Michael's Movie Grade: C+
This remake is well made but not well made enough to justify its own existence.
In my opinion the point of a remake should be to bring a new take to a familiar story. That is why I can never understand movies like this. This is not a new movie or a new take in the slightest. This is the same exact movie except in live action instead of being animated. There are no changes to the story and the dialogue is copied almost verbatim. When a remake is this faithful, its existence is simply nothing but cash grab. For a cinematic experience, Dreamworks could have simply re-released the animated version and the experience would have been greater. Yet not as many people would have come to the theater to see that. The result instead is an imitation of the same thing. It is a well-made imitation but still just an imitation.
Unlike in many of the Disney remakes, the live action filmmaking is very well done (the director is Dean DeBlois, who co-directed the animated film). The cinematography looks great. While the live action sets can't fully recapture the magic of the look of the animated film, they come as close as live action sets can. While not outstanding, the acting is quite good. The emotional beats of the story still hit quite well.
Nothing about this movie is bad and quite a bit is good. However, that can't overcome the pure lack of any creativity in this copy and paste effort.
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