Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight (2008 film)

Watching the 2008 animated film. Wow. Thoughts after watching just 26 minutes:

• The bad news:
• The sexism: seems pretty obvious the producers knew they had no chance to pull off their vision of a Lord of the Rings-style epic, so they decided to order the animators to try distracting their target audience, instead...maybe it works, for 12 year-old boys, but wow, so crass it hurts
• The made-for-TV animation style: I remember watching films like this 30 years ago...sophomoric...
• Artistic style: oy...who came up with the intro idea of flying the red dragon through a brown turd-cloud...I groaned aloud
• This film's performance has killed (probably a good thing, from a business perspective) the chances of making the remaining books into films, by the same team
• The good news:
• It's Dragonlance...I'm like a dying man in a desert...I devoured these books, in high school
• I have completely forgotten all the major plot points...I remember the main characters, but much feels new again (for example, Otis' spiced potatoes)
• I think this FAQ post sums up the reality of the business side, from Co-Executive Producer Cindi Rice: "...I've seen many deals for Dragonlance come and go, and this is the first one to actually become a reality." Yep. Take it or leave it.

Verdict: The bad points above fatally flaw the film, both in execution and production. Critics have savaged the film, with just cause. Ah well. Maybe someday. Even Frodo had a few mediocre attempts before achieving movie history.

The movie web site FAQ, read in an accusatory tone, produces a laugh: Who is to blame??  ; o ) The movie web site forums had to do damage control.

The IMDB page shows the movie poster, showing Raistlin recoiling in horror, presumably from the film itself.

The movie's home page lists a number of prior attempts to make Dragonlance films into a reality.

Well. Maybe someday. Hope springs eternal.