-
Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
-
We have made minor adjustments to how the search bar works on ResetEra. You can read about the changes here.
Dragon Quest: Your Story now streaming on Netflix
- Thread starter Camjo-Z
- Start date
Probably, if your avatar is anything to go by. If you're a big fan of the series then yeah it will probably resonate well with you.
My 8-year old daughter has gotten into Dragon Quest through playing the Builders games together as well as XII and our trip to Japan in 2018. She is beyond ecstatic to watch this.
Lmao, what a legendary twist.
I'd heard there was a twist and that it upset people, but I can't even fathom how you could get mad at this -- it's endearing, and not just to Dragon Quest fans, but playing games in general. I thought the whole thing was very touching.
My girlfriend and I have watched it twice already, hahaha.
Final thoughts were while the film takes liberties on the story (they have to condense a 30-hour story after all) and the pacing was too fast as a result of the long story even with the changes, it still feels like a relatively faithful adaptation of DQV with a lot of love, charm, and effort put into the overall film. Give it a watch, and keep an open mind.
I'd heard there was a twist and that it upset people, but I can't even fathom how you could get mad at this -- it's endearing, and not just to Dragon Quest fans, but playing games in general. I thought the whole thing was very touching.
My girlfriend and I have watched it twice already, hahaha.
Final thoughts were while the film takes liberties on the story (they have to condense a 30-hour story after all) and the pacing was too fast as a result of the long story even with the changes, it still feels like a relatively faithful adaptation of DQV with a lot of love, charm, and effort put into the overall film. Give it a watch, and keep an open mind.
OP
OP
Just finished it and uh... yeah. That was a 10/10 movie that got dragged down a few points at the end thanks to the pointless twist. Like, I get what they were going for, but the rest of it was such a incredibly faithful and enjoyable Dragon Quest movie that you just wish they'd put that extra runtime into properly pacing the super-rushed beginning instead of wasting it on an out-of-nowhere gimmick that doesn't enhance the experience at all.
I wonder what the distribution deal with the Lupin movie will be. It will probably be better received by that series' respective western fans, and maybe even beyond, considering the attention its trailers got (even if a lot of it was thirsting over CG Jigen.)
Last edited:
I felt like the twist actually elevated the whole movie into something even greater. I really liked it and I'm surprised the twist is so heavily reviled.
I thought the twist turned it from like a 7 or 8/10 to a 10/10. But I get that it's a controversial twist.
OP
OP
It's like if you were watching Avengers Endgame and right before the climactic battle everyone suddenly stops while Kevin Feige comes onscreen to tell you that Spider-Man's just a fictional character but he can still inspire you. Like... no duh? That's the lesson we automatically take away from any good piece of media, it doesn't need to be explained to us. By interrupting an otherwise totally unrelated story to deliver that message, it ironically undermines its intent by ripping you out of the world you were so engrossed in and reminding you of how fake it really is.
It's obviously different because you're not playing a game as a specific Avenger. In DQV you play as the protagonist, and that's how most of us remember playing the game, the way the protag of the movie did. More or less. I think it was done really well, to help explain the little variations in the story and why they skipped through the child section. It makes a lot of sense when the movie is called "Your story".
Obviously you can feel free to not like it but I thought it was very bold and it payed off really nicely.
Obviously you can feel free to not like it but I thought it was very bold and it payed off really nicely.
I am honestly surprised that Japanese audiences hated the twist as much as they did.
I expected to hate the ending after reading some spoilers but absolutely loved most things about the film. I even love the art style and I think it's great that they tried something new instead of just mimicking Toriyama's art style. I saw some complaints saying that the movie trashes the legacy of the games but I can't help but feel the exact opposite. The whole thing felt like a love letter to Dragon Quest and the SNES era of JRPGs.
It honestly really reminded me of those nostalgia ads for Dragon Quest XI and Kakarot in Japan that played off childhood memories of being the hero.
