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  • @imsomewhatcertain1024
    @imsomewhatcertain1024 2 роки тому +2607

    I’ll start being a better person when a movie’s knock off is better than the original.

    • @DiamondAppendixVODs
      @DiamondAppendixVODs 2 роки тому +95

      Mel Brooks's dracula

    • @vincentshaw136
      @vincentshaw136 2 роки тому +113

      The Matrix is a cooler version of the original Tron.
      And I guess a more vanilla an audience friendly version of Dark City

    • @sarcasticdude2320
      @sarcasticdude2320 2 роки тому +170

      @@hussissalmon thats a rumour.
      watch "YMS: KIMBA THE WHITE LION" to see the origin of the rumour.
      If it is copying anything it's Hamlet.

    • @robotmaster4515
      @robotmaster4515 2 роки тому +47

      @@hussissalmon Ehh not really, it's more inspired by Kimba then openly ripping it off.

    • @UpstageBeast
      @UpstageBeast 2 роки тому +14

      Shrek

  • @funnyhappystudios
    @funnyhappystudios 2 роки тому +1415

    "How to Tame Your Dragon" sounds like a tutorial you found deep on the internet as a kid and are now scarred for life

    • @thecommenter578
      @thecommenter578 2 роки тому +64

      Something you would find in the hub

    • @gonk3551
      @gonk3551 2 роки тому +44

      @@thecommenter578 what are you Nutting too?

    • @thecommenter578
      @thecommenter578 2 роки тому +66

      @@gonk3551 listen man, I start with regular stuff but one thing leads to another

    • @gonk3551
      @gonk3551 2 роки тому +15

      @@thecommenter578 eh can relate

    • @theleolover3408
      @theleolover3408 2 роки тому +7

      I-

  • @kaisac.
    @kaisac. 2 роки тому +1961

    I read these book as a kid. What was the point of using the name if it has nothing to do with them? I loosely remember the boy and the main dragon have to defeat a golden dragon that hunts and killed other dragons. While they travel it is hunting them down because it wants to kill off the remaining dragons. This seems nothing like the book.

    • @jurassicjack2937
      @jurassicjack2937 2 роки тому +125

      Yeah i thought the original book was actually really good

    • @genericname2747
      @genericname2747 2 роки тому +185

      Also there's a plot about a homunculus who works for the evil dragon. He knows he will be immortal unless he forms an emotional attachment to someone, then he will die when they die.
      He has a whole plot about how he comes to terms with mortality, and becomes friends with the main character.
      This movie doesn't deserve that plot point

    • @sega_sistarz
      @sega_sistarz 2 роки тому +9

      I remember this too! I loved this boom series.

    • @ImThylacine
      @ImThylacine 2 роки тому +62

      I mean, nearly entirely ignoring the book material is another way it’s similar to the How To Train Your Dragon movies lol

    • @pvic6959
      @pvic6959 2 роки тому +19

      0:57 OMG that was the FIRST ever "big boy" book I ever read!! i should give it a reread. just seeing the cover made me feel nostalgic

  • @Lindsek
    @Lindsek 2 роки тому +872

    I loved this book as a kid! (And Cornelia Funke’s books in general!) I remember the dragons “ate” moonlight and traditionally needed to fly around at night to feed, but they moved to a high mountain where they didn’t need to fly to get access to full moonlight, so they became sedentary and eventually turned to stone. The main dragon on the book cover was the only one left and went into human civilization to get help, and the plot ensues from there.
    Absolutely none of that seems to be represented in this film. 😒 Which is a shame, because the dragons and lore were unique, and finally we get a movie adaption that could have been faithful and had a healthy life on streaming, but instead we get this thing that….trashes all of that and is shamelessly derivative. What a shame!

    • @bubdgiedeadlystare
      @bubdgiedeadlystare 2 роки тому +47

      That honestly sounds so interesting! They could've adapted that story faithfully and made a beautiful magical movie :,,,,

    • @gracekim25
      @gracekim25 2 роки тому +5

      Oh my gosh I Know that author name!🤩

    • @Toseuteuu
      @Toseuteuu 2 роки тому +4

      I need to read the book instead lol even though I’m an adult now.

    • @jugsyarts
      @jugsyarts 2 роки тому +12

      Actually, the main character came from a different land (somewhere in Scotland) and there was more of his species there. The high mountain was a place he needed to seek out to save the dragons back at home from humans

    • @JustJoe10
      @JustJoe10 2 роки тому +1

      I really like Cornelia funke’s reckless series but I could never bring myself to read this one because it just seemed to similar to httyd

  • @grimmmwashere
    @grimmmwashere 2 роки тому +515

    i read this book when i was a kid, and it was my childhood. firedrake (the dragon) was the very character that got me into fantasy as a whole through his personality and retellings of his species through his own words; how the dragons fed from moonlight and could only fly if it was night time, the ancient tale of an artificial dragon draped in gold who was built to destroy every single one of the silver dragons (who served to be the main antagonist of the book alongside his dwarf henchman), and the boy who sworn to help protect his dragon friend along with that cat-creature-thing-with-so-many-arms and it was honestly a fantastic read. i highly recommend it, as it's nothing like this awful movie and is pretty much worth the time you pour into reading it. also, at the end, the villain gets a rather brutal death and isnt wasted potential like the nettlebrand (the gold artificial dragon) in this film. what a waste this movie was. it could have been so much more than just a ripoff that knows it and it could have been an actual homage to a brilliant book that shaped the childhoods of many. thanks for the video nick

