Age of the Dragons

This adaption of Melville's Moby Dick is neither great nor terrible, it's OK. It's set in a medieval like world, where people hunt dragons for their vitriol (fire juice?) that helps run its machines and lamps. CGI dragons, boats that run on roads, and the usual crappy script. The acting is OK (Glover was a little over the top, Vinnie Jones was surprisingly OK), the story was predictable, the pace was slow at times but not too bad. All in all, a mediocre movie about dragons. Not as thrilling as Reign of Fire, but not as horrible as Dungeons and Dragons. I would say it's slightly worse than Eragon, if that's any indication. You won't claw your eyes out at the end, but you won't watch this again. Strictly for dragon lovers.

This adaption of Moby Dick was terrible! I love SciFi and watched the whole thing anyway. Basically, it's dragons in stead of whales and a white dragon in stead of a white whale. It features a crazy land-ship that's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside; it sleeps eight people in separate quarters, kitchen/dining/storage and office in a vehicle the size of a bus. Propulsion of the ship left me scratching my head too - no sails, no horses pulling it, no steam engine, it just rolls on wooden wheels in an age of harpoons and cross bows - I didn't get it. The effects were reasonably good. I liked most of the actors. But the premise, story line and dialog were so bad that it took down the entire movie to a (1) "awful".

Agreeable retelling in which Captain Ahab commands a surly ship of dragon hunters through sheer ruthlessness and ego . So-so rendition about Herman Melville novel with passable acting from the cast . In this re-imagining , Ahab is revealed initially not as a bitter and revengeful madman but a strange and weird man . This saga features the survivor of a lost ship who relates the tale of a white dragon and the captain Ahab's obsession with desires for vendetta upon the greatest animal . It starts in a village , where arrives a novice named Ishmael (Corey Silver) who signs aboard the dragon ship Pequod . Here shows up the classic personages from the vintage novel : Ishmael (Corey Sevier) , Stubb (Vinnie Jones ) , Flask (Bagby), Queequeg (Kepa Kruse) , Starbuck (David Morgan), Peter Coffin (McKay Daines) . Exception for Rachel (Sofia Pernas), Ahab's adopted daughter, is a fictitious character . As Captain Ahab (Danny Glover) drives the crew deeper into the heart of darkness. He has a self-destructive obsession to hunt the white dragon . Ahab consecrates his life to hunt it full of hating and vengeance . Soon enough , Ahab aware about the great white dragon and claiming vendetta on the beast that scarred him , no matter what the cost to himself , his crew or ship .

Yet another take on of Melville's classic battle of wills story . The picture is a fine adaptation of the famous novel well scripted/adapted and ably realized . This impressive adaptation based on Herman Melville's 1851 classic novel is vividly brought to screen , though it has some flaws , gaps and failures . Dealing with the interactions between captain Ahab and his crew , freely based on the novel Moby-Dick written by prestigious author Herman Melville , that results to be one of the most thrilling and moving see sagas ever written . Here replacing the attractive tale of life on the high seas for snowy and wood landscapes and in particular on board a dragon-hunt ship named 'Pequod' . Danny Glover gives an acceptable acting as Ahab , reflecting his deep determination to seek avenge . Writers McKay Daines , Gil Aglaure, Anne K. Black wrote screenplay and story that was partially faith to the novel by stamping this movie with thought-provoking dialogs and colorful images . Enjoyable recounting , including quite a few moments that click make this especial movie more than watchable . The FX experts created a great dragon made by means of ordinary computer generator. Cameraman/filmaker Ryan Little uses appropriate color cinematography and splendidly conveys the bleaker qualities of the chase . The motion picture was professional but regularly directed by Ryan Little , though with no originality . He's a nice director working usually for television . Ryan was presented with a Student Emmy at the 1999 Academy of Television Arts & Science College Television Awards, for "Best Dramatic Film": The Last Good War . Little has directed a few but decent movies such as ¨Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy¨ , ¨House of fears¨ , ¨Forever strong¨, ¨Age of the dragons¨ and ¨"Saints and Soldiers : Airbone creed" that is the sequel to the award-winning ¨Saints and soldiers¨ and the third part titled ¨Saints and soldiers : the void¨ .

