Damsel Is Hilariously Bad

Tired of traditional heroic fantasy? Sick of all those toxic men with swords? Wish the damsels in distress could darn well rescue themselves? Well then, I might have just the movie for you.
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[@FracturedPixel]

I'll give them this....At least they didn't try to ruin an existing IP for once

[@antonnurwald5700]

She'll show up in the MCU sooner or later.

[@Mereologist]

Fair.

[@jamesogden7756]

Wait 5 years, they'll reboot this and make it worse. Somehow.

[@YuMoriYu]

Sad but true

[@perunplague9794]

Because they’ve already ruined them all

[@OldPirate1718]

Gotta love the racial diversity of medieval times

[@charlesschultz5366]

Haha, yes it works for Marvel’s Asgard too, but not Wakanda apparently 😂

[@AdolfHitler-lk4vo]

​@@EvilVillianIncare you claiming that black people are fantasy creatures? if there zebras walking around in medieval europe setting people would question that too

[@landrypierce9942]

@EvilVillianInc Because races are based on geographic conditions, and in a world where travel is difficult, long and dangerous, they barely mix at all. In order to have a racially diverse society, you have to not only bring in migrants, but keep them completely sexually isolated from one another as well as the native population. Ancient Rome was, by the standards of its time, racially diverse, but over the centuries it all just mixed together into what we now know as “Italian.”

[@thalyxbt]

@@EvilVillianInc let's make a fantasy film based in ancient egypt full with blonde northern europeans and east asians, would that make fucking sense to you?

[@Mereologist]

@@EvilVillianInc You're speaking in a made-up language. But we understand you because you follow the rules of that language. Leftists like you who prefer to live in chaos and filth wouldn't understand.

[@milajvde]

it’s the fact that the strong female dragon literally killed Elodie’s father right in front of her by compressing his chest with its claw and puncturing his heart, and after Elodie realizes that the dragon lost its babies several centuries ago, she forgives the dragon for murdering her father in front of her, kidnapping her sister, and slaughtering those dozens of innocent women before her, including the young girl on the balcony. #gaslightgatekeepgirlboss #shedontneednoman #bcthedragonwasfemaleeveeythingwasjustified

[@rumyum]

Well, they both lost someone that was dear to them, and they both were deceived. It's not a human so you can't really apply human standards to it and the dragon was the easiest route for revenge

[@puppiesarepower3682]

Imagine if the dragon had crushed Elodie instead.

[@tranquilthoughts7233]

Elodie also conveniently forgets that she still has the bag full of wondersnails with her that can heal wounds. And her father isn't actually dead when she gets to him. But she didn't even try to use the wonderslugs to heal her own father...

[@AneXineohp]

@@rumyum okay, except that the dragon was the one that took away someone dear to her and OP was applying human standards to Elodie, not the dragon, as it's weird that Elodie is so empathetic to and accepting of someone that killed her own father.

[@pesocheco]

@@tranquilthoughts7233Her father betrayed her by going along with her being sacrificed to the dragon..so really, he basically deserved it. She just needed the dragon to destroy the entire kingdom

[@veritasome5965]

3 disappearances every year right after celebrated marriages to the royal family & nobody questions it? Shades of Grey level asinine🤦‍♂️

[@haselnutcracker9447]

*3 disappearances every generation

[@AaronGiffordOfficial]

Well it seems elodie and her family had never heard of this royal family before so it makes sense that they wouldnt question it because theres nothing to question, same for the other girl getting married towards the end.

[@ferrisbueller9991]

Idk, in out modern world how long did Epstein get away with his island antics?

[@Lilstiffsocks69]

In the movie, Elodies family was from a very poor kingdom so it can be presumed they take advantage of poor royals or nobility. Also, there's a scene where the father talks to the queen and walks out looking grim. So from that we can conclude the queen told him that they would sacrifice his daughter and in return, he would be paid in tons of gold. Also, the weddings are held in secret.

[@Mart77]

It was measley medieval times, people dying off to famine and other natural causes left and right every day. Nobody noticed lol

[@MrLolguy93]

Shrek did the whole "princess saving herself" schtick better 20 years ago. And that was intended as a joke, not something to be taken seriously

[@bunnywithakeyboard7628]

The woke don’t understand humor, so the best they can do is copy other, better movies, even parodies.

[@steveswm7742]

Yep, as a comedy, the filmmakers knew how ridiculous the concept was.

[@benc77]

And guess what? No one had anything bad to say about it, because it wasn’t shoved down our throats

[@Thesavagesouls]

It was a one shot, a breath of fresh air. Now it's so over done, that fresh air turned into a toxic fart.

[@liamphibia]

👏🏻THANK YOU!

[@kingjulienthe13th]

Watching this movie with my dad was the funniest thing ever. At the end of the movie right before Eloidie walks out of the castle with the dragon flying overhead, my dad was like “is she gonna do the Rambo walk?” *rambo walk scene plays* “SHE DID THE RAMBO WALK” my dad just busted out laughing, it was hilarious

[@Ad3line]

Duuuddee yess that was the cringiest shit ever

[@ganjaericco]

4:55 "you know, I always like it when characters living in a feudal, quasi-medieval society, have the world view and aspirations of 21st century gender studies graduates from southern California. It really helps you get immersed in the world." 😅

[@user-nk7et6mb5u]

"Strong female dragon" "Strong female diverse character" Hilarious😂

[@AstronegAtive]

I thought dragons were wise until they made it female , jumping into conclusions 😢😂

[@dominikfrohlich6253]

Can’t wait for the first diverse female dragon who is also woke.

[@hafirenggayuda]

​@@AstronegAtiveeh, lore accurate on that one.

[@totallyalpharius507]

Strong female dragon of color to boot.

[@zeehero7280]

Strong female dragon of color in a wheelchair!

[@arkhaminmate47]

Did anyone else notice the inconsistency of the dragon's size? One minute it's the size of an elephant, next it's as big as a horse, then it's half the size of a castle. The movie industry needs to die and be revived by competent creators once again.

[@buggerlugz6753]

That isn't going to happen. They're all millennial now playing the victim card.

[@Skitdora2010]

Most students in the craft seem the type who still eat Elmers glue.

[@MaxPayne.]

@@Skitdora2010it’s nontoxic!

[@wizrom3046]

Fire all female directors

[@BigEyesSmallMouth]

@@Skitdora2010 On the upside, I bet they know exactly which crayons taste the best.

[@laissilva4769]

The dragon: you were not from the royal family? Oh..I was fooled. Do you want to burn a hole kingdom of innocent people with me?

[@NoReply28]

Innocent people? You mean the same people that watched the prince fake marriage over and over again and then put on mask and marched an innocent girls to their death? Those innocent people??

[@sixpest]

And the Bitch said yes. This was as bad as the buzz light beer movie. But worse because they want us to be proud.

