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All of Ommadon’s dragon-heads are now gone and Ommadon is clearly in pain.  As am I after all that.  Sadly, Dickinson isn’t done.

Dickinson: Algebra, anatomy, astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, geometry, mathematics, meteorology, mirrorology, oceanography, paleontology, physics, psychology, sociology…

And Ommadon dies.  Probably the only time in recorded history that a hero has actually defeated a villain by boring him to death.

As Ommadon turns to dust, and Dickinson picks up the Red Crown, all of Ommadon’s evil deeds are undone.  The grass grows, the dragons wake up - the spell cast on them broken - and the deceased heroes come back to life.  Well, all except Smyrgol.  That part of Dickinson’s legacy remains.

Dickinson then leaves, returning to the ‘real’ world.  Carolinus and all of his magical chums vanish to the magic kingdom, to be forgotten about forever, and Princess Melisande makes the craziest, most ill-thought-out decision of her young life by deciding to actually leave behind everybody she loves, and follow Dickinson into his world, to spend the rest of her life with him.

And here ends the movie.

Despite the ending, and the high irritation-factor of Dickinson, I still love this movie.  I always have and I probably always will.  Ommadon is one of the best ‘kids movie’ baddies that I think there has ever been, largely as a result of James Earl Jones’ sublime voicing.

Though not as good as the novel The Dragon and the George, this is still a great film and I can only hope that they release it on DVD soon because my VHS copy isn’t great and I intend to be watching this film right into my dotage.

Oh and just a reminder for Don..

Matthew Waldram