I expected to hate the ending after reading some spoilers but absolutely loved most things about the film. I even love the art style and I think it's great that they tried something new instead of just mimicking Toriyama's art style. I saw some complaints saying that the movie trashes the legacy of the games but I can't help but feel the exact opposite. The whole thing felt like a love letter to Dragon Quest and the SNES era of JRPGs.
I totally get why some in the audience hated the twist. I didn't really have a problem with it, more with the pacing. This thing moves super quickly. I'd been looking forward to watching this for some time.
I certainly enjoyed it more than the Ni No Kuni movie. I had some fun with it.
I certainly enjoyed it more than the Ni No Kuni movie. I had some fun with it.
Just saw it. It was rushed in many places, but i really loved it, and i loved the twist. Damn, now i want a dragon quest show in this quality with like 24 Episodes!
Just watched it, apart from being rushed as fuck, because they want to touch the whole 50 hour journey and condense it in just below 2 hours, and the music being 1:1 the orchestrated tracks instead of composed specifically for the movie (should have been the same tracks but with new clearly made for the movie compostions to flow better with the scenes, some of the DQXI custcenes have a similar problem) I found the movie quite enjoyable. The being rushed part is sadly what people who havent any expreince with a DQ game (I havent played V but Iknow the gist of it, so I could follow the story easier) are probably not going to enjoy (lots of characters that seem important just appear a few minutes, which would led any normal movie goer baffled). Even if you havent played 5, DQ stories usually have similar tropes, so you can fill the gaps basically.
The animation is really nice, has a very western feel (japanese animation is a very hit or miss in 3D a lot of times) and IIRC this is the same studio as the new Lupin movie right? It still had a lot of japanese quirky moves in some of the parts that made it stand from just a western one, which was nice.
The character designs are very good for the main characters and the DQ monsters, but terrible with the "NPC"s Thats the place were I felt the toriyama touch was missing more, as random villagers in Dragon Quest have very destinctive designs.
And the twist... well I thought the twist was great and left me a little teary eye becuase of how my life is going at the moment. I think some people hate it becuase it follows a "similar" theme of the
, but to me it felt more like
ending than on of the
out there.
Maybe japanese people wanted to see how the fuck were gonna translate the cellula designed villain into this style
? hahaha
If you like Dragon Quest I can recommend it, it has its faults but its quite enjoyable and fun.
If you played DQ11 only and despise DQ now becuase its too tropey and nice without shitty edgy stuff some people enjoy from Japanese RPGs, stay away.
No, it just feels like an anime version of
, the only thing is that they dont
And the title lol
The animation is really nice, has a very western feel (japanese animation is a very hit or miss in 3D a lot of times) and IIRC this is the same studio as the new Lupin movie right? It still had a lot of japanese quirky moves in some of the parts that made it stand from just a western one, which was nice.
The character designs are very good for the main characters and the DQ monsters, but terrible with the "NPC"s Thats the place were I felt the toriyama touch was missing more, as random villagers in Dragon Quest have very destinctive designs.
And the twist... well I thought the twist was great and left me a little teary eye becuase of how my life is going at the moment. I think some people hate it becuase it follows a "similar" theme of the
overabundance of isekais in japanese media
the lego movie
million shitty isekais
Maybe japanese people wanted to see how the fuck were gonna translate the cellula designed villain into this style
and the movie twists that so you feel sold out
If you like Dragon Quest I can recommend it, it has its faults but its quite enjoyable and fun.
If you played DQ11 only and despise DQ now becuase its too tropey and nice without shitty edgy stuff some people enjoy from Japanese RPGs, stay away.
I felt the same.
No, it just feels like an anime version of
the Lego movie ending
leave little hints throught the movie. THOUGH you could say the start with the game menus and pixel graphics was already a big hint.
Last edited:
OP
OP
The difference is that The Lego Movie was a completely original story inspired by a literal children's toy and the twist was integral to the plot, whereas this is a straight adaptation of Dragon Quest V for 95% of the movie and the twist has nothing to do with the rest of the film.