    • @mossschuttner7555
      @mossschuttner7555 2 роки тому +12

      That’s wat I’m saying thank u

    • @gooeyboy706
      @gooeyboy706 2 роки тому +3

      That book slaps

    • @wildwaters8348
      @wildwaters8348 2 роки тому +4

      I hate the movie with a passion because I loved the book so much. It‘s a really good read, even as an adult/ older teenager

    • @AlexBadger
      @AlexBadger 2 місяці тому

      The furry creature is sorrel, a brownie. She is also addicted to shrooms. No joke.

    • @AlexBadger
      @AlexBadger 2 місяці тому

      Also one thing I noticed that makes me annoyed but also confused by myself is that nettlebrand doesn't have any of his water powers, he travels in a freaking submarine and communicates via skype. It's weird because if that was in a badly animated meme parody on youtube I would find that funny, but it isn't here.

  • @omarbaba9892
    @omarbaba9892 2 роки тому +428

    For anyone who doesn’t know Sky is a massive tv company in the uk

    • @fuze5983
      @fuze5983 2 роки тому +23

      That explains it

    • @dbrandeau
      @dbrandeau 2 роки тому +52

      More like across Europe, Australia, Latin America, etc.

    • @thecommenter578
      @thecommenter578 2 роки тому +46

      Aren't the guys who forced Microsoft to change the name of Sky Drive to One Drive, and also sued that videogame company that created "No Man Sky" for using the word Sky on the title?

    • @gracekim25
      @gracekim25 2 роки тому +9

      Yep thanks for explaining for our dear neighbors😊

    • @moosedoug
      @moosedoug 2 роки тому +5

      and in NZ

  • @feelinantzee6635
    @feelinantzee6635 2 роки тому +210

    Dude I can’t believe they made a ripoff of the little panda fighter and braver

  • @sootekken
    @sootekken 2 роки тому +202

    This movie makes me so sad, because it was "based on" a book I loved as a kid, and the movie just looks and is terrible T-T Both HTTYD and Dragon Rider were my favorite books and its sad to see Dragon Rider's movie be such a poor quality cash grab

  • @piguy9225
    @piguy9225 2 роки тому +61

    He keeps calling the main guy Tom Holland, but I wish he realized that the voice actor is actually the same guy that voices Ferb in Phineas and Ferb.

    • @muircaroni
      @muircaroni 2 роки тому +13

      he voices the dragon tho

    • @piguy9225
      @piguy9225 2 роки тому +3

      @@muircaroni Oh, my bad. I just saw the cast on the poster, and assumed he played the kid.

  • @skittycecil9786
    @skittycecil9786 2 роки тому +330

    As someone who grew up loving and rereading the original book countless times, this movie hurts me. Nettlebrand was such an intimidating villain, IIRC it’s stated that he killed his creator as soon as he was given life. Now here he is, just leaving after getting a tinder match…

    • @rpgnut5897
      @rpgnut5897 2 роки тому +4

      Wait, this based on a book?

    • @randomperson-kx6mv
      @randomperson-kx6mv 2 роки тому +29

      @@rpgnut5897 Yep! I believe the book is Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke. I remember it actually being a pretty good book too... Shame how this movie treated it.

    • @rpgnut5897
      @rpgnut5897 2 роки тому +5

      @@randomperson-kx6mv So basically this is an adaptation in name only if that.

    • @randomperson-kx6mv
      @randomperson-kx6mv 2 роки тому +12

      @@rpgnut5897 No, a lot of the characters in this adaptation are also in the book. I think that's kind of where the similarities end, though... I don't remember too much about the book, so I can't really say for sure.

    • @megadracosaurus
      @megadracosaurus 2 роки тому +20

      @@rpgnut5897 Yes and no. It follows the book down to an EXTREMELY basic level and features the same characters. But the movie skips a lot of stuff in the books, pretty much abondened a lot of the lore and completely ruined the characters. Firedrake was a noble, wise and majestic creature in the books and Ben was a very brave and selfless hero. Even the author herself stated her dissaproval and dislike of the movie, even apologised for it to her fans.

  • @buttmonkey2656
    @buttmonkey2656 2 роки тому +284

    Nick needs to cover “Pinocchio: A True Story” starring Pauly Shore as Pinocchio

    • @mrs.sandman.9166
      @mrs.sandman.9166 2 роки тому +16

      I’m sure that he will at this point.
      Pretty much everyone and their mother has seen that movie. It’s iconic! 😂

    • @CURSEOFSANOGAWA
      @CURSEOFSANOGAWA 2 роки тому +29

      Faaatha *WHEN* can I leave to bheee on my OOOOWWWNNNHHHHH✨😭🙌 i gotta whole 👯‍♂️woOOORLDUSSY💖💫👯‍♂️

    • @comrade_boi9941
      @comrade_boi9941 2 роки тому

      @@CURSEOFSANOGAWA pinnoccussy😩

    • @Oturan20
      @Oturan20 Рік тому +3

      Why can't Pauly Shore stay in the 90s where he belongs!?

