A good movie

Since I kept hearing some pretty good things about this flick, I was quite eager to check it out. First of all, I have to admit that I haven’t seen the original version but since it is also available on Disney+, I should eventually watch it at some point in the future. Anyway, to be honest, it took me a while to get into this story, above all, because it is a rather simple even generic tale. Indeed, by now, I have seen my share of tales about a kid bonding with a nice alien/monster/mythical creature. However, I have to admit that the gentle approach chosen by David Lowery slowly won me over though. There was also a rare sense of wonder, especially during the scenes involving a pitch-perfect Robert Redford and it is rather impressive that, from such a generic story, Lowery still managed to touch me so much. It’s too bad that the whole sub-spot about Karl Urban trying to catch this dragon was rather tedious and it would have been really interesting if they could have come up with an idea to make a compelling tale without such a generic bad guy. Anyway, to conclude, even though this movie didn’t become a huge box-office success, it is in fact the best live-action remake delivered by Disney so far and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.