If they wanted an emotional core to the film, I think it should have been the central theme of parenthood, that - to quote Yoda, a character from a movie with a much better twist - "we are what they grow beyond". They should have spent more time developing the relationships between Luca and his father and Luca and his son. Or if they really wanted that ending twist about the player's connection to a video game, they should have based the entire story around it, like Undertale.
If they wanted an emotional core to the film, I think it should have been the central theme of parenthood, that - to quote Yoda, a character from a movie with a much better twist - "we are what they grow beyond". They should have spent more time developing the relationships between Luca and his father and Luca and his son. Or if they really wanted that ending twist about the player's connection to a video game, they should have based the entire story around it, like Undertale.
Isnt an integral part of dragon quest that Hero
is basically you? like that is very drilled into the core of the series, and it actually feels like that becuase even in 11 the hero has little emotion during cutscenes where every other character is vibrant as fuck. Hero being you is intentional by Horii and I think he accomplishes that even when it doesnt have as much choice as western RPGs for example. An example of the contrary, as much as Miyamoto can say a million times the character is you, is Link that has its own personality and theres zero choice.
I dont think the choice of the ending is so out there as you think, they just chose to Dragon Quest V because the choices in that game there are much more pronounced to the story. I dont think that having a kid was what the movie wanted to tell, thats the story the game wanted to tell. For the movie it was much more important the choice of Bianca or Nera and not because one is more impotant than the other, but becuase it was a literal big choice in that game for someone that played it originally, even if he always feels he should choose Bianca as he has a clear hard on for the girl next door trope lol
I think thats why the put more emphasis on the choice scenes and are more important to the movie plot, with Nera becoming a witch to fuck with his subsconcience, and how Bianca acts when she first becomes part of the group until she turns into stone by the bishop, than him having a kid and the kid being the chosen one (nearly 2 whole acts in the game). Another example, when the world dissapears the first thing he does is go after freezed Bianca. Fuck the kid, he is not really that important.
I dont think the choice of the ending is so out there as you think, they just chose to Dragon Quest V because the choices in that game there are much more pronounced to the story. I dont think that having a kid was what the movie wanted to tell, thats the story the game wanted to tell. For the movie it was much more important the choice of Bianca or Nera and not because one is more impotant than the other, but becuase it was a literal big choice in that game for someone that played it originally, even if he always feels he should choose Bianca as he has a clear hard on for the girl next door trope lol
I think thats why the put more emphasis on the choice scenes and are more important to the movie plot, with Nera becoming a witch to fuck with his subsconcience, and how Bianca acts when she first becomes part of the group until she turns into stone by the bishop, than him having a kid and the kid being the chosen one (nearly 2 whole acts in the game). Another example, when the world dissapears the first thing he does is go after freezed Bianca. Fuck the kid, he is not really that important.
This movie has more music from DQ6 than DQ5. They changed the story for "reasons" (not all of which can be attributed to the twist), and it's just really poorly plotted. They devote half of the movie's runtime to part of the story that takes 20 minutes and literally gloss over the entire introduction. I really don't like this, and it has little to do with the controversial twist which is whatever.
That sucks. Was gonna check this out tonight, but now I'm in no hurry. :(
Yeah, I do think Prince Henry's character development should have been more faithful to the game, since Maria isn't even in it and he wasn't really humbled all that much.
It is interesting that Parker Simmons got the part of Pankraz in the dub, since he certainly puts a lot of DQ influence into his Mao Mao cartoon. Because he has an in with NYAV post, I wonder if he'll try to get into one of their Gundam dubs sooner or later, since there are just as many references to that in his show, heh.
It is interesting that Parker Simmons got the part of Pankraz in the dub, since he certainly puts a lot of DQ influence into his Mao Mao cartoon. Because he has an in with NYAV post, I wonder if he'll try to get into one of their Gundam dubs sooner or later, since there are just as many references to that in his show, heh.
