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How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

A noble knight (Dennis Quaid) is raising the prince of the realm, Einon (David Thewlis), trying to impress upon him the values needed to become a good king. He's in fact raising him to be the exact opposite of his brutish father. But then a tragic accident forces them to turn to a creature of legend for help. They must speak to Sean Connery. Well... a dragon voiced by him, but there's not much of a difference.DragonHeart suffers mainly from the passage of time. Its effect were actually quite decent for their day, even earning an Academy Award nomination. But nowadays you can almost see better graphics in mobile games. That's how badly they've aged. Not a pretty movie.The same goes for the plot. It's just so cheaply 90s, with a vague fantasy setting where people talk about the Old Ways, without ever really explaining them in detail, where dragons make jokes about their bad breath due to eating knights, where peasants are caked with mud and people clank around in armour even when it makes no sense for them to be wearing it. There's talk about good and evil in a very black and white manner. We even have the grumpy main character, who has become disillusioned with the world, but still has a good heart beneath his jaded exterior.In a word, DragonHeart is childish. It's not the worst movie ever, but neither does it have anything to offer beyond the trimmings of a cheap paperback fantasy novel. And even those are dogeared.

To me, this movie was by far the best out of them all and the story behind it was the greatest. Nowadays it seems as if it has more sorcery than dragonsAlso I miss how much this movie was focused on the knight code unlike the newer ones.If they decide to make a number 5, I strongly suggest making it more like this one.If you haven't watched this movie, please do I know you won't regret it.

OK, let me just say that Sean Connery nails it as the voice of Draco! A dragon with a Scottish accent?! Just great! :-)The movie has its share of laughs and excitement, but what I liked about it most was that the jokes are kind of clever and Dennis Quaid does a hell of a good job pulling it off as an old washed out knight whose time has passed. David Thewlis does an equally good job as the evil King Einon, so good that at times you wish you could get up and smack him around a bit yourself! Same goes for Dina Meyer who plays the single minded Kara who seeks revenge and will do anything it takes to make Einon pay his dues.It is a fun movie, and it will bring a few smiles to your face.

I'm surprised this movie is not at least a 7 in IMDb. Dragonheart used to be one of my favorite movies when I was teenager. It is fun, funny and emotional, the CGI are great for late 90's and Denis Quaid acting is remarkable. Leaving aside the fact that this is a story about dragons and knights, The bottom story of honor and betrayal is a little stereotypical but still very catching. To me the downside is the antagonist casting: The guy is so boring. Other than that, Sean Connery's voice and the movie soundtrack are spectacular. Highly recommended to watch in family for those who haven't seen it yet, and for the rest, revisiting this title now and then, can be a good plan for a Sunday afternoon.