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Writer: David Lowery(screenplay)
Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley
Genre: Disney Family Fantasy
About: A boy who becomes lost in the deep woods and is befriended by a dragon. He spends six years of his life there, until a wildlife ranger discovers him.
Review: I'm not the biggest Disney-Fantasy fan around, but my wife really liked this movie and I thought it was OK. So it's probably worth a watch, unless you have an aversion to cute green furry dragons and little kids. I'm not usually a fan of movies with child actors as the lead, but I still liked this. Probably because much of the time we spend with adults. The pretty redhead ranger is Bryce Dallas Howard, Ron Howard's daughter....and she's pretty darn likeable in this and a good actress too.
Of course we get her nice-guy supportive boyfriend...And we get the wise mentor, her father, played by Robert Redford. Who looked way too old to be Bryce's dad, but whatever! He seen the dragon many years ago but no one believed him, would you? Then finally we get the arrogant SOB who wants to capture the dragon and make a lot of money off it...ala King Kong.
Well that's about that, the woods looks pretty cool. Bryce is pretty cute, the dragon very green and the kid? not bad at all.
Pete's Dragon (2016)
Director: David LoweryWriter: David Lowery(screenplay)
Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley
Genre: Disney Family Fantasy
About: A boy who becomes lost in the deep woods and is befriended by a dragon. He spends six years of his life there, until a wildlife ranger discovers him.
Review: I'm not the biggest Disney-Fantasy fan around, but my wife really liked this movie and I thought it was OK. So it's probably worth a watch, unless you have an aversion to cute green furry dragons and little kids. I'm not usually a fan of movies with child actors as the lead, but I still liked this. Probably because much of the time we spend with adults. The pretty redhead ranger is Bryce Dallas Howard, Ron Howard's daughter....and she's pretty darn likeable in this and a good actress too.
Of course we get her nice-guy supportive boyfriend...And we get the wise mentor, her father, played by Robert Redford. Who looked way too old to be Bryce's dad, but whatever! He seen the dragon many years ago but no one believed him, would you? Then finally we get the arrogant SOB who wants to capture the dragon and make a lot of money off it...ala King Kong.
Well that's about that, the woods looks pretty cool. Bryce is pretty cute, the dragon very green and the kid? not bad at all.