A Spectacular Animated, Immersive 3D Experience.

Rating: 9/10 (16 April 2010)

So the 3D Bandwagon rolls forward, and whilst I'm amongst many that don't want 3D to take over the film industry but I do think it has it's place. Avatar used 3D brilliantly to make it an involving, immersive film, animated films, like Up look spectacular in 3D, so How To Train YOur Dragon falls under that category. Where I don't like 3D is when it is just cheaply converted in 3D and throws stuff at the camera, so they pop out at you, yes, sometimes it is good, but otherwise it is just cheap film making. So before I express my views on the movie let me tell you what it's about
How to Train Your Dragon, follows a young viking living in a village where Dragons are pests. His father is the chief viking, and this young boy is to be trained all his life to learn to kill dragons. This young boy (Hiccup) is not a very tough boy, and he isn't a very good slayer, but when he befriends a Dragon secretly he learns more about these creatures and what their characteristics are and that there is much more to these animals.
The Film gets off to a slow start, but when the boy and dragon start flying, this becomes a short and sweet animated film, reminiscent of Kung-FU Panda. The Voice Acting was pretty good, not quite Toy Story, but still a good effort. The 3D Was done superbly, with subtle touches to breathtaking shots at you, it really felt like you were there, so much so it was enough to rival Avatar. The Movies characters all contributed to this movie, and do capture a great deal of emotion in scenes for this movie. The movie really was entertaining, in the highest order, the plot flowed well, and really captured the audience. The whole film as I said before was really reminiscent of Kung-Fu Panda, a short, cute heartwarming movie.