    • @Ghostcrackerss
      @Ghostcrackerss Рік тому

      @@CURSEOFSANOGAWA Worldussy?! 🤨🥴

  • @Wince_Media
    @Wince_Media 2 роки тому +76

    "So basically the moral of the story is just let the humans take over your land because you can go somewhere else, yknow?" ~Andrew Jackson

  • @recklessalexis6178
    @recklessalexis6178 2 роки тому +87

    The book released in 1997, that this abomination of a movie is based on, was my childhood. I was so upset they treated it like another sloppy kids film. From the get-go, I was skeptical of how it would turn out when I heard the Gnomeo and Juliet studio was making it. The characters have none of the qualities that made them so charming in the book. I hated how they dragged technology into the plot line and none of the magical rules were applied to create conflict, like dragons only being able to fly under moonlight. This garbage movie needs to be lost to time so a better studio can make a true adaptation.

  • @yandereevee_neesan4099
    @yandereevee_neesan4099 2 роки тому +122

    As someone who had to watch this with my little cousin, I can confirm, since I've seen it, it does indeed exist.

    • @duckwoquack
      @duckwoquack 2 роки тому +3

      I watched this movie because I was bored, and in a rabbit hole of random movies I find on Netflix like Nezha. I have to say I didn’t enjoy this movie even a quarter as much as Nezha 😂

    • @KoolEditz_
      @KoolEditz_ 2 роки тому

      I watched this movie with my brother. It was boring.

  • @yatiranyu
    @yatiranyu 2 роки тому +121

    i loved cornelia funke's books as a kid but for whatever reason the movie adaptations of them are always trash. it's a shame because i think she's an amazing author and one of my biggest inspirations when it comes to writing fantasy

    • @johannesseyfried7933
      @johannesseyfried7933 2 роки тому +8

      Yeah, Inkheart was absolutely terrible. And....this Movie sadly isn't any better.

  • @Ghost_Fenrir
    @Ghost_Fenrir 2 роки тому +321

    Trivia: the movie was actually more based on Dark Souls 2 rather than the book mentioned, you can see that by the incoherence and disconnection of the places and it’s connections, first you have some modern city then a few miles away and by crossing some tunnel you get to Drangleic Castle.

    • @julianrubin4575
      @julianrubin4575 2 роки тому +10

      I took a wrong turn and im in an underground lake with dudes shooting magic at me. Help!

    • @gooeyboy706
      @gooeyboy706 2 роки тому

      I see 🧐

    • @o_ver2.094
      @o_ver2.094 2 роки тому

      Where is the gank squad of the sunken city when you need them

    • @TheGreatCragWyvern
      @TheGreatCragWyvern Рік тому +1

      I was in a “peaceful” forest living among the GIANT bears and by walking for 5 minutes i suddenly reached Gary, Indiana.
      Aka
      Calied

  • @Dingy-doodles
    @Dingy-doodles 2 роки тому +141

    I think a dragon rider story could've been cool, I don't understand ripping people off, make your own art dudes, and you'll have a better chance of making it than any of these guys

    • @megadracosaurus
      @megadracosaurus 2 роки тому +15

      Yeah, even the author of the original book voiced her dislike of this movie.

  • @randaranatunga7259
    @randaranatunga7259 2 роки тому +239

    This feels like the crossover of so many good movies that the “Goodness” of it goes so high it does a full 180 degrees and goes right back to the bottom.

    • @philipgood5041
      @philipgood5041 2 роки тому

      considering the source material, you are probably right.

  • @yungmartin7621
    @yungmartin7621 2 роки тому +304

    How to tame your lizard

    • @evangonzalez7732
      @evangonzalez7732 Рік тому +23

      How to make your flying gecko behave

    • @tetrofita1787
      @tetrofita1787 Рік тому +11

      @@evangonzalez7732 Ways to make your fantastic flying creature of the genus Lacertilia, a manageable pet

    • @rogue_light
      @rogue_light Рік тому +6

      Guide for instructing your flying mythical figure

    • @adanganaafan2811
      @adanganaafan2811 Рік тому +6

      An almanac to intrigarte your kemodo dragon

    • @whosmyname8135
      @whosmyname8135 Рік тому +5

      Instructions on how to make you reptile glide

  • @justsomeguywholovesberserk6375
    @justsomeguywholovesberserk6375 2 роки тому +246

    I doubt even Senile Grandma’s would get tricked by this mockbuster

  • @MikeRMProductions
    @MikeRMProductions 2 роки тому +63

    I remember making a rip-off known as Winged Yeti Riders when I was younger. Good thing I never tried to show it to audiences

  • @c00mgoblin
    @c00mgoblin 2 роки тому +285

    I would much rather have a bad ass elegant looking dragon than a hyper cartoonized one…

    • @FeuerblutRM
      @FeuerblutRM Рік тому

      That's why I hate the how to train your dragon franchise.
      The dragon design is terrible and just too childish 😒

    • @GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze
      @GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze Рік тому +7

      @@FeuerblutRM What a shitty view on the dragon design of HTTYD. For real. The dragon design in HTTYD is awesome, objectively

    • @MontgomeryPython4615
      @MontgomeryPython4615 Рік тому +2

      ​@@FeuerblutRM That just confirmed to me that you do not have eyes.

