Audience reviews
15 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Inrare
-What first plays in this films favor is how good it looks, the animation has plenty of charm, the settings feel alive, and overall it conveys that sense of adventure and fantasy you expect from Dragon Quest, beyond some changes or debatable choices i think it works well emotionally, it knows how to spark the feelings it aims for, whether excitement, nostalgia, tenderness, or that sense of personal growth tied to the heros journey, even as a standalone movie, apart from the franchises weight, it feels entertaining, charismatic, and easy to connect with, however, much of the runtime feels a bit rushed, as if it moves through events, relationships, or stages without pausing to develop them, some moments could have carried more weight if given more time, which makes certain transitions feel a…
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I heard this wasn't very good and I'm generally not as interested in CG movies, so I put it off. But after watching the "Stand By Me Doraemon" movies, I saw that the directors of those also made this. Holy shit. This movie is incredible.
It goes through an entire SNES JRPG that was packed with story, so it's constantly at a breakneck pace, but it never felt like anything was under-explained. We saw what we needed to see. The things we didn't see (such as the transformation into the Zenith Dragon) would not have served the larger narrative. It's so economical. Just a radical amount of story in this movie, all of it good and tropey and very SNES.
Just like the "Doraemon" movies, the CG is gorgeous and expressive. If only all of these kinds of movies were like this. It's not trying to be re…
Read at the sourceDaevawolf
Dragon Quest 5 is my absolute favorite DQ game and this movie is about that game. This movie had me constantly going "omg I remember this part in the game!" and being the fan I am of DQ5 I already knew what was going to happen next.
This is honestly a great movie adaptation of the 5th game in the series. The CGI is also done very well, which is good to see.
I loved the whole movie besides the ending though. I felt as though the ending honestly wasn't necessary and they could have just kept it as a movie on the game rather than it all just being a VR deep dive thing.
Read at the sourceTank13
The animation is very good it was something to watch and music blends great with the movie they really nailed it there but that's the most of the good ends sadly.The pace really really bad while you get a sense of the characters you get little to no time to bond with them or understand them.Also some character introductions done so poorly it makes me wonder what they were going for.Back to the pace this should have been 2 movies not 1part movie they cram some much in 1 movie again what were they going for.I am only give it a 5 because of the Art really but out of 10 on story alone 4 to 3 really.Another thing you don't even get a sense of the villains.
Read at the sourceKhalfanii
Story: I can’t say anything about the story because I didn’t watch the whole thing. What I can say is it starts off like a very basic adventure story. But it seems to be oddly inspired by Disney’s El Dorado. Maybe it’s just me. Dialogue is basic and uninspired as hell though, a teen could write better than that.
Animation: My god. Is it just me? 15 minutes in and my body was physically cringing away from the screen, never did that before. The art is fine but the character animation itself murdered my soul. Every single movement is so exaggerated to the extreme it’s comical. Even during serious moments- I just...
After I finally stopped the movie I thought to myself, even if this was the last movie on earth I wouldn’t watch it. I really wonder about the lead character animator...
Read at the sourcemanasteel88
Dragon Quest: Your Story is a really bizarre film. Based on the classic Dragon Quest V, it should just be a summary of the game and that's the feeling you will have for most of the film. Oddly enough it dares to be more than just a summary film and unfortunately that's where it falls from being something enjoyable to leaving you scratching your head wondering what exactly just happened.
As a tale about Dragon Quest, it struggles. It handles the big moments fairly competently, but a good story isn't just about the big moments. It's also about the little transitions that got you to those moments. That is where Dragon Quest: Your Story stumbles for anyone that hasn't watched or enjoyed the classic video game.
There are very few scenes that transition you from moment to moment in the movie.…
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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 (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 s…
Read at the sourceRemju
The movie is not as bad. But when I saw her halfway through the movie I wanted to stop watching her. Trying to put so many things and so many cuts and abrupt advances in history makes you lose interest. But in the end I liked the movie for its unexpected ending.
In short, it is a normal movie to pass the time. Since you can not expect much from this
Story: 5: A good story with. But too many unnecessary jumps, it’s boring to see her
Art: 6: I really like animation, although it seems very for children. And not for the young public who really loves the titles of that name
Sound: 6: No complains. It was normal
Character: 6: He had good characters principals, but he had a lot of copy and paste, which was empty in many ways.
Enjoyment: 2: The first hour of boring movie
Overall: 4.8
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Read at the sourceOddOnes
"Grow up loser!"
