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Pete's Dragon
Film
FilmPG2016
Pete's Dragon
Directed by David Lowery
For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales... until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And… From TMDB
153 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
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Pete's Dragon is a 2016 adventure family fantasy film, directed by David Lowery, starring Oakes Fegley, Bryce Dallas Howard and Wes Bentley.
- 138 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Lemmy, Mastodon
- posts span Aug 13, 2016 to Nov 5, 2026
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60 of 153 · most liked firstnot necessarily my favorite media but my cinnamon buns, too good for this world, too pure: - Calvin and Hobbes - Mythbusters - Sesame Street - The Princess Bride (book and movie) - Pete's Dragon (old version) - Dinotopia (the illustrated books) - Nova
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm watching Pete's Dragon with my kids, and I forgot that they film opens with a jaunty little musical number about child abuse. The 70s were a different time!
neutral · AI labelView post →The only remake that improves upon its original is Pete's Dragon and (thus) is not remaking a fully animated film. It, in fact, remakes a bad film into a good one! Disney has not improved upon any of its good films, only tarnished its own animation studio in the process.
positive · AI labelView post →Unlike their two Oscar-winners, "Candle on the Water"-PETE'S DRAGON (1977)- by Joel Hirschhorn #BOTD and Kasha is integral to the film, not a background song. It is Sherman Brothers-level songwriting. Here, delivered with heart-breaking poignance by the legendary Helen Reddy. 2/2 #filmsky #moviesky
neutral · AI labelView post →Mine are: - William Daniels who I, like many Millennials, knew only as Mr Feeney - Basically all the adults in the 1977 Pete's Dragon. I had no idea they were well-established actors before that movie until much later.
neutral · AI labelView post →I liked MOTHER MARY a good bit but Lowery's best movie is still PETE'S DRAGON.
positive · AI labelView post →"Pete's Dragon" on vinyl. Still love the movie, the soundtrack, and Jim Dale as Dr. Terminus.
positive · AI labelView post →Painting, Acrylic on mineral fiber ceiling tile, in my basement ceiling. Elliott, from Disney’s 1977 film, “Pete’s Dragon”. Made before my time, but still a lifelong favorite. #Disney #PetesDragon #Elliott #AcrylicPaint
positive · AI labelView post →Disney's been trying. 'Once More With Feeling' is a whole podcast about the reboots. Did you know Disney remade Pete's Dragon and The Shaggy Dog? I didn't.
neutral · AI labelView post →By now, a few friends of mine HAVE pointed out that it is possible for a new adaptation of a familiar story or film to work, bringing up 2016's Pete's Dragon, 2015's Cinderella, 2021's Cruella, and now, as I am reminded, 2018's Christopher Robin. Now I am genuinely curious to see where this goes...
neutral · AI labelView post →#OctoberMovieChallenge #Moviesky #Filmsky 20. Mystical creature in a movie Pete's Dragon
neutral · AI labelView post →Like if you want a movie for a 10-year-old that has a dragon in it, what are your options here really? Dragonheart is watchable but deeply corny but it counts, Pete's Dragon remake counts but it's sort of a mossy puppy.
neutral · AI labelView post →Now Watching: Pete's Dragon (1977) w/ @aquajetazumarill.bsky.social I've never seen this film before, so.. let's see what all this is about.
neutral · AI labelView post →if you want to see a very underrated Redford movie, watch David Lowery's beautiful Pete's Dragon from 2016 which is probably the most and hardest i have ever cried in a theatre
positive · AI labelView post →My favorite Disney Remake film the 2016 version of Pete's Dragon next to the 1996 remake of 101 Dalmatians, unlike the other live-action Disney remakes out there #Gif #Dragon #Disney #PetesDragon
positive · AI labelView post →5 Historical Figures Who Claimed to Have Seen Dragons. >In Disney's 1977 film Pete's Dragon, Mickey Rooney's character runs around singing, "A dragon! A dragon! I swear I saw a dragon!" As the town drunk, however, everyone laughs it off, which is likely what many of us would do today if someone claimed a dragon sighting. But there was a time when the existence of dragons wasn't in question, and even prominent leaders and explorers claimed to have seen them. >Legends of dragons were given…
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching the 1977 film, Pete's Dragon and I cannot imagine a children's movie today featuring a visibly drunk main character and a tavern scene with everyone dancing and being drenched by barrels of ale, lol. We GenXers were not being protected from anything! I was probably 5 or 6 when I saw this!
neutral · AI labelView post →Duke of York's, Brighton although I only knew it as the 'pictures' where I saw Pete's Dragon ... don't remember the film at all but found the cinema because I vividly recall it's next to a fire station and there was a shout as mum & I were crossing in front of the doors , would've been early 80s
neutral · AI labelView post →#FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥 #DisSky #Disney 🐭🏰 20 of your favorite Disney films. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just gifs. Day 12: Pete's Dragon
neutral · AI labelView post →The live action Pete's Dragon movie was actually really good
positive · AI labelView post →Day 6: A word you learned from a song It's hard for me to think of an instance where I know I learned a word from a song. I remember seeing the movie Pete's Dragon in the theater when I was 4, and I loved the song, "It's Not Easy." I sang it often, so I'm guessing that's where I learned "mammal."
