E.T. With dragons and vikings and its AWESOME

Rating: 8/10 (22 March 2015)

When I heard they were combining making film about dragons and Vikings, I was beyond excited. Having never read the book, I had no idea what to expect. And I can honestly say, that I was completely blown away.
First, it must be said that the absolute star of the film, was the animation. I saw the film when it came out on DVD and even then the angles looked incredible, I imagine it would be beyond incredible if you see the film in 3D or on Blu-Ray. The amount of detail the animators put in to make the dragons seