The Shamer's Daughter

I don't know what movie these ratings over zero watched, but after viewing this disaster of a fantasy flick, I can only wonder what where they drinking to come up with those sparkling reviews for a film that was sooooo weak of substance. Yeah it's a fantasy film, but as for standard operating procedure with script writers we are burdened with characters who are dumber than a brick, make every conceivable wrong choice of action imaginable. And in this case we have a mother and daughter team whose gifts are the ability to see the truth in people and bring it to the surface. Yet the mother allowed herself to be thrown in the dungeon and nearly fed to an over-sized lizard. So the daughter steps up and convinces the crowd that Draken is the guilty party, so a mini fight ensues. Nico the rightful heir frees the mother yet when given the opportunity to drive his sword through the neck of Drakan. Turns and runs away. Now they make it to a small sailboat and I guess end up back at the Shamer's mother village to celebrate. But they did not slay Drakan which was totally stupid given he had the chance to end it all right there. Again with stupid characters making every wrong decision imaginable, and I guess that is supposed to cause viewers with an IQ above 20 to want to watch part two??? Nope, once was more than enough and frankly if I had to pay to watch this drivel, I would be seeking the advice of a good attorney to address the assault on my intelligence.

The first ten minutes were INTENSE!! Full ten stars!! But you can usually tell the targeted audience, by the age of the protagonist. It quickly becomes clear, that this is a movie for tween-age viewers. There is some compelling suspense; and "thriller" quality action, when they confront the tyrant. But yeah, the ending. They flee to some Camelot; which will undoubtedly be threatened by Kraken or Kragen or whoever; in part two. Seen on Tubi, the free streaming site, which has a variety of movies; and now, live TV.

I was completely enchanted by Rebecca Emilie Sattrup, that angelic look and face, mesmerizing, a great Danish film, photography, costumes and perfect settings, the very moving and convincing magical and dramatic story, the dragon *. *, All very captivating, I fell in love...

So, the negative reviews for this movie have two topics: 1) The ending. If you are one of those who can´t stand a movie without the typical 08/15 Hollywood happy ending with the bad guys dead and the hero riding into the sunset, you better stay away from this movie. If your taste in movies isn´t yet ruined by the cliche, keep reading. 2) The movie being inspired by GoT. Not having watched GoT, I am free from comparing them, so I don´t see any flaws there. And IIRC, fans weren´t exactly happy about the ending of the series either... And let´s be honest - it is extremly hard by now to NOT resemble anything already made. For me, it reminded me a bit of LotR at times with the hobbit like look of the main character and the Rivendell lookalike. But that´s okay. If you are able to rate the movie for what it is, you will most likely end at 6 stars or higher. I found the characters to be convincing enough (surprisingly especially the younger cast), with the main character reminding me of Elizabeth Mitchell regarding the grace and kindness in her mimic. The special effects were pretty good and the story is well written, so all in all, it is a solid movie. Nothing groundbreaking or genre redefining, but definitely worth a watch.