As a person who has never played a Dragon Quest game, I think this movie is really nice. The only reason why I even decided to watch the movie was only because I play Hero DQ8 (Bandana Boi). This movie really got me interested in the DQ games and now I'm buying a Dragon Quest game because of it. Funny how putting a character in a fighting game can get you to invest your time and money into their series.
Literally me with Persona I remember that at first i hated Joker's inclusion, but i loved Life Will Change, so i watched the first two Episodes of the anime and started to like Persona So i bough P4 and P3 in the Ps3, so in april of 2019 i bough Persona 5 and nowadays Persona/Megami Tensei in general are my second favorite franchise of all time only behind The Legend of Zelda
Finally got around to watching this and I personally thought the ending wasn't just good, but it was necessary to making the rush though the DQV story seem reasonable. The ending showed us that the player chose to skip through the childhood arc of the game and honestly, after seeing the ending it made so much stuff about this movie just pop into place and sit well with me. Kind of like how you mentioned they skipped over the whole Gotha section of the game, well, they did this because the VR player chose to skip over it. I really enjoyed this movie and if they were limited to only about an hour and a half due to budget or whatever I found the ending we got to be the perfect way to justify skipping over certain story elements without disrespecting the source material and pretending they just don't exist. Also, probably an unpopular opinion, but I felt Nera and Bianca got better characterization here than they even did in the game. In the game your wife takes a back seat to your children during act 3 and you don't really get much out of them, but that isn't the case here. Loved how Luca recruited Bjorn which references how you can do that in the game during post game. Loved how the anti-virus was Erdrick's Sword. Loved the metal slime scene. In the end this movie WAS NOT a movie based off of Dragon Quest V. It was a movie based off of a player's experience playing Dragon Quest V and showing us what they got out of the game, how they interpreted it, and how much the game meant to them. Solid 9/10, one of the best videogame movies ever made.
You pointed out some interesting references there ✨ You're so right with the Bianca and Nera characterizations, playing the game and choosing Bianca makes Nera to be kind of an incidental character, opossed to what happens in the movie. The only bad thing to point out is that you miss many elements if you don't know the story of the game first, including references, but in my experience I found it to be a solid movie :,)
That is some pretty flawed logic. WE are the player, not some pretend VR player who doesn't exist. Who the hell thinks like that while watching a movie? They don't even show him meeting the two girls as a kid. How exactly is that supposed to equate to what you felt while playing the game, like at all? Answer is it doesn't. They screwed up. That is a part of the movie that HAD to be there, & how they thought it would be ok not to have it is just mind boggling to me. They could have extended the movie by just 5 minutes or so, showing him meeting them as a kid & that would have been HUGE for the movie experience as a whole. A mere 30 seconds of him bumping into Flora & maybe a quick 5 minute jaunt of him & Bianca going out adventuring together. Even if it meant cutting that portion way down, keeping the part where they first meet & the part at the end where she gives him the Ribbon is ESSENTIAL to show! Even if they had to take away 5 minutes from the Adult portion, it would have been worth it. No part of the game is more important for setting up a movie like this than showing how he met these girls in the first place!
Honestly, I thought this movie would've been better as a trilogy; Childhood where the cliffhanger ending is where the father is killed and the hero is taken in as a slave... Adulthood where the cliffhanger ending is after the hero has his children OR gets turned to stone... The climax where we find out the true hero and the buildup to the final battle
Absolutely. Or even 2 movies, just add a cliffhanger for who he wants to marry. Also Bianca honestly is better in the movie than in the game, and I loved her in the game. One of the few things I’m glad they didn’t put in the movie from the games is the part where they auctioned off the stoned hero. It works in the game, but not in the movie. Also, how the son was able to use the Zenethian Sword was amazing, whereas in the game, I don’t like that kid tells you he can use the sword. However, I disliked lack of Zenethian equipments, and that part should be a reason for more than 1 movie. And the lack of daughter, because I felt she kept her brother from having too much of an ego.
I agree with that and hopefully they do something like that and learn from this from the first time but honestly maybe your story should’ve been just dragon quest stories with like one season dedicated to 51 season dedicated to eight can we get some anime adaptation love for eight please
I mean, they never stated the movie was made to translate exactly DQ5 into a movie, it wouldn't be called "Your Story" otherwise. You also didn't talk about the additions they made, like the witch Nessa twist or the fairies' trial which I both found really great. I really hope this movie was an experiment to test the water and that they faithfully adapt the Erdrick trilogy next, that'd be amazing.
Idk the ending was pretty cool for me because it basically talked about how playing the games can be an amazing experience and I completely related to that. This movie actually made me start playing Dragon Quest and I of course chose the fifth game to get me started. Overall I really enjoyed the movie and I’m now addicted and trying to marathon the games.
They could have done it by making it the main characters first play through. It did not need to be some retarded virus, that basically just tells the main character to get a life.
@@sentiental1806 wow I really watched this movie 3 years ago? anyways maybe a rewatch is in order, at the time I was probably just disappointed since I was expecting a regular old run of the mill movie, looks like I was a bit angry lol, you can see my angry replies in other comments haha
The plot twist disappointed me so much. I was hoping to see nimzo too but the virus which came out of nowhere just killed the movie for me. But I liked the movie anyway because of the DQ ambiance. And I would like to see another DQ game animated. Maybe it could be better.
U never had a person tell u video games were a waste of time? Waste of money? That’s who that virus was. The person in your life that tried to bring you down for playing video games. And the hero slayed that piece of garbage
Really? I cry every time with the ending. I don't know anything about dragon quest, but that part was perfect for me because that represents perfectly my love for videogames.
Honestly, I think the virus was an interesting foil for the hero and the audience, more so than an evil mastermind you don't see until the end of the game. ...I can't dispute the notion that the plot twist doesn't help the movie much. You could cut it and most of the story would be just fine
This Movie is called "Dragonquest Your Story", NOT "Dragonquest V". Its based on DQ V and the references are being used. Its clearly made for fans and if you watched to the end of the movie you will understand why this made like this. I loved it.
@Phantom Thieves The movie was bad, rush, it actually feels like you are watching a speed run. The only thing that make it worth watching is the ending.
I see some people don’t understand why DQ fans are angry. The trailer and the whole movie is a lie. They make you think that the movie is DQ5 but the ending feels like they’re using the name of DQ to trick us to pay the money. They should tell us the protagonist is a VR player right from the start or slowly give hints through the story but not weird wtf 4th wall breaking plot twist that kick you out.
Well they did give hints that this was a game. Just not very well. First being the intro which outright tells us the name of the game, and second being the digital dream sequence and the self suggestion program where he chooses between Mera and Bianca.
Dude, the most obvious hint is that the movie takes place in a game and not in a fantasy world is that in several scenes enemies burst into coins and loot after getting slashed, that clearly gave it away for me. I think if you are observant enough, they placed enough elements to make a lot of sense out of the realization that its a game. For example the robots guarding the fairies makes no sense in a fantasy world, yet the fact that they exists makes a suggestion that they were simply put there and that is explained when in a flashback the protagonist asks a programmer to put them there. For me the fact that the movie has videogame logic was foreshadowed many times. But the actual fact that the game is not the only reality in the movie did surprise me and I thought it was a clever twist.
I think the movie was misunderstood by the fans. I enjoyed it quite a lot and the was weird but once you understand the "Your Story" part you can see where they were getting at. This was about a DQ fan who wanted to relive this game again and played his role as Luca. I knew something weird was happening after the love potion scene. It made it seem like a VR game there so I was ready for the reveal of this just being a VR simulator. It's quite interesting in my opinion.
I wonder if something like DQ3 would have been easier to adapt sense the story mostly boils down to a young man having to finish what his father started by defeating Baramos. And seeing how story isn't really the major focus of DQ3 and how the party members aren't really characters it probably would have given more room for them to portray the story however they wanted.
Funny enough I watched the movie right after I beat DQV so I was expecting rushed scenes and to be honest, I enjoyed it for what it was until I got to the ending. I didn't utterly hate it but it left such s bittersweet taste in my mouth. If they ever do more DQ movies in the future, they should definitely release them in separate parts.
A few days ago, i cleared the story for the Hand of the Heavenly Bride. Right after that, I watched the film with great delight. It was a shame not seeing Tabatha (Hero's Daughter) or Nimzo in the film. It may be from how the original super famicom version could only have 3 party members at a time like in Luminaries of the Legendary Line. The film must've matched that specific version. So they made that party Luca, Bianca, and the legendary hero, Alus. That version didn't include Deborah neither. I went and chose Bianca in the game as my experience with her in the past and present grew my in-game feelings for her, sort of how Luca chose her too. The old lady mage actually being Nera was a shock. It could only be possible if she had Morph or her scepter was a Mod Rod. I did enjoy hearing orchestral tracks from the other DQ games such as Brave Fight from VI during the final fight with Ladja. (By the way, i listened to that track during my final fight with Ladja myself. Talk about a coincidence.) I heard about a twist ending and thought it was just a change of fates in the film than the game. Luckily, this discovery left my mind until it hit me after the sword was sealing the gates. "Nimzo looked weird." i thought at first sight of the virus. What started out as a retelling of the Hero of the Heavenly Bride's journey turned into a Westworld/Matrix sense of reality chosen by Luca. Even so, i gladly accepted the message conveyed in the ending. Even though my playthrough of the game defined my view of the main story (especially with defeating Nimzo with a family-powered Kazapple), the movie did alright capturing mostly everything in the realm of the Heavenly Bride. If you think about it, that was only 1 of the 11 possible DQ stories Luca could've chose instead. There were multiple stations established possibly for the other games' tales. Luca just went through his favorite of the bunch. This must be why it's called Your Story. Because no matter where you end up in the DQ games, The hero.... is you!!! Rating: 9/10 (P.S. I heard this film provided a small update to the game's mobile version i played. It's a new Casino prize called a Monster Magnet. It raises the likelihood of monsters wanting to join you.)