[@bearlyplaying]

They weren’t innocent though, they couldn’t have been, otherwise they were completely oblivious and mindless… they had to notice princesses going missing every single day, right?? 😂

[@somethinganonymous1723]

@@bearlyplaying to be fair, the average Soviet citizen may have noticed people go missing every now and again under weird circumstances, but that wouldn't mean they'd risk going missing themselves by asking about what the hell was happening out loud. A king willing to merc princesses on the daily probably wouldn't mind offing some random guard, noble, or commoner snooping around more than he'd like.

[@maruskaehrensdorfer]

@@somethinganonymous1723 🤣🤣🤣 To be fair, this is a fantasy film and not real life like what's been and what is currently happening in Russia.

[@user-rp2py2th2v]

You know something is wrong when you turn into a senior longing for the GOOD OLD DAYS in your late 20's.

[@grantbeardsley278]

The sad thing is the classic tale of a brave knight saving the princess from a dragon is of romance not vanity. It expresses how far a man will go for a woman he cares for. No sane man would go fight a 50 foot fire breathing lizard that could eat him alive, its terrifying! But thats what men do for the women they love; They fight, they endure, and if necessary, they die for the women they love. It's very sad that all this unwarranted hatred of men has done its utmost to not only smother the things that might make us as men feel proud and inspired, but it has also coldly rejected and misunderstood how we express our love through our strength and actions.

[@LyaksandraB]

Well, yeah. That's exactly the point. Look at the world. They have us exactly where they want us, unable to come together and tear down a system of near slavery. It's war 101: Divide and conquer.

[@rumiinwonderland]

Aren´t the prince and princess in these kind of stories total strangers? How can the prince love that stranger so much?

[@StimParavane]

Excellent comment.

[@zimriel]

Modern times is causing some men to ponder if women were always like this, if women are intrinsically worth bothering with, and if the human species deserves to survive. Well - yeah, "incels" and "omegas" don't deserve female company or to propagate themselves. I actually agree with this. But why are we as a society creating so many "incels" and "omegas"? Don't we all deserve better men?

[@mnomadvfx]

"No sane man would go fight a 50 foot fire breathing lizard that could eat him alive" Evidently you weren't paying attention when watching Troy if you even watched it at all. Glory and reputation is its own reward for some people, and the risk to your life simply the price of doing business.

[@milton7763]

This movie isn’t entirely generic. “Strong female dragon”. That’s a new one!

[@audreyharris7643]

The dragon was the nice part about the movie

[@ultraviolet540]

Eragon had a lady dragon I think

[@multifaceteduser3405]

oh so thats why they let the dragon live

[@anvimishra9702]

didnt shrek have one too?

[@jamesmeppler6375]

Its really not a new one...

[@Makowh]

Makes me giggle that "Elodie" looks like a standard fancy-fantasy name. It's super common in France, and back at school there always were at least two Elodies in my class. But then again it's France.

[@dejademain1579]

Also not made up at all: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89lodie

[@TheAkwarium]

in the eyes of the average American France is "generic medieval land" though

[@willcresson8776]

It's got a 0 0034% prevelance in France... so maybe 1200 women in all of France are named Elodie. Maybe. That's not common.

[@mika628]

​@@TheAkwarium what do Americans have to do with this? 😂

[@TheAkwarium]

@@mika628 they made the movie

[@seekerhooligan781]

Clubbed to death by the message Dragon The King is a silent, unacknowledged block of wood. Even "children" had to be specially "daughters" when the Dragon explained.

[@tar2100]

“Strong, female dragon” 😂 So regular female dragons can see themselves reflected on screen.

[@allmycircuits8850]

Next up female vampires should see themselves reflected on screen. Oh wait.

[@zeehero7280]

I thought all dragons were strong lol.

[@SeymourTiddies]

​@@zeehero7280but female dragons are stronger. Because they have to live under the oppressive draconic patriarchy or something. They're also both empowered or oppressed, depending on when you ask them.

[@Roihclem871]

Lmao

[@arekpetrosian4965]

@@SeymourTiddies So...pretty much like human females, then?

[@Hepheat75]

This damsel got no maidens.

[@NGU7754]

@AirackVIogs🤓

[@kukuki5000]

Maidenless.

[@Darroc]

try fingers, but hole

[@motivatedvergil9145]

Dog, ahead.

[@Ami-vh7sr]

So she is.....Maidenless.....

[@AJTV_Editz]

“Strong female dragon” don’t give Disney any ideas

[@minisnakali]

I feel like the worst part is that the concept isn't bad. I cringed the whole way through but this had potential. I'm really sad about it, I feel like with changes to all the dialogue and some changes to the plot the concept of a corrupt royal family sacrificing girls and the lead being completely disgarded by her family to save their kingdom would have been really cool, especially if all the nobles and royals actually ACTED like aristocrats.

[@puppiesarepower3682]

What potential? It needed more ghosts and alien abduction cause those are the modern-day stories featuring women in powerless situations. "Those Greys took my hybrid baby! That ghost keeps harassing me!"

[@oscard.lisboa6105]

​@puppiesarepower3682 most of these movies have potential, theyre just screwed over by bad writing and extremely obvious propaganda

[@AllWalkerB]

The movie is called Damsel and it came out in 2024 on Netflix. With that information alone, you can predict everything about it - the plot, the setting, ThE MeSsAgE, the characters - everything.

[@DantesInferno96]

I saw the thumbnail on Netflix and I was like nope not watching it.

[@NPC--666]

Very well said

[@felixmerz6229]

@@DantesInferno96 Get rid of Netflix or it will never change.

[@DantesInferno96]

@@felixmerz6229 it's being given free of charge by my network provider so I got it. I'm not paying a cent for it lol.

[@bubbaj30]

One could also just read “Netflix original “ and be done with it as well. lol!

[@VeryPeeved]

Wait, if sharing blood through a cut is enough to fool the dragon... why not just grab random women off the street, then?

[@RipOffProductionsLLC]

Because... um... they still need to be some type of royalty for the blood trick to work?

[@elfinseacerca2990]

@@RipOffProductionsLLC the producers of the movie when someone asks them a logical question about their ilogical movie

[@yoloactual6975]

@@RipOffProductionsLLC In the movie it is explained that by the blood they are made royal. As technically Elodie WASN'T a royal I guess?

[@steffierens345]

I gueess because the evil queen doesn't want to sacrifice the people from their own land or something

[@mr.goldenproductions_0143]

You can want to smash the patriarchy...but stopping being an elitist? Come on man, that would really push the envelope over the edge buddy.

[@Rembreiker_lychec9257]

The 5'1" 40kg girl is tasked with chopping wood lol As this is pushing *T H E M E S S A G E I* knew the Dragon/ Monster would be revealed to be "misunderstood"

[@lemmyelk]

This in reference to the movie? Or her relationship with Drake? Both could apply...

[@dlewis9760]

From the visuals, the nearest trees looked to be 20+ miles away.

[@mycastephens4987]

The dragons name is...Drake? Wtf?

