Surprised me on every level of film-making!!!

Rating: 10/10 (6 April 2010)

"How to Train Your Dragon" is a surprisingly great film. It has emotional story-telling, a great cast, beautiful animation and a story which can excite any movie-goer.
When I first heard of "How to Train Your Dragon" I think we all had the same thought, another cheesy dragon film that is just another excuse to make a movie about dragons. Now lets be honest some the more recent dragon films haven't been what any one would call "good". However this movie isn't like the others. It's kinda like a talent show you always save the best for last and I'm guessing that's what the film-makers did. I was strangely moved by this film which truth be told no film has ever moved me like this one before. When I took my nephew to see it I had no idea I would be walking out from a truly beautiful film.
In summary the story is about a boy named Hiccup who wants to be a dragon killer like his father and the Vikings in his village, however he isn't really the fighting type in the eyes of his people. So now he wants to prove himself to his father and his people by killing the most powerful dragon to ever cause trouble for his people. When he succeeds in capturing it he couldn't kill it. So he learns from it and other dragons that all is not what it appears to be. The only problem is convincing his people of that and learning what mysterious threat is causing the dragons to act the way they are and hopefully start a new and better age for the dragons and his people.
This film dives into the commonly used element of father and son, we all see how he wants his father to see him as a Viking and someone great and the way it comes out is surprisingly heart-touching. It doesn't matter whether its in 3D or not. I haven't seen it in 3D and I don't care about it because I enjoyed this film a great deal without it. So no matter what you see it in you will enjoy this movie. Thanks to moving story-telling, a great performance by the actors, and beautiful animation fire has been breathed into the once almost dead dragon movie genre.