  • @HalleluJah337
    @HalleluJah337 2 роки тому +61

    Dragon Rider is based off a book by Cornelia Funk- i think- shes the same person tht wrote InkHeart. I personally LOVED the book growing up.

    • @cabbageking7519
      @cabbageking7519 2 роки тому +2

      Same here. I loved those books but that movie made me die on the inside

    • @lupineinbloom
      @lupineinbloom 2 роки тому +5

      I haven’t read the book for a very long time, but I’m pretty sure that’s the right author. It’s honestly kind of sad that they took the book, which is quite good from what I remember, and turned it into some strange ripoff of a different series that massacred the source material.

    • @cabbageking7519
      @cabbageking7519 2 роки тому +10

      @@lupineinbloom it really is. They did an awful adaptation of inkheart too which is sad cause that book was amazing and my first introduction to the author

    • @lupineinbloom
      @lupineinbloom 2 роки тому

      @@cabbageking7519 I don’t think I ever read that one, but I think I remember hearing about the movie. It’s unfortunate that book adaptions almost always flop in some form.

    • @cabbageking7519
      @cabbageking7519 2 роки тому +3

      @@lupineinbloom I would definitely recommend it. It really is unfortunate that great books get messed up in film a lot of the time unless a big studio gives it a lot of money so they can properly adapt it but even then it's liable that they mess it up because they make unnecessary changes. Like changes are great if it improves it and I'm not saying the books are perfect but a lot of studios just try to do wats popular with their movies than staying faithful to the story

  • @kaiskindacool9342
    @kaiskindacool9342 2 роки тому +168

    The way this creates genuine anger because they just didn’t try. True disappointment. 😮‍💨

  • @Mineoutain
    @Mineoutain 2 роки тому +47

    Rule of thumb: Always click on a "24 frames of nick" video before he changes the thumbnail 4 times in a row

  • @garbonator
    @garbonator 2 роки тому +33

    I entirely forgot the book existed until I saw the book cover and my had exploded with fond memories. Honestly pissed that they'd ruin such a good book I like this

  • @mothman7430
    @mothman7430 2 роки тому +23

    even outside the ripoff, it’s shameful that they did… this, they had the source material and they made this.

  • @CGHawkatoo
    @CGHawkatoo 2 роки тому +8

    Knowing the characters by heart, here's what and who I know:
    Firedrake - the main silver dragon protagonist. In the novels, he's a brotherly figure to Sorrel and Ben; he can only fly at night with the exception of Moon Dew. In the movie adaptation, he's curious, but also naïve...and ironically cannot breathe his signature blue fire.
    Sorrel - Scottish Forest Brownie and a somewhat neutral character. In the books, she was sharp-tongued around literally anyone, including Firedrake. In the movie adaptation...pretty much watered down to where she and Firedrake are BFFs.
    Ben - orphaned human boy. In the books, he is shown to be generous and a major help to Sorrel and Firedrake despite being 12 years old at the time. In the movie adaptation...you saw for yourself.
    Nettlebrand - Main antagonist. A.K.A. "The Golden One" in the books, his armor is virtually indestructable to even silver dragon's fire, unless exposed to [DATA EXPUNGED]. Don't get me started on the movie adaptation; it's bad enough ConstantinFilm made him into a 580-year-old stalker.
    Twigleg - Homunculus servant and tiny genius (and even Cornelia Funke's personal favorite character). About as old as Nettlebrand, but in the novels he was able to outsmart Nettlebrand and divert the tyrant into a dry desert...temporarily. Won't even get started on the movie adaptation; not worth mentioning.

  • @wolfiegirlxox
    @wolfiegirlxox 2 роки тому +21

    I can't imaging Corenia Funke was in any way involved in this, I don't think any writer would let their book be utterly destroyed like this.
    What's worse some people might even associate the movie with the book and get mad at the book too.

    • @tsuki-3699
      @tsuki-3699 2 роки тому

      I hope she wasn’t, also not to mention the FUCKING DESIGNS- SORREL LOOKS DISGUSTING.

  • @exzyyd392
    @exzyyd392 2 роки тому +28

    Sky is a cable company here in the UK
    Yeah it still doesn't make sense

  • @saotoxrmmd-saotoryuksai9400
    @saotoxrmmd-saotoryuksai9400 2 роки тому +6

    I read this book as a kid and I distinctly remember somewhere it said near the end in a Q and A section that Cornelia Funke turned down a offer to adapt *Dragon Riders* because she didn’t want it to be adapted. So it’s really upsetting that this has happened to that beautiful book, such a terrible adaptation. Also if you go to Funke’s official website she responded to the question *Do you like film adaptions of your books?* with “Selling movie rights means accepting the fact that the richness of a novel needs to be shrunk for the big screen. Which makes TV so much more interesting. But I find it unacceptable when an adaptation changes my characters - which, for example, happened with Dragonrider.”

