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Pete's Dragon (2016)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: December 29, 2017, 8:20 pm
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[center]Pete's Dragon (2016)
4 Stars out of 5
Trailer
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I totally forgot about the Reboot of Pete's Dragon. It was on my
radar when the trailer originally dropped and then it was off my
radar. It wasn't until last week that the movie just popped into
my head for whatever reason. So, I put my hold for the movie at
my Library and it arrived yesterday. Just watched it. But before
I get to my thoughts on the flick, I have to say that I'm a big
fan of the original 1977 version. Yup, cartoon and musical and
all. I grew up watching that flick and as sappy and saccharine
as it was, I still loved it. So, naturally I was very curious
about what exactly what we were going to get here. How much of
the reboot would take from the original? How much would they
deviate and tell a different story? I will say this, when I got
my hands on the DVD and saw the cover art, I was somewhat
disappointed in what Elliot looked like. I was expecting,
practically hoping he would be more sinister in appearance like
a typical dragon, which itself would lend credence to the Towns
people being terrified and acting irrationally or based on what
I just said...rationally.
With that said, as the movie played on, his design did make more
sense for the movie and story they were actually telling. Elliot
grew on me. As for the movie itself, I was surprised at how much
I liked it. I saw a lot of different influences from Tarzan /
The Jungle Book and E.T. carving out a big debt of gratitude
here. It's a good movie to sit down with the family and watch
together. I can definitely recommend this as a Rent. I'd watch
this again if I caught it on TV channel surfing. 4 Stars out of
5. I like it. But it's still nowhere near close to the 1977
Version IMO. I do however liked the ending they cooked up for
the Reboot. I never liked the ending of the Original where Pete
and Elliot say their goodbyes and go their separate ways. It's
changed for the Reboot and for the better because of it.
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Re: Pete's Dragon (2016)
By: Neumatic Date: December 29, 2017, 9:48 pm
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I remember liking the remake of Pete's Dragon... such. big fan
of the original that I bought the remake when it came out (I
think The Jungle Book, another movie I love and that I believe
we discussed, came out on blu-ray around the same time... I
bought both). But I haven't seen it since, I honestly don't
remember how it ended.
I love that they stayed away from the original version in terms
of story and just extrapolated off the basic idea, a little boy
on his own whose best friend is a dragon. That's great, and
that's pretty much what everyone remembers anyway. And I love
that it takes place in an almost sort of never-time, you have no
idea what era it takes place in, and it doesn't matter. It
almost feels like a memory already.
The design of Elliot is interesting... looking back at the
original, with that hair and that big lantern jaw, I feel
like... doing him in 3D might make him look like Shrek, in a
funny way... specifically Chris Farley Shrek. Which could be
interesting but I don't know how accurate it would be. The
furry dog thing is interesting, he has a different shape to him
and thus a different personality... but I suppose it works for a
beast living that far north (or that far south, the did shoot
this in New Zealand). I never thought of there being dragons
suited to different climates before. But Falcor had fur too,
right? Why is that so odd?
Going off on a bit of a tangent, in September I got this art
book of Disney dragons which features both Elliots, Malificent
and so on.. the old artwork which I would have just been
mesmerized by as a kid, but there's also stills and CGI in
there. My mom saw it and said I should show it to Charlton one
day (he's the little neighbor kid), and I realized "if he looked
at this book... he'd have no reason to think that dragons aren't
real. They're there, they're with normal people. And adults
watch a show with dragons in them. Of course dragons exist." I
can't imagine what my imagination or view of the world would
have been if this level of imagery existed back then, given how
captivated I was by what already exists.
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