I mean it could be said this was made for fans only, I found the ending to be heart warming, i mean it's childhood nostalgia. while i agree someone from outside the fandom may not find this movie easy to follow as a fan i was on the edge of my seat the whole time. It gave me that wide eye mystical feeling i have been missing sense childhood again. I thinks this was a love note to fans and was never intended for a wider audience.
I felt the movie was very fast paced and did not develop the characters as the game did. It will definitely not appeal to people who haven't played the game.
I have played the game, But i didnt like the ending. Also they missed grandmaster nimzo and the hero's twin sister, Like where are they in the movie?! The movie could have been so much better.
my girlfriend liked it, I only had to explain her what happened in the first 5-10 minutes which are the incredibly "rushed" part (the only thing I can blame them for about this movie: taking 30 minutes to do things a bit more slowly in that first part would have really helped. Yes, it would have made the film way longer, but two hour-long films aren't anything new or crazy).
I haven't played a Dragon Quest game, and I only got 11 for my sister because she likes RPGs (and I heard it was a good series), and I loved the movie. After watching the movie, now I want to play the original Dragon Quest 5, just so I can experience the game myself.
I watched this with my gf (neither of us have ever played a dq game) and i can comfortably say that the plot is easy to digest and very enjoyable for us. To the point of it being my favorite movie despite not having played dqv
Hey man, first of all: Welcome Back, i dont have Twitter, so i didnt think your hiatus was over ( it was crazy in these last months). And now to the topic at hand: i Love this movie. In comparisson to other videogame movies, this one does many things right. It has its own complete Story (it was told through dq 5 already, but still) and it complimented its source Material (atleast until the final scene). While it probably would have been better to split the movie into multiple parts (childhood, adventuring days and Family finale) it was still enjoyable to me as a full experience. But thats a curse that most movie adaptations share: they lack time and Detail to polish the Story so many things are simply cut or glossed over (another way worse example:The Eragon Movie) Before you read the following, a reminder: ive never played dq 5 sadly, but i got the outlines of the story somewhat down thanks to your video. So this Statement is probably not shared by many but: i really liked the ending scenario. While i understand that most people would have rather wished for the rightfull Finale, we got a different ending more directed to US as the players. The execution with the Hackervirus and slime as McAfee-Sword-of-Light felt really forced, but the Message it delivered still stuck with me. Even though at the end of the day, we are sitting in Front of a Monitor/TV screen and press plastic Buttons to advance in a product free from any practical value: WE experienced these Stories, WE got emotionaly attached to those characters and where influenced by them to this day. In a time where i questioned those adventures i had with many games and thought of them as a waste of my childhood, this was a powerfull Message. It made me feel good about these times again, when i overcame odds and cheered with the heroes. But that's just my Humble opinion.
I agree, and to tell you the truth, I´ve seen people who did not play any DQ game that have seen the movie, liked the ending, it´s probably the opposite thing of what the creators expected, but it has gotten many people I know interested in DQ or JRPGs in general. I still think the movie would have been awesome if we got the usual endgame scenario. Now, things like cutting down on the sister and parts of the story it´s probably due to time and budget, just having extra 5 mins of animation is really REALLY expensive and months of work for a 3D feature film of that quality, it´s not a big studio, so I think they managed to do something good with their "limitations", or at least for the most part. But like I said in my other post, next DQ movie should probably follow the game entirely and skip on any crazy twists. (Or do it more subtly, like, after the movie ends, camera pans out and we see it all happened inside a CRT and there´s a kid playing the game or something).
Same! I watched the movie at first having never played DQV and I loved it, corny ending and all. I just beat the game and rewatched the movie, but now that I know the plot, I’m a little annoyed noticing everything they had to change to keep the movie at a certain length. Still friggin loved it though and the ending still made me happy as a JRPG fan
Same or a XI movie. Not only because people most likely played one or the other (because those two are the most known ones worldwide) But Dragon quest XI makes a perfect movie aleast if only featured Act 1 and 2. I mean most of the game is just cutscene anyways.
YOUR BACK! HALLELUJAH! Also, I agree that the animation is amazing. Do you know how many times I have rewinded the Ladja v. Luca scene? Too many times man.
I remember watching this with my gf who hasn't played any dragon quest. She said she enjoyed it, but I had to explain a lot of what was going on because this movie doesn't explain too much. Though this movie is pretty and if you know it, it's cool, though that ending isn't terrible, it doesn't make the movie for me, it's just weird. I enjoyed it overall though.
Loved the movie and ADORED the ending. It felt like a love letter to the dq fans. I absolutely loved the movie. Hopefully 11 could get a similar movie...
Imagine if the fourth Persona 3 movie ended at the top of Tartarus, and instead of Nyx coming down to destroy humanity, it's a computer virus that's telling you that your whole year that you lived up to this point was just a virtual reality simulation of Persona 3, and "grow up loser." Somehow the dog, Koromaru, can actually talk, and he tells the protagonist that he's got an anti-virus program that he gives him, and it turns the protagonist's Persona into Messiah, which defeats the virus. And then the Nyx battle never actually happens, and everyone lives happily ever after. No seriously, the DQ Your Story ending sucked bad.
Before I say my opinions on the movie, let me just say I've only just recently gotten into the Dragon Quest series. I played Dragon Warrior back in November and I beat Dragon Quest XIS not even a month ago at this point. If you feel my opinions are invalid because I haven't played Dragon Quest V, well...I don't really care lol. That aside... Honestly, I really enjoyed this movie. I watched it with one of my friends and my girlfriend. The three of us don't really know much about Dragon Quest at all, and out of the three of us I know the most basically by default, but all three of us ended up really enjoying the movie. The visuals were absolutely breathtaking and I loved the bounciness the characters had in their animations sometimes, specifically the conversations with Nera and Luca. It prevented the movie from becoming *too* real if that makes sense. I didn't have too many issues with the movie, but one of them came with Nera, specifically with how she was introduced. At least the intro went over Bianca slightly, so you at least know she exists, but they did absolutely nothing like that with Nera and, admittedly I was confused. However, the movie clearly states that the two of them were childhood friends, so even if it's not shown, it's shown by their interactions that there was a time when they were very close. Call it an unpopular opinion but I didn't "hate" the ending. It wasn't my favourite thing ever but I understand the message they were trying to convey. Obviously this movie is meant for those who grew up playing Dragon Quest, V specifically, that's shown very obviously with Luca with little flashbacks of him playing the original Super Famicom version as a child, and then the PlayStation 1 port as a late teen/early adult. Call me an apologist or whatever but I think my opinion on this specifically is worth a lot considering I have no childhood nostalgia of Dragon Quest V, let alone the series itself. One last thing I want to go over is the first half. You mentioned in your video that the first half of the movie could come off as extremely confusing to people who haven't played the game (or something along those lines, I'm writing this as I just finished watching your video and I'm not going to go quoting you word for word). There was little to no confusion between myself and my friend and girlfriend. Like I mentioned before, the only thing we were really confused on was who the heck Nera was and what her relationship with Luca was, but again, that was explained very obviously along with other things you had complaints with. I watched this movie again a couple days later because I enjoyed it so much and...surprise surprise, everything still made sense. I hope you have the chance to read all of this, sackchief. Like I said, I never played Dragon Quest V, let alone grew up with it, so I hope my opinions on this movie are somewhat validated. And yes, I'll get around to playing it eventually lol, I'm swamped with JRPGs as it is.
I actually loved the ending! It was such a unexpected twist and the direct message to the fans "Those Characters are more for me than just data because of everything i lifed through with them" was awesome. Also the whole "This is just a game" was actually hinted at with the Potion of truth that Luca took and which sended him into a Cyberspace like world of his mind. He said in the Flashback to the employee that he wanted to take Nera for a change this time because he always took Bianca in the old game, but the Potion discovered his true feelings that he has by diving into the depths of his heart, the heart of the player and not of the Protagonist. Also the moment when the Virus disabled the colision detection and Bianca slipped through Lucas Hands just broke my heart a bit. I did feel the beginning being to rushed and a ranted a lot about it in the first minutes until i decided to try just enjoy the movie and be happy with what i got, because i knew the couldnt cramp 80 hours into 90 Minutes. And honestly after i losen up my expectation the movie got so much more enjoyable. Not that its bad, its really good in what it is supposed to be i think, but u have to face it with an open mind for changes to enjoy it. Thats what i think at least
@@Gio-kg4gb What did u expetet than? Did u really thought they could pack this entire gigantic Story into 90 minutes? It was clear from the beginning that there would be changes and cutbacks. I prefer to be happy with what i got instead of ranting about something i cant change :3
Hi sackchief! I just wanted to take this time and opportunity to say thank you so much for introducing me to Dragon Quest! I have just got Dragon Quest 11 during the holidays last year from a friend of mine and I have been enjoying the game a lot! I have been watching your videos ever since your video that you uploaded about "Who is Erdrick? And why he DESERVES to be in Smash Bros Ultimate" when during the time when there were leaks and talks about Erdrick from Dragon Quest 3 and Banjo and Kazooie coming to Smash Ultimate which of course both characters were confirmed at E3 2019 alongside with the other Heroes from Dragon Quest 11, Dragon Quest 8, and Dragon Quest 4. But ever since that video, you had so much great knowledge and did a fantastic job on explaining on what the Dragon Quest games are and how big and essential it is for the JRPG genre of games. Yes, there are other JRPG games like Persona, Final Fantasy, Xenoblade, Tales of, Kingdom Hearts, and especially Pokemon that are also fun JRPG games. But as mentioned perfectly, Dragon Quest is the oldest JRPG video game that started this genre and helped made it big and popular even to this day. Dragon Quest even helped other companies to make their own JRPG video games like the ones that I mentioned and the bunch of other JRPG games out there. Once I started playing Dragon Quest 11, I said to myself "Dragon Quest truly is a special video game" and I was so amazed by the world, the monsters, the characters, and the story. Sorry if my comment is long, but I wanted to express to you of how much I am starting to love Dragon Quest and how I am thankful that Dragon Quest 11 is my very first Dragon Quest game to start getting into these beloved games. And it is all thanks to you sackchief. Thank you once again for introducing me to Dragon Quest from the bottom of my heart and starting today I will become a subscriber to your channel. You definitely deserve another subscriber with all of your hard work you put into your Dragon Quest videos. And before I am done commenting, I have three different Dragon Quest related questions that I would like to ask real quick. Question #1: How did you get into the Dragon Quest games? Question #2# Which is your favorite monster enemy throughout the Dragon Quest games? Question #3: In the Yggdrasil's Altar stage in Smash Ultimate, there is a big huge flying white whale that travels around the stage. Who is that big white whale and what is his purpose in Dragon Quest? If it's a big spoiler to the game, you don't have to answer it. That's all I like to say. Thank you again sackchief for your videos of Dragon Quest and for helping me understand and getting me into the games. As I said earlier, you earned a brand new subscriber. Also, happy first day of April, time flies so fast. Long live Dragon Quest. 😊😊😊🐉🐉🐉🐲🐲🐲
Hi, thanks for the support. I was introduced to DQ through a demo disc for DQVIII that I got in my Shonen Jump magazine subscription in fourth grade. That was a magazine that had monthly manga in English and it sometimes came with game demos. My favorite monster is Fat Rat from DQII. And you don’t want me answering the last question.