  • @nuclear_gerbil7348
    @nuclear_gerbil7348 2 роки тому +17

    This makes me sad because I love the original book of Dragon Riders, and seeing it butchered like this to rip off how to train your dragon just breaks my heart

  • @lockerbuddy2039
    @lockerbuddy2039 2 роки тому +54

    This movie is so sad because it feels like there was SO much work put into it and so many ideas and fantastic lil designs n such (like that robot dragon, those weird fire fairies and a lot of the side dragons look neat). It's so strange and annoying that it's literally TRYING to be a rip-off. Sucks to see.

    • @REDFRLegend
      @REDFRLegend 2 роки тому +4

      Especially if you read the book and know the characters and the actual story that was killed by it...
      The robo dragon (I don't know his English name) for example is supposed to actually look like a real gold dragon, which is unusual because silver dragons are typical in their world, but he was created by an alchemist, during a time when knights were still around (middle age?) to catch dragons, and can't actually fly like them.
      The boys (Ben) personality was replaced by an absolute idiot that acts like hes someone that he isn't.
      Firedrake (who is called Lung in my language) isn't actually afraid of flying and can only fly when there is moonlight.
      The kobold girl is a natural sassy and protective of the silver dragon. She doesn't trust Ben at first but warms up to him and teases him from time to time, which she does with everyone. She is a total sweetheart and doesn't trust everybody easily.
      The genie is actually really helpful and kind. He can answer every question you asked of him as long as it wasn't asked before. If it was you will be as his servant. He's known as 'the genie with the thousand eyes' and each eye can show you something different in the world. To ask something of him you must fulfill a few things first. Because he's so mighty that a normal lamp couldn't handle him, he lives in a car that he stole from, I think it was, a sultan.

    • @purpleiris6043
      @purpleiris6043 2 роки тому +1

      @@REDFRLegend the robo dragon's name is nettlebrand in english

  • @Ryder-a-Blaze
    @Ryder-a-Blaze 2 роки тому +26

    Another movie to trick grandma’s into buying it for their grandkids

  • @natapie8702
    @natapie8702 2 роки тому +2

    Some fun trivia: huge part of this movie (if not all of it?) was animated in Germany, with people from my Uni working for it (one of my professors was the head of animation). We also had a the director and producer visit the uni for an event and tell us about their experience working for this film. Its the directors first feature and he has been trying for YEARS to get some of his original scripts to get approved, but that never happened (In Germany you need a LOT of bureaucracy approved to even get a small chance of getting a movie made, you are way more dependent on sponsors and studios, its way different than in the US f.ex.). So when he got the chance to make a movie about a famous German childrens book, he took it. But knowing German films in general I highly doubt he had much to say in the script and there was huge interference from executives (like… German youtubers voiced at least to of the main characters, make of that what u will) and they actually pushed for the mockbuster-thing, since many German animated movies end up that way. Really, its such a shame, because I know a lot of people put a lot of effort into working on this film (even if it might not seem that way :‘D )
    Edit: of course this doesnt justify how bad the film is. Its pretty damn bad. i just thought it might be interesting to know :D

  • @brandonm8901
    @brandonm8901 2 роки тому +14

    He HAS to be joking that he's never heard of Sky

    • @gracekim25
      @gracekim25 2 роки тому +3

      He’s from another country that doesn’t have that….not everyone know 😅

    • @-Wayla-
      @-Wayla- 2 роки тому +1

      I swear to God I googled it and nothing came up. What the hell is Sky.

    • @chiaraj1003
      @chiaraj1003 2 роки тому

      He is probably joking. And Sky is a streaming service. Here in Germany it's more well known for football and stuff

  • @LightBluly
    @LightBluly 2 роки тому +25

    This movie is just sad. It could've become the next big dragon movie if they follow the freakin source material or at least change things up a bit like HTTYD.
    Infact, i remember reading this book back in 2015 or 16 at the time where i was a huge dragon fans/enthusiast. I discovered this book at my school library because my phone had no data back then and can't play computer games. Sadly, i never got to finish it and return the book and moved on.
    Years later, I rediscovered and unlocked my memory the book again thanks to this movie but it's not what i want. I don't remember the story anymore but there's no way it was the same as the book. I mean making fun of HTTYD? Wtf? Also, the dragon design is HORRENDOUS! It was way better in the book. Heck, i remember there was a fanart on DA years ago!
    Hopefully i can reread the book again someday. I stopped reading it because i'm not into reading back then. I think it was halfway not sure.

  • @WeirdDragonTwins
    @WeirdDragonTwins 2 роки тому +12

    How could you not include the best line of this dumpsterfire?
    "SKYPE MEEE!" - Evil metal dragon dude

  • @cinemasketch9644
    @cinemasketch9644 2 роки тому +13

    i remember reading the book back in middle school. The metal dragon was made by alchemists to hunt all real dragons, i think its because they horde gold. Also, i think it took place in london

  • @karib3909
    @karib3909 2 роки тому +15

    Their eyes stare deeply into my soul...I dont think Ill ever feel joy again

  • @BlustreakG
    @BlustreakG 2 роки тому +11

    I knew the movie was referencing or adapting the book of Dragon Rider, but man. They've missed the point and story elements to it, and I agree that the locations just don't make sense, how the heck is an evil wizard castle just a mile down the mountain??
    Also yeah, could have been better if it were a Spyro movie, but then again. Leave the purple boy to his games for now

  • @CorruptSpider676
    @CorruptSpider676 2 роки тому +10

    HOW TO TAME YOUR DRAGON?!
    More like *how to get sued by Dreamworks*

  • @samuelrodriguez4374
    @samuelrodriguez4374 2 роки тому +13

    How to befriend a scaly boy

    • @Dingy-doodles
      @Dingy-doodles 2 роки тому +5

      how to domesticize your four legged wyvern

  • @Jinxofthedesert
    @Jinxofthedesert 2 роки тому +5

    This was one of my favorite books during my youth, it's still near and dear to me. Up to this point, I had no idea they made it into a movie and, after watching this, I cannot stress just how much this movie physically pains me.

