NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

doug-915-747467 I've watched this a couple times with the 3-yo and the 7-yo. We all like it. The kids have a low filter for engaging with an animated movie, but they lean in on this one like they do for good Ghibli movies.It is exciting but not crushingly scary; it interesting and creative, making good use of the opportunity to invent an imaginary world; fascinating and moody; it has obvious value lessons that the 7-yo expects to be in her movies, but also with a little twisting that she doesn't expect and needs to talk about; the ending seems a little abrupt, but perhaps that was the copy of that we were watching. I am over-voting it, but the current IMDb rating of ~6 is absurd.

Paul Magne Haakonsen "Dragon Hunters" is without a doubt one of the best animation movies that I have ever come across. It is right up there with "How to Train Your Dragon".The story told in "Dragon Hunters" is a classic tale of good vs. evil, right vs. wrong, and the unlikeliest of heroes emerging to save the day. And we, the watchers, are invited along for a ride of a lifetime.From the very beginning, you are in for some visual treats. There are so many fine details and amazing work made here. From the floating chunks of rock and such, having a very chaotic limbo-like feeling to it, to the details on the characters and creatures. There is really a very unique style going on in the movie, and it works out so well.The characters in "Dragon Hunters" are well thought up, though they are taken right out of the classical "how to make a fairytale" workbook. And the voice acting behind the characters supports and carries these animated characters so well.I was genuinely surprised by the movie and it blew me away, instantly becoming one of my favorite animated movies of all time.If you like adventure, animated movies and heroics, then "Dragon Hunter" is definitely a movie that you have to check out. It is so cool, that this review hardly does it any justice.

chuck-526 The almost entirely 3D animation is some of the most imaginative, detailed, and careful that I've ever seen (I'm writing in 2010). The level of entirely believable detail is like taking the most complicated frame from something like Wall-E or Ponyo by the Sea and equaling or besting it in scene after scene throughout the film. The story is a modified "fantasy action adventure", which may seem excellent, or just adequate, depending on your predilection about that genre. (If you have your doubts about the genre, you'll find the usual suspects here: plot loose ends, exaggerated characters, not entirely believable motivations, an awful lot of coincidences, and so forth. If though you just let go with the flow, it will be a rollicking good time.) The characters are pretty much straight ahead (a lot of sly character humor has made its way into the TV series though).It's a bit confusing to find the right thing, as there are two movies, a TV series, and a comic book series all with pretty much the same name (maybe differing only in an 's' or a '!', and even that not consistently). One of the movies is a Korean live action movie, and the comic book series is also Korean. The other movie is an animation and had mostly French involvement, and the TV series is a spin off of the movie (or is the movie a spin off of the TV series?) with the same characters, locale, and back-stories. While the TV series is one of the best animated serials I've seen, with unusual characters that are funny in a very modern understated ironic way, and animation much much more careful and detailed than you'd expect from a TV series; it's this animated movie (original title "Chasseurs de Dragons" by the French company "Futurikon") that's the most outstanding of the bunch.If this movie is what you're looking for and you accidentally get the TV series instead, it's worth watching anyway. But afterward try again to get this movie. If on the other hand you accidentally get the live action movie, your expectations will be disappointed. I believe the voice actors in this movie and in the TV series are different (both good, just "different"). And of course the appearance of the characters is more complex and subtle in this movie. The Region 1 DVD doesn't have either any subtitles or any choice of spoken language; spoken English is all you get without obtaining a different DVD. This will generally be just fine, as the English sound track has no "accent" at all and is so good you won't puzzle over anything.

Alex M. Lehmann After watching the trailer I was surprised this movie never made it into theaters, so I ordered the BluRay. I had a great time watching it and have to say that this movie is better than some major animation movies out there. Of course, it has its flaws but I can still really recommend it. The animation is well done, very entertaining and unique and the story kept me watching it all the way to the end. Some of the backdrops are just drop-dead gorgeous and you can see the French talent behind it. I thought that Forest Whitaker's performance feels a bit lifeless but that is how the character Lian-Chu is depicted in this movie. So overall, thumbs up, I liked it a lot and I hope it is successful enough for all the studios involved to continue making great movies like this. I would recommend to give it a chance and be surprised how great a movie can be with such a small budget. Hektor alone is worth watching the movie since some of his moments are Stitch-like hilarious.