Dragonlance - Dragons Of The Autumn Twilight | 
| Director: Will Meugniot
Actors: Lucy Lawless, Kiefer Sutherland, Michael Rosenbaum, Fred Tatasciore, Michelle Trachtenberg
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Rating:  239 reviews
Sales Rank: 13994
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.7
MPN: 852304
UPC: 097368523043
EAN: 0097368523043
ASIN: B000Y7U996
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: January 15, 2008
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Based on the first in a series of countless fantasy books by bestselling authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight is the first animated feature-length film spun from the venerable Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game. The 90-minute feature hews as closely to the 400-plus-page source material as possible--in a nutshell, a group of adventurers seek to head off the evil plans of a multi-headed dragon goddess and her army with the help of a crystal staff--and there is plentiful swordplay and spellcasting to keep younger viewers entranced. And the voice talent, which includes Kiefer Sutherland, Xena's Lucy Lawless, and Michael Rosenbaum of Smallville, does a respectable job of making the heavy-handed dialogue sound believable. However, the animation (a mix of 2D and CGI) is truly dreadful, and brings the epic scope of the story down to the level of Saturday morning cartoons. Supplemental material might've helped make this middling DVD more palatable, but sadly, there's only a few clips of original test animation (which looks slightly better than the finished product) and a gallery of early character designs. --Paul Gaita
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 I would give it a 0 star if I had that option June 20, 2009
Jackal
Bad beyond bad. Awful beyond awful.
One of the best stories ever written and yet nearly unwatchable due to the mixture of computer animation and 80's animation. They clash horrible.
I'm already written more than this movie actually deserves.
Horrendous! June 20, 2009
Robert J. Masterson (Columbus, OH)
This is probably one of the worst movies I've ever seen, and I loved the books when I was in high school. Pathetic, choppy animation, phoned-in voice acting and a heavily abbreviated story that is almost incomprehendible. This wouldn't even be worth MST3K-ing because it's such a lazy production.
I am honestly embarassed to have ever owned this DVD. After forcing myself through it, I tossed it in the trash.
 Soup spoiled by bad ingredients. May 18, 2009
A. Cordeiro (Los Gatos, CA USA)
So much potential wasted, starting with a wonderful story (yes yes, LOTR ripoff, blah blah). The tale, to which this movie stayed fairly faithful to in many ways, is your standard epic fantasy including many of your favorite fantasy standards. Grumpy dwarf, dumb warrior goons, sneaky rogue, and so forth. Check.
They must have blown their budget on the voice acting. It was pretty good, and considering the cast, one would expect it to be.
Unfortunately, that's where the list of goodness ends. The wonderful story is brought to life by the animated equivalent of multiple personality disorder, and both personalities are the type you don't want to talk to at awkward family gatherings. On one side, you've got standard animation that looks like it was done by the He-Man and She-Ra folks on a bad day, and on the other side, you've got CGI dragons that wouldn't make the cut for your average MMO or console video game. The draconians weren't a total loss, but having the rather stiff CGI baddies going to battle with their drawn counterparts just didn't get the job done.
This DVD is best served as a rental, served up cold and shared with friends, paired with beer or diet cola as appropriate for your group. Share memories of novels read and/or D&D games played long into the night, have a few MST3K-style laughs, and move on.
Wtf? Save your money, April 28, 2009
J. Bednarcyk (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Let me start by saying that I did read the books. I had high hopes when I heard the news there was to be a Dragonlance movie. My hopes were killed fast when I saw the trailer. Well maybe it'll still be good. Nope.
First off the animation is poorly done. The blending of 3D and cartoon animation does not mix well at all. Maybe they should have spent more money on animation than they did with the voice acting. Yeah there was an excellent cast for the voices, but that doesn't matter since the dialog sucks.
There's no depth to the characters either. Everything felt so rushed. They tried way too hard to cram everything into a 90 minute block. Did I mention that the animation really blows? I would have been happier with a low budget flick with B-movie actors.
Don't bother. Well, if you have kids and you want them to experience Dragonlance, then by all means. I'm sure they won't really care about how it looks anyways. But for all of the die hard fans out there, including myself, what a disappointment. Weis and Hickman should be ashamed for letting this project finish the way it did.
Cheap animation, lousy voice acting, no character development, I could go on and on. Save your money and buy the books instead. And to those who saw the movie and never read the books, please give Dragonlance another try and read the books.
Utterly disappointing April 24, 2009
Nicholas Nighbert (Columbus, OH United States)
OK, like many other reviewers here I have been a fan of the books for very many years. I couldn't believe it when I heard they'd finally make a movie out of this...and couldn't believe what I saw upon its release. It is flawed on many levels. The animation is pretty bad. The combined 2D heroes against the CGI draconians just doesn't work. The voices are OK, but the requisite cheesy dialogue is in full force. Why is it so hard to write a fantasy script with some dignity? In addition, the idea of trying to cram the entire book into this short time is doomed from the outset. The story could never be done justice that way. I know the Chronicles would make an awesome anime series if you could do just one or two chapters in a half-hour episode. That way you could develop the characters and settings properly, which is really where the strength of Dragonlance lies. Oh well, I'm sure that is a pipe dream as there will never be the budget for that. For anyone who gave this a positive review, here is an objective test you should consider: Would you be proud to show this to a non-Dragonlance fan? I'd be more embarassed.
All that said, this clunker will still not dull my love of the books, which I will defend to the death. If you've never read the books and saw this, I can only beg you to overlook this subpar product and consider giving the books a fair chance. Then you will see why so many were looking forward to this, and why they were disappointed.
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