[@captaintoyota3171]

Yeah its insane just physicall bobby wtf is tiny and FLABBY not toned not in shape. Yes SOME women are stronger/toughter than SOME men but majority falls other way. Yet this lil flabby lazy female couldnt climb a rope with those flappy arms

[@MohamedDun]

Why did I hear the word MESSAGE in the drunker's voice?

[@livlove2844]

The dragon literally killed her father...

[@juskaka2946]

Well if my father sacrificed me for some gold i wouldn't give a shit about his death either 😂

[@livlove2844]

@@juskaka2946 that doesn't mean you should become besties with said dragon 💀

[@BlazeDupree1525]

​@@livlove2844except the whole reason they were in the situation was because of grief, vengeance, and generational trauma. Her teaming up with the dragon i feel is to make a statement about how generational trauma and grief will not end decades worth of pain. Forgiveness and identifying/cutting out the real reason for the pain is the first steps to healing and starting a better life.

[@randyrandalman2066]

He didn't do that.

[@randyrandalman2066]

@@BlazeDupree1525 They were in the situation because of the deal made between the king and the dragon, and how the kingdom decided to carry it out trying to deceive the dragon. Generational trauma? Is that just the latest nonsense buzzword to claim victimhood, this time from things that didn't even happen to you? Your second sentence doesn't even make sense, who is supposed to have claimed that trauma and grief could end pain? Yeah, Elodie was so forgiving that she had the dragon burn down an entire city. Please, the only statement this movie wanted to make was she's the most badass person who ever lived because woman.

[@AA-hg5fk]

I love how even the dragon is absolved of all wrongdoing because it is female!

[@harbl99]

I liked the part where the dragon burnt the kingdom of Diversitopia to the ground. Really relatable.

[@dislikebutton5722]

Diverstopia 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅I’m using that one.

[@KABLAMMATS]

Divercity?

[@laoxep]

Also dragon is a female

[@jaydarrito4245]

​@@KABLAMMATS You mean Diver City? A city full of divers of different ethnicities, backgrounds and genders? 😂

[@stevenschultz9637]

"This isn't a fairytale." -contains more fantasies than any fairytale

[@LivingFire_BurningFlame]

I'm so over girlboss power fantasy pandering. I've BEEN over it for years now. I want so badly to see a modern female character who's sweet and compassionate who sometimes needs to rely on others when things get overwhelming...just like anyone ELSE would. That's not bad nor misogynistic. It's realistic.

[@Thesavagesouls]

No thanks, i don't want any female action/sci-fi/fantasy hero. I'm done. Bring back the men.

[@mattsmith1859]

Good for you?

[@sentinel6059]

It never had any quality to it whatsoever. There was nothing to get "over". You don't get "over" eating rotten eggs. You never wanted them to begin with.

[@timothyfavorite1875]

I was going to say Blue Eye Samurai, but the main character is kind of a jerk. I haven't seen the whole series though, but she's a well written, balanced character.

[@AshCosgrove]

Watch the anime Frieren. It's exactly what you're asking for!

[@doormatt72]

the timing of "go away now" with the imagery of her being thrown off a cliff is * chef's kiss.

[@Hewkll]

Thank you for your service, Drinker!

[@MrChannelnamehere]

The Henry Cavill "fuck" will never get old 🤣

[@RebellionBloodshed]

I dont watch movies anymore

[@tiglishnobody8750]

@@RebellionBloodshed What?

[@rodrigodicandia6932]

HE out as superman

[@ultraviolet540]

@@rodrigodicandia6932that happened like two years ago

[@rodrigodicandia6932]

@@ultraviolet540 yes and stupid snyderverse bot make so pissed me. demsel is meh i never watch crap movie in netflix

[@claytondehaan1754]

My favorite part was how, in the beginning of the film, Brown was struggling to swing the axe to chop wood. Fast forward a bit, and she's using her massive upper body strength to vertically climb a rope without using her legs for a 100 foot plus distance.

[@xshadowscreamx]

Well still believable than John wick surviving all the stuff he survived in chapter 4.

[@ddfan1983]

character development 😂

[@joeyjojoshabadoo889]

It's because she got EMPOWERED.

[@zx7-rr486]

Yeah .. but she did overcome a lot of adversity. She got badly burned, she was crying, she had to use her guile to survive in the Dragon's lair. I quite enjoyed parts of it. Yes, it was comically woke, but I thought it wasn't completely terrible.

[@magmos6346]

@@xshadowscreamx You are just determined to try and drag down John Wick to defend this trash heap, aren't you?

[@CraigLoos]

Thank you for your sacrifice.

[@taserface9073]

My wife watched this and said WTF at the end. She said it didn’t make any sense. I told her it was a hard pass for me.

[@koreancowboy42]

Based Wife

[@hurricanefury439]

Why do so many of these female empowerment movies end with the main character committing genocide?

[@ferrisbueller9991]

Power fantasy. Be be like men, men they think go in and colonize, enslave, rape, and slaughter to the max. That's what men do! It is funny, when they take a woman and maker her masculine in order for her to be powerful (implies you can't have feminine power with equal output) they always put the traits they themselves call "toxic masculinity" when worn by a man. I mean every strong female lead copies the mansplaining thing. Or they do something right and look at the man who said nothing and say "ha, I can do it all by myself, didn't think a woman could do that huh big boy?!" Guys like huh? what i do! "Its what you didnt do!"

[@gumby3057]

Why? Because they're wimmins and as such are morally superior. Guess you didn't get the memo...

[@feelcollins4358]

lol which other movie with those characteristics does that tho, genuinely curious

[@ye333]

Because that's what power is for... 😂

[@svmchop]

Game of Thrones

[@A-D-D-F_Toxic]

I lost my mind at “Strong Female Dragon”

[@dracodracarys2339]

the dragon from Shrek was a more compelling strong female dragon lmao

[@High56278]

Agree ​@@dracodracarys2339

[@Kieraganion]

No kidding I only heard of this movie by stray and my first thought was Sean Connory... Now there was a dragon

[@chrisbergonzi7977]

I read the descriptions and "thumbs-down" it....immediately. Then, "The Drinker" suffers through it and confirms my assessment. Thanks Drinker, you save me a ton of time...

[@AaronGiffordOfficial]

The drinker didnt really do it fairly he says stuff about the message and blah blah that werent even there like him complaining about the black step mom when she isn't like any of the things hes saying. The movie had a good idea behind it but towards the end it became weak and silly but its not as awful and message propaganda like hes pretending it is

[@abnon-tha3088]

I must admit, I did enjoy parts of the ragged, desperate struggle for survival in the cavern sequence, but it was trying too hard to remind us that she's incredibly determined, she's stronger than she can possibly imagine, she's a survivor in *every single frame* to the point of parody. And the dragon's breath weapon damaging it? That was the real deal-breaker for me, there. Nice production values though and I didn't entirely dislike her. There was potential here.

[@elite_rock_god2292]

Ye that pisses me off that the dragon breaths fucking magma yet isn't fire resistant in any way or capacity???😂 Some people tried to argue this point that "if you shot a gun you hurt someone but you aint bulletproof" but bitch I don't fire a bullet from my body do I!?😂

[@abnon-tha3088]

I think the idea was copied from the fate of that acid-spewing guy in Season 2 of The Boys. But that was different - it was an abnormal mutation rather than a natural characteristic and presumably he'd avoided vomiting on himself up to that point.

[@JustJohnny666]

"strong female dragon" got me crying in laughter

[@mnomadvfx]

That basically does describe the plot. And just like regular women in feminism she is a victim of the patriarchy too.

[@ambientoccluser]

I remember "strong female dragon" that had sex with a talking donkey and made pups of flying firebreathing donkeys. And that was way more realistic than this. For instance; even in that shrek world, dragon lost it's flammable spit after a few barfs, but this one seems to have it in her enough for some good oil rafinery. Moreover, her own flame seems to hurt her from the outside, but have no problem having flaming hot throat.

[@Shiroikage84]

ikr? could have been worse though. The dragon could have been gender fluid!

[@dracodracarys2339]

the dragon from Shrek was a more compelling strong female dragon

[@dankdeany]

"Strong female dragon" I fucking busted up laughing at this, toooooo good.

[@danieladamczyk4024]

The one from Shrek?

[@M-S_4321]

Thank you Rinker!

[@user-gs9xf3ky6w]

@@danieladamczyk4024 That character was better.

[@douglasstewart4790]

"Oh, you're a girl dragon - I mean, OF COURSE you're a girl dragon." 😂

[@danieladamczyk4024]

@@user-gs9xf3ky6wShes the GOAT!

[@Individual_Lives_Matter]

Her climbing a rope is ridiculous all by itself. It is not easy to climb a rope without muscles.

[@AaronGiffordOfficial]

It is with technique instead of brute forcing your way up

[@NoReply28]

Then you clearly never climbed a rope... Even skinny armed girls can climb up rope if they know how. It done all the time during our gym test 💀

[@theunknowman12]

​@@NoReply28 the thing is she's 100% not trained in the art of climbing rope

[@elite_rock_god2292]

Anyone can climb a rope, specielly with adrenaline. However climbing a rope like 50+meters without using your legs for half of it? No. No that's not possible by 99.9%of humanity😂

[@universalspaceexpeditioner8259]

I could clime 20 meters rope when I was 6 doing judo. So if a 6 year old boy can climb it with technique and by being atthelitc then a woman who is several times stronger than a 6 year old boy and knows how too and is atheletic certainly can. You just gave yourself away to never have climbed a rope.

[@ThierryDoizon]

Thank you for your sacrifice!

[@jonathanmulondo9206]

Netflix's original movies have gone from bad to worse. Like damn

[@icupnibba3533]

Sheesh they haven’t had a hit in so long I can no longer remember when the last good one was. Maybe the Killer? But that’s a Diamond in the rough atp

[@Jeremy-ho3vi]

Is the 'Message' more important than making Money?

[@jaybee9269]

TBH “The Adam Project” was quite good. Because Ryan Reynolds.

[@jahrta]

It honestly wasn't that bad

[@Shineinpoverty]

Like damn sel

[@PalaceDude]

At this point, "going against the trope" has become more of a trope than tropes usually are.

[@abnon-tha3088]

And the logical progression, eventually, must surely be... oh, what a sweet phase that will be, when it finally arrives!

[@MrPidi86]

You've become the very thing you swore to destroy

[@jonathanlane444]

It makes sense, in a way though, doesn't it? Also, there is satisfaction to be had in that it proves history and culture are cyclical; rather than Utopian linear progression towards some imagined plateau of perfection.

[@PalaceDude]

@@jonathanlane444 Yup yup. There is absolutely no such thing as "permanent state", which is the whole point of postmodernism. Change for the sake of change, and it's constant. Wonder if we'll ever run out of "innovation" at some point (A.I. seems to be introducing the idea of the death of creativity, nothing could ever be new anymore).

[@maxsommers6843]

The old subversions become the new clichés. In this instance, though, it's beyond played out. She-Ra must be around 40 years old, surely? And Xena's almost 30.

[@Koujujutsu]

The Ferelden Frostback taught me really quick how not to fight a dragon. 😂

[@rd-cv4vm]

just fyi, elodie is a normal name in france

[@1lluusio]

One thing I couldnt get in the movie was how the dragon could tell the protagonist had a tiny bit of royal blood in her, but couldnt tell that the dad didnt have any and didnt get suspicious about the royal family at that moment

[@Captain-Obvious1]

Yeah, I spotted that - that was pretty awful. It's like children write films nowadays.

[@Squigglyline52]

This is a better critisism than most of the video

[@oanaclapa3743]

I mean did that dragon have instant DNA analysis?? Wow!

[@jneilson7568]

Children with severe ADHD tbh, so much feels like nobody bothered to review the script more than once, then they all went off for lunch and filmed it that afternoon.

[@dylanmorgan5589]

Easy, the dad attacked her. End of plot hole.

[@CapitalTeeth]

My mom and dad are watching this downstairs as of writing this comment. When I went downstairs to grab some snacks, I asked them 'whats this?' and they said 'a very ridiculous movie called damsel'.

[@user-lf3kr1nq2d]

It was too late to save them... 😟

[@mnomadvfx]

@@user-lf3kr1nq2d To be fair they did recognise that it was crap already.

[@Christobanistan]

It was a great movie.

[@tlshortyshorty5810]

are we by any chance related every time I tell them not to watch a Disney live action fantasy or superhero movie they do it anyway

[@Samuel-wf6kk]

This is the first full video I'm watching from you❤❤ This is the best roast I've seen so far 😂😂😂😂

[@kieranelliott5607]

“You know, I always like it when characters living in a feudal, quasi-medieval society have the world view and aspirations of 21st century gender studies graduates from Southern California. Really helps you get immersed in the world” The sarcasm is biting, but it could actually have been even worse - I was surprised Elodie agreed to the marriage plan so quickly for a start.

[@lorpuz4664]

Cause they ignored the triaits of the Bad character they Made to force the Bad plot they Made, to the point they wanted the "story"to go.

[@sparerib5494]

Probably didn't want to an old maid, and nobody else was on offer.

[@Aedrion-]

It's a little grating but bear in mind this movie is aimed at young teens. Problem Drinker has is that he just can't stop himself from looking at fantasy - even bad fantasy like this - and think 'This isn't LOTR'. And she agreed because she's nobility and knows that she's to be wed to other nobility *and* it'd save her people from starvation. She makes the right choice.

[@jesustyronechrist2330]

Most modern writers barely understand the craft and CANNOT write consistent characters. They struggle to write anything that's not their OP OC existing in an existing IP "improving" everything. And if they do make their own IP, they still want to insert their OC into it. And that OC is just their own personality, but more schizo. They cannot write a character that is believable, that exists in their respective world.

