Erm......Amazing!!!!!

Rating: 9/10 (26 April 2010)

My partner and myself both had the same feeling within the first five minutes of this movie starting.....this is going to be bad. Quite dark, loads going on, narration that you couldn't quite hear......then bang!!!!! It properly gets going.
In brief, Hiccup is a young Viking who doesn't live up to the Dragon Slaying heights that his father would like. Every time he tries, he causes complete mayhem. That is until he meets Toothless, a very rare species of dragon that has never been seen before. This incident would have brought Hiccup the fame and glory that his father so desperately wants his son to have, but instead of wanting to slay and kill the dragon, Hiccup befriends him and finds that all dragons are not what they first seem. What unfolds is a fantastic story of friendship, bravery and courage, and all of this is delivered to your multiplex in absolutely jaw dropping animation and 3D rendering. And I mean jaw dropping. The Viking ships cutting through the water, the clouds, the amazing flying scenes....just fantastic.
I was a huge fan of Pixars UP, a beautiful picture brought to you wrapped in beautiful animation, but I must admit that, for the first time in my opinion, a Dreamworks animated movie more than holds its own against its superior counterpart. Dreamworks have well and truly cracked it with this movie and if they keep with this formula, then their success will be going long into the future.
Now I know that thousands out there will be screaming in Shreks favour but lets be honest, Shrek was mediocre at best and it sequels just milked an already shaky beginning dry. How To Train Your Dragon is by far Dreamworks best animated movie, and also one of the best animated movies made to date.
A total success.