Feb 20, 2020
The whole time while watching this I thought that this was a decent, albeit mediocre recap story of Dragon Quest V. I wasn't really on board with the character design since I thought they didn't really recreate Toriyama's style all that well but I liked how the world and monsters looked. The soundtrack is also fantastic, from what I could tell they just re-used the soundtrack from the game but it worked really well and added a nice bit of nostalgia.
The story itself is pretty much a rushed version of the original RPG, with some minor details being changed. They erased some characters like Deborah
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(which is fine by me) and Hero's daughter (which is very questionable) and skipped over some story beats. The whole movie feels somewhat rushed but I thought they did a decent job retelling the story in a way that makes sense for people who don't know the game. It's a bit sad they skipped over the childhood part with Bianca in an 8-bit sequence, but I understand why they did this.
So, of course this isn't the best way to experience the story of DQV at all. If you have the slightest interest playing the game, skip this movie and play it first, it would be a waste to spoil yourself on all the twists since the story of DQ V in particular is really great. If you don't have any interest whatsoever then you can easily watch and understand this. I think it works that way too.
But I feel like this movie was aimed specifically at people who already played Dragon Quest V. The ending in particular really reinforces that idea. I don't want to spoil it, but the twist towards the end is something a lot of people watching the movie utterly HATED and while I think I understand why, I totally disagree. It was a nice message for fans of the franchise and elevated the movie from a simplistic recap movie to something more.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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