this occasionally and I'm sure our two kids will get into it when they aren't so scared.
Best Foreign 3D Animated Feature
2009-10-17 - If the Oscars had such a category "Dragon Hunters" would win; as it is the movie was considered for best animated feature of 2008 but was overshadowed by Disney and Dreamworks products. More unfortunately, it has never found a theatrical distributor in the U.S., so many of us (including myself) are "discovering" it on DVD and Blu-ray.
This is the finest 3D animation, and story, and music, I have seen anywhere. It is visually imaginative, witty, and even has an admirable moral or two. It is one of those creations which make you respect the motion picture form as transcendent, where now and then (but not often) the whole is greater than the parts, where a bevy of extremely talented artists and technicians have been motivated to coalesce their efforts. Basically a European production originating from a French cartoon series, the film has been 100% adapted to the American viewer (voices well recast and reanimated). The mortar of the bricks is the music composed by Klaus Badelt and performed by the Munich Symphony Orchestra, with an added interlude by Jalan Jalan. Alas, 80 minutes is not enough, I'm sure you will agree. P.S.: The Blu-ray version is stunning!
Not all European animated features are wonderful; the "Dragon Hunters" DVD contains a preview from Peace Arch Entertainment of "Donkey Xote" from (naturally) Spain. The donkey character has been swiped 100% from the "Shrek" movies, and many critics say the script is awful. The DVD trailer makes one appreciate "Dragon Hunters" all the more.
AMAZING
2009-10-16 - Better than "UP" Beautiful graphics, well written, a perfect animation. The dragon hunter world takes place on the edge of the world, A floating sea scape of shards of land, each one different from the next. Incredible dragon. How come no one has heard of this movie. Its just amazing.
visually fantastic, but never really compelling
2009-09-20 - Remarkably low-brow for French animation, "Dragon Hunters" features well-drawn characters, a simple plot, and fantastic landscapes. It's worth watching.
I think this deserves to be better known in the States, although there's not much original here. The strongest part of the script is the relationship between Gwizdo and Lian-Chu. Unfortunately that's either a shameless rehasing of the relationship between George and Lennie from Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck Centennial Edition), or a much more poorly brought off version of Mouser and Fafhrd from Lankhmar Book 1: Swords And Deviltry.
