POLL: Best Movie Dragons?

[Yutyrannus]

I was curious what everyone thinks are the top three best movie dragons, so I'm starting this poll. I'm very interested to see what the results are.

[Crackington]

Good idea for a thread, but aren't you missing some classic dragons? Ray Harryhausen's take on this in the "7th Voyage of Sinbad" was pretty good, then's there Disneys "Sleeping Beauty" dragon and of course Donkey's girlfriend in "Shrek".

There were also some pretty neat dragons in the "Reign of Fire" film a few years back.

Could you expand the selection please?

[brandem]

And the dragon from dragonslayer, a classic

[CityRaptor]

Also King Ghidorah.

[Gwangi]

Also missing Toothless from "How to Train Your Dragon". And though they're from a TV show, the dragons from "Game of Thrones" should probably count. There is also Smaug from the animated Hobbit movie, the dragon from "Pete's Dragon". You left a longer list of dragons out than included in the poll!

[Patrx]

What about the Dragonzord? 

[brandem]

Well if we add animated dragons we have to throw in haku from spirited away

[Simon]

When you talk of the greatest movie dragon of all time, the only argument is about the SECOND best dragon.

The hands-down-no-competition-at-all-winner:



The same film also gives us the greatest fantasy movie villain of all time, Sokurah the Magician (played by Torrin Thatcher):

[Simon]

This poll is RIDICULOUS without Harryhausen's dragon from the "Seventh Voyage of Sinbad" in the running.

Admin:  I respectfully suggest erasing the results, adding this dragon and then re-starting the thread.

I mean - would you do a poll about the greatest baseball player and leave Babe Ruth off the list of choices?  Or soccer players without having Pele as a choice?

Really?  Well then, THIS is what I think of this poll 

[Simon]

Well if we add animated dragons we have to throw in haku from spirited away

All of the movie dragons (except men in suits) are animated .... stop-motion was the coolest way to do it before CGI animation.  That said, we ought to be able to compare them, because the coolness and iconic factor, as well as special effect quality, are part of the mix.  Given that Harryhausen's 1958 dragon STILL looks cool today, you can imagine what it looked like to people when the movie first came out.

I repeat, without having it as one of the choices makes this poll meaningless .... unless this poll is actually about the best TALKING movie dragon, which generally is where I get off the bus ... never liked the concept ...

[Yutyrannus]

Well if we add animated dragons we have to throw in haku from spirited away

All of the movie dragons (except men in suits) are animated .... stop-motion was the coolest way to do it before CGI animation.  That said, we ought to be able to compare them, because the coolness and iconic factor, as well as special effect quality, are part of the mix.  Given that Harryhausen's 1958 dragon STILL looks cool today, you can imagine what it looked like to people when the movie first came out.

I repeat, without having it as one of the choices makes this poll meaningless .... unless this poll is actually about the best TALKING movie dragon, which generally is where I get off the bus ... never liked the concept ...

I don't think it's the best but I do see your point about how it looked cooler before CGI. I reset the poll.

How could you not like talking dragons? Dragons are supposed to talk.

[brandem]

Well if we add animated dragons we have to throw in haku from spirited away

All of the movie dragons (except men in suits) are animated .... stop-motion was the coolest way to do it before CGI animation.  That said, we ought to be able to compare them, because the coolness and iconic factor, as well as special effect quality, are part of the mix.  Given that Harryhausen's 1958 dragon STILL looks cool today, you can imagine what it looked like to people when the movie first came out.

I repeat, without having it as one of the choices makes this poll meaningless .... unless this poll is actually about the best TALKING movie dragon, which generally is where I get off the bus ... never liked the concept ...

I should specify dragons from animated movies

[brandem]

And the fire breathing lizard from Sinbad was the Taro right? It seems to be lacking the wings of the other dragons on the list does it count as a dragon if it had no wings?

[Yutyrannus]

And the fire breathing lizard from Sinbad was the Taro right? It seems to be lacking the wings of the other dragons on the list does it count as a dragon if it had no wings?

It counts as a dragon, though he was never in a movie Glaurung didn't have wings.

[Yutyrannus]

Oh, and of course if we're talking about the best movie dragons, I have to post this :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiUOp9kN3b0

[Simon]

Well if we add animated dragons we have to throw in haku from spirited away

All of the movie dragons (except men in suits) are animated .... stop-motion was the coolest way to do it before CGI animation.  That said, we ought to be able to compare them, because the coolness and iconic factor, as well as special effect quality, are part of the mix.  Given that Harryhausen's 1958 dragon STILL looks cool today, you can imagine what it looked like to people when the movie first came out.

I repeat, without having it as one of the choices makes this poll meaningless .... unless this poll is actually about the best TALKING movie dragon, which generally is where I get off the bus ... never liked the concept ...

I don't think it's the best but I do see your point about how it looked cooler before CGI. I reset the poll.

How could you not like talking dragons? Dragons are supposed to talk.

HOORAY!!  (Off to vote)   

[Yutyrannus]

Out of curiosity, what were you're other two choices?

[Simon]

C'mon oldtimers!  Stoneage?  Lets give some props to Ray Harryhausen here!  Taro will settle for nothing but #1!!!!!!!!!

[Simon]

Out of curiosity, what were you're other two choices?

Taro was my ONLY choice.   

I am not a fan of dragons.  Except for THAT one.  This was my favorite movie as a kid, and is STILL my favorite fantasy movie. 

When it was re-released in theaters in 1976, I went and saw it 14 times, and learned it by HEART.  Then I wrote down the entire movie script, then went back to make sure I didn't forget anything.  I am pretty single-minded by nature.

One thing about that movie - in 1976 the color of the re-released film was PRISTINE - loud and absolutely GARISHLY TECHNICOLOR.  I hope that the anniversary DVD release has restored that color - the photos on the web are NOTHING like what the color in the movies actually looked like.  It was so-over-the-top that it reminded me of the "Electric Blue Technicolor" of the mid-1940s movie musicals....

[brandem]

Taro was a great creature in a great film but Vermithrax, done by ilm, was such a dragon in the classic sense as well(menacing, lone monster he/she even took virgin sacrifices) George rr Martin said it was the greatest dragon put to film and even got name dropped in the game of thrones tv series.