[@kathyflorcruz552]

$$$$

[@oslonorway547]

So bad it's in distress.

[@silashurd3597]

LOL😂

[@liamphibia]

🥁

[@coolmacatrain9434]

Ouch!!!

[@laurencemoore2105]

You can drop your mic. You won!

[@angelawilhite3645]

😂

[@SvenTheShoeBuyer]

Thank you for sacrificing your time to watch that POS so we don't have to. Spot on as always, Drinker!

[@adriancalitz1063]

When the drinker was trying to say the actress's name @1:37 , I legit thought "the smoker sounding woman", as her voice reminds me of my grandmother that smoked for over 60 years' voice, that he blurts our "Admiral Chainsmoker" !!! That got me!

[@samletsplaygames]

Here is my timeline for watching this movie. Step 1: Wife says hey, "that girl from Stranger Things" we should watch it. Step 2: I read a review of it on google that describes it as "so fire" and tells me how great the writing and performances are Step 3: 45 minutes in I am bored. Wife starts playing games on her phone, I go to my desk to play PS5 while kinda sorta watching the movie. Step 4: Movie ends and wife says "that was boring"

[@cattysplat]

Yet you still gave Netflix a full runtime view, promoting the movie with your subscription watch time.

[@samletsplaygames]

@@cattysplat it’s free with my mobile plan.

[@xavier102772]

Step 1 should always be to look at the diversity of the cast. Step 2 will almost always be, NOPE!

[@DamienDarkside]

@@cattysplat Nah, he just got another movie to bring up when his wife wants to see something that's clearly shit. I've done the same, and my wife doesn't see Marvel anymore. "Remember the last movie like this you thought might be good?" because after so many "but this one is going to be different" they realize the definition of insanity is doing something over and over again expecting a different result.

[@pokerboy72]

U still having a ps3.. my man

[@jennielyra3694]

If you want to watch a movie about a powerful female red head, instead of this, re-watch 5th Element!

[@khoclevuong]

It is my favorite of all time!

[@llorttaf]

Thought you were going to say "Brave".

[@Megalith79]

_”Father you smoke?!”_ 5th Element is a cult classic n def one of my favorites. Came from a time when society knew, understood and recognized what a “strong female lead” actually looks like. Miss those days.

[@alw3700]

i khow its wrong but i still love Red Sonja!

[@mikehunt4265]

Or red Sonja

[@Slaaverin]

Elodie is a french name btw its not made up its quite popular in french speaking countries

[@DarkSeas117]

That sounds made up

[@escepticus]

@@DarkSeas117 Nope. Not at all. The name also exists in spanish speaking countries: Elodia. One of my aunts has that name, btw.

[@bkatbamna]

There's got to be someone in the writers team who is secretly for the patriarchy and thinks up ways to show how evil the main protagonist is and the rest of the writers team are too stupid to notice. I mean, do the makers of the film realize that she instructed the dragon to burn up the entire village at the end? People and lots of children that had nothing to do with the sacrifices. Or were they distracted by her girl-bossiness to notice.

[@sparerib5494]

They literally don't realize how they look to normal people.

[@ltb1345]

They think they're the ultimate moral authority and can do no wrong.

[@MollyHJohns]

So the same lack of morality with Wish then

[@SuperFatR]

I hate to break it for you, but they would be flabbergasted and offended by mere suggestion that wholesale slaughter of their enemies is not righteous. (Btw, you are their enemy.)

[@praetoriandorn3154]

Sociopaths aren't self-aware like that, nor do they have a moral compass.

[@johngaynor5649]

Two observations: 1) TBF it was a fairly substantial cut and, 2) Millie Bobbi Brown should fire every single person on her management team, hire new people, and then fire them too, so that the next people she hires know she isn’t fucking around.

[@gleipnirrr]

having seen a few interviews, i think she was giddy about this role. she's one of those rich victim types

[@toolfreak50]

Nah. I'm fairly sure this is all her. At one point it looked like the fame from stranger things went to her head and she started going full bitch after season 2.

[@himomimfamous]

She actually co-produced this movie

[@kaplahworm]

Honestly, you could probably make a good film out of that plot. Completely subvert the girlboss narrative, using a strong female character.

[@laxminarayananks1520]

Bold of you to assume she's a great person who was pressured into doing this poor excuse of a movie. She's not a saint, she's part of the celebrity cancer.

[@thiefthearcher9907]

This kinda reminds me of the bad ending to Dragons Dogma, where instead of challenging the dragon, you can sacrifice your romance option to him. And then you become a ruler afterwards, but you’re bitter and miserable.😂

[@davehilling3944]

Your reviews are great... you have earned a subscribe. Cheers!

[@Jonathan_Collins]

If they really wanted to subvert expectations, they could've made it a movie about a woman learning to accept the knight's help.

[@johnzero7397]

She was casted to death as eleven

[@lawrencetalbot8346]

They did. It was called the phantom menace 😎

[@zoranvujovic998]

@@TheCriticaIDrinker hey Bryan The Cuma, a bit sleazy marketing

[@enigmaodell6806]

I think the idea of a ‘strong empowered woman’ being wooed by a genuinely strong man as a rom com would be funny. ‘Armed girls Machiavellianism’ was kind of like that

[@justinbowers2749]

Omg! I love that Anime!

[@codyschlenker6821]

Gotta have those totally accurate black people pushed into European stories.

[@CreativeCache101]

This is an original fantasy story though, nothing wrong with diversity in this case

[@witchplease9695]

This is a fictional world with dragons.

[@nonoticarly8778]

Black people existed in Europe during these times. Free black people existed during these times. Are you daft?

[@SterileNeutrino]

That movie is rayciss against Chinamen

[@TheHeartThatRunsCold]

@@CreativeCache101 With the exception of the why of it.

[@pompom9561]

you nailed it.well. with last phrase 'go away now' lol

[@tomasrikona4021]

The best thing about this movie was your critical drinker summary.😂 Thanks bro. You're wicked funny 🤣

[@johnharris6655]

Amazing how Elodie climbed that 50 foot rope like a Navy Seal.

[@SvenReinck]

Which wouldn’t have been there if her father hadn’t tried to rescue her.

[@sparerib5494]

All that wood-chopping paid off!

[@xshadowscreamx]

Her arms don’t look soft, all that wood chopping. And she is light enough to pull her self up with ease.

[@troyrenlen6459]

I think it's more impressive that the men could descend the rope in armor.

[@nnnnmhughuuhhjiijj9457]

​@@troyrenlen6459 Holy shet, I didn't even thought about that. That gotta be rope made from mythril or something.

[@cardboard4929]

Shrek deconstructed fantasy settings better than anything since.

[@anonbobanon7320]

Fine I'll watch shrek again

[@Tundra.]

@@anonbobanon7320 AND THEN I SAW HER FAAAACE!

[@elementSe34]

A moment before it happened, I hoped that scene would appear when you said "Go away now". Was not disappointed!

