Dragons are so cool... Just like this movie

Rating: 10/10 (16 April 2010)

How to train your Dragon is good for so many reasons: It's fun for kids, the 3D is superb, the animation was cartoony but full of detail, the story had a lot of nice meaning, dragons looked pretty ruthless, plot was pretty awesome and what most surprised me was the beautiful cinematography. This movie felt like a real action movie for kids. By the first scene I knew it was going to be good. It was like watching the D-Day scene in Saving Private Ryan except not as violent. There were fire balls and swords and smoke and people running and fighting. It felt like an action epic. This scene is were you learn about the characters and what different dragons there are and the different species were very well thought out so that they weren't stuck with the same old dragons that have been used since forever. The story is pretty good. Its about Hiccup, the son of a legendary Viking, however Hiccup has never lived up to his dad's expectations and feels like he needs to prove himself by killing a dragon. During a raid from the dragons, Hiccup takes one of his inventions out to try and kill the terrifying Night Fury, which has terrorized the village for ages and no one has ever killed it or seen what it looks. Hiccup takes aim and shoots the dragon down. No one believes that he has killed this dragon so he goes to find the body and bring back its heart for his dad. When he finds it its still alive but has been immobilized. Hiccup frees it and it runs off. When Hiccup goes back, he sees that the dragon has not been able to get out of this forest because its tail has been torn and it can not fly. Hiccup soon develops a friendship with the dragon and tries to teach it to fly again. And then the plot really picks up... I wont ruin anything but it does get awesome, despite the lame love interest. So I say go to this movie it is really great, although sometimes a little corny, but only a tiny bit, it is still a really great action/family/animated movie and I highly suggest seeing it in 3D.