neutral · AI labelView post →#julyatthemusicals #musicchallenge 7.25 sung by female Candle on the Water from Pete's Dragon Helen Reddy 1977 Sung on a lighthouse built for the film, this beautiful song lost the Grammy to 'You Light Up My Life' which most thought was a romantic love song lol. Travesty! youtu.be/VGbsrrkZm1s
neutral · AI labelView post →I think the only good director of any of these Disney live action films who managed to do something interesting with it was Dave Lowery with Pete's Dragon but then his Peter Pan movie didn't work out very well.
positive · AI labelView post →Every time I see one of these orchids in the conservatory at Biltmore Estate, I think of the cartoon dragon in the '70s Pete's Dragon movie...
neutral · AI labelView post →Pete's Dragon was a weird musical film from the 70's about an orphan boy named Pete with an animated dragon named Elliott who escapes a cruel foster family and befriends a lighthouse keeper's daughter all the while an evil doctor wants the dragon. Also Don Bluth directed the animation of Elliott.
neutral · AI labelView post →There's a common thread that exists among children of the 70s & 80s. It's an encyclopedic knowledge of every Disney movie made before we were born. Born in 76? 79? 84? No matter. You were raised on Betamax copies of Pete's Dragon, Bedknobs & Broomsticks, Fantasia & Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
neutral · AI labelView post →happy 10th birthday anniversary to Disney's Pete's Dragon film Suicide Squad film Sausage Party film Rio Summer Olympics Blackpink: Boombayah song Blackpink Square one song
neutral · AI labelView post →I say it all the time, I cannot be bothered to have strong reactions about live-action Disney remakes one way or the other, except for Cinderella, The Jungle Book, and Pete's Dragon. That being said, the Moana remake looks kinda bad. Remade the wrong Clements & Musker movie.
positive · AI labelView post →What is an underrated performance in an underseen film? #filmsky #moviesky Jim Dale as Dr. Terminus in Pete's Dragon (1977)
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched a YT video about Pete's Dragon the other day. Absolute car crash of a production that showed how out of touch Disney was at the time. It was probably the first Disney film I was aware of as a kid. Never seen it though. Bafflingly, it got remade about a decade ago.
neutral · AI labelView post →Like... you guys gotta understand that we will never get a movie that looks quite like Roger Rabbit or Pete's Dragon again because in 2019, people decided that Lickitung with humanlike flesh and a realistic tongue with visible taste buds was okay.
neutral · AI labelView post →Here is Dragon Roodey and Fin celebrating Dragon Ball's 40th anniversary, alongside another version of my version of Elliott based on the 2015 Pete's Dragon movie. #DragonBall40thAnniversary #majinbuu #PetesDragon #Fanart #OC
neutral · AI labelView post →Looking at our silly little guy that is Wally Wackford and his classic snake oil salesman image, it brings to mind this hilarious classic Disney film "Pete's Dragon" musical number, performed by the ever-charming Jim Dale as a wacky, phony physician. youtu.be/QHboMLW-Zn0?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Drop an underrated movie. Everyone should just list underseen Robert Redford films: - Sneakers - All is Lost - The Old Man and the Gun (semi-recent & lauded but seemingly forgotten) - Pete's Dragon (the remake) ALL worth a watch!! #FilmSky #Movies #WhattoWatch
neutral · AI labelView post →The biggest problem disney films across the board face is that they are all so expensive, corporate insists on pixel fucking every frame to de risk the projects, leaving them without anything creatively valuable. Like David Lowery on Pete's Dragon. 50 mil budget minimal fucking. good movie
positive · AI labelView post →Me too. One of the three films my dad took me to see at the cinema. The other two were Pete's Dragon and (a rerelease of) The Jungle Book.
neutral · AI labelView post →Doc Brevon and Serpy (inspired from the movie Pete's Dragon) #freedomplanet #fanart #art
neutral · AI labelView post →Damsel just came out this year. Haven't seen it yet, but the trailers looked good. The d&d movie, honor amongst thieves has a damn fun dragon scene in it, and it's more than a simple one-off imo. It's borderline though, might not be what you're looking for exactly, but worth watching. There was also an older d&d movie that was built around dragons. As a movie it was kinda meh, but the dragon parts were decent. That's the one that *wasn't* on the syfy channel. The TV one was meh across the…
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching Pete's Dragon for the first time. This movie is ADORABLE.
positive · AI labelView post →Aside from Jungle Book, Cinderella, Pete's Dragon, and even Aladdin, pretty much a lot of the Disney live-action remakes are nightmare fuel. I'm glad they decided to cancel the Robin Hood remake since that would've more than likely been the 2019 Cats movie all over again.