[@vania7302]

Late to the party but when I first saw Brown in Stranger Things I thought she had the potential to become a great actress. Instead, the projects she ends up in make me see her as this upcoming generation's Emma Watson; playing the same strong, smart, "badass" woman trope over and over. Unless I am missing lesser known films, every role she does feels the same.

[@zynpkrdg]

honestly can't believe the western media considers saving someone an action of powerplay instead of an action of love or honor.

[@V1489Cygni]

l c an't be Iieve th ey d on't re aIize lne pt foI k _sti II_ bei ng in fuI I con troI ls n ot th e cri tique th ey thi nk lt ls. Rem ember the Ke ns? Th at tak eover di dn't ta ke Ion g.

[@Truffalot]

​@@V1489Cygni your spacing is so bad that Google asks if I want to translate your comment to English

[@queueeeee9000]

​@@Truffalot haha same

[@athelwulfgalland]

@@Truffalot I think it's a means to get by the censors. The algorithms don't recognize what's being said; Obviously Google as well.

[@ZenMonkeyGod]

​@@V1489CygniWhat the actual hell happened to your comment?

[@TheForcesWrath]

Her constant screaming and groaning annoyed me to NO END especially when silence is required to escape a lunatic dragon, who kills for sport.

[@Time_Lantern_Gameplay]

Well shes a woman That feminine for them to scream groan

[@darianstarfrog]

Totally..it was ridiculously stupid of her.. yet somehow..the dragon became deaf at those parts 😂

[@jondc6938]

This was so annoying! In a cave where sound travels very well, every bump & scrape was always a load moan or squeal. The dragon had conveniently lost interest and gone away somewhere for a while every time

[@sonofkabisch]

And I'm pretty sure that the scene of her standing under the icicles with her mouth open was some sleazy producer's fetish.

[@KJCK4]

@@jondc6938it amazes me how much people think they know something until they’re put in the situation

[@raiden_187]

The hilarious thing about this movie is the fact that there's a "strong female dragon" 😭

[@ivanniezgocki5236]

"'But Rinker' I hear you say." That one totally caught me off-guard. Well played sir. Well played.

[@marioprincip5682]

Agree... true mastery.

[@adriansmith6124]

This is definitely one of the funnier vids 🤣

[@eliasadam2345]

I did actually laugh out loud on that one. Rinker would be a cool name for a medieval swordsman in a Netflix series though. Way better then Elodie.

[@aaronreeve1414]

D'Inker

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

We must address the root issue of human arrogance and everything would be get back to harmony 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🌳

[@earlgrayman982]

Dragonslayer (1981) did this plot long ago and in comparison was quite brilliant.

[@theunknowncommenter725]

I also couldn't help but notice elements of Brave in this movie. They plagiarized that movie and made it shit.

[@earlgrayman982]

Haven't seen it but I would not be surprised. Mediocrity and plagiarism reigns in the movie industry.@@theunknowncommenter725

[@jeffreyrook8073]

@@theunknowncommenter725 fr, the concept could be awesome, if they gave it to people focused on story telling more than tHEeeEEEe MeeEEeeSSSsSAgE

[@anubusx]

I love that film. The really dark gritty tone and atmosphere is brilliant. Also the practical effects still look really good.

[@proto-geek248]

Yes, that flick's awesome 👍

[@josephwhite1098]

Thank you for all that you do good Sir!

[@k.bradychristianson2543]

I love how he keeps playing the clip where the prince throws her off the cliff over and over. Nice touch.

[@Christobanistan]

Good thing he cuts out the part where she hits several branches and so doesn't die, which was clearly the goal. Otherwise Drinker might be seen as being deceptive...

[@kingnull2697]

@@Christobanistan That doesn’t help

[@MHKing03]

Which is exactly what should be done with this film, or better yet what should have been done with this script on first reading!

[@Christobanistan]

@@MHKing03It's a great movie, actually. You should actually watch it instead of blindly swallowing what Drinker is claiming. He has "money in the game," so to speak, and should not be trusted.

[@Swagbastian]

​@@ChristobanistanI watched the movie. It's not great or even good. It's passable at best.

[@jorandar1]

"But Rinker! I hear you say..." had me laughing pretty good!

[@terkalukys]

In European fairy tales (in books), it often happens, that the kingdom is tormented by a dragon. And for people to survive: in a certain time interval, young maiden is sacrifice to him. The hero of the story is coming, when the princes is sent to the dragon. ... So this sacrifice part of the movie is most like a fairy tale. By the way, there are several low budget, old movies (in Europe), in which the female lead makes frends whit a dragon. And there is this movie: On drakon - The dragon ( in some countries: The Dragon Bride) made in 2015, Russian film. The princess is kidnappet by a dragon. Then she finds herself on a strange island. And there is a mysterious man who has a secret (when he is angry, he turns into a dragon). Its a romantic movie (Blue lagoon and twilight together, but insted of a vampire, hes a dragon man). Has some epic moments there.

[@theweirdmindoftonyrice2280]

Sounds like they had a pink unicorn eat Dragonslayer and then they filmed what it shit out.

[@ashcarrier6606]

What was so awesome about Eowyn in the book Return of the King is that you weren't expecting a woman to win against the Witch-King of Angmar. And she was busted up, nearly killed, and needed help to do it.

[@Sun.Shine-]

Her and faramir are my favorite couple & characters in LOTR. I related to them so much & aspired love like theirs. That scene gives me goosebumps & bring tears to my eyes still considering her own reasons to be in the battlefield. Just love her 👏👏👏

[@sidwhiting665]

Yep, and even when she did defeat the Witch-King, it still matched with the theme overall: that even the smallest/least important person can make a difference. That's why Merry helped Eowyn defeat the Witch King; why Frodo took the ring to Mt. Doom when greater heroes failed; why Pippin was the one who stood up to Denethor and saved Faramir, and why ultimately Sam was the only ring-bearer able to resist it's temptation and remained faithful to his master until the end. Every "lowly" character in the story had a critically important role in ways that made sense.

[@IStealButterdToast]

Well it was told that no man could defeat the Witch-King, Eowyn wasn’t a man, neither was Merry (who was a hobbit, which means that a male person that wasn’t from the race of men could have killed the Witch-King)

[@dagda3000]

But it was still cringe how she beheaded the flying beast. Completely unrealistic from a strenght perspective.

[@mkultra2456]

@@dagda3000 Witch King should have grabbed her sword as she was about to stab him in the face.

[@randomperson8405]

It is amazing when you watch a film from 20-30 year ago, and realise that back then, we actually had characters in films. What a wild time that was.

[@AlishaRisenPhoenix]

I think about this alllll the time. Like I don't care if you want to do a race representation movie, just make it good. We all love Jackie Chan because his movies are good. I don't care what race/gender/position on the rainbow, just write good characters and good story PLEASE!

[@jase276]

Back then people were hired based on merit and talent.

[@a.m928]

Lol BS. People back the complained that their contemporary stuff was XYZ just like you do now.

