when you start watch this animation masterpiece and you quickly notice and that it a european production . although the european have ( sadly ) integrate some of the clichés you would normally find in an american production of this kind and most be miss . one of these be that there be an overwhelming evil that only our ( very few and very unlikely ) hero can vanquish . another be that one of the group be only in the business for the money and be greedy and run away when the heat be up but somehow give in to his good nature . this movie would have be good off without both . the movie be base upon a tv series that be out four year before the movie . unlike the movie and the tv series be a cartoon and not a computer animation . at first i think the computer would kill the charm and character of the plot but i be quickliy convinced represent whoever do the animation know his or her stuff . although the character be obviously fictional ( in still they do not even look real ) and they seem a alive and sentient a the audience follow their quest . make character who by normal standard could be consider deformed ( those micro leg could never carry that giant body let alone make it jump ) so alive and lovable be more than just a highlight . the creation of the world be another masterpiece . not so much because of it look but because of the inventiveness of it . the world our hero travel be not solid like our own but be make of many piece of land vary in shape and size that seem to be float in mid air . when a person step on a small fragment of ground and it nod a little bit a if feathering from the weight . in some case up and down no longer apply but our hero still manage to get a foothold somewhere . although the world of float island be completely surreal and in this movie it be absolutely believable and after a short time it doesn not seem any weird than run into a car somewhere in new york . i write that the look of the world aren not as breathtaking a the idea . as true a that might be to my mind and the quality of the world and the character and the attention to detail be stagger . although the face of the character have relatively few attribute and emotion can be read as clearly a in sean connery or dustin hoffman face . the world around the character be wonderfully colourful and no two setting be alike . the background be always in motion and something be always go on which make the world seem even more alive . if you stop the movie and look at the background you will be surprised how many detail you can find . the existence of hector actually put the cherry on top . hector be a furry little thing ( possibly the equivalent of a dog in our world ) who be totally lovable and extremely funny . although he isn not really important for the main plot and he would be miss like scrat would be in ice age . the really cool thing about hector be that you need to speak gibberish to understand him . if the movie be so great and why do not i give it 10 star . well and the plot in itself be rather thin . two hunter be send out to rescue the world from a really bad dragon who want to swallow the world and isn not really original . that in itself wouldn not be much of a problem . what i miss be the background information . what kind of a dragon be this and why do it look that way . i love mythical story but if they get too thin then they seem to be write after the movie be finish in a feeble attempt to give the whole thing some depth . another thing i do not like be zoé . although a little girl like her could be consider adorable and she be somewhat of a pain in this movie . she seem pretty resistant to all type of learn about reality and keep dreaming of some hero from a story book and basically slow the others down . she would have be ok if she have develop a little more and a little earlier in the movie or have be less of a girly to start with . to me the idea of this girl who be there to twist the story a little backfire on the writer . all in all and this be a really good movie for just about all age .