  • @jadebrimhall9173
    @jadebrimhall9173 2 роки тому +3

    I always thought that this was a movie that came out of nowhere that is based off the book "Dragon Rider" by Cornealia Funk. Here they have the dragons, the brownie, the cursed gold dragon who ends up melting in the end. I feel like this has greater semblance to that rather than ripping off how to train your dragon.

  • @mystman1210
    @mystman1210 2 роки тому +6

    9:26 Y'know as much as I love the HttYD trilogy this is exactly how 3 ends and it really hurts the movie for me. Protect the dragons? Nah, let's just hide them in a magical underground land until the world is somehow inexplicably ready for them! Yeah that makes sense!

  • @MackingCheese99
    @MackingCheese99 2 роки тому +11

    I believe in Big Floppa supremacy.

  • @nightfall4434
    @nightfall4434 2 роки тому +3

    The Hog Rider card is unlocked from the Spell Valley (Arena 5). He is a quick building-targeting, melee troop with moderately high hitpoints and damage. He appears just like his Clash of Clans counterpart; a man with brown eyebrows, a beard, a mohawk, and a golden body piercing in his left ear who is riding a hog. A Hog Rider card costs 4 Elixir to deploy.

  • @SulphurFoxx
    @SulphurFoxx 2 роки тому +14

    Oh shit, I remember watching this on Netflix of all things because I enjoy watching bad animated films. I never thought I'd ever see it brought up again so thanks Nick to covering this sleep paralysis demon dragon movie

    • @Howitgoes799
      @Howitgoes799 2 роки тому

      Which ones have you seen so far?

  • @Indarussiantv
    @Indarussiantv 2 роки тому +8

    8:21 This is actually a pretty accurate description of the book, from what I remember anyway. I Read the book as a teen, and i remember it literally being that "Its our world, but there's all this crazy stuff going on just around the corner" and non of it is actually explained or developed much. So I honestly wouldn't blame the movie for this, cuz its pretty true to the book from what I see here. And just for clarification, the book is really good, and this movie clearly sucks, but the world building seems pretty similar.

  • @claudiobizama5603
    @claudiobizama5603 2 роки тому +4

    Aknowledging that something is wrong and not doing anything about it, that's the worst type of self awareness that exists in any media.

  • @huntercool2232
    @huntercool2232 2 роки тому +9

    How to Train Your Dragon was by far my favorite DreamWorks trilogy. I even watched all the spin-off movies and shows (Except for the Nine Realms, that looks cringe) and they always did such an awesome job tying them all in and making them super entertaining and fun.
    *But seeing a movie trying to ride on that success really offends me.*

    • @theleolover3408
      @theleolover3408 2 роки тому

      Trust me - you aren't missing much by dodging the Nine Realms. 😶

    • @bigblueboi69
      @bigblueboi69 2 роки тому

      Agreed.

    • @purpleiris6043
      @purpleiris6043 2 роки тому

      what makes it even worse is the fact that the dragon rider book is actually really good (and has nothing in common with httyd). whatever studio created this abomination should be burned to the ground for destroying such an amazing book.

  • @irisfilmproductions
    @irisfilmproductions Рік тому +4

    Its so sad because the animation quality looks actually pretty good compared to most rip-offs

  • @WhispertheWolf
    @WhispertheWolf 2 роки тому +6

    Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke is the book that got me into dragons. Part of the reason I became a huge HTTYD fan in the first place is because I was already on the dragon fan train, because I read this book years before. I've wanted a movie for this story for longer than HTTYD has existed, and now, to be an adult and see that this is the movie this book got...it's depressing. (My poor boy Ben. They absolutely butchered him.)
    Also, this book came out in 1997, why are they using the Internet? And skyping? Instead of magic? Kill me

  • @bluesdayhasyt2464
    @bluesdayhasyt2464 2 роки тому +5

    The fact that they managed to get Freddie Highmore and Thomas Brodie-Sangster to voice in this travesty INFURIATES ME.

