One of the most inspiring and sweet and charming and amazing films I have seen in my life. Makes me cry every time,

Rating: 10/10 (8 August 2013)

Films to me are what make life. Films are adventure and to me show that the world isn't all bad people.....if masterpieces like this are created by humans then how are we all bad? I watched this film first when I was 13 years old and yet this film somehow takes me back to my childhood because it's just so enlightening and sweet and represents that you can't judge a book by it's cover. A dragon's not always a fire breathing monster and a nerdy, lanky kid isn't always useless. A nerdy, lanky kid is sometimes what this world needs.
This film is based around a 13 year old Viking named "Hiccup" who is the son of hard headed leader Viking "Stoick the vast" who appears to disapprove of his son and how he's more imagination less brutal force. Hiccup is the outcast of the village due to him being clumsy and impulsive and he appears to posses no qualities a typical Viking does so he is always locked away in "Gobber's" workshop whilst the other young Vikings- "Astrid," "Snotlout," "Tuffnut," "Ruffnut" and "Fishlegs" put out fires....not just figuratively. One day Hiccup leaves the workshop during a dragon attack on the village and using a contraption created by Gobber and himself he catches the rarest dragon of all...a night fury. Which no one has ever seen. He then goes and finds this dragon and at first his instincts is to kill him so he tries to he grabs his knife and aims it at the dragon's chest with his eyes closed....but then he opens then and looks at the night fury's big green eye. You can see the fear in both characters eyes at that moment and can see the link between the two. He is sympathetic so he cuts the dragon free and lets him go and the dragon drags Hiccup to a rock and holds him there just staring aggressively at Hiccup and then he leaves and he leaves Hiccup unharmed. This action contradicts everything Vikings have ever known about dragons.
My favourite scene in this film happens at about half an hour in and Hiccup walks into an area where "Toothless" the dragon is carrying a shield and a fish. The shield gets stuck between 2 rocks. Toothless walks up to Hiccup aggressively which makes Hiccup drop his knife on the ground and kick it into the water. Hiccup then gives Toothless the fish but at first sees that he has no teeth.....this is where his name comes from. He then retracts his teeth and eats the fish and then crowds Hiccup close to a rock like he did when they first met that terrifies Hiccup but Toothless then spits out a part of the fish on Hoccup's lap. Toothless then sits like the way a dog would and looks from the fish to Hiccup so Hiccup eats a little bit of the fish and smiles awkwardly. Toothless then tries to smile back so Hiccup leans in to try and stroke Toothless but Toothless gets angry and backs away and then flies away and hides under his own tail but Hiccup follows him and sits by him and attempts to stroke his tail but Toothless lifts it to see Hiccup so he awkwardly walks away. Toothless then sleeps upside down on a tree but then sees Hiccup sitting on a rock drawing in the soil with a stick and we see that he is drawing Toothless and Toothless sees this too and so grabs a stick and starts drawing squiggly lines on the ground around where Hiccup is sitting when he stops Hiccup stands up and looks around himself in amazement and then starts walking and steps on one of the lines which causes Toothless to growl. He then steps over the line into the gaps between the line and keeps doing this until he runs into Toothless backwards. He then turns around and tries to touch his nose again but Toothless growls so Hiccup closes his eyes and puts his hand out there aimed at Toothless' face but he can't see anything. He is completely vulnerable. Toothless then leans into Hiccup's hand and closes his eyes. The soundtrack during this bit is so beautiful and magical and makes me actually cry happy tears every time I watch it. It's too beautiful for words.
I am so thankful that in this world full of disasters and a world slowly losing it's innocence that a film full of such beautiful moments and beautiful themes and full of the idea that we all have a place in this world and that not everything is as it seems. I am quite a cynical film reviewer and I cannot find a flaw in this masterpiece. All cast are stunningly perfect, all characters are amazing, the animation and cinematography is magical. This film is just....wow and no matter how many times I watch it I am always amazed with the scripting and the soundtrack. Seriously anyone involved with this film should be insanely proud of themselves.
SEE IT!! Trust me. It's beautiful.