Review of Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire

Movie starts with mythological elements that are poorly explained, presumably relying on the audience to have watched the previous movies to understand the implications of what is being presented. It rapidly devolved into what I would call a "feminist narrative on modern society", first by painting a satirical image of "the man", a boy with privilege and all the good things in life coming easy to him simply because he's male, contrasted to "the woman", a girl who is no different but has always been denied acceptance and love for things that were not her fault and because she was a girl. The role of the mythology in the story really doesn't add anything to the narrative, other than to draw the viewer's attention to the characters that you are supposed to pay attention to. At times it represents the mystical forces of the universe that magically prefer and promote male domination over women.

In addition to the feminist agenda being presented, there is a noticeable anti-Christian theme, where the church is portrayed as an unintelligent priest whose role is to be a yes-man to the patriarchy and has nothing useful to provide his kingdom, aside from very rudimentary medical care.

Despite not appreciating much about the underlying message of the movie, I did enjoy the music and some of the special effects. Overall I did not feel like it gave a very unique or interesting plot, or left me with anything new to think about or imagine. The hidden agendas that I believe were in the script took away from my enjoyment as well.