    • @skootergirl22
      @skootergirl22 2 роки тому +1

      He voiced astro boy from the 2009 movie also Arthur from nights of valore

  • @pleasedontpanic4.2
    @pleasedontpanic4.2 2 роки тому +8

    wtf did they do to this masterpiece of a book

  • @zeldagameryt4018
    @zeldagameryt4018 2 роки тому +2

    I just looked up who plays the main human kid, it’s Freddie Highmore (aka The Good Doctor, Bates Motel, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

  • @baalfgames5318
    @baalfgames5318 2 роки тому +8

    Oh man, I just love that bit about "Industrialism is bad, but Industrialism is no big deal. Don't let humans destroy your world, but then just let humans do whatever." It's like it doesn't know if it wants to be an 80s or 90s environmentalism story or a modern day story about defending humanity at all costs. XD

  • @arianaquiles4741
    @arianaquiles4741 2 роки тому +3

    Wishing Patrick Stewart, Thomas Brodie Sangster, Nonso Anozie, and Felicity Jones a very happy “get that paycheck”

  • @lemonadesnake
    @lemonadesnake 2 роки тому +2

    1:36 Sky is a British based TV company that specialises on manufacturing satellite tv boxes used for watching tv networks. They’ve also created a few subpar tv shows and movies along with an internet provider service. They were originally going to be part of Disney due to the FOX buyout but got sold to Comcast.

  • @Modding_Jackster
    @Modding_Jackster 2 роки тому +4

    Mom: Can we get How to Train Your Dragon.
    No, we have How to Train Your Dragon at home.
    *How to Train Your Dragon at home:

  • @lyt1a
    @lyt1a 2 роки тому +6

    the animation reminds of the mask music video by dream

  • @firenzarfrenzy4985
    @firenzarfrenzy4985 2 роки тому +3

    “Come on guys, it’s intertextuality and a homage to the source material”
    Me: “You’re a disgrace to the source material and a rip off”

  • @omarbaba9892
    @omarbaba9892 2 роки тому +10

    Bruh in disappointed with sky for making this travesty

  • @platinum_blade3857
    @platinum_blade3857 2 роки тому +6

    ive actually read the original book and... its pretty good. like its actually really entertaining, and has a super cool unique story, and if they had truly properly portrayed the original story would have been so nice

  • @bronzelaugh2350
    @bronzelaugh2350 2 роки тому +7

    I watched the movie and noticed how similar it was to How to Train Your Dragon...in like a 10 minute section of the movie. The only part of this movie that really hammered that home was just at the beginning when the dragon finally met the boy. The rest of the movie stayed pretty faithful to the book, besides the annoying and uneeded modernization. I wouldn't say it's a "rip off", really, but the dragon designs in this movie are horrendous and the only good designs were Metalbrand and the cockatrice creature imo.

  • @pvic6959
    @pvic6959 2 роки тому +2

    0:57 OMG that was the FIRST ever "big boy" book I ever read!! i should give it a reread. just seeing the cover made me feel nostalgic

  • @wildguy2872
    @wildguy2872 2 роки тому +2

    This book is a fever dream for me. Its something I read about and mostly forgot until I saw this and everything came flashing back.

  • @A6by
    @A6by 2 роки тому +6

    This book series was beautiful and stayed with me my whole life... and this has *nothing* to do with it. So they ripped off HTTYD *and* my childhood at the same time.

  •  2 роки тому

    I was JUST rewatching Race To The Edge as you posted this video

  • @recordedentertainment2916
    @recordedentertainment2916 2 роки тому

    Thanks for always getting me upbeat bro!

  • @agsinc342
    @agsinc342 2 роки тому +2

    I got bored one night and watched this movie. There's a scene towards the end where they get chased by the metal dragon in an ice cave. And there's an Ice Age reference where you can clearly see Scrat frozen in the wall of ice of the cave.

  • @modmaker7617
    @modmaker7617 2 роки тому +1

    I just found out this film is German and in the original German voice cast is Julien Bam who is a UA-camr and the voice-actor for Sonic in the German dub of the Paramount Sonic Movies

  • @zinzellacherry1457
    @zinzellacherry1457 2 роки тому +2

    Even the author of the book said herself that these weren't the same characters she sent on the journey she wrote. Indicating that even she was upset and unimpressed with what it was turned into for a movie.

  • @user-ce6nl1kb7n
    @user-ce6nl1kb7n 2 роки тому +3

    The how to train your dragon stuff is even weirder when you find out that the studio who made this movie and dreamworks are owned by the same corporation

  • @LarnrothSDergan
    @LarnrothSDergan 2 роки тому +4

    This book was my all-time favorite, when I first heard that they were making a movie I kind of got excited. But then when I saw the trailer... I had mixed feelings.
    I didn't watch the movie

  • @amazingaquaticsandexotics3030
    @amazingaquaticsandexotics3030 2 роки тому +2

    Ngl I wish they made a movie staying 100% accurate to the how to train your dragon book series ( I can imagine it really well because when I read I tend to picture everything extremely well animated )

  • @zoinksscoop20yearsago68
    @zoinksscoop20yearsago68 2 роки тому +1

    The eyes of the characters feel like they are gonna murder you if you get comfy. That's terrifying.

  • @Jakersby
    @Jakersby 2 роки тому +1

    Sky UK Limited is a British broadcaster and telecommunications company that provides television and broadband Internet services, fixed line and mobile telephone services to consumers and businesses in the United Kingdom. It is a subsidiary of Sky Group and from 2018 onwards - part of Comcast.

  • @BattleKing00
    @BattleKing00 2 роки тому

    When I was going to collage I had an hour drive one way, so I listened to audiobooks. I actually listened to this one and it was really good.

