There are few things that baffle me more than animation striving for photo-realism. A medium that allows for the constructs of reality to be pushed in a way they cannot be elsewhere, yet it is widely considered an admirable trait for them to adhere closely to a realist aesthetic. It isn't exactly that 'My Father's Dragon' actively tries to distance itself from visual authenticity, yet at the same time, it embraces its artifice and wears it proudly. It is a fantasy, little more than that, and yet, that is what makes it so great. Simple, trivial even, yet its commitment to its own simplicity allows it to relish in its own world. To explore what it has created, its characters,…