Movie of the Week

Since this blog's creation, Katie and I have discussed doing a Movie of the Week feature. Each week, we'll pick a movie that isn't necessarily recent and rave about it while encouraging you to watch it. The point of this is to spread movie knowledge all around. We've discussed what we'd like to have be our first featured movie, and there was really only one option. This week, we proudly present Flight of Dragons.

Flight of Dragons

James Earl Jones as an evil wizard. Do I really have to say more? This is one of those classic 80s animation gems that you wish you could forget but you love it too much. No, it's not Disney. Believe it or not, there were other animated movies once made that weren't the children of Dreamworks, Pixar, or Disney. In addition to the vocal awesomeness of James Earl Jones, John Ritter stars as the main character Peter Dickenson. According to IMDB, the plot is...well, their summaries are all crap.

You must understand, this movie was a key part of my childhood. It was up there with The Last Unicorn and Little Nemo. This was the earliest Geek moment of my life, since it took me until I was seven to discover Star Wars. Tragically, I have yet to find this epic movie on DVD. But if you feel up to it, you might be able to find it somewhere.

Anyway, this one isn't exactly high art. But it's vastly enjoyable, especially since the dragons and wizarding council members just have so much personality. And with dialogue like "Summon the silver owls of the full moon! Summon them, I say," you'll be believing that crappy 80's animation truly is the most powerful magic of all.

And let's not forget the CLASSIC Flight of Dragons theme song, written and performed by Don McLean, the same guy who wrote the always epic "American Pie."

It's too good to be missed, ladies and gentlemen. Too good.

~Katie & Lauren