@@sackchief Interesting. I did not know that Shonen Jump magazines came with PS2 demo discs back in the day. That's very cool. Fat Rat from Dragon Quest 2 is a good choice as a monster enemy. For me though, it's so hard to choose from! All of the monsters just has such funny and unique designs to each of the monsters throughout the DQ games. My favorite monster enemies so far are Slime, Dracky, Cruelcumber, Needler, Dancing Devil, Bunicorn, Hammerhood, Golem, Bubble Slime, Eggoskeleton, and Platypunk. Lots of monsters I know, but I love them! Akira Toriyama is the artist in Japan! Also, that's good then that you did not told me on what the whale was. I want to be surprised. Still, thank you for your responses and answers! 😊👍
This movie definitely made me want to play DQV on mobile, especially as I was in the middle of DQIV when I saw it. Now THAT'S a movie I'd like to see done right and I'd like it to incorporate the post-game content (where Rose is revived and Psaro reverts to his normal form and joins the hero to defeat Aamon).
Speaking from personal experience, I had never played a DQ game (though I was aware of it) and I loved the movie. And I only recently got into the series because of this film.
I never played DQV but this movie reminds me how special video games can be for people. I mean it's basically a player experiencing his favorite game of all time. And that's so awesome.
I first watched the movie as a non-DQ fan and... I loved it. The finale literally shed me to tears, and I couldn't stop them all the way through the credits. DQ is extremely important and people wanted a movie that could be as important and well made... But in my opinion it went WAY BEYOND that. It's not just a movie about DQ. It's a movie about... Gamers. People who grew up with games. People say that the finale breaks the immersion, but for me it was the opposite. With the rest of the movie, my immersion was 100%. With the finale my immersion was... 100000%. I wasn't Luca anymore. I was ME. The title Your Story ended up being perfect for this. I didn't see the Virus as a mask for DQ haters. It represented people that view videogames as a waste of time, that tell us to "grow up". We all had those. The final dialogue from the protagonist put to words what I always wanted to say. And what I always wanted to hear, from somebody else. I bet everything that in many years from now, Your Story will become one of those movies recognized as ahead of their time, hated at release but appreciated in the future. I watched it two times and cried both... Soon, I'll watch it a third time. Who knows if I'll cry again. What I know is that thanks to Your Story I am a DQ fan now, and started playing the games. And that Dragon Quest: Your Story is my favorite movie period. Edit: Oh, and thanks to it now I'm a subscriber of yours, too!
Not only am i glad to see a cool Dragon Quest channel but also glad your movie review didn't go along the too common lines like "This movie isn't good because it isn't exactly the same as the source" or just general bashing of any movie like most reviewers on CZcams do regardless of it being well liked from what ive seen. Keep up the dope content.
PS I got so attached to these characters from watching it so I picked Bianca and of course named my kitty Percy. I think this guy's bashing on it slightly too hard through The eyes of a long-time fan of the game. But I agree with the two part thing working.
i feel like the story twist should've been saved into an original dragon quest story tbh. the hacker could've been transported into a dragon quest story and they could be the best friend or maybe even... lover of the usual dragon quest protag. I feel like it would be a good story of someone embracing the story that is given to them by having to be immersed in that story. Someone being transported into a world that they may hate (maybe for personal reasons) and having a personal connection with the characters as people. I think it would've been a good twist on the standard dragon quest story and could've given this evil hacker character a story arc of some sort.
Okay firstly I've never play any of dragon quest game in my life, secondly I know that dragon quest is a huge game franchise, my first impression of the movie was ," I thought that this movie was very cliche" but holy cow after goin half through the movie I was started to be amazed with the story, man the ending was plot twisted as hell , It was mind-blowing to me , Ive changed my whole perspective of the movie in just less than 2 hours.. all I could say was.. what an awesome experience.. damn..
Hey SackChief, thanks for making this video. For me sometimes I look back on this movie like "that was the best video game movie I've seen, it did such a good job portraying the feel of the world of Draogn Quest." and sometimes "The ending was bullshit." but I liked the movie a lot overall. Oh yeah Yangus for Smash by the way.
I honestly thought that the protagonist's daughter in DQV was superfluous to the plot. Both children have the same lineage, so why is it that only the son can wield the Zenithian equipment and not the daughter? Cutting her out of the film was a smart choice, IMO.
It's DQ second movie tho, after "The Crest of Roto" (who I think never got out of Japan). Also, we see him meeting Nera in the little portion with NES graphics. And Bianca too
Just watched this movie I loved it especially the ending when Luka is justifying his feelings for the people and world around him i couldn’t agree with that more there not just video games they’re memories
And also I’ve never played dq5 but I’ve played some of the others so the music still get nostalgic to me I get what you were saying by it’s kinda made for people who have played the game or at least the games
Lowkey highkey I sorta understood most of the story I already sorta knew this was very oriented to the game, and fun fact I loved this movie so much I downloaded DQXI and will download DQV it's a very interesting story and would've loved to explored it much more Also I was so HYPED to see who was this nimzo enigma, but I still loved that crazy shattered 4th wall break sequence explaining everything Would've loved to see that u couldve choose an alternate ending where nimzo was the one to show up and stuff
OMFG!! I just finished watching this movie. It is so freaking good. I cried many times. The main character is so cool also he's son. I am so shook after watching this movie. I can't believe i would love it so freaking much. 💖💖💖😘 Btw the movie doesn't have any dull moments. The animation is so beautiful. The movie is almost 2 hours but it feels so short because i freaking want more of it. ☹️
dude i have never played dragon quest, but for whatever reason this film played my heart like a guitar. so i am going to buy and download a shit ton of the games and play them later this year
I’ve been a dragon quest fan for a long time but I haven’t played the 5th game yet. Overall I enjoyed the story and kept up with it even without playing it. The way how I define if a movie is good or not is if it is predictable or not. There were so many scenes that caught me by off guard and that made me enjoy it more. I really want to get this game next after I finish DQ Builders 2.
I’m in the process of playing DQ 1 on my phone. I’m like barely level 14. So barely much I know about this series, but I liked this movie a lot. That plot twist though.
Mate, I'm with you as well, I really wanna see Nimzo and a real epic final battle but yeah when I saw the ending I thought, what's going on.. well, what's done is done, I was saying the same that a lot from the game was missing in the movie, I was accepting that for the fact that at least they were sticking with the story but yeah, that ending was something else.
Kevin Anderson here. I must say, as a lifelong Dragon Quest fan. I really loved this Movie and I think it did exactly what it was meant for. What that meaning is may be different for you. The ending was Golden - It left the imagination in an almost unlocked state. It was a feeling of playing the game so well that it had been broken. I know the hacker part was quite strange, but I loved every second of it. And I don't think anyone saw that coming.
I never played the original game, however, I personally really liked this movie. I thought the twist ending was so off the wall, I couldn't help but find it absolutely hilarious. Even hearing you describe the scene made me bust out laughing again cuz of how bizarre and unexpected it was. I did like the message of, "these adventures will always be real to me" because I felt it could be applied to any game we have such strong passionate feelings towards. As someone who is an outsider to the original game, this movie did make me interested in playing DQ5 sometime. To sum it up, as a DQ outsider, I liked this movie and it grew my interest in the series.
I still cannot fathom this movie not even bothering to show him meeting the two girls as a child. A mere 30 seconds of him bumping into Flora & maybe a quick 2 minute jaunt of him & Bianca playing together would have been enough. Even if it meant cutting the Ghost Castle portion out completely, keeping the part where they first meet where they try reading the book together, a short montage showing them playing together, & then the part at the end where she gives him the Ribbon, that scene in particular was absolutely ESSENTIAL to have in this film! Can you imagine how much more impactful it would have been had they had the scene where Bianca gives child Hero her Ribbon? That would have gone such a huge way in making the watcher gain a connection with these characters! What an absolute flub by the ppl who made this movie... Makes you wonder if the ppl who made it were actually fans, otherwise how would they NOT know how important that scene is??
I never touched DQ5 before watching this movie, nor did I ever even play a dragon quest game. I didn’t think the childhood part of the movie was that confusing that might just be me though. I am one of the people who pay serious attention to every movie I watch
I loved everything! Havnt played the game but the only thing i didnt understand was how the staff (!?) undid the stone-spell? Loved the ending very much!
