Excellent Movie Without Gimmicks

Rating: 10/10 (11 June 2014)

Just watched it today and the anticipation from the last couple of months, weeks, days were all so worth it. The movie will let you bring out all emotions, even those you have not even experienced yet, whatever it is.
I am very much happy I've seen this on it's first showing date and with my siblings. The message about caring and protecting your family and the ones you love and the ones who need it most will hit you right in the heart. The comic reliefs were intelligently placed, especially those that are happening in the background while another scene is being played. TIP: Watch out also for those dragon antics when the humans are interacting. You'll notice this in the first few scenes where everything in the frame is real busy. You won't even feel it but you'll be able to just magically see these until the last part of the movie. Don't hesitate to point at the dragons. Lol, in the theatre where we watched this, everyone's seen doing this at least once. Don't worry, they won't get annoyed :)
It's just sad that there was a death in the movie, I didn't see this coming. Almost everyone, sniffed and brought out tissues in this scene. It was simple, yet there were a lot of emotions that will make you feel sad. One - when you try to shoo a friend, blame a friend, lose a family, and then realize you lost a friend at what you just did.
One very outstanding sequence was the Alpha at Berk. Boy the Night Fury really lived up to his status. The blue luminescence of Toothless was so emotionally uplifting, better than the rendition of the blue atomic breath of Godzilla. Add to that the narration in the background- "He's protecting Hiccup, He's protecting the dragons, he's challenging the Alpha." (something like that, we were almost at the edge of our seats with this one). Prior to that, we thought there was another death, but lo, a super saiyan type of change happened to Toothless. The battle scene was like classic David and Goliath, but was beautifully interpreted as their own.
Eret (Kit Harrington) was entertaining here. His character was also very beautifully built right from his first appearance. ROFL really on Ruffnut's interest in him.
Overall, just watch it. The film doesn't need gimmicky press releases like from Godzilla or X men or any previous movie shown this year. (The prankster in America F's dress not included.) This is great quality.