O Dragão de Natal

Literally this movie melted my brain after 1 minute and I only joined this sight to say this was the worst movie I ever have seen and I graduated from Columbia college with a ba in film and video and a concentration in cinematography. Whosever made this should be ashamed!

I really enjoyed this movie. It has The Lord of the Rings mixed with Christmas vibes. It is a unique Christmas show. It was a little slow but it picked up rather quickly. The filming is not what we are used to seeing but it makes this film feel a lot more realistic. It is funny. Me and my family enjoy watching this every year. It is not your typical movie and I really enjoy that. Some similar movies are The Christmas Witch and The Wild Witch. And for the other reviews, no it does not have any Christian ties because it is actually based on older traditions hence the name Father Christmas instead of Santa Claus. It is just from older traditions which fits this film because it is based in a different time period and from stories passed down.

THE Christmas DRAGON, by Lord of the Rings standards cost very little, but this made in Utah fantasy film comes to life with amazing special effects and a wonderful musical score as it brings to life a tale of orphan children and a young dragon attempting to rescue the fading memory of Christmas. John Lyde's screenplay and direction do a first rate job in providing an exciting adventure for children and adults to experience together. It might be a bit too frightening for the younger members of a family but should hold the interest of older children, teenagers and adults. The cinematography and editing are top notch as are the special effects - - they really do look quite professional and show that even a magical story like told here can be done on a non-Hollywood budget. A lot of love and care have gone into this production and it deserves to find a large audience. The film should have had a theatrical run but has been released direct to DVD. I only wish that it had been made available as a Blu-ray.

I don't know what the other person who reviewed this film was thinking. The movie is heartfelt but the quality is very VERY poor.

In the beginning, a bunch of orphans find some magical crystal and decide to follow it on an adventure to find father Christmas (Rip off Santa Clause) and save Christmas. (Note: There seems to be no knowledge of Christianity in this universe so the name of a holiday based on Jesus's B-Day seems kinda out of place). As far as we could tell, none of the kids had personalities that remained constant.The two boys look and act like members of Green Day and the girls appear to have had all personality sand-blasted off and replaced with a happy go lucky attitude. Over the course of the next hour and a half, they meet a collection of actors and scenes which failed to make the final cut in the recent Hobbit movies. We have a Aragorn ripoff with too much eyeliner. A token elf lady straight from the cliché isle and the local fantasy surplus store. And a troll that was actually kidnapped of a New Zealand set.

Additionally, many of the scenes seem to be directly copy-pasted from one or more of the Middle Earth based movies. I stoop up in shock at one of the last scenes in the movie (Spoiler Alert: They meet father Christmas) where the characters literally copy the exact movement of their lord of the rings counterparts in a scene taken from the two towers.

Somewhere down the line they run into a dragon. To Put it lightly, the special effects have much to be desired. The dragon looks... Extremely fake. No seriously. This movie has many practical effects but the dragon was made by a high school student with half a semester of graphic arts and an addiction to Manga. Every time it comes on the screen, it immediately makes you chortle with laughter at it's pure and unadulterated ridiculousness.

That being said, I'm giving this movie a 7/10 because it is legitimately fun to watch with a group of friends. We had an awesome time giving each of the characters nicknames (Can you guess who each of these are?, Token Elf, Billy Joel Armstrong, Green Day drummer, Gretchen Wieners, Middle School Romeo, The Band known as Kiss, Bearded muscle, a Less Hot Natalie Dormer, and creepy Jack Sparrow). Additionally the writing and plot hole created many opportunities to pause the movie and roll around in uncontrollable merriment. You will definitely find your favorite ridicules moment. My favorite was the line declared in front of the aged Father Christmas (Who by the way looks exactly like a dwarf from the hobbit and has a barely intelligible accent) "He's not dead, he's just old"

I highly suggest this movie if you want to just have a good time laughing at how bad cinema can get.

This film is perfect for the MST3K treatment.

There is barley a plot of any kind.

The acting is atrocious.

The CGI is 1990s quality.

I cannot imagine trying to sit through this disaster of film without the riffs from MST3K.

I think one of the best things is how they made fun of the various accents that were attempted.

Additionally, the snow "whites only" cast is made fun of as well.

I am not sure what the filmmakers were trying to do with this film. Maybe they lost a bet, maybe they thought they were making a good movie. In any case, if you must see this mess, I suggest you watch it with the riffs. Without them, I don't know how you would make it all the way to the end.