I personally didn’t mind the ending too much. I felt that since DQ5 is a story about lineage and multiple generations that an ending celebrating the passing on of DQ traditions (in this case having the story be a retelling of DQ5) that it fit thematically with the original story. I can completely understand how this ending would totally put fans off, and I did appreciate how it came completely out of left field more so than most people.
Not having played the game before I still found the movie enjoyable still, yes it was a bit confusing with certain stuff but became understandable with time. I do wish the movie was a bit longer to get to know Alus side of the story
Going into this movie, I already was like "I don't know who's "Story" this is but,this definitely ain't my Story", cause you already know the main dude is obviously gonna choose Bianca.
At the time of watching that film I'd only played DQ1 and wasn't sure whether I'd continue playing the games but this movie motivated me to play all of them. I kinda like how choppy the story can be cause it almost makes you appreciate the deeper moments of DQV more. I did think the ending was odd but I liked it visually so much that I was cool with it
As someone who wants to get into DG but hasn’t yet, I gotta admit I enjoyed the movie. It was sloppily paced and the ending was Hideaki Anno levels of strange and on the nose but I kind of loved it. Also the animation is beautiful. Like I’m sorry but I prefer this style leagues ahead of the boring stuff that Pixar and Disney are unfortunately pumping out these days. The virus thing could have worked though had they just foreshadowed it a bit better.
I actually really enjoyed it! I saw it less as a story and more like a tale(?). Like those short Greek stories where it's condensed despite taking over a period of time, only telling the important points. That prolly helped me enjoy it, time skips and all because it actually helped play into the 'tale' aspect, sticking with only the most important part. But honestly, unless you play some video games, much less at least one Dragon Quest to get the spells, references, and monsters, it's gonna go over people's heads easily. And yeah, the child part was too quick. I actually forgot who the girls were.
It kinda worked for me in a way because.. I never played DQV and now I wanna play it too. There’s no way even a 4 hour movie would’ve equaled anything the RPG would’ve done cuz I feel that experience is so unique and engaging and intimate.
Just finished the movie for myself. Despite not playing V, I still connected with this movie quite a lot. I've only played the Erdrick Trilogy, 8, and 11, but there were plenty of musical cues, enemies, spells and traditions that I recognized just based on my general knowledge of the series. It made me feel nostalgic for completely different DQ games, which is quite impressive. The story did feel rushed however, and the twist at the end gave me mixed feelings. Despite this, the animations are phenomenal, the visuals are gorgeous, and the overall feel of the movie was very fun and enjoyable. A solid 7/10 movie
I've watched this just now without ANY knowledge of Dragon Quest. I did notice that some things were going by fast and the lack of information in some places but it didn't bother me too much since i was liking the movie. Now about that ending, i was a little surprised but i did like it, the message they wanted to pass was a really good one and it speaks to me a lot although i do understand why DQ fans might not like it. I mean, if i got something like this instead of a boss i was anticipating to appear at the end of a movie about my favorite game, i would be kinda mad too.
Most of my "complaints" about this movie are minor nitpicks, such as the daughter, King Korol, and Nimzo not appearing, and the fact that they used Orgodemir's theme instead of Nimzo's for the part where he was supposed to appear. Also, the Metal Slime scene should've had Luka manage to damage one, then they all run away (that's happened to all of us, and it's always heartbreaking). Everything else I was willing to accept. Yes, that includes the ending. I felt that it made sense, and it helped certain things slot into place, like certain sections of the story getting skipped (IRL Luka chose to skip those parts). And it didn't feel like "pandering", it felt like a fellow fan of this incredible series putting into words how we feel about it. To be fair, though, you're right about this film not exactly being friendly to newcomers. I probably would've had a harder time following along if I didn't already know the story of Dragon Quest V by heart. In the end, I really do love this film. It's like a love letter to fans of the game. And I embrace the changes because it's not "Dragon Quest: Madason's Story", it's "Dragon Quest: Your Story". Luka is the hero, and so are you.
Finally watched it for myself today and I pretty well agree with this. The pacing and omission of many plotpoints was honestly really bugging me until the ending in a weird way. The ommisions make sense given the meta version of the twist, that it is a guy playing this VR version of DQ5, so they can't have someone going through the entire story for too long. But the virus was completely out of left field and contributed nothing, if anything only distracted me because of questions such as, "Why is this here? Shouldn't somebody have noticed this and removed it from the official release? Wouldn't players complain about it? Or is Luca the first one to discover it?" It's incredibly odd. I appreciated the sentimentality of it, and if I were to do the "It was a game twist" I think maybe after the ending scene from the game have the goggles lift up and have Luca walk out. Maybe then there can be a short epilogue as maybe he either goes home and starts to replay DQ5 on the famicom or something oike that as the Overture starts coming in foe the credits. I feel like then we could get the sentimental fanservice/nostalgia bait without some of the nonsense.
I watched the movie as soon as it got on Netflix. At that time, I never played DQV, but I played several other DQ games and I would absolutely consider myself a fan of the series. I freaking loved the movie that first time around! For me, it truly captured the feeling of playing a Dragon Quest game, something I wish more video game movies/TV shows did. The plot twist was corny as hell, but as a person who loves JRPGs, I was the choir that was being preached to, so I loved the message, no matter how hamfisted it was. I ended up ordering a copy of the DS game thanks to the movie and I’ve been chipping away at it ever since. I just finished it and immediately went back to rewatch Your Story. I honestly think the movie works better if you haven’t played the game; now that I know the game plot firsthand, I see what they cut or changed to keep the runtime reasonable, whereas I had no issue filling in the blanks initially with my imagination knowing the general atmosphere of DQ. Still, I wholeheartedly enjoyed the visuals, what it did to try to be faithful to the source material, and god, I loved all the fight scenes so much! I loved the ending just as much on this second viewing. It really does just appeal to me as a fan of JRPGs and video games as a whole. It’s flawed, but I honestly think this is currently the best video game movie adaptation there is
It's a very great movie. I loved it so much, but the ending kinda ruin it for me :( this sounds like exaggerating but I can't sleep that night. Unpopular opinion : I think DQ8 can be a good movie too
Watched this movie after playing builders, and yes I thought the story was strange and had no idea it was based on game 5. But I expected the ending since the ending of builders 2 talks about the world being an illusion and not until the end where you take the world back from the final boss of the game who also sits inside your friend's body just like that 9 tail monster sits inside Naruto...
I'm 35 years old and i dont grow up with DQ, cause we dont have that in Germany. but the twist ending burst me in to tears. i never played DQ5. but the twist ending ist kind of my story. that is what the movie want to be.
I just watched this movie, and even though I love the DQ series, I've never played DQ V, nor did I know anything about it except that a character named Bianca exists. Yet I found the film thoroughly enjoyable!! It felt a bit rushed at the beginning, but once you get into the heart of the story the pacing improves dramatically. And it's gorgeous the whole time! And yes, there were still many shortcomings besides pacing - such as a lack of character development and a reliance on the audience having a basic familiarity with the DQ series - but based on sheer entertainment value alone I can recommend it to anyone who has even glimpsed a little blue blob! 7.5/10
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Bruh dragon quest GOT THE R WRONG R
methinks that it should've been made into 3 parts.
When you realize Dr.Agon spells dragon
Just like Dr. Acula!
My Bruh moment
Damn I played the game before the son said that to the protagonist and I still didn't get it...
Now I do
I am dumb
@@crazilymuffins7792 same
As a person who has never played a Dragon Quest game, I think this movie is really nice. The only reason why I even decided to watch the movie was only because I play Hero DQ8 (Bandana Boi). This movie really got me interested in the DQ games and now I'm buying a Dragon Quest game because of it. Funny how putting a character in a fighting game can get you to invest your time and money into their series.
very true, smash to me is first and foremost a marketing thing - it always makes me buy the games they came from
Literally me with Persona
I remember that at first i hated Joker's inclusion, but i loved Life Will Change, so i watched the first two Episodes of the anime and started to like Persona
So i bough P4 and P3 in the Ps3, so in april of 2019 i bough Persona 5 and nowadays Persona/Megami Tensei in general are my second favorite franchise of all time only behind The Legend of Zelda
Same here
Lol wow... Was bout to say, the heck you been doing with your life up to this point?? Lol yeah, go play some DQ games already man!
DQ8 is such a gem
Finally got around to watching this and I personally thought the ending wasn't just good, but it was necessary to making the rush though the DQV story seem reasonable. The ending showed us that the player chose to skip through the childhood arc of the game and honestly, after seeing the ending it made so much stuff about this movie just pop into place and sit well with me. Kind of like how you mentioned they skipped over the whole Gotha section of the game, well, they did this because the VR player chose to skip over it.
I really enjoyed this movie and if they were limited to only about an hour and a half due to budget or whatever I found the ending we got to be the perfect way to justify skipping over certain story elements without disrespecting the source material and pretending they just don't exist. Also, probably an unpopular opinion, but I felt Nera and Bianca got better characterization here than they even did in the game. In the game your wife takes a back seat to your children during act 3 and you don't really get much out of them, but that isn't the case here.
Loved how Luca recruited Bjorn which references how you can do that in the game during post game. Loved how the anti-virus was Erdrick's Sword. Loved the metal slime scene.
In the end this movie WAS NOT a movie based off of Dragon Quest V. It was a movie based off of a player's experience playing Dragon Quest V and showing us what they got out of the game, how they interpreted it, and how much the game meant to them. Solid 9/10, one of the best videogame movies ever made.
You pointed out some interesting references there ✨
You're so right with the Bianca and Nera characterizations, playing the game and choosing Bianca makes Nera to be kind of an incidental character, opossed to what happens in the movie. The only bad thing to point out is that you miss many elements if you don't know the story of the game first, including references, but in my experience I found it to be a solid movie :,)
That is some pretty flawed logic. WE are the player, not some pretend VR player who doesn't exist. Who the hell thinks like that while watching a movie? They don't even show him meeting the two girls as a kid. How exactly is that supposed to equate to what you felt while playing the game, like at all?
