Dragon Quest: Your Story

I heard this wasn't very good and I'm generally not as interested in CG movies, so I put it off. But after watching the "Stand By Me Doraemon" movies, I saw that the directors of those also made this. Holy shit. This movie is incredible.

It goes through an entire SNES JRPG that was packed with story, so it's constantly at a breakneck pace, but it never felt like anything was under-explained. We saw what we needed to see. The things we didn't see (such as the transformation into the Zenith Dragon) would not have served the larger narrative. It's so economical. Just a radical amount ... of story in this movie, all of it good and tropey and very SNES.

Just like the "Doraemon" movies, the CG is gorgeous and expressive. If only all of these kinds of movies were like this. It's not trying to be realistic. It's trying to have a style. It's trying to give these character designs room to make themselves believable instead of surrounding them with photorealism that constantly makes us check. I can't know if the work behind this was a labor rights violation, but I hope it wasn't.

The twist at the end upset a lot of people, and I just cannot understand why. It's literally just a celebration of nostalgia instead of a condemnation of it, which has become trite at this point. Yeah, they made a "Dragon Quest V" movie because people still like "Dragon Quest V". There's nothing wrong with that. Anyone should be allowed to make one, and only the evil of copyright stands in the way.

Also, the introductory sequence where it plays out like a scene on the SNES (while it didn't translate well to the English adaptation I was watching) was so fun and experimental. Just like the parts that winked at the fact that "DQV" is a game. I've never played "Dragon Quest V", but I know all-too-well the "I'm gonna pick the other girl this time" to "Aw, I just can't lie to myself" pipeline.

The animation is very good it was something to watch and music blends great with the movie they really nailed it there but that's the most of the good ends sadly.The pace really really bad while you get a sense of the characters you get little to no time to bond with them or understand them.Also some character introductions done so poorly it makes me wonder what they were going for.Back to the pace this should have been 2 movies not 1part movie they cram some much in 1 movie again what were they going for.I am only give it a 5 because of ... the Art really but out of 10 on story alone 4 to 3 really.Another thing you don't even get a sense of the villains.

Story: I can’t say anything about the story because I didn’t watch the whole thing. What I can say is it starts off like a very basic adventure story. But it seems to be oddly inspired by Disney’s El Dorado. Maybe it’s just me. Dialogue is basic and uninspired as hell though, a teen could write better than that.

Animation: My god. Is it just me? 15 minutes in and my body was physically cringing away from the screen, never did that before. The art is fine but the character animation itself murdered my soul. Every single movement is so exaggerated to the extreme it’s comical. ... Even during serious moments- I just...

After I finally stopped the movie I thought to myself, even if this was the last movie on earth I wouldn’t watch it. I really wonder about the lead character animator...