Michael's Movie Grade: B+
An excellent animated fantasy film from China.
This movie does exactly what a fantasy movie should do. It makes its world feel completely real to us and for a little bit we feel like we have been transported to a different world. The world building works fantastic here. We get a great understanding of how this world works and we get caught in the mythology. While this film may not be as extravagant as a Disney or Dreamworks animated movie, it is still a very handsome film. The visual attention to detail in many of these scenes really helps this fantasy world come to life for us.
The main story of this film revolves around a little girl's relationship with a dragon. In this area the movie also works very well. Not only are both these characters very likable but they work very well together. The relationship between them feels very real and well developed. It especially works with how the relationship evolves over the course of the movie in a very realistic and believable way. This leads to some quite emotional scenes that work incredibly well. Our main human character also has a well-done character arc that works very well.
This movie has a somewhat familiar story, but it is told very well and never once loses your interest.
Unfortunately this movie does suffer from some bad humor and a weak villain.
While not perfect this movie does a great job at everything one could want from a fantasy film.
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