Another tedious animation film

Rating: 5/10 (30 March 2010)

Even though I am old and bitter, I can imagine the impact the film How to Train Your Dragon could have on a 5-year-old boy who goes to the cinema for his first time.This hypothetical boy may not know Harry Potter yet, he is not tired of seeing the same story again, and he neither has cultivated a deep cynicism as an answer to the condescendence Hollywood shows for the child spectators.From that innocent point of view, How to Train Your Dragon could be a good experience, with a message of tolerance and a young hero who must fight against his own insecurities in order to triumph over adversity.But to the cynical people like me who are tired of seeing the same formulas, How to Train Your Dragon is another tedious animation film.
In this film, we have ANOTHER main character who feels misunderstood, isolated from his community and unable to please his father, until a magical event helps him to discover his potential and brings him the impulse to fulfill with his dream.Big yawn.To be fair, there are a few interesting small things on the screenplay, but the movie unfortunately does not deepen into them.
In the technical aspect, the design from the characters is bland, but the animation itself and the special effects are well done.However, I cannot recommend How to Train Your Dragon, because it bored me and I did not like the story.In summary, another proof that, with some exceptions, the current quality of animation cinema in Hollywood is quite poor.