How to Train Your Dragon How to Train Your Dragon
2010 Directed by Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders
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We’re lonely, so, let’s be lonely together.
As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: He must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it. So, he befriends the beast -- which he names Toothless -- much to the chagrin of his warrior father
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I previously reviewed this film and gave it 3 1/2 stars which is accurate. I'm posting this review for my 2yr old son who absolutely loves it. It's the first movie he's shown a lot of interest in so his review is as follows.
"Whatcha dragon moomie yep?" Whatcha dragon moomie hahaha"
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I wish this was my autobiography.
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Chris Sanders made one of the last great 2D animated Disney films in the shape of Lilo & Stitch. It looked like he was on course to make another equally quirky film for Disney with American Dog (later to be heavily altered and retitled, Bolt) yet Lasseter, now in control of all things animated at the house of mouse, was less keen on this vision and Sanders left for new pastures. What Disney has lost is certainly Dreamworks biggest gain yet as Sanders and co-director/writer DeBlois have produced the studios best film by a country mile.
The marketing campaign was terrible, the creature designs (excluding Toothless) aren't much better and it still has that cocky character trait all Dreamworks movies have…
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I loved the first 10 minutes of this movie. They managed to pack in backstory, character introduction, inter-character conflict and a crisis in need of resolution, all during a single action sequence. It felt like a masterful piece of storytelling that so many films get completely wrong.
From there the story followed the expected path, but done in such a manner that it felt natural, and not at all forced.
Combined with some really nice graphics, this was overall a enjoyable movie to watch.
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Surprisingly good. I know it got a lot of praise, but to me it looked way too much like a young children's film.
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Dragons! Lots of 'em. Fire breathing and dangerous they'd soon as turn you to a toasty piece of charcoal quicker than you can yell "Smokin!"
Or so you'd think if you were part of this Viking tribe and spent all your days fighting off dragons from stealing your sheep and attacking the village.
Having managed to fortuitously nail a mysterious Night Fury dragon, Hiccup, the impish son of the Chief, realises he has in fact injured the creature using his cannon. Hiccup decides he will not kill the defenceless animal and senses the beast shares the same feeling of fear that he feels during their dramatic encounter.
This act of charity opens the door to a magical friendship in the…
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Besides some of the humor misfiring, this film is great from start-to-finish.
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I want a pet dragon. Now. Please.
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neat movie. good family film. m&d
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Loved it. I will always remember that about the dragons! Made me cry a lot.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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My problems with this film come from the facts that the books are just so great and what is at heart of them is witty remarks from toothless and hiccup but here that is all just lost in translation.
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How To Train Your Dragon was cinematic hot chocolate. Such a lovely surprise.
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It was on tv and we kinda watched it lel.