Answer is it doesn't. They screwed up. That is a part of the movie that HAD to be there, & how they thought it would be ok not to have it is just mind boggling to me. They could have extended the movie by just 5 minutes or so, showing him meeting them as a kid & that would have been HUGE for the movie experience as a whole.
A mere 30 seconds of him bumping into Flora & maybe a quick 5 minute jaunt of him & Bianca going out adventuring together. Even if it meant cutting that portion way down, keeping the part where they first meet & the part at the end where she gives him the Ribbon is ESSENTIAL to show!
Even if they had to take away 5 minutes from the Adult portion, it would have been worth it. No part of the game is more important for setting up a movie like this than showing how he met these girls in the first place!
Honestly, I thought this movie would've been better as a trilogy;
Childhood where the cliffhanger ending is where the father is killed and the hero is taken in as a slave...
Adulthood where the cliffhanger ending is after the hero has his children OR gets turned to stone...
The climax where we find out the true hero and the buildup to the final battle
Completely agree. That’s exactly what I thought while watching. This could be a trilogy or even a TV series tbh.
Absolutely. Or even 2 movies, just add a cliffhanger for who he wants to marry.
Also Bianca honestly is better in the movie than in the game, and I loved her in the game.
One of the few things I’m glad they didn’t put in the movie from the games is the part where they auctioned off the stoned hero. It works in the game, but not in the movie. Also, how the son was able to use the Zenethian Sword was amazing, whereas in the game, I don’t like that kid tells you he can use the sword.
However, I disliked lack of Zenethian equipments, and that part should be a reason for more than 1 movie. And the lack of daughter, because I felt she kept her brother from having too much of an ego.
@@sackchief You should watch Mr. Gentelman's Video as he goes over the same points even the trilogy / TV idea.
That would give the story time to breathe
I agree with that and hopefully they do something like that and learn from this from the first time but honestly maybe your story should’ve been just dragon quest stories with like one season dedicated to 51 season dedicated to eight can we get some anime adaptation love for eight please
I mean, they never stated the movie was made to translate exactly DQ5 into a movie, it wouldn't be called "Your Story" otherwise. You also didn't talk about the additions they made, like the witch Nessa twist or the fairies' trial which I both found really great.
I really hope this movie was an experiment to test the water and that they faithfully adapt the Erdrick trilogy next, that'd be amazing.
Would like that
I just wished they showed him exiting the game at the end
Idk the ending was pretty cool for me because it basically talked about how playing the games can be an amazing experience and I completely related to that. This movie actually made me start playing Dragon Quest and I of course chose the fifth game to get me started. Overall I really enjoyed the movie and I’m now addicted and trying to marathon the games.
Nope, ending sucked
Yep. Same here. Will try the games because the movie was great!
They could have done it by making it the main characters first play through. It did not need to be some retarded virus, that basically just tells the main character to get a life.
@@sentiental1806 wow I really watched this movie 3 years ago? anyways maybe a rewatch is in order, at the time I was probably just disappointed since I was expecting a regular old run of the mill movie, looks like I was a bit angry lol, you can see my angry replies in other comments haha
I liked the ending because of gootrude, it came out of nowhere and the deep voice
The plot twist disappointed me so much. I was hoping to see nimzo too but the virus which came out of nowhere just killed the movie for me. But I liked the movie anyway because of the DQ ambiance. And I would like to see another DQ game animated. Maybe it could be better.
U never had a person tell u video games were a waste of time? Waste of money? That’s who that virus was. The person in your life that tried to bring you down for playing video games. And the hero slayed that piece of garbage
@@jonothekidd3519 I dont think that warrants the virus. I would prefer the original ending.
@@professorme2148 what was the original ending
Really? I cry every time with the ending. I don't know anything about dragon quest, but that part was perfect for me because that represents perfectly my love for videogames.
Honestly, I think the virus was an interesting foil for the hero and the audience, more so than an evil mastermind you don't see until the end of the game.
...I can't dispute the notion that the plot twist doesn't help the movie much. You could cut it and most of the story would be just fine
This Movie is called "Dragonquest Your Story", NOT "Dragonquest V". Its based on DQ V and the references are being used. Its clearly made for fans and if you watched to the end of the movie you will understand why this made like this. I loved it.
Yeah i freaking love it too.
@LAIBA HAMAYOUN the ending was fucking awful are you insane?!
@@Gio-kg4gb Right. The movie was great until that ending...
@Phantom Thieves The movie was bad, rush, it actually feels like you are watching a speed run. The only thing that make it worth watching is the ending.
I do hope there are more Dragon Quest films.
With Dai coming back, I do desire some more adaptations of the games.
I kinda hope 8 got a movie.
I see some people don’t understand why DQ fans are angry. The trailer and the whole movie is a lie. They make you think that the movie is DQ5 but the ending feels like they’re using the name of DQ to trick us to pay the money.
They should tell us the protagonist is a VR player right from the start or slowly give hints through the story but not weird wtf 4th wall breaking plot twist that kick you out.
Well they did give hints that this was a game. Just not very well. First being the intro which outright tells us the name of the game, and second being the digital dream sequence and the self suggestion program where he chooses between Mera and Bianca.
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Those hints look like they are just giving you feels of the game tbh
well you do get hints its a game for example when he takes the potion
Dude, the most obvious hint is that the movie takes place in a game and not in a fantasy world is that in several scenes enemies burst into coins and loot after getting slashed, that clearly gave it away for me. I think if you are observant enough, they placed enough elements to make a lot of sense out of the realization that its a game. For example the robots guarding the fairies makes no sense in a fantasy world, yet the fact that they exists makes a suggestion that they were simply put there and that is explained when in a flashback the protagonist asks a programmer to put them there.
For me the fact that the movie has videogame logic was foreshadowed many times. But the actual fact that the game is not the only reality in the movie did surprise me and I thought it was a clever twist.
The title itself is actually a very subtle hint.
Why would it be called Your Story?
I think the movie was misunderstood by the fans. I enjoyed it quite a lot and the was weird but once you understand the "Your Story" part you can see where they were getting at. This was about a DQ fan who wanted to relive this game again and played his role as Luca. I knew something weird was happening after the love potion scene. It made it seem like a VR game there so I was ready for the reveal of this just being a VR simulator. It's quite interesting in my opinion.
I wonder if something like DQ3 would have been easier to adapt sense the story mostly boils down to a young man having to finish what his father started by defeating Baramos. And seeing how story isn't really the major focus of DQ3 and how the party members aren't really characters it probably would have given more room for them to portray the story however they wanted.
Funny enough I watched the movie right after I beat DQV so I was expecting rushed scenes and to be honest, I enjoyed it for what it was until I got to the ending. I didn't utterly hate it but it left such s bittersweet taste in my mouth. If they ever do more DQ movies in the future, they should definitely release them in separate parts.
A few days ago, i cleared the story for the Hand of the Heavenly Bride. Right after that, I watched the film with great delight. It was a shame not seeing Tabatha (Hero's Daughter) or Nimzo in the film. It may be from how the original super famicom version could only have 3 party members at a time like in Luminaries of the Legendary Line. The film must've matched that specific version. So they made that party Luca, Bianca, and the legendary hero, Alus. That version didn't include Deborah neither. I went and chose Bianca in the game as my experience with her in the past and present grew my in-game feelings for her, sort of how Luca chose her too. The old lady mage actually being Nera was a shock. It could only be possible if she had Morph or her scepter was a Mod Rod. I did enjoy hearing orchestral tracks from the other DQ games such as Brave Fight from VI during the final fight with Ladja. (By the way, i listened to that track during my final fight with Ladja myself. Talk about a coincidence.) I heard about a twist ending and thought it was just a change of fates in the film than the game. Luckily, this discovery left my mind until it hit me after the sword was sealing the gates. "Nimzo looked weird." i thought at first sight of the virus. What started out as a retelling of the Hero of the Heavenly Bride's journey turned into a Westworld/Matrix sense of reality chosen by Luca. Even so, i gladly accepted the message conveyed in the ending. Even though my playthrough of the game defined my view of the main story (especially with defeating Nimzo with a family-powered Kazapple), the movie did alright capturing mostly everything in the realm of the Heavenly Bride. If you think about it, that was only 1 of the 11 possible DQ stories Luca could've chose instead. There were multiple stations established possibly for the other games' tales. Luca just went through his favorite of the bunch. This must be why it's called Your Story. Because no matter where you end up in the DQ games, The hero.... is you!!! Rating: 9/10
(P.S. I heard this film provided a small update to the game's mobile version i played. It's a new Casino prize called a Monster Magnet. It raises the likelihood of monsters wanting to join you.)
Wasn´t Deborah as a marriage candidate added in later in the DS games? Mabe that´s why they saw her as expendable
I mean it could be said this was made for fans only, I found the ending to be heart warming, i mean it's childhood nostalgia. while i agree someone from outside the fandom may not find this movie easy to follow as a fan i was on the edge of my seat the whole time. It gave me that wide eye mystical feeling i have been missing sense childhood again. I thinks this was a love note to fans and was never intended for a wider audience.
YES I agree
I felt the movie was very fast paced and did not develop the characters as the game did. It will definitely not appeal to people who haven't played the game.
Haven't played dq5 yet, but still enjoyed it.
I haven't played DQV and I absolutely loved the movie, even though the ending threw me off a bit when I first saw it.
I have played the game, But i didnt like the ending. Also they missed grandmaster nimzo and the hero's twin sister, Like where are they in the movie?! The movie could have been so much better.
my girlfriend liked it, I only had to explain her what happened in the first 5-10 minutes which are the incredibly "rushed" part (the only thing I can blame them for about this movie: taking 30 minutes to do things a bit more slowly in that first part would have really helped. Yes, it would have made the film way longer, but two hour-long films aren't anything new or crazy).
