The Reluctant Dragon

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Robert P @Superbad Sep 24, 2026 The Reluctant Dragon = a 3.5 star Movie! See more Ben W @Username618 Apr 25, 2026 Seem to remember this as an ok self aware film. See more Luiz Eduardo R @RT29623279 Aug 23, 2025 Crítica resumida – O Dragão Relutante (1941) O Dragão Relutante é um encantador passeio pelos estúdios da Walt Disney durante sua Era de Ouro. O filme apresenta de forma leve e divertida todas as etapas da produção de uma animação, desde a ideia inicial até a exibição final, funcionando como um recurso valioso para qualquer fã do gênero por seu caráter informativo. As fases do processo são mostradas com muito bom humor e ilustradas por curtas criativos. Entre eles, se destacam Baby Weems, que demonstra na prática a importância do storyboard, e o poético curta do Dragão, que dá nome ao longa. Uma obra curiosa e didática, que une entretenimento e bastidores. Nota 7/10. See more Dale R @iromulus9 Aug 28, 2023 I did enjoy this movie for what it was: a story wrapped around an educational movie about how Disney creates their animated movies. I wish they would do this again in modern times as the process has changed a lot over the past 70+ years. Cute story, fair acting, some classic Disney animation, check it out if you're curious. See more Jacob B @RT89309114 Jul 17, 2023 While undermined by an animators' strike that was going on at the time and, as is to be expected from a product of the 1940's, has outdated imagery with stereotypical racial caricatures and the titular character behaving in an annoying camp gay fashion The Reluctant Dragon, technically Disney's first live-action film, is a cute, if short, film. There isn't much of a plot to speak of and everything is staged in an audience-friendly presentation but it is interesting to see how the animation process worked back in the day and the cartoons we see throughout are enjoyable. They're drawn well and are quite funny though I wouldn't be lying if I said that I preferred the Goofy cartoon over the one which is supposed to be the main focus. The actual Reluctant Dragon short isn't bad, just rather basic and I can understand why Walt Disney didn't turn it into a feature film since, even with the artistic liberties they usually take with pre-existing source material, I suspect the original book barely had enough material to cover 15-20 minutes. Make no mistake, this was made for financial purposes - to recoup the losses of Pinocchio and Fantasia - but at least this tried a different approach going for a pseudo-documentary style unlike modern Disney which tends to hide behind safe projects that won't damage the brand's image. While not a massive gamble, it still felt like something daring although I probably wouldn't go as far as to call it a risky endeavour. Also, on one final note, amusing to learn that Disney beat Pixar to the punch decades before with in-film sneak peeks for their upcoming projects with a scene dedicated to making an animation cel for the then-upcoming Bambi. Probably would've been hyped if it weren't for the growing threat of WWII and sooner or later, America couldn't stay on the sidelines any longer. See more aarjun l @RT30754542 Jun 19, 2022 this is a behind of the scences of disney movies. it very informative on how they used to create films. i did not enjoy the whole skit of him avoiding the tour guide See more Read all reviews

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