Kevin Kritiques: Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) Posted by: fitzhugh Posted date:
May 30, 2021 In:
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There is something magical when you have dragons in a movie. Yes, the whole dragon thing has been done several times with no end in sight. The thing that gets me every time is I enjoy watching each and every dragon film that I have the opportunity to watch. The storyline can go several ways to make each film about dragons seem unique. In this version, we are faced with a story about the last dragon in existence.
The movie is rated 7.4 on IMDb and I would rate it a solid 8.0. If a friend had not made me aware of the film, I might have missed it. Without the advertising hype and movie theatres showcasing this film, I almost missed out on this gem. The cast that lent their voices to each specific character are among some of the best in the business. Their unique personalities come across in the parts they play a
MSRP: $39.99
The Production: 4.5/5
Long ago, the land of Kumandra was under attack by an evil force known as the Druun, laying waste to everything in its path and turning any living creature to stone. Dragons were the protector of the land, but they were no match for the Druun, who turned nearly all of the dragons to stone. The last remaining dragons teamed together and channeled their powers into a Dragon Stone, offering it to their baby sister Sisu (voiced with a lot of spunk by Awkwafina) to detonate and defeat the Druun. The successful defeat caused the people in Kumandra to splinter off into five independent societies when the Heart clan took possession of the Dragon Gem, leaving Fang, Spine, Talon, and Tail not only jealous of Heartâs prized possession, but envious as well. Five hundred years later, Chief Benja (Daniel Dae Kim) of Heart invites the four other clans for a celebration in hopes of reuniting the land. His daughter, Raya (Kelly Marie Tran), seems to have foun
looks back at the highest grossing movie in America from every year since 1960. In tracing the evolution of blockbuster cinema, maybe we can answer a question Hollywood has been asking itself for more than a century: What do people want to see?
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I must’ve known that all the toys weren’t about to die. I had to know. This was a G-rated kids’ movie, the third entry in a beloved franchise. Movies like that generally don’t end with their heroes being reduced to puddles of toxic-smelling goo. And yet
Toy Story 3 got me. Sitting in the theater, holding a toddler who didn’t yet understand anything except that the big baby was scary, I was completely caught up in the idea that Woody and Buzz and all the others were about to meet their ultimate destinations in a nightmarish molten garbage pit. My rational mind no longer functioned. I was all emotion.