I haven't played a Dragon Quest game, and I only got 11 for my sister because she likes RPGs (and I heard it was a good series), and I loved the movie. After watching the movie, now I want to play the original Dragon Quest 5, just so I can experience the game myself.
I watched this with my gf (neither of us have ever played a dq game) and i can comfortably say that the plot is easy to digest and very enjoyable for us. To the point of it being my favorite movie despite not having played dqv
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Thank you!
I first watched it dubbed in Japanese with English substitles, I loved it and want more! Great review!!
Hey man, first of all: Welcome Back, i dont have Twitter, so i didnt think your hiatus was over ( it was crazy in these last months).
And now to the topic at hand: i Love this movie.
In comparisson to other videogame movies, this one does many things right. It has its own complete Story (it was told through dq 5 already, but still) and it complimented its source Material (atleast until the final scene).
While it probably would have been better to split the movie into multiple parts (childhood, adventuring days and Family finale) it was still enjoyable to me as a full experience.
But thats a curse that most movie adaptations share: they lack time and Detail to polish the Story so many things are simply cut or glossed over (another way worse example:The Eragon Movie)
Before you read the following, a reminder: ive never played dq 5 sadly, but i got the outlines of the story somewhat down thanks to your video.
So this Statement is probably not shared by many but: i really liked the ending scenario.
While i understand that most people would have rather wished for the rightfull Finale, we got a different ending more directed to US as the players. The execution with the Hackervirus and slime as McAfee-Sword-of-Light felt really forced, but the Message it delivered still stuck with me.
Even though at the end of the day, we are sitting in Front of a Monitor/TV screen and press plastic Buttons to advance in a product free from any practical value: WE experienced these Stories, WE got emotionaly attached to those characters and where influenced by them to this day.
In a time where i questioned those adventures i had with many games and thought of them as a waste of my childhood, this was a powerfull Message. It made me feel good about these times again, when i overcame odds and cheered with the heroes.
But that's just my Humble opinion.
I agree, and to tell you the truth, I´ve seen people who did not play any DQ game that have seen the movie, liked the ending, it´s probably the opposite thing of what the creators expected, but it has gotten many people I know interested in DQ or JRPGs in general. I still think the movie would have been awesome if we got the usual endgame scenario.
Now, things like cutting down on the sister and parts of the story it´s probably due to time and budget, just having extra 5 mins of animation is really REALLY expensive and months of work for a 3D feature film of that quality, it´s not a big studio, so I think they managed to do something good with their "limitations", or at least for the most part. But like I said in my other post, next DQ movie should probably follow the game entirely and skip on any crazy twists. (Or do it more subtly, like, after the movie ends, camera pans out and we see it all happened inside a CRT and there´s a kid playing the game or something).
Same! I watched the movie at first having never played DQV and I loved it, corny ending and all. I just beat the game and rewatched the movie, but now that I know the plot, I’m a little annoyed noticing everything they had to change to keep the movie at a certain length. Still friggin loved it though and the ending still made me happy as a JRPG fan
I Would Prefer a Dragon Quest VIII Movie.
Imahine a dq9 movie
@@raid9913 or a dragon quest 11 movie
@@mrnukes797 as if it already doesnt feel like one lol
Same or a XI movie.
Not only because people most likely played one or the other (because those two are the most known ones worldwide)
But Dragon quest XI makes a perfect movie aleast if only featured Act 1 and 2.
I mean most of the game is just cutscene anyways.
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Also, I agree that the animation is amazing. Do you know how many times I have rewinded the Ladja v. Luca scene? Too many times man.
Nice to see you back doing what you love
It’s good to be back. Have lots of big plans.
I remember watching this with my gf who hasn't played any dragon quest. She said she enjoyed it, but I had to explain a lot of what was going on because this movie doesn't explain too much. Though this movie is pretty and if you know it, it's cool, though that ending isn't terrible, it doesn't make the movie for me, it's just weird. I enjoyed it overall though.
Yeah same as my Best Friend. Shes says that the movie is good but no is Trash💩
I haven't played dq5 yet but this film really makes me wants to play it.
I feel like this movie would've been better if it was a 12 episode series
Loved the movie and ADORED the ending. It felt like a love letter to the dq fans. I absolutely loved the movie. Hopefully 11 could get a similar movie...
I hope not. I would rather it not be some crappy pg version of the matrix.
A love letter to the LUNAR SSSC fans!
This movie is exactly how I felt for that game!!! That hill ending was pretty much dyne's monument.
Imagine if the fourth Persona 3 movie ended at the top of Tartarus, and instead of Nyx coming down to destroy humanity, it's a computer virus that's telling you that your whole year that you lived up to this point was just a virtual reality simulation of Persona 3, and "grow up loser." Somehow the dog, Koromaru, can actually talk, and he tells the protagonist that he's got an anti-virus program that he gives him, and it turns the protagonist's Persona into Messiah, which defeats the virus. And then the Nyx battle never actually happens, and everyone lives happily ever after.
No seriously, the DQ Your Story ending sucked bad.
I haven't yet watched your review, I was just posting to say thanks. Because of your channel, I discovered this movie and I enjoyed it. Cheers!
glad your back Sack! also your voice is way deeper.
Sackchiefs may or may not have cried during the review
Before I say my opinions on the movie, let me just say I've only just recently gotten into the Dragon Quest series. I played Dragon Warrior back in November and I beat Dragon Quest XIS not even a month ago at this point. If you feel my opinions are invalid because I haven't played Dragon Quest V, well...I don't really care lol. That aside...
Honestly, I really enjoyed this movie. I watched it with one of my friends and my girlfriend. The three of us don't really know much about Dragon Quest at all, and out of the three of us I know the most basically by default, but all three of us ended up really enjoying the movie. The visuals were absolutely breathtaking and I loved the bounciness the characters had in their animations sometimes, specifically the conversations with Nera and Luca. It prevented the movie from becoming *too* real if that makes sense.
I didn't have too many issues with the movie, but one of them came with Nera, specifically with how she was introduced. At least the intro went over Bianca slightly, so you at least know she exists, but they did absolutely nothing like that with Nera and, admittedly I was confused. However, the movie clearly states that the two of them were childhood friends, so even if it's not shown, it's shown by their interactions that there was a time when they were very close.
Call it an unpopular opinion but I didn't "hate" the ending. It wasn't my favourite thing ever but I understand the message they were trying to convey. Obviously this movie is meant for those who grew up playing Dragon Quest, V specifically, that's shown very obviously with Luca with little flashbacks of him playing the original Super Famicom version as a child, and then the PlayStation 1 port as a late teen/early adult. Call me an apologist or whatever but I think my opinion on this specifically is worth a lot considering I have no childhood nostalgia of Dragon Quest V, let alone the series itself.
One last thing I want to go over is the first half. You mentioned in your video that the first half of the movie could come off as extremely confusing to people who haven't played the game (or something along those lines, I'm writing this as I just finished watching your video and I'm not going to go quoting you word for word). There was little to no confusion between myself and my friend and girlfriend. Like I mentioned before, the only thing we were really confused on was who the heck Nera was and what her relationship with Luca was, but again, that was explained very obviously along with other things you had complaints with. I watched this movie again a couple days later because I enjoyed it so much and...surprise surprise, everything still made sense.
I hope you have the chance to read all of this, sackchief. Like I said, I never played Dragon Quest V, let alone grew up with it, so I hope my opinions on this movie are somewhat validated. And yes, I'll get around to playing it eventually lol, I'm swamped with JRPGs as it is.
Thanks for sharing your perspective
I actually loved the ending! It was such a unexpected twist and the direct message to the fans "Those Characters are more for me than just data because of everything i lifed through with them" was awesome. Also the whole "This is just a game" was actually hinted at with the Potion of truth that Luca took and which sended him into a Cyberspace like world of his mind. He said in the Flashback to the employee that he wanted to take Nera for a change this time because he always took Bianca in the old game, but the Potion discovered his true feelings that he has by diving into the depths of his heart, the heart of the player and not of the Protagonist. Also the moment when the Virus disabled the colision detection and Bianca slipped through Lucas Hands just broke my heart a bit. I did feel the beginning being to rushed and a ranted a lot about it in the first minutes until i decided to try just enjoy the movie and be happy with what i got, because i knew the couldnt cramp 80 hours into 90 Minutes. And honestly after i losen up my expectation the movie got so much more enjoyable. Not that its bad, its really good in what it is supposed to be i think, but u have to face it with an open mind for changes to enjoy it. Thats what i think at least
Oh shut up, the ending was shit
Black Jesus yeah, how dare this guy like an ending that you didn’t? 😡😡😡
@@Gio-kg4gb What did u expetet than? Did u really thought they could pack this entire gigantic Story into 90 minutes? It was clear from the beginning that there would be changes and cutbacks. I prefer to be happy with what i got instead of ranting about something i cant change :3
The ending was brilliant! I cry everytime I watch it! when I was watching the movie it actually feels like you are watching a speed run of the game.
@@Baltasar88 thats the spirit! Enjoy what u get and dont cry over what u dont have! But yes i agree it is a emotional rollercoaster
Hi sackchief! I just wanted to take this time and opportunity to say thank you so much for introducing me to Dragon Quest! I have just got Dragon Quest 11 during the holidays last year from a friend of mine and I have been enjoying the game a lot!
I have been watching your videos ever since your video that you uploaded about "Who is Erdrick? And why he DESERVES to be in Smash Bros Ultimate" when during the time when there were leaks and talks about Erdrick from Dragon Quest 3 and Banjo and Kazooie coming to Smash Ultimate which of course both characters were confirmed at E3 2019 alongside with the other Heroes from Dragon Quest 11, Dragon Quest 8, and Dragon Quest 4.