[@bunnyfreakz]

For reminder, 30 years ago was 1990.

[@gtdc4685]

cap

[@brainfreeze1925]

When swords are heftier than the swordsman's arms then there's a huge problem. Unless, of course, you are one bad-ass, MFer of a bosswoman.

[@bexa9011]

The Ritical Rinker delivers again

[@extremecentrism9796]

"But Rinker I hear you say." That one got me.

[@scottpelletier1370]

So good

[@lorenacarreira6251]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@badsamaritansofficial6704]

Watched it yesterday. You missed the part where the dragon wasn't fire proof and managed to be beaten by a rock.

[@clerpington_the_fifth]

i appreciate the "in-character anger" at the end : )

[@agirotto1]

"You killed my children. How about I spared your life?". Makes sense.

[@4RILDIGITAL]

This movie feels like it's trying to convince us about how original it is, when in fact, it's similarly stereotyped like the ones it criticizes. Overused "empowered woman" trope. Inefficient storytelling. Total waste of a talented cast.

[@GoofyToony]

M.B.B is average at best, she peaked in season 1 of Stranger Things.

[@spartanhawk7637]

The funny thing is the old stereotypes aren't even tropes anymore. When's the last time you saw a damsel in distress played straight in a western story? Last example of it that I can think of at all counting eastern games was Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

[@Film_Sushi]

Wait, what? Talented cast?? :)

[@AzraealGamer]

I’m so glad you are able to use the critical drinkers words as he states them in the video. Now what are your thoughts.

[@ironymatt]

Fuck off film!

[@TheArchangel47]

Nice timing on "Go away now!", as Millie gets tossed. The symbolism was not lost. 🤣🤣

[@bigdavek.8322]

Oh, wow, I didn't catch that. That was brilliant!

[@ibah6]

Seriously, it's the same video with some of the most half-hearted and superficial film criticism. 'The Drinker - OMG, snow on the floor, is this the North Pole? Wokism did it again.' Come on, people, you can't take any of this at face value. The fact is, this isn't the first or last time a crappy fantasy movie has been made, whether it stars a woman or not. Just look at all the male-led fantasy garbage from the mid-2000s. You can't even take this culture war bait seriously anymore. He complains about the blood in a magical way in a fantasy movie while completely forgetting there's a freaking magical dragon in the movie. And this the same guy who agreeed that not every movie is made for everyone, this movie is clearly appealing to a women audiance.

[@ltb1345]

@@ibah6 So do you have some kinda crush on the director, or...?

[@tiebeswinkels8584]

As you criticize some wacky films from the 2000s, TCD criticizes films today. Sometimes films are just bad, and bad films sometimes have elements in common, one such being the trope of girlboss, another being the damsel in distress. I personally don't care about this one, as long as they stop touching existing and beloved IPs. If this film is catering to women and women like it, so be it. If people want to point out the flaws and mock it, then so be it

[@Nico78Not]

So where is he wrong?@@ibah6

[@seizuregirlllll]

I laughed so hard at the end when the dragon was flying in the sky with Millie!! I was like you got to be kidding me!!!!

[@ALiteralMosquito]

My favourite scene of the whole movie is when Elodie is running from the dragon on horse back, ditches the horse and when the horse is killed it get flung at the screen.

[@Radhaugo108]

The reverse plot would’ve been much more interesting and or believable. Hot Princess throws Prince down the cave to feed a female dragon because The King made a deal to give up his male heirs.

[@Machete007]

Now that's something I would watch

[@ifxthenwhy6202]

Tbh that could actually work, it would tie into the whole "consumating the marriage" if the son needed to make offspring before being fed to the dragon.

[@Sir_Newkirk]

SIGMA ENDING: Prince marries the dragon, dragon kills hot princess.

[@Seetiyan]

​@@Sir_Newkirk😂😂😂 I'd LOVE to see that.

[@inendlesspain4724]

Yeah, but this movie was written to be exactly a subversion driven by a weird vindictiveness against male heroism, rather than a work of genuine creativity and passion to create something unique and fresh that could stand on its own.

[@Subxenox15]

I 100% guessed the ending on the official netflix video of the trailer lol, I said "I'm calling the ending now: As she's fighting the dragon she stops and says "Wait, we are both strong independent women and we shouldn't put up with The Patriarchy any longer." The dragon stands on it's hind legs and claps, then they fly around killing all the men, and live happily ever after."

[@MrSGL21]

wait....thats seriously the ending? i didn't finish the video.

[@MrSGL21]

ah fuck i fast forwarded to the end...jesus christ that really was the plot. goawd damn. this is gayer than Liberace's closet or your average lifted truck.

[@audie-cashstack-uk4881]

It was so obvious from the beginning

[@xtremeblazer3468]

​@@MrSGL21 lmao no the drinker exaggerated it too much. Basically the dragon is pissed because the king killed her daughter who were just born aka innocent. Millie Basically tells the dragon that the women it's been killing were also innocent because they weren't Born into royal blood. So the dragon was doing the same thing as the king. The dragon wants to die but millie saves it and they take down the queen who sacrificed all the innocent daughters

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Two women putting aside their differences? Now THAT'S some high fantasy.

[@22up12]

How tf did a king invade a whole ass dragon with just a few men lol,no artillary,no archery nothing just a plain dumb king and wy the hell did she forgive the dragon lol like it even cared while munchin on all the other girls for generations. Gotta put respect on the CGI team tho, they did an amazing job in this one. Tho the srcript was ass😢

[@brettcardon4552]

It blows my mind that (spoiler) after the dragon straight up murders Elodie's father right in front of her, five minutes later Elidie's like, "Nah, it'll be fine. We can kill people and ride into the sunset together."

[@Zichile]

All because a father is a man. That's the Hollywood’s shtick is nowadays. Killing and deaths are fine as long as it’s a white man

[@5punkybob]

Her father agreed to her being sacrificed… no matter her remorseful he was.

[@NRSGuardian]

@@5punkybobSacrificing one person for the sake of your entire kingdom, even if it is your daughter, is a sacrifice a king may very well have to make. She certainly should have seen the Sophir's choice he had to make and be willing to forgive him, Especially if she's supposed to be a hero. Also, was Elodie the only person not tracking that she was going to be sacrificed?

[@jeremycampbell4021]

@@5punkybob Any good ruler WOULD do the same. Even if it hurts, your job as a ruler is supposed to be looking after the well-being of your people. If sacrificing your child means protecting hundreds of thousands of people, yeah, that's a worthy sacrifice.

[@tomthomas3499]

Yeah that one bugger me as well, from start to finish, the writers want us to believe Elodie is a strong female lead, yet she is okay befriending the killer of her father, and countless of princesses before her?

[@Bare_Essence]

"Rinker, I hear you say" LOL! I should have expected it, but I didn't.

[@bike6626]

He should have gone with Ritical Rinker.

