If there was a time when the novelty of live-action was enough to attract audiences to cinemas, in 2024 this is no longer the case. Tired of these adaptations sometimes frame by frame of their favorite animated films, spectators are more than fed up with the lack of novelty in cinemas. The trailer for Dragonsdespite promising images, actually pays the price.
The public loves dragons, but these ones are warmed up
The trilogy Dragonsreleased between 2010 and 2019 in theaters, reported to Dreamworks more than one billion six hundred million dollars at the worldwide box office. A success both monetary and critical, since the three films in the saga were warmly received by both the public and the specialized press. Officialized in 2023, the live action adaptation of the story of Hiccup, a teenage Viking, and his dragon, Toothlesshad aroused skeptical reactions from Internet users. While the trailer has just been revealed, their fears are confirmed.
Co-produced by Universal and Dreamworks, this Dragons will be released on June 11, 2025 in cinemas. Worn by Mason Thames (For All Mankind) in the main role, the film is revealed in an admittedly beautiful trailer, but identical in every way to the 2010 cartoon. Despite some nice winks, such as the return of Gerard Butler in the role of Stoïk the Brute, Internet users do not hide their discouragement and boredom in the face of this repetition. There will be no novelty or freshness in this live-action, as they predict on social networks:
You really have to explain to me what the point is in precisely and methodically redoing something that already exists. https://t.co/ZWs4aRL1hr
— Hugo Amizet / Misterfox (@THEMisterfox) https://twitter.com/THEMisterfox/status/1858974112431173892?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Interest of the thing: None
If you like Dragons or want to introduce it to a new generation… well, just watch the original!— Zelm The Dark Mage (@ZelmLMN) https://twitter.com/ZelmLMN/status/1858882967042412647?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
It’s so beautiful huh but WHAT’S THE POINT PTN IT’S LITERALLY THE SAME MOVIE SHOT BY SHOT https://t.co/mSH1PGzRUC
— PopCulture (@Pop_Kulture1) https://twitter.com/Pop_Kulture1/status/1858906330125234522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
I’m going to freak out IT’S THE SAME FILM SHOT FOR SHOT AND THEY SPENT I DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH FOR THIS?? https://t.co/dyM15jIwsJ
— Blytzir (@blytzir) https://twitter.com/blytzir/status/1858884722807406813?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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this https://t.co/dzLR86ahBW— Dr.Bagarre (@docteurbagarre) https://twitter.com/docteurbagarre/status/1858870541316247902?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Honestly, what is the artistic contribution of doing exactly the same thing again but getting rid of the iconic animation of the original film and putting dragons that have the same head as in the original, instead of making new films? !! https://t.co/AlurClnaEt
— I have a Turkey Breakdown (@hache_s_eneuh2) https://twitter.com/hache_s_eneuh2/status/1859150225455100169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
It is. Such. Useless.
Not ugly, nor really bad (we don’t see enough of it) but 100% USELESS.
Animation is not a subgenre that needs to be “upgraded” live (…composed of 70% CGI…). https://t.co/2LctawKmzb
— Lily S’ennuie (@Lily_s_ennuie) https://twitter.com/Lily_s_ennuie/status/1858988865924862188?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
And you, what do you think of these comments? Do you agree?