Other renditions about this famous novel are the following ones : 1930 rendition by Lloyd Bacon with John Barrymore , this is the first production of "Moby Dick" to have a leading female character , Joan Blondell . ¨Moby Dick (1959)¨ by John Huston , an over-the-top rendition of Herman Melville's high seas saga with a sensational Gregory Peck as unforgettable captain Ahab . It's remade in 1998 TV series by Franc Roddan with Patrick Stewart , Henry Thomas , Bill Hunter and Gregory Peck who takes on the character of Jonah-and-the-whale sermonizing Father Mapple who in classic adaptation was vividly played by Orson Welles . And Miniseries ¨Moby Dick 2011¨ by Mike Binder with William Hurt , Ethan Hawke , Eddie Marsan , Gillian Armstrong . Furthermore , recent lousy rendition full of computer generator FX titled Moby Dick 2010 directed by Trey Stokes starred by Barry Bostwick and Renee O'Connor .

This movie is so full of clichés that it could actually be a spoof.

• Bad acting (especially the main characters with their permanent "WTF??" look on their faces)That's why Danny Glover seemed like he was overacting cause he was one of the only talented actors in the movie.

• From the beginning almost everything that will happen later is obvious

• The good-guy & the cool chick everyone has a crush on are the main characters (as always)

• Almost nothing that happens has a deeper meaning or reason

• Most of the characters are so flat that you will be disappointed if you want to know a lot about their background stories.

• Many things the characters do don't make any sense

If you have never seen a movie before or if you want to have a good laugh you might like the movie.

The movie was funnier than its Outtakes. Without wanting to be.

Despite the very low rating this movie had received here on IMDb, I still decided to give it a go. Why? Well because it was a movie with dragons, and I do like fantasy movies and dragons as well, and also because I have been playing Dungeons & Dragons for some odd 25 years or so by now, so anything that just remotely smells like something in that genre does spark an interest in me.

I am puzzled at why the movie have scored such a low rating. I found the movie to be rather good. It had a good story, and yeah, it is basically just a re-make of the "Moby Dick" story. But so what? Hollywood have pumped out re-makes of old movies by the dozens these last couple of years, so why not also another re-make of "Moby Dick"? (One that wasn't as bad as the "2010: Moby Dick" movie!) In "Age of the Dragons" you just change the white whale out with a white dragon, and set the story into a fantasy-medieval setting. I found it interesting enough. And also, there was a very great feeling to the environment, as they had really managed to capture the essence of what I believe a fantasy-medieval setting (with dragons) would actually be like (of course, I am leaning much on my Dungeons & Dragons experience here).

The effects in "Age of the Dragons" were great. The dragons looked real and believable, as did the wyverns. However, one thing did jab a thorn in my side. As an avid role-player of the Dungeons & Dragons game, I am accustomed to white dragons breathing intense cold, not fire. So that was sort of something that didn't sit well with me. But of course, I am familiar with the stereotypical mythological approach that all dragons breathe fire, so it was alright. Just would have been cooler (no pun intended) had it been a breath of deadly cold instead.

As for the acting in "Age of the Dragons", well I though people did good jobs, and they had managed to put together a rather good ensemble of actors and actresses actually. The role of Ahab was played by Danny Glover, and I think he actually pulled this off quite nicely. But also, Vinnie Jones (playing Stubb), Corey Sevier (playing Ishmael), Sofia Pernas (playing Rachel), Larry Bagby (playing Flask) and Kepa Kruse (playing Queequeg) did great jobs. I especially enjoyed Kepa Kruse's performance and his somewhat odd character, that really brought some flavor to the movie.

"Age of the Dragons" was also a movie full of visual treats. The town was nice to look at, and it really had that unique touch to it, making it believable as if you were there in fantasy-medieval times. But the scenery once the group ventured out into the wilderness in search of the great white dragon, that was just breathtakingly beautiful. I do love the scenery of snow and snow-clad majestic mountains.

I was a little bit puzzled by Ahab vessel. A huge metallic boat-like vehicle? Alright, sure, great enough idea. But just how was the vessel propelled? What forced the wheels to go round, there was no sign of any type of engine, mechanical or alchemical of any sorts. And also, the vessel looked rather small when seen outside, but inside it seemed to easily fit the entire crew and then some. So in my opinion there was a matter of questionable reason in the dimensions of this odd vessel.

But aside from that, then I found "Age of the Dragons" to be rather interesting and entertaining. And if you do like fantasy movies, then I definitely would recommend this movie, despite it being a re-make of "Moby Dick".