[@theaveragemale]

I never disagree with the drinker Part of the reason I love this channel is because he’s able to break down all of the elements of why I didn’t like something that I thought I should’ve but didn’t This one where I still don’t disagree with anything he’s saying I enjoyed it I didn’t take it too seriously Watched it on a lazy Sunday afternoon It was good fun dumb entertainment for me

[@lilred5515]

If all they needed to do was mix some royal blood into a cut of a girl they sacrificed, couldn't they have just raised/adopted 3 local orphan girls in the royal household? They could have raised them loosely as "family" from a young age and taught them to do as they were told because they still weren't actually royal. Then pretended the blood thing was an official ritual so they'd actually be a part of the family then throw them over. Then their dragon issue stays internal and they don't get random variables in the mix like a plot armor girlboss

[@lescud]

…40 years later and this movie all of a sudden makes Red Sonja seem like a genre masterpiece.

[@johnnystorm5543]

Don't worry. There's a new girl-boss Red Sonja movie in production to undo the old one.

[@ancogaming]

Alright, "masterpiece" may be a bit of a stretch here (I know you're joking, it's all fine) but hey, I found Red Sonja pretty entertaining back then, when little me was watching that film on a snow grainy VHS tape. Brigitte Nielsen had some... talents that kept me glued to the screen and left quite the impression, no doubt.

[@arekpetrosian4965]

@@ancogaming Yes..."talents"...good way of putting it.

[@philipsheppard4815]

Red Sonja is a frontrunner for a "Best soundtrack on the worst film" award with a fantastic Morricone score it does not deserve.

[@grandhubert]

Red Sonja *was* a genre masterpiece…

[@paranoyd70]

I suggest watching the 1981 movie, "Dragonslayer", which has similar plot and was done much better and has ZERO of "the message" crammed into it. In case you haven't seen Dragonslayer, its the same set up...a medieval king makes a pact with a dragon to spare his kingdom but requires regular sacrifices of the female persuasion to appease the dragon. And the dragon is female too. But the townsfolk hire a magician's apprentice to slay the dragon, who is way over his head, because the plebs are tired of sacrificing their daughters for the king. Its got a great cast of actors, some you might recognize, and the effects (using practical effects & stop motion) just might surprise you. Its well worth a look-see & I highly recommend it. Also, parts of it were filmed in Scotland.

[@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954]

Also Wales - the sorcerers castle from the start of the movie is a famous Welsh landmark.

[@charlesschultz5366]

Excellent film! Surprised it doesn’t get more attention, it really stands up even today.

[@chaptermastermarneuscalgar6926]

It also has a similar opening plot to Dragonheart where a queen makes a deal with a dragon to save her son, which involves the dragon giving half his heart to save the prince. The princes tutor then proceeds to hunt down all dragons because he believes the dragons heart twisted the prince, but in reality the prince was always evil and the dragon is looking for redemption.

[@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954]

@@chaptermastermarneuscalgar6926 That is Dragonheart you are thinking of - the one with the dragon voiced by Sean Connery. Dragonslayer is a different movie made a few years earlier in 1981 that is a lot darker and with perhaps the best dragon ever seen on screen, who is also pretty unambiguously evil. If you haven't seen Dragonslayer yet, I recommend that you remedy that at your earliest convenience - it is a fantastic fantasy film.

[@mkeogh76]

"Dragonslayer" but "updated for modern audiences" (i.e. turned to crap) is the first thing I thought of as I listened the Drinker's review. In 1981, Dragonslayer had "strong female characters" such as Caitlin Clark's "Valerian" and even the Princess. The Woke's delusional beliefs that they introduced "strong, independent female characters" and "diversity" to films is one of the more eyerolling things about them.

[@enfieldlammergeier]

If you want a better medieval “Girlboss” live action movie with a dragon watch “I am dragon”. It’s not the best movie in existence by any stretch of imagination and the English dub is atrocious, but at least you get a nice medieval story that subverts the “Princess gets kidnapped by a dragon and rescued by a prince” trope. While the girl in the movie cannot overpower a dragon, she is capable of showing her strength by empathy, and is capable of making her own choices despite what her parents and the dragon itself told her. Without any kind of BS “sudden sword fighting skills”. Also she has a personality (wow really). To summarise, it’s an improved Twilight but instead of vampires you have a dragon, no annoying love triangle, and plenty of consent for once. In fact the main theme of the movie is breaking the cycle of abuse (that the dragon goes through), self-improvement and character growth.

[@dhisufiroafrozenseraphimdragon]

I came back to this comment to say *Thank You* I just finished watching I Am Dragon and really, really liked it. I love dragons and don't really like when they're those 100% irredeemable evil creatures. This movie did an *excellent* job with the portrayal of both the man *and* the dragon. I'm going to see if I can get my mother to watch this. Again, thank you.❤ I didn't expect to find a gem when I decided to scroll through the comments section.

[@enfieldlammergeier]

@@dhisufiroafrozenseraphimdragon I loved this movie as a teen, so I thought I’d share :) It’s definitely underrated and I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@tizodd6]

Lmao @7:34 How did I not guess there would be a "strong female dragon" from the onset?😂

[@curtcoeurdelion]

Every family need to be aware of the fact that according to Hollywood and every streaming service, when one of your parents dies it will be replaced by a new and black stepdad or stepmom.

[@ILooKs33]

Really? Hm, I've never really noticed that many for it to be a majority. 🤔

[@threewiseman1]

​​@@ILooKs33Haven't been paying close attention then. Just about every modern 'period' film or show (or fantasy show loosely based on a period), has a main character with a 'diverse' parent - or they are mixed race.

[@kenoliver8913]

Na, not true. Stepdads and stepmoms are supposed to be wicked - a much older and more archetypal trope than the girl boss one, though one that will at least resonate with some of the audience because some were the children of broken marriages. You definitely can't have a wicked person of colour unless the heroine is also of colour.

[@user-ym4xy6us5e]

@@kenoliver8913The modern movie makers consider it verboten to associate wickedness with anyone rating greater than zero on their intersectional hierarchy. Case in point: BBC: The wheelchair-bound Davros, the ultimate villain in Dr. Who, model of the Daleks, suddenly grew legs in the most recent revival. On the new BBC Three companion series Doctor Who: Unleashed, the producer Mr. Davies said: "We had long conversations about bringing Davros back, because he's a fantastic character, [but] time and society and culture and taste has moved on. "And there's a problem with the Davros of old in that he's a wheelchair user, who is evil. And I had problems with that. And a lot of us on the production team had problems with that, of associating disability with evil.” The wokesters of modern cinema have unilaterally decided that wheelchair users are incapable of evil. I've got news for them. I know a deaf guy who is a complete asshole. How about a bit of truth in cinema? Maybe it should reflect reality rather than ideology. I am beyond exhausted with ideologically-biased productions. Show me a film as raw and true as Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket" and I'll buy a ticket to that movie. Offer me a film suited for "modern audiences" and I'll drop it like a hot potato.

[@jhammer4919]

😂😂😂😂