The ending ruined the entire thing. This short review contains spoilers.
The start was very rushed. I think it's around 10 hours long in the game and it gets 10 minutes. The death of the father is supposed to be emotional, but it's laughable. He was only in about two scenes before his dramatic death. It's so dramatic it's cringey to watch because there's no emotional attachment to his character owing to the short screen time.
Beginning the movie as a 'game' is also questionable. After seeing the ending I know why they did it, foreshadowing.
The middle, and the longest part of the movie, is actually very good. It's enjoyable to watch, story is good enough and the characters are portrayed relatively decent. Throughout the entire movie the animation is outstanding, the be…
Read at the sourceZora-Twilight
I really wanted to like this movie.
Years and years ago I played (most of) Dragon Quest V. It was a game I had become incredibly invested in and when they announced this movie, I felt super excited. However, as time went on and I saw the low Japanese reviews, I worried that this movie wouldn't be all that I hoped for.
In the end, I was disappointed.
The animation and music were the only good parts of this film. Some individual scenes made me chuckle here and there, but that was it.
The rest was horribly paced. It skimmed over several events in the game that would have taken hours to play through. As a result, emotional scenes weren't very emotional at all due to lack of buildup and investment in the characters. In other words, if you've never played DQV it probably won't make sense a…
Read at the sourceFirechick12012
My history with Dragon Quest is...non-existent. I only played some of the GameBoy Color games as a kid, but even then, I never completed them because they were hard. But Dragon Quest is a pretty popular game series in Japan, with the most recent game, Echoes of an Elusive Age, being released on the Switch with glowing critical reception. So when it was announced that a movie was being made, based on what many consider to be the best game in the series, Dragon Quest 5, people were ecstatic...until they saw the very end of the movie, which had a very strange plot twist put in that was so out of place and came out of nowhere that after the fact, reviews poured in that lambasted the movie for it. Even people in Japan hated it, feeling like it was a huge cop-out. As of now, Your Story is on Net…
Read at the sourceDr_Peace
As someone who has very warm memories of playing this game on the DS back in the day, I was really looking forward to this movie. Dragon Quest games never had the deepest stories, but they're always engaging, and DQV is arguably the game with the best story in the franchise, so it was very exciting to hear that the choose this specific game to adapt into a movie. However, that also leads to one of the biggest obstacles this movie has to face; it choose the game that would be the hardest to live up to.
The main problem with this movie is that it often doesn't seem to know what it wants to be. On the one hand it seems to base itself almost entirely off nostalgia, meaning that if you don't have fond memories of the game and remember it's story fairly well, you'll probably be at a loss for wh…
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I am legit mad over this bad movie. I was shocked going into this to see this movie didn't make its budget back in Japan. Dragon Quest is like a religion in Japan, how could it not be the biggest earning movie ever. Now I know why. It is because it's trash.
Obviously most of the time people are only driven to review something if they really enjoyed it or really hated it, and as stated I am the latter. In fact I am still riding the high of how disappointed I am so keep that in mind while reading.
I will start with good.
The art is actually pretty good. I know a lot of people wanted the OG Toriyama style but it is still a pretty movie. The effects are probably hands down my favorite thing about the movie, they really hit it out of the park with the partical effects.
Music is classic DQ,…
Read at the sourceJoJoJoJolion
I really enjoyed this movie, especially the creative twist. Throughout the runtime I was always invested in the characters and plot and captivated by the fight scenes and beautiful art and animation. While the characters are likable, they aren’t very nuanced and leave a little bit to be desired. The score is decent, if a little repetitive and the sub had very good voice acting for the most part while the dub left much to be desired. While the world was believable, it didn’t really seem that livens in or fleshed out. Ultimately, this movie suffers from pacing that just feels to fast and, like a lot of anime movies, it just feels like it would’ve been better as a series so it could have better plot progression and world building. While there is room for improvement, I wasn’t disappointed by…
Read at the sourcesexydadee
I have not played the game that this is based on which is DQ V. And I heard that people were angry they did not used the original Akira animation style. Considering that, I still find the animation very nice. I like the artstyle and the animation is FF7 Advent Children caliber. Very far from the likes of the new Berserk or Kingdom. The plot twist at the end, although im not sure if its a spoiler, but to be on the safe side, i will consider it a plot twist to avoid spoilers, is very nice eventhough this plot twist element is something i have grown to hate lately as its been used as the main element of most animes.
Overall, I enjoyed the anime very much. I am abit curious though if my opinion would differ if id have played the game.
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