Ok, Dreamworks is no Pixar, but this was a pretty cute movie. The storyline is a little cliché: Hiccup is expected to slay dragons to save his village from the sheep-stealing, house-burning pests. Oh, and did I mention his father is a dragon slayer beast! and the chief of the village. Hiccup's physique isn't quite right for swinging hammers around, so he relies on his engineering to capture dragons instead. Hiccup captures and befriends a Night Fury dragon and names it Toothless. He realizes that dragons aren't the vicious monsters that everyone thinks they are and uses all of the knowledge he learns about dragons to tame them during Dragon training. Actually, the dragons act very much like giant pet cats. Hiccup tells his father and saves the village, blah blah blah. Dragons and Vikings become best friends, but the ending isn't as happily-ever-after as Barbie and Kent. They really went for it, took a risk (I don't want to spoil it), and it paid off.
Love the voice acting (McLovin!), but America Ferrera's voice didn't quite fit Astrid's tough heroine character. Hiccup and Toothless stole the show with their chemistry (which seemed stronger than Astrid and Hiccups). I don't mean to be hating on Astrid, but her sudden change of heart towards dragons and Hiccup seemed unreal. How to Train Your Dragon wasn't as funny as the Shrek movies, but it got me chuckling a couple of times. It was filled with lots of video-game-type action and beautiful flying scenes that reminded me of Avatar--huge complement right there. It's a great family movie, but kids would probably complain about the ending (good luck trying to explain why happy sunshine endings just don't work sometimes).
i luv toothless and how to train your dragon was a hit i loved it my fave part is when hiccup touched toothless
ReplyDeleteit was sooooooo cute i <3 it soooooooo much <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
ReplyDeleteno way i loved America Ferrera's voice as astrid she is my fav charter
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ReplyDeleteOk, Dreamworks is no Pixar, but this was a pretty cute movie. The storyline is a little cliché: Hiccup is expected to slay dragons to save his village from the sheep-stealing, house-burning pests. Oh, and did I mention his father is a dragon slayer beast! and the chief of the village. Hiccup's physique isn't quite right for swinging hammers around, so he relies on his engineering to capture dragons instead. Hiccup captures and befriends a Night Fury dragon and names it Toothless. He realizes that dragons aren't the vicious monsters that everyone thinks they are and uses all of the knowledge he learns about dragons to tame them during Dragon training. Actually, the dragons act very much like giant pet cats. Hiccup tells his father and saves the village, blah blah blah. Dragons and Vikings become best friends, but the ending isn't as happily-ever-after as Barbie and Kent. They really went for it, took a risk (I don't want to spoil it), and it paid off.
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ReplyDeleteHey! Thanks for your comment[s]! I'm glad you liked the article. =)
ReplyDeleteliek omg, tuthless n hicup r totly kawaii desu!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSeriously, though, the movie was okay. I know it's a Dreamworks picture and I shouldn't have expected much from it, but some of the plot devices were just too stupid to take seriously. Like you said, it was extremely convenient that the entire village warmed up to dragons so quickly. The "final boss" of the movie was disappointing, too.
The movie made mention of Thor and Odin, but other than that, I believe no research was put into making the vikings decent characters. I found it strange that they all spoke with Scottish accents (and wore horns on their helmets; points off for historical inaccuracy).
Look past the cutesy characters and Disney-esque romance, and what you have is a plain movie that that was clearly not designed to appeal to the intellectual.
Scottish accents is because the author of the books (yes, it is based on a book series), Cassinda Cowell, cites the Inner Hebrides of Scotland as an inspiration for her stories.
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