NOOOOOOOOO! oh man, i'm so disappointed. this movie and concept had sm potential. the cinematography, the score by hans zimmer, the visual effects—WONDERFUL. the cast were also slaying. but man, the plot fumbled BIG TIME. this was set up to be a VERY good fantasy survival horror. even the dragon was terrifying enough to make me fear its appearance onscreen, but the movie was too short. if the runtime were two and a half hours, it would've been PERFECT to explore more of elodie's time in the caves but instead we got this rushed plot. even the dragon and elodie's relationship could've been developed way better in a slowburn setting. damn it, man. the opportunity for a great film was wasted. but nonetheless, i'll appreciate what we got. it wasn't all that bad. i wish we had more time to explore the prince's character. the ceremony scene was downright creepy lol. if i was elodie, i would've bolted. did not expect angela bassett to be in this. the characters were not fleshed out. we didn't get much explanation of what happened to elodie's mother. why did her father agree to sell her out in the first place and then come back looking for her??? how the heck did someone draw that perfectly accurate map of the way out—like did they come back to draw it?? how would they do that if they were dead?? too many questions left unanswered for a standalone. also, some of the modern language took me out of my immersion. i hate it when language isn't time-accurate haha forgive my pedantry (even though it's valid in this case). it felt like a.i. had a hand in creating this script. i don't like throwing that statement around but yeah, this time i have to mention it. that score was SCORING tho, like i need this in my elementalists playlist coz the scenarios in my head were going ahhhhhh. hans zimmer never misses. okie, that's the review. byee.
