Pete's Dragon (1977)
7/10
Disney puts its money where its mouth is
4 October 2002
I love dragons! I think they're great, and I think it's all probably because of this fun-filled Disney movie. Now I'm not normally one to sing the praises of Disney films but this time I have to tip my cap to them. Why? Well, this film does exactly what it says on the box. It's about this boy called Pete who has an invisible dragon for a friend. Wonderful!

Okay, so the dragon is invisible, but we do get to see him from time to time and he's quite a funny fellow too! But, there are a lot of other films out there who love to insinuate that there'll be a dragon somewhere in the movie; Red Dragon, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Enter the Dragon, The Last Dragon and the list goes on. But guess what? No dragons!

When will Hollywood learn that they can't keep cheating the movie going public, with blatant misnaming of their films? Imagine if I'd taken my 8-year-old son to watch Red Dragon? Can you imagine how upset and traumatised he'd be, when by the end of the film there was no dragon? Come on Ridley Scott, if you want to see how to make a proper dragon movie, I suggest you watch Pete's Dragon and learn something about filmmaking!
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