Story Overview: On the island of Berk their is a village of Vikings. They spend their time keeping up with food and what other chores need to be done. One major job they have is to fight off dragons. Hiccup, a young skinny boy who is the son of the Viking chief, Stoick, works in the weapons hut but would rather be out with the others fighting. One night he shoots down the most ferocious dragon, Night Fury, which he discovers has been injured. Throughout the movie Hiccup helps Toothless (name of Night Fury) be able to fly again and also learns to hunt dragons in his village with the other young warriors. Now he must keep Toothless and the Vikings away from one another as he learns to become better in both worlds.
Lately DreamWorks Animation has been making lots off feel good movies such as Bee Movie, Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar and again with How To Train Your Dragon. Throughout the movie you get excited as Hiccup creates a bond with Toothless when they learn to fly together. Also watching Hiccup learn more about dragons and their likes/dislikes (grass, eels, light) puts a joyful feeling in you as he uses them to overcome obstacles in Dragon training. The one relationship you wait to see mend is the one with his father Stoick. When the movie ends you just feel good that the 2 species can live together in a village.
The graphics of this movie are ecstatic. I love how realistic the water looks as the vikings sail the seas. Also the realism of the movements of nature has never been better in a movie. The graphics team has gone a long way with making computer animation come to life. Big leap for DreamWorks Animation from their first movie Antz back in 1998. How To Train Your Dragon is one a whole family could watch and after walk away smiling.
Rating: 8/10
Cast:
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock The Third (Jay Baruchel)
Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler)
Gobber the Belch (Craig Ferguson)
Astrid Hofferson (America Ferrera)
Fishlegs Ingerman (Christopher Mintz-Plasse)
Snotlout Jorgenson (Jonah Hill)
Tuffnut and Ruffnut Thorston (T.J. Miller, Kristen Wiig)
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