Last edited:
I've seen this movie twice now and I'm still not a fan of that ending, but I can see the aspects of it touching notes to specific people in the west like I'm seeing right now.
Japanese audience went in expecting a DQ game adapted into a movie but then it turned into a pseudo-isekai video game movie, while the western audience (at least right now) already know about that twist, watch the movie in the context of it being a video game, and interpret it as a positive metaphor for being a DQ fan. It's all about expectations, and loving this movie depends on how much you like a movie subverting your expectations for better or worse.
Japanese audience went in expecting a DQ game adapted into a movie but then it turned into a pseudo-isekai video game movie, while the western audience (at least right now) already know about that twist, watch the movie in the context of it being a video game, and interpret it as a positive metaphor for being a DQ fan. It's all about expectations, and loving this movie depends on how much you like a movie subverting your expectations for better or worse.
Last edited:
Just finished it with my two sons
Fucking LOOOVED IT!
Yes, even with the twist which felt very Ralph Breaks the Internet (^______^)
Also, mad respect for Netflix presumably fronting the bill for a quality English dub!
Fucking LOOOVED IT!
Yes, even with the twist which felt very Ralph Breaks the Internet (^______^)
Also, mad respect for Netflix presumably fronting the bill for a quality English dub!
I actually never got spoiled on the twist and still found it charming as hell
That's why I said for now. And despite that you still took it like I meant.
Thanks, I definitely wanna watch this. Will get to DQV soon, glad I won't be spoiled.
I'm hoping it will get a limited theatrical run like a lot anime movie do.
From the way people describe this movie it seems like it uses 5's trappings to tell its own story rather than setting out to be an adaption of 5. Is that a fair assessment?
Watched it today, and... it was overall a really poor movie. The art and animation are fucking fantastic and it's amazing to see the world like that. Definitely worth it for DQV lovers. But I can't help but think if you didn't play DQV it'd be an utter mess. It jumps around like crazy and barely develops anyone because of trying to cover such a lengthy game in such a haphazard way. Then the twist actually turned out to feel worse than what I had even imagined somehow. It just came off incredibly corny and out of nowhere, like "HEY GUYS DRAGON QUEST V WAS SO AWESOME AM I RIGHT!?" Yeah, that's why I'm watching a movie about it.....
This is a big problem with movies associated with Square Enix. Although a somewhat different case due to being in-house, Advent Children and Kingsglaive also have the big issue of practically requiring major familiarity with their source, FFVII and FFXV respectively, to not end up feeling incomplete.
Watching kingsglaive recently, the parts with Ravus look super out of place and unexplained, considering the only scenes you see are him as a kid when his home country is taken over, him as a general (somehow?) of the invading force enforcing his sister's prisoner status, and him putting a magic ring on, which leads to him getting his arm burned off. The last one is especially bizarre, as it comes out of nowhere and totally knocks him out of the movie without any exit strategy shown for him, or reason to believe he survives.
It all feels like super supplemental stuff that has no place being in the movie, especially with how unexplained the parts of it are, and considering how unnecessary and shoehorned into the plot it feels.
I mean, I guess it serves to tell you what happens with the ring for later, but it feels super lame to merc him like that for that purpose. It's like, "look at this guy, he potentially has a neat narritive arc, oops he's dead."
I can only hope that this curse can be broken, and they can better develop movies that actually stand on their own, and leave the follow-ups and Easter eggs in with better care, so that they actually feel like a part of the movie or potential sequel hooks, and not something that totally comes out of nowhere.
I love the Dragon Quest Series
I like the movie because I listen and read a lot of LITRPG genre
en.wikipedia.org
I like the movie because I listen and read a lot of LITRPG genre
LitRPG - Wikipedia
It probably helps that I love DQV and that I knew the twist, but I actually loved the movie and I am shocked to say this considering how I expected it to be awful.