Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight (2008)

Pretty Good

Let's be realistic.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

This review is coming from some who has never read the book but watched the movie. But I can see why some fans are disappointed. I guess this movie is for people who have never read the books.From my perspective it is a decent movie for people who have not read the book but are still interested in Dragons, Goblins e.t.c The animation and voice actors were good. Especially since Micheal Roseabuam was in it. I am disappointed though that there won't be a sequel to this movie since there was more about to come and having a unsatisfying ending. But I wouldn't mind if Funimation or Bang Zoom make an anime of this series which might tell the full story. Overall its not a bad movie.

Paladine! I haven't read these books in years- and I mean all 13 of the originals. I wasn't expecting much from this movie, so I wasn't horribly disappointed, but it did help jog my memory. If not for that, the score probably would have been lower-- it's just a terrible representation of the story. The actors may all be good, but reading lines without a clear understanding of the characters or the storyline results in, well- this movie. Kiefer Sutherland actually did a good standalone job, but everyone else was pretty flat... I loved these stories. Somebody please do these books some justice. PLEASE! If you make a good film, you don't need to rely so heavily on the fan base anyway. Every LOTR fan will come see it b/c of the genre.

To be clear, I have not read the Dragonlance series of books yet so my few is only on the movie.The movie starts out with using a old wizard to try and explain the story up till now but sadly, he doesn't explain enough and the story is lost for a person who had never read the books. And since the artwork is more like a child's show so much that there isn't much blood that you can see in most of the bloody fights, that I doubt anyone who would actually be watching this would of read the books in the first place. In my mind, this breaks the movie even before it barely started. We are introduced to the characters in this rather strange fashion of them saying each others names a bit and them talking a little of their travels including a very cryptic explanation about why Tanis Half-Elven (who I guess is the main leader of the group) left but its all left up in the air as they are interrupted by some smelly orcs and the sneezing of the Dwarf character who I can only guess is allergic to horses because of how he first figured out they were coming.May I just talk about how uneventful the ending was? It does not turn out how you think everything would turn out and yet I feel almost no satisfaction in how it ended. It's all I can say without telling you exactly how it ends.The CG effects are much to be desired. They try to make it look epic and yet cartoon-like but something just feels very off. Everything feels like it should have had more detail to the animation instead of the cartoony stuff. The artwork when they do go into the 2D animation looks very lack luster, as though they were trying to copy old shows for children. Sometimes they have just as much work in it as a flash animation and use looped pieces. There are times when characters are wearing something different then they should at that time. The backgrounds are stunning, don't get me wrong, but the characters lack that same love and affection. There is a very sad line between the CG, 2D animation, and background as though they were made by three different studios. They do not work well together. It should be at least one or the other.The voice acting in some areas are alright, giving a very epic feeling to the characters, but in other parts, there is something really off putting to it. Lip-sinking is one of the main problems with the voices but another thing is that the voices try to be more epic then the expressions that they show. They have it for the 3D pieces but it doesn't look like they have it for the 2D visuals. It's surprising because there are some really good actors like Joson Marsdan who did Max Goof from A Goofy Movie and and Haku from Spirited Away. The sad thing is, he gives the character he plays in here, Tasslehoof Burrfoot, such a high squeaky voice with a hint of rasp that he just becomes annoying. The music is actually alright for what it is, catches the 'mood' of the scene though the mood is lost with the artwork.The show was slightly entertaining but that's pretty much all it was. All its problems tog in the way of me enjoying it and it did not feel like it was made in the 21st century. It felt like something done in the 1980's or so.

First off I would like to say that I absolutely love Tracy Hickman and Margret Weis and all of their books. The Dragonlance series were wonderfully written. The animation movie on the other hand was not so wonderfully done. There are three major problems for me about this movie.1.) The animation was horrible! They tried to add CG mixed with the animation but it failed. The CG looked like something that came from the '80s. It was rough...so rough. The animation itself was bad. As an animator myself I noticed extremely bad animation movement. It almost looked liked like some homemade Flash animation from a kid All I can say is rough.2.) The voice acting sounded like something from a B-rated movie. The voice acting sounded over done. Because the voices were so bad it just made the movie so annoying for me. I have to say though Keifer Sutherland is a great actor, so he did an OK job.3.) Last of all the movie was to dumbed down in atmosphere. What I mean is is that the books have a dark adventure feeling to it. The movie is filled with up beat music and happiness. I don't know it just felt so wrong to me.I hope someone makes another movie. I also hope it is live action and that someone makes it like what Peter Jackson did to The Lord of the Rings.