  • @bigrat8402
    @bigrat8402 2 роки тому +26

    Nice video man. Watched all of it in like 10 seconds

    • @DrayLoco
      @DrayLoco 2 роки тому +5

      same man incredible experience

    • @24FramesOfNick
      @24FramesOfNick  2 роки тому +14

      I believe it

    • @fuze5983
      @fuze5983 2 роки тому

      @@24FramesOfNick ur my master

  • @genericname2747
    @genericname2747 2 роки тому +7

    I loved Dragon Rider (the book).
    I'm shocked and offended by this movies existence

  • @CGHawkatoo
    @CGHawkatoo 2 роки тому +1

    Funny how I saw the thumbnail in Dragon Rider 2020.
    Oh, wait....
    I've read the Dragon Rider novel multiple times, btw; the only way how I even recognize the characters is when they appear in the novel by Cornelia Funke. Very nice person btw.

  • @SuperNuclearUnicorn
    @SuperNuclearUnicorn 2 роки тому +1

    Brits and Aussies going "wtf you don't know Sky?"

  • @Termless
    @Termless Рік тому +1

    9:40 relocating with the dragons is literally part of how to train your dragon 3

  • @mossschuttner7555
    @mossschuttner7555 2 роки тому +5

    I remember Dragon rider being an amazing book and this has almost nothing to do with it at all outside of its Basic plot they would have been closer if they called it puff the Magic Dragon

  • @iand1303
    @iand1303 Рік тому +1

    Can we talk about how the metal dragon has grimmel’s hair style

  • @originalstar6639
    @originalstar6639 2 роки тому +1

    I like to imagine during production it was heading in the direction of originality but somewhere in the middle someone goes "YA KNOW, MAYBE WE SHOULD PUT IN SOME HTTYD, THATS POPULAR AND SURE TO GET PEOPLE BUYING" and it all went downhill from there

  • @user-qw4yy2mg3i
    @user-qw4yy2mg3i 2 роки тому +1

    2:33 It says fireworks in familiar way hmmm I wonder what it looks like

  • @phantomfeline7008
    @phantomfeline7008 Рік тому

    I watched this movie and one of the plots of the movie was that the silver dragon didn't know how to use his fire breath. I was so wanting him to have ice breath like silver dragons in DnD but alas, that would have been too cool.

  • @SilverDGolden
    @SilverDGolden 2 роки тому +3

    I loved the book Dragon Rider and when I saw the trailer I was so disappointed because FireDrake didn’t look like how I imagined FireDrake at all. I imagined him look much more elegant. I haven’t bothered to watch it because I really don’t wanna ruin one of my favorite books as a kid. Least NettleBrand looks kinda cool.

  • @dracodracarys2339
    @dracodracarys2339 2 роки тому +1

    7:49 oh look, still a more accurate raptor than jurassic world

  • @chaoticneutral7976
    @chaoticneutral7976 Рік тому

    I can't believe that the dragon design in the How to Tame Your Dragon movie poster looks better and closer to the dragon design from the book than the actual protagonist

  • @brotherhogan6880
    @brotherhogan6880 2 роки тому +3

    Anyone wondering, Sky is a British broadcasting service, they make some whacky ass movies during the Christmas period that literally no one watches unless your a little kid or lonely AF, and I remember this being advertised last Christmas.

    • @d-manflorida4976
      @d-manflorida4976 2 роки тому

      So, the Hallmark channel of the UK?

    • @skootergirl22
      @skootergirl22 2 роки тому

      @@d-manflorida4976 technically yea

    • @skootergirl22
      @skootergirl22 2 роки тому

      This was duing the worse Christmas ever....makes sense

    • @d-manflorida4976
      @d-manflorida4976 2 роки тому

      @@skootergirl22 are the movies as bad or worse then a hallmark movie?

    • @skootergirl22
      @skootergirl22 2 роки тому

      @@d-manflorida4976 mah

  • @ginarose8304
    @ginarose8304 2 роки тому +4

    I loved Dragon Rider as a kid! That was one of my favorite books.

  • @GingerWizzard1994
    @GingerWizzard1994 2 роки тому +6

    Sky is a cable company in the UK and Ireland. They distributed the film. They didn't make it.
    Freddie Highmore is usually a great actor. Shame to see him phone it in.

    • @NCHLT
      @NCHLT 2 роки тому

      r/woooosh

    • @GingerWizzard1994
      @GingerWizzard1994 2 роки тому

      @@NCHLT it's not a whoosh moment. He clearly didn't know what Sky was. Don't be an ass.

  • @swagyoshi
    @swagyoshi 2 роки тому

    I saw the posters for this and I said that too, but nobody noticed it, I thought. But yeah, now that nick make a video on it, I think it will reach people now. I didn’t even see it, but yeah, by the posters, I saw it very much was.

  • @randomperson-kx6mv
    @randomperson-kx6mv 2 роки тому +1

    I remember reading the book this movie seems to be based off of! I don't really recall much of it, as I was pretty young when I first picked it up, but I do recall it leaving a pretty good impression on me. Sucks that it didn't get the adaptation it deserved, though... Hope this movie doesn't steer people away from getting into the book.
    Oh, and for those who'd like to know, I believe the name of the book is Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke!

  • @paradoxtatorstudios9681
    @paradoxtatorstudios9681 2 роки тому

    4:15 how dare you put that in, i choked on my water 😂