neutral · AI labelView post →HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY, #JoeRoss! He appeared 2x on #Bewitched - S7s "Samantha's Old Man" as Waiter and S8s "Serena's Richcraft" as Steward. He appeared on ‘The Brady Bunch,’ ‘That Girl,’ and ‘Charlie's Angels’ to name a few shows. He was also in 1977's Disney movie "Pete's Dragon."
neutral · AI labelView post →On the one hand, much like the Cinderella/Jungle Book/Pete's Dragon trilogy, the Tim Burton film was clearly grafted from the ground up, and not made by committee, but the root of bad faith illiteracy from Beauty and the Beast 2017 onwards was there from the beginning. Same with Maleficent.
neutral · AI labelView post →Combine two film titles to make a new film: Wag The Dog Day Afternoon Dear John Wick The Empire Strikes Back to The Future Enter Pete's Dragon When Dirty Harry Met Sally The Lion In Winter Soldier
neutral · AI labelView post →It was a re-release of PETE'S DRAGON in the early 80s. The movie itself I don't remember much of (that screening, anyway, it became a staple on VHS), but one of the trailers was for FLASH GORDON, which freaked the bejeezus out of four-year-old me.
neutral · AI labelView post →Not enough people talk about Pete's Dragon. Everything about that movie should be nightmare fuel but I loved it as a kid.
positive · AI labelView post →Watched Pete's Dragon (2016) with my 9 y.o. last night & there was a Bonnie Prince Billy song and Leonard Cohen song early, both of which I remarked on, so the rest of the film anytime a song played her head whipped toward me "do you know this? do you know this singer?"
neutral · AI labelView post →How to Train Your Dragon was a perfect movie just as The Lion King was a perfect movie. Not saying live action remakes can never be good but why do they keep coming for the greats? Go back to remaking Pete's Dragon again. At least you had some room to improve.
neutral · AI labelView post →Pete's Dragon was the first "first run" movie I remember seeing, when I was six. Though the first couple were re-releases, also in 1977: Bambi (1942) and Mary Poppins (1964). There were no VCRs then, so they'd re-release movies all the time in theaters, and as kids we just thought they were new.
neutral · AI labelView post →3 November 1977: Live action/animated musical fantasy film ‘Pete's Dragon’, directed by Don Chaffey, was released in the US. Rotten Tomatoes score: 60% Letterboxd score: 3.1 (62%) #FilmSky #TodayAtTheMovies
neutral · AI labelView post →She reminds me of the old woman in the movie "Pete's Dragon."
neutral · AI labelView post →true dragon, symbolized here by Dragonite becoming a more European looking dragon, it's bulkier body and friendly nature reminescent of Eliott from 1977 Disney movie Pete's Dragon. This association with pearls and Dragonite being known as "Guardian of the Sea" for its- 2/
neutral · AI labelView post →It's crazy that the trailers for The Last Guardian were so striking and memorable that they inspired two video games (Papo & Yo and Majin & The Forsaken Kingdom) and possibly 1 movie (Pete's Dragon 2016) before the actual game even came out.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm very much in Team Lowery, but then he took a film that I hate with a passion called hate (personally) and remade something genuinely quite special (Pete's Dragon) I would be. I also think Vox Lux should be a genre all developing filmmakers try at least once
positive · AI labelView post →@film-authority.bsky.social So after our chat, I was feeling nostalgic and went to see if anybody had done a reaction to the '77 Pete's Dragon. Not so much. ONE group of young people (most of whom had already seen it) were watching it though.
neutral · AI labelView post →Oddly enough I watched a movie with a similar invisible protagonist last night...Pete's Dragon! Must have been something in the air...
neutral · AI labelView post →The marriage of 2 loves: furries and Disney's "Pete's Dragon" (1977). Based on the song description, and designed for my own body type as a fursuit. Elliott was one of my favorite characters as a kid, and the song "It's Not Easy" is still one of my favorite film allegories for tolerance.
neutral · AI labelView post →Jeez, imagine what sort of movie Pete's Dragon would've been like if Pete and Elliott had gone around shooting arseholes with lasers. XD
neutral · AI labelView post →Of all his (many) incredible performances the Robert Redford moment that sticks with me the most is in the Pete's Dragon remake. He's telling his daughter about how the experience of seeing a dragon when he was younger affected his worldview. Gets me emotional every time, pure acting magic.
positive · AI labelView post →I've watched Digby The Biggest Dog In The World this morning. (Still on a comfort film kick, I may even try and squeeze in Pete's Dragon as Jim Dale is 90 today.)
neutral · AI labelView post →Irwin Kostal, who did the score for this film, is the same man behind PETE'S DRAGON (77), CHARLOTTE'S WEB (73), BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS (71) and of course, MARY POPPINS (64.) You can hear his distinct musical signature in all of his work. #TCMParty #TheSoundOfMusic #SummerUnderTheStars
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