Friday, 14 October 2022

Critique: Pete’s Dragon (2016 Film)


*****SPOILERS*****

 

There’s nothing I would do to change this film. The acting, animation, speech and plot were all brilliant. It was internally consistent. It’s by no means my favourite film (obviously as an adult I’m not its intended audience) but it is the best film I’ve seen. For me of all people to not want to change or criticise anything is odd in the extreme.

 

The dragon’s shape was interesting. Its snout was shorter and blunter than the typical image of a dragon. The fact that it was furred was so interesting, as opposed to scales. Plus its capacity to camouflage itself like a chameleon, even going invisible, was an interesting aside.

 

At the end you think it’s goodbye for Pete and the dragon but then you see them reuniting when the human family goes to the mountains and the dragon appears with his own family. That was really gratifying.

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