a5c7b9f00b The adventures of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliot, who just so happens to be a dragon.
Pete, a boy is found in a forest. Apparently he's been living there for six years after an accident took his parents. A ranger named Grace decides to take him in and when she asks him how he survived all by himself, he says he had a friend, Elliot, with him. He draws a picture of Elliot and it's a picture of a dragon. Grace takes the picture to her father who claims that years ago, he encountered a dragon in the forest. Grace takes Pete back to the forest and he shows them where he lives and Elliot. A man saw Elliot and when he tells about his experience and is not believed, he sets out to prove it by capturing the dragon.
I didn't grow up with the original Pete's Dragon, so I didn't have much of a reaction when I heard it was being remade. I watched a little bit of the original a couple of months ago and, I think it's just okay. It's nothing I'd watch again, and there are certainly better Disney movies out there. But I can kind of see why quite a few people have an attachment to it. It's very wholesome, cute, and the actors are putting their all into it. So how does Disney's newest remake hold up?<br/><br/>Personally I think this remake is better than the original. It's not perfect, and I don't think I enjoyed it as much as the Jungle Book remake, but this was a good update to a movie, that I feel has gotten a bit dated.<br/><br/>The story itself isn't particularly original, it's the sort of E.T. or Iron Giant type of story. But they tell it really well, and it's a nice change of pace from the very complicated stories we've been getting lately. It's nice to have a more simple story for a change.<br/><br/>I was really impressed with the first 10-15 minutes of the movie, most of it doesn't really have much dialogue in it. It just kind of show's what daily life is like with Pete and Elliot. And it's all done visually, for the most part. I really liked that, and honestly think that's my favorite part of the movie.<br/><br/>This movie keeps up Disney's trend of fantastic special effects. Elliot the Dragon looked great. There wasn't one moment where I thought "That dragon's not really there." Every time Elliot was on screen it was just like when the animals in the Jungle Book movie were on screen, or when Rocket Raccoon was on screen in Guardians of the Galaxy, I believed he was real. I know a lot of people complained about Elliot's design in this movie, and honestly, I don't get it. Yes, it's not necessarily a "traditional" dragon design, he has fur instead of scales, but he still looks like a dragon, and they did a good job of making him look like an updated version of the Elliot from the original movie.<br/><br/>The acting is very good in this movie. There's not one actor I can name that I felt wasn't trying. Bryce Dallas Howard was especially great, as the park ranger who finds Pete in the forest. The child actors do a surprisingly good job as well. There's not one moment that felt like they were just reading lines, or weren't emoting enough. The boy playing Pete especially sells the performance of a kid who hasn't interacted with people for six years.<br/><br/>Some of the main problems of the movie come from the supporting characters. Outside of the main child characters, and Bryce Dallas Howard, most of the other characters are kind of one-note. The "villain" just kind of serves to be a villain, that doesn't really listen to reason. Bryce Dallas Howard's father just kind of serves to be the old supportive father figure. It's not as annoying as it might sound, but it just kind of feels like they could have done better with the characterizations. But I think the performances slightly make up for it.<br/><br/>The movie could also get a little too schmaltzy, specifically with the musical score in some scenes. I wouldn't say it's too much, but they definitely could have toned it down.<br/><br/>Overall I think this is another great kid's movie from Disney, and while I think the Jungle Book was better, this was still a nice movie to sit through, I'd give it an 8/10. I can't say how fans of the original are going to like it, seeing as how I'm not a fan of the original, but I would encourage them to give it a chance.
Here's an interesting fact about me; Pete's Dragon was the first movie that I ever saw or even owned. I had to be only two or three, but the Disney clamshell VHS was there for years as I watched young Pete and his animated dragon Elliot go on their adventure. You can understand that I have a nostalgic soft spot for the musical from 1977, even though I gave the old movie another watch recently. I can say that Pete's Dragon suffers from being overlong, too over-the-top, and it's extremely corny (at least by Disney standards). It'll always have a place in my heart, even if the film is flawed. <br/><br/>I doubt most children know about this old movie. So news of a remake intrigued me. Disney has been on a remake roll recently with moneymaking movies like Maleficent, Cinderella, and The Jungle Book. Though some were fine, you have to question on whether their aware that their animated counterparts were already the better adaption of one's source material. What makes a remake of Pete's Dragon interesting is that it's an original story. What we have with this new Pete's Dragon is a completely different story with Pete and Elliot the only things from the original.<br/><br/>When he was little, Pete was going on a camping trip with his family in rural Washington State when a car crash changes this little boy's life. With his parents killed, he meets the fabled dragon of the forest, and finds it very friendly. The dragon, that Pete names Elliot after a children's book character, spends the next six years caring for the boy as they live in the woods. One day, Pete spots some lumberjacks and a park ranger nearby. He's discovered by park ranger Grace (played by Bryce Dallas Howard), her boyfriend Jack (played by Wes Bentley), and his young daughter Natalie (played by Oona Laurence) where he's separated from his dragon after an injury. <br/><br/>Pete uses his feral skills to try and escape back to the forest, but is caught by Grace. She then takes him back to her place to relax for a bit to try and figure out how he's been able to survive for six years. His attempts to tell them about Elliot fail as everyone thinks that the dragon is imaginary. The only believers are Grace's father, former park ranger Mr. Meacham (played by Robert Redford) and Jack's brother Gavin (played by Karl Urban) who saw the dragon and wants to hunt him down.<br/><br/>For those that want to know how to do a proper remake, Pete's Dragon is that perfect example. This is a wonderful family movie that seems to respect children by providing something gentler and slower. It's all about friendship and the power it can build. In turn, this gives us a story that might be thin, but really embraces it's atmosphere. The movie is gorgeously shot and allows its forest and lumber town to be taken in. This feels like a live action Hayo Miyazaki anime. <br/><br/>The casting is top notch with guys like Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford and Karl Urban bringing a lot of personality to their characters, along with newcomer Oakes Fegley as Pete who balances a feral-toughness along with a genuine curiosity. Elliot looks great as something of a cuddlier beast and still manages to get a lot of emotion in it's limited vocabulary of grunts and whistles. <br/><br/>The film feels even with it's story and pacing, even if the third act can feel a bit rushed. I think a little more could have been with the history of the myth of dragons in the mountains, but I doubt that most people would care.<br/><br/>I'll give this nine Elliots out of ten. Pete's Dragon is the prime remake done right. This is what Ghostbusters should have done; finding it's own style and story rather then relying on the original. I'd make the case that this is better and I now promise that my future child will have a copy of this when he's three. Though I'll still keep a copy of the original.
David Lowery‘s ease with actors and command of tone make Pete’s Dragon one of the best remakes in recent years.
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Updated: Mar 29, 2020