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Changes from the source material sometimes help, sometimes make it less alien and more modern cliche. Delivers on fantastical adventure spectacle, though, which is what I was looking for.
Changes from the source material sometimes help, sometimes make it less alien and more modern cliche. Delivers on fantastical adventure spectacle, though, which is what I was looking for.
May 4, 2012
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0892769/ How to Train Your Dragon]
"Black sheep does right and saves the day" isn't new, but done well enough here. Also convincing: the non-lingual interspecies communication.
May 5, 2012
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1201607/ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2]
Being very much a Part 2 it tells far from a whole story, but is a rarity among big series conclusions for having more than enough room to breathe rather than rush through things.