ChikPapa
Very disappointed :(
Sexyloutak
Absolutely the worst movie.
ChanFamous
I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.
Janae Milner
Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
Torrin-McFinn77
I really enjoyed the original and used to watch it many times. But this was a nice little update with several changes. We get the orphan boy, his sympathetic and loving dragon friend, and a community of concerned and fearful humans. It was not at all predictable and offered the same story with a different style. I rented this and enjoyed it, though it's not my absolute-favorite remake. Cinderella (2015) and The Jungle Book (2016) are tied for my favorite Disney remake. And let's hope that The Lion King in 2019 will do more justice. But back to Pete's Dragon. This was a nice update with a more modern setting. And the ending I did not see coming. Much different than the original. I don't remember the new film's ending too well, but you'll have to see it in order to believe it. I'll leave it at that.
jessebesse
It had an orphan named Pete and a dragon named Elliot and nothing else. This isn't a remake it's a new movie that copied a story about an orphan named Pete and his dragon. The pretentious Hollywood writers (who must be to young to know we didn't wear seat belts in 1983, or that if air breaks lose pressure they actually set) should've changed Pete and Elliott's name and called this movie something else. The original, that had to use a drawn in dragon, stomped all over this movie. What a disappointment.
Michael Ledo
Pete loses his parents in an auto accident and then cheerfully runs away with a dragon. He lives for 6 years in the northern forests around Mill Haven wearing a jungle lion cloth and no shoes. Ever step on a pine cone while running barefoot? He is spotted by Natalie (Oona Laurence) and is semi-forced to live with her family, who are lovers of the forest. Then there are the "evil" loggers, King Kong gets captured, escapes, falls from the Empire State Building, and if he had wings, the story would of had a different ending.In spite of a few small downer spots, actually minimized by Disney, the film was upbeat and fun for the whole family. Certainly light years better than BFG, but as an adult, I prefer "The Secret Life of Pets" not saying this was bad, just nor as sophisticated in its humor.Kids film with no fart or urination humor. It is very formula. Filmed in New Zealand for the old forest effect.
HotToastyRag
While the opening scene of Pete's Dragon might seem a little kid-unfriendly, you can rest assured that nothing bad is going to happen to the title character. A little boy is seen in a car with his parents, driving down a deserted road in a forest. In a terrible car accident, the boy's parents are killed, and the boy is rescued by a dragon.Six years later, the boy is still living in the forest with his dragon, happy and healthy. But, as always happens in movies, when someone leaves their cozy surroundings and enter the real world, trouble ensues. Oakes Fegley plays Pete, and he gives a terribly heartbreaking performance. I always marvel at little children who can act in front of the camera.While the majority of people who are going to want to see this movie are those who grew up with and enjoyed the 1972 original, I watched it for Robert Redford. Bryce Dallas Howard plays a forest ranger, and Redford plays her father. Most of the grown-ups in the movie don't believe the boy when he claims to have been raised by a dragon, but Robert Redford does. Of course he does; he's Robert Redford! There are some exciting moments, some moments that probably are a little upsetting for kids, and some beautiful surroundings—it was filmed in New Zealand. But, all in all, it's not my favorite kiddy movie, and it's not one I'll probably want to rent again.
