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Good concept, poorly executed.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Well, my title sums it up. The computer graphics are top-notch, I dare say they can compete with Pixar's. There are some scenes in there that are jaw-dropping, especially when combined with the musical score. The only thing that bothered me is that the choreography of some scenes is so spastic that only people with severe ADD could enjoy them. One can only sweep around the camera so much and so often before it becomes annoying.The story however is not top-notch. The characters all give the impression of being mish-mashes of predecessors from various older animated films. One particular character's personality suddenly changes completely without any valid reason. The result is that none of the characters are particularly interesting, because they just try to be so much at once that they end up being compromises.Children will probably love this just for the awesome visuals and the simple story, and will not notice the inconsistencies. Adults can enjoy this by turning off their brain and letting themselves be awed by the stunning visuals. If you don't care about eye-candy, you may want to stay away from this one.P.S.: Yes, this film features floating islands very reminiscent of Avatar, but remember that Dragon Hunters is one year older.

When I first saw it I simply couldn't believe i haven't heard of it sooner. Forget the animation, music, sound (can't tell which is better), the story, the details, it is something i haven't seen since i last saw Bambi (Walt Disney 1942). It revived true chivalry, something that is long forgotten these days when fame and money is all that matters(yes, they did get the money but only to fulfill their modest dreams). I hope that Europe will not be the last stand of big production movies in which you don't hear the crowd clapping and cheering at the end. I recommend it to anyone that see further then the mankind is today. For me, this is a masterpiece and i thank everyone involved in creating this animation.

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.

What people fail to understand about this movie is that it isn't a beginning, middle, and end, it is just the conclusion of a 26 episode long TV series. So remember that when you all talk about how the world wasn't explored enough. That was all done in the TV show.As great and stunning as the visuals are, I think the ***SPOILERS*** argument between Lian-Chu and Gwizdo near the end of the film was what really made me love this movie. Seeing characters I had followed through 26 episodes fight like that was agonizing, and seeing Gwizdo walking sadly off by himself amidst the floating ruins while Lian-Chu sharpened his blade was almost tear-jerking. Then we got a total contrast with Lian-Chu fighting these insanely awesome dragons (Which had been featured before in the series) while Gwizdo is babbling insanely and indirectly threatening to kill Zoe. *Shudder* I'm surprised that this particular scene hasn't been mentioned more in the warnings. Any kid that has a lick of sense will be able to see that Gwizdo wasn't himself and was fully intent on strangling that little girl. It was enough to bother me, and I'm 15.The world is amazing, the plot is a lot better than most multi-million blockbusters, and it was a nice way to see some of my favorite characters go. Check it out. :)