But ever since that video, you had so much great knowledge and did a fantastic job on explaining on what the Dragon Quest games are and how big and essential it is for the JRPG genre of games. Yes, there are other JRPG games like Persona, Final Fantasy, Xenoblade, Tales of, Kingdom Hearts, and especially Pokemon that are also fun JRPG games. But as mentioned perfectly, Dragon Quest is the oldest JRPG video game that started this genre and helped made it big and popular even to this day. Dragon Quest even helped other companies to make their own JRPG video games like the ones that I mentioned and the bunch of other JRPG games out there.
Once I started playing Dragon Quest 11, I said to myself "Dragon Quest truly is a special video game" and I was so amazed by the world, the monsters, the characters, and the story.
Sorry if my comment is long, but I wanted to express to you of how much I am starting to love Dragon Quest and how I am thankful that Dragon Quest 11 is my very first Dragon Quest game to start getting into these beloved games. And it is all thanks to you sackchief. Thank you once again for introducing me to Dragon Quest from the bottom of my heart and starting today I will become a subscriber to your channel. You definitely deserve another subscriber with all of your hard work you put into your Dragon Quest videos.
And before I am done commenting, I have three different Dragon Quest related questions that I would like to ask real quick. Question #1: How did you get into the Dragon Quest games? Question #2# Which is your favorite monster enemy throughout the Dragon Quest games? Question #3: In the Yggdrasil's Altar stage in Smash Ultimate, there is a big huge flying white whale that travels around the stage. Who is that big white whale and what is his purpose in Dragon Quest? If it's a big spoiler to the game, you don't have to answer it.
That's all I like to say. Thank you again sackchief for your videos of Dragon Quest and for helping me understand and getting me into the games. As I said earlier, you earned a brand new subscriber. Also, happy first day of April, time flies so fast. Long live Dragon Quest. 😊😊😊🐉🐉🐉🐲🐲🐲
Hi, thanks for the support. I was introduced to DQ through a demo disc for DQVIII that I got in my Shonen Jump magazine subscription in fourth grade. That was a magazine that had monthly manga in English and it sometimes came with game demos. My favorite monster is Fat Rat from DQII. And you don’t want me answering the last question.
@@sackchief Interesting. I did not know that Shonen Jump magazines came with PS2 demo discs back in the day. That's very cool. Fat Rat from Dragon Quest 2 is a good choice as a monster enemy. For me though, it's so hard to choose from! All of the monsters just has such funny and unique designs to each of the monsters throughout the DQ games. My favorite monster enemies so far are Slime, Dracky, Cruelcumber, Needler, Dancing Devil, Bunicorn, Hammerhood, Golem, Bubble Slime, Eggoskeleton, and Platypunk. Lots of monsters I know, but I love them! Akira Toriyama is the artist in Japan! Also, that's good then that you did not told me on what the whale was. I want to be surprised.
Still, thank you for your responses and answers! 😊👍
This movie definitely made me want to play DQV on mobile, especially as I was in the middle of DQIV when I saw it. Now THAT'S a movie I'd like to see done right and I'd like it to incorporate the post-game content (where Rose is revived and Psaro reverts to his normal form and joins the hero to defeat Aamon).
Speaking from personal experience, I had never played a DQ game (though I was aware of it) and I loved the movie. And I only recently got into the series because of this film.
I never played DQV but this movie reminds me how special video games can be for people. I mean it's basically a player experiencing his favorite game of all time. And that's so awesome.
I first watched the movie as a non-DQ fan and... I loved it.
The finale literally shed me to tears, and I couldn't stop them all the way through the credits.
DQ is extremely important and people wanted a movie that could be as important and well made...
But in my opinion it went WAY BEYOND that.
It's not just a movie about DQ. It's a movie about... Gamers. People who grew up with games.
People say that the finale breaks the immersion, but for me it was the opposite.
With the rest of the movie, my immersion was 100%. With the finale my immersion was... 100000%. I wasn't Luca anymore. I was ME.
The title Your Story ended up being perfect for this.
I didn't see the Virus as a mask for DQ haters. It represented people that view videogames as a waste of time, that tell us to "grow up". We all had those.
The final dialogue from the protagonist put to words what I always wanted to say. And what I always wanted to hear, from somebody else.
I bet everything that in many years from now, Your Story will become one of those movies recognized as ahead of their time, hated at release but appreciated in the future.
I watched it two times and cried both...
Soon, I'll watch it a third time.
Who knows if I'll cry again.
What I know is that thanks to Your Story I am a DQ fan now, and started playing the games. And that Dragon Quest: Your Story is my favorite movie period.
Edit: Oh, and thanks to it now I'm a subscriber of yours, too!
As a DQ fan I loved the twist ending. I loved the film overall!
Not only am i glad to see a cool Dragon Quest channel but also glad your movie review didn't go along the too common lines like "This movie isn't good because it isn't exactly the same as the source" or just general bashing of any movie like most reviewers on CZcams do regardless of it being well liked from what ive seen. Keep up the dope content.
Let me just say I love this movie. The whole thing, then I played a dragon quest for the first time. :D
PS I got so attached to these characters from watching it so I picked Bianca and of course named my kitty Percy. I think this guy's bashing on it slightly too hard through The eyes of a long-time fan of the game. But I agree with the two part thing working.
i feel like the story twist should've been saved into an original dragon quest story tbh. the hacker could've been transported into a dragon quest story and they could be the best friend or maybe even... lover of the usual dragon quest protag. I feel like it would be a good story of someone embracing the story that is given to them by having to be immersed in that story.
Someone being transported into a world that they may hate (maybe for personal reasons) and having a personal connection with the characters as people. I think it would've been a good twist on the standard dragon quest story and could've given this evil hacker character a story arc of some sort.
Okay firstly I've never play any of dragon quest game in my life, secondly I know that dragon quest is a huge game franchise, my first impression of the movie was ," I thought that this movie was very cliche" but holy cow after goin half through the movie I was started to be amazed with the story, man the ending was plot twisted as hell , It was mind-blowing to me , Ive changed my whole perspective of the movie in just less than 2 hours.. all I could say was.. what an awesome experience.. damn..
i loved this film, yeah it has issues but it's fun, and it made me pick up DQ5 and i'm loving it and i'm looking forward to seeing how it all unfolds.
love your video KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK 👌📈😎
Hey SackChief, thanks for making this video. For me sometimes I look back on this movie like "that was the best video game movie I've seen, it did such a good job portraying the feel of the world of Draogn Quest." and sometimes "The ending was bullshit." but I liked the movie a lot overall.
Oh yeah Yangus for Smash by the way.
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I honestly thought that the protagonist's daughter in DQV was superfluous to the plot. Both children have the same lineage, so why is it that only the son can wield the Zenithian equipment and not the daughter? Cutting her out of the film was a smart choice, IMO.
Me: expecting an epic return for sackchief
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For real, glad you're back
This movie is the reason I began playing DQ games. Loved the story. The ending was a little weird, but the story and Characters got me hooked.
great review video, I will try to see this one. I really want a #1 movie!!!!
It's DQ second movie tho, after "The Crest of Roto" (who I think never got out of Japan). Also, we see him meeting Nera in the little portion with NES graphics. And Bianca too
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Just watched this movie I loved it especially the ending when Luka is justifying his feelings for the people and world around him i couldn’t agree with that more there not just video games they’re memories
And also I’ve never played dq5 but I’ve played some of the others so the music still get nostalgic to me I get what you were saying by it’s kinda made for people who have played the game or at least the games
Finally we got our favourite chief back
This movie's actually the reason I became interested in Dragon Quest, I had never played it before. Started with 11S and had a blast
Lowkey highkey I sorta understood most of the story I already sorta knew this was very oriented to the game, and fun fact I loved this movie so much I downloaded DQXI and will download DQV it's a very interesting story and would've loved to explored it much more
Also I was so HYPED to see who was this nimzo enigma, but I still loved that crazy shattered 4th wall break sequence explaining everything
Would've loved to see that u couldve choose an alternate ending where nimzo was the one to show up and stuff
OMFG!! I just finished watching this movie. It is so freaking good. I cried many times. The main character is so cool also he's son. I am so shook after watching this movie. I can't believe i would love it so freaking much. 💖💖💖😘
Btw the movie doesn't have any dull moments. The animation is so beautiful. The movie is almost 2 hours but it feels so short because i freaking want more of it. ☹️
ending was so fucking trash i laughted
dude i have never played dragon quest, but for whatever reason this film played my heart like a guitar. so i am going to buy and download a shit ton of the games and play them later this year
I’ve been a dragon quest fan for a long time but I haven’t played the 5th game yet. Overall I enjoyed the story and kept up with it even without playing it. The way how I define if a movie is good or not is if it is predictable or not. There were so many scenes that caught me by off guard and that made me enjoy it more. I really want to get this game next after I finish DQ Builders 2.
I’m in the process of playing DQ 1 on my phone. I’m like barely level 14. So barely much I know about this series, but I liked this movie a lot. That plot twist though.
Mate, I'm with you as well, I really wanna see Nimzo and a real epic final battle but yeah when I saw the ending I thought, what's going on.. well, what's done is done, I was saying the same that a lot from the game was missing in the movie, I was accepting that for the fact that at least they were sticking with the story but yeah, that ending was something else.
Kevin Anderson here. I must say, as a lifelong Dragon Quest fan. I really loved this Movie and I think it did exactly what it was meant for. What that meaning is may be different for you. The ending was Golden - It left the imagination in an almost unlocked state. It was a feeling of playing the game so well that it had been broken. I know the hacker part was quite strange, but I loved every second of it. And I don't think anyone saw that coming.
what is the best DQ spell in your opinion
I never played the original game, however, I personally really liked this movie. I thought the twist ending was so off the wall, I couldn't help but find it absolutely hilarious. Even hearing you describe the scene made me bust out laughing again cuz of how bizarre and unexpected it was. I did like the message of, "these adventures will always be real to me" because I felt it could be applied to any game we have such strong passionate feelings towards. As someone who is an outsider to the original game, this movie did make me interested in playing DQ5 sometime. To sum it up, as a DQ outsider, I liked this movie and it grew my interest in the series.
I still cannot fathom this movie not even bothering to show him meeting the two girls as a child. A mere 30 seconds of him bumping into Flora & maybe a quick 2 minute jaunt of him & Bianca playing together would have been enough. Even if it meant cutting the Ghost Castle portion out completely, keeping the part where they first meet where they try reading the book together, a short montage showing them playing together, & then the part at the end where she gives him the Ribbon, that scene in particular was absolutely ESSENTIAL to have in this film!
Can you imagine how much more impactful it would have been had they had the scene where Bianca gives child Hero her Ribbon? That would have gone such a huge way in making the watcher gain a connection with these characters! What an absolute flub by the ppl who made this movie... Makes you wonder if the ppl who made it were actually fans, otherwise how would they NOT know how important that scene is??
I never touched DQ5 before watching this movie, nor did I ever even play a dragon quest game. I didn’t think the childhood part of the movie was that confusing that might just be me though. I am one of the people who pay serious attention to every movie I watch
The plot twist felt a bit too jarring for me. It felt a bit of a meme.
I loved everything! Havnt played the game but the only thing i didnt understand was how the staff (!?) undid the stone-spell? Loved the ending very much!
Just got done beating DQ11 and never played DQ5. I loved everything about this film even the ending!
Nicholas Faucett bruh me too, I literally just watched it. The vid is cool but honestly I disagree with almost everything lol. It’s a great movie
This movie took all the budget away from the next seven deadly sins movie
I personally didn’t mind the ending too much. I felt that since DQ5 is a story about lineage and multiple generations that an ending celebrating the passing on of DQ traditions (in this case having the story be a retelling of DQ5) that it fit thematically with the original story. I can completely understand how this ending would totally put fans off, and I did appreciate how it came completely out of left field more so than most people.
Not having played the game before I still found the movie enjoyable still, yes it was a bit confusing with certain stuff but became understandable with time. I do wish the movie was a bit longer to get to know Alus side of the story
For me, the biggest problem with this movie was Dr. Agon not talking like Ned Flanders.
Going into this movie, I already was like "I don't know who's "Story" this is but,this definitely ain't my Story", cause you already know the main dude is obviously gonna choose Bianca.
Deborah all the way!
If anything, I would like them to make a series based on capturing the hacker by going into all the games in an episodic series or something.
Where can i watch it at because i dont feel like paying for a suscription service nor importing it
I was really glad that it was dubbed and that it uses the same localization names as the western DQ games.
Bianca was the absolute highlight of the movie. I always loved her from the game but now I do 10x more. She's so amazing
Same, that was nice
At the time of watching that film I'd only played DQ1 and wasn't sure whether I'd continue playing the games but this movie motivated me to play all of them. I kinda like how choppy the story can be cause it almost makes you appreciate the deeper moments of DQV more. I did think the ending was odd but I liked it visually so much that I was cool with it
As someone who wants to get into DG but hasn’t yet, I gotta admit I enjoyed the movie. It was sloppily paced and the ending was Hideaki Anno levels of strange and on the nose but I kind of loved it. Also the animation is beautiful. Like I’m sorry but I prefer this style leagues ahead of the boring stuff that Pixar and Disney are unfortunately pumping out these days. The virus thing could have worked though had they just foreshadowed it a bit better.
There's room for a sequel to search for the hacker
I actually really enjoyed it! I saw it less as a story and more like a tale(?). Like those short Greek stories where it's condensed despite taking over a period of time, only telling the important points. That prolly helped me enjoy it, time skips and all because it actually helped play into the 'tale' aspect, sticking with only the most important part. But honestly, unless you play some video games, much less at least one Dragon Quest to get the spells, references, and monsters, it's gonna go over people's heads easily. And yeah, the child part was too quick. I actually forgot who the girls were.
Interesting way to look at it
It kinda worked for me in a way because.. I never played DQV and now I wanna play it too. There’s no way even a 4 hour movie would’ve equaled anything the RPG would’ve done cuz I feel that experience is so unique and engaging and intimate.
Just finished the movie for myself. Despite not playing V, I still connected with this movie quite a lot. I've only played the Erdrick Trilogy, 8, and 11, but there were plenty of musical cues, enemies, spells and traditions that I recognized just based on my general knowledge of the series. It made me feel nostalgic for completely different DQ games, which is quite impressive. The story did feel rushed however, and the twist at the end gave me mixed feelings. Despite this, the animations are phenomenal, the visuals are gorgeous, and the overall feel of the movie was very fun and enjoyable. A solid 7/10 movie
I've watched this just now without ANY knowledge of Dragon Quest. I did notice that some things were going by fast and the lack of information in some places but it didn't bother me too much since i was liking the movie. Now about that ending, i was a little surprised but i did like it, the message they wanted to pass was a really good one and it speaks to me a lot although i do understand why DQ fans might not like it. I mean, if i got something like this instead of a boss i was anticipating to appear at the end of a movie about my favorite game, i would be kinda mad too.
i knew very little about the dragon quest games before this but I enjoyed it
14:35 what is/are the best adaptation(s) from a Video Game to a Film for you ?
Most of my "complaints" about this movie are minor nitpicks, such as the daughter, King Korol, and Nimzo not appearing, and the fact that they used Orgodemir's theme instead of Nimzo's for the part where he was supposed to appear. Also, the Metal Slime scene should've had Luka manage to damage one, then they all run away (that's happened to all of us, and it's always heartbreaking). Everything else I was willing to accept. Yes, that includes the ending. I felt that it made sense, and it helped certain things slot into place, like certain sections of the story getting skipped (IRL Luka chose to skip those parts). And it didn't feel like "pandering", it felt like a fellow fan of this incredible series putting into words how we feel about it. To be fair, though, you're right about this film not exactly being friendly to newcomers. I probably would've had a harder time following along if I didn't already know the story of Dragon Quest V by heart.
In the end, I really do love this film. It's like a love letter to fans of the game. And I embrace the changes because it's not "Dragon Quest: Madason's Story", it's "Dragon Quest: Your Story". Luka is the hero, and so are you.
I went into this film thinking it was an adaptation, but instead it ended up being a love letter.
Finally watched it for myself today and I pretty well agree with this. The pacing and omission of many plotpoints was honestly really bugging me until the ending in a weird way. The ommisions make sense given the meta version of the twist, that it is a guy playing this VR version of DQ5, so they can't have someone going through the entire story for too long.
But the virus was completely out of left field and contributed nothing, if anything only distracted me because of questions such as, "Why is this here? Shouldn't somebody have noticed this and removed it from the official release? Wouldn't players complain about it? Or is Luca the first one to discover it?" It's incredibly odd.
I appreciated the sentimentality of it, and if I were to do the "It was a game twist" I think maybe after the ending scene from the game have the goggles lift up and have Luca walk out. Maybe then there can be a short epilogue as maybe he either goes home and starts to replay DQ5 on the famicom or something oike that as the Overture starts coming in foe the credits. I feel like then we could get the sentimental fanservice/nostalgia bait without some of the nonsense.
I watched the movie as soon as it got on Netflix. At that time, I never played DQV, but I played several other DQ games and I would absolutely consider myself a fan of the series. I freaking loved the movie that first time around! For me, it truly captured the feeling of playing a Dragon Quest game, something I wish more video game movies/TV shows did. The plot twist was corny as hell, but as a person who loves JRPGs, I was the choir that was being preached to, so I loved the message, no matter how hamfisted it was.
I ended up ordering a copy of the DS game thanks to the movie and I’ve been chipping away at it ever since. I just finished it and immediately went back to rewatch Your Story. I honestly think the movie works better if you haven’t played the game; now that I know the game plot firsthand, I see what they cut or changed to keep the runtime reasonable, whereas I had no issue filling in the blanks initially with my imagination knowing the general atmosphere of DQ. Still, I wholeheartedly enjoyed the visuals, what it did to try to be faithful to the source material, and god, I loved all the fight scenes so much! I loved the ending just as much on this second viewing. It really does just appeal to me as a fan of JRPGs and video games as a whole. It’s flawed, but I honestly think this is currently the best video game movie adaptation there is
It's a very great movie. I loved it so much, but the ending kinda ruin it for me :( this sounds like exaggerating but I can't sleep that night.
Unpopular opinion : I think DQ8 can be a good movie too
Didn't play the game itself but as a fan of DQ I actually loveeed it
and yes 40min more would've been great
the advantage of being pessimistic is to be pleasantly surprised if it works / happens.
Watched this movie after playing builders, and yes I thought the story was strange and had no idea it was based on game 5. But I expected the ending since the ending of builders 2 talks about the world being an illusion and not until the end where you take the world back from the final boss of the game who also sits inside your friend's body just like that 9 tail monster sits inside Naruto...
I'm 35 years old and i dont grow up with DQ, cause we dont have that in Germany.
but the twist ending burst me in to tears.
i never played DQ5. but the twist ending ist kind of my story.
that is what the movie want to be.
I just watched this movie, and even though I love the DQ series, I've never played DQ V, nor did I know anything about it except that a character named Bianca exists. Yet I found the film thoroughly enjoyable!!
It felt a bit rushed at the beginning, but once you get into the heart of the story the pacing improves dramatically. And it's gorgeous the whole time!
And yes, there were still many shortcomings besides pacing - such as a lack of character development and a reliance on the audience having a basic familiarity with the DQ series - but based on sheer entertainment value alone I can recommend it to anyone who has even glimpsed a little blue blob!
7.5/10
I never played any of the dragon quest games but I still really enjoyed this
When will this livestream happen?
Also sorry for double commenting.
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