It’s absolutely as terrible as others are reviewing. I haven’t even known a third movie was made until much later, let alone seen it. I decided to watch out of curiosity after reading the original book for a second time.
There’s nothing redeeming about this film. It’s done cheaply as if it were only a knockoff version of the original. Even the book, with its Auryn symbol are redesigned. I’m curious if there was a problem with securing the original rights. I know it’s supposed to be a kids movie, but it’s so bad, I think even kids would hate it.
Story wise, there’s hardly any consistency in the characters or their design when it comes to the puppets. Falkor is even less like a luck dragon and more like a lazy, floppy dog. The cheesiness in this movie is overwhelming even for it’s time.
Atreyu is completely left out and the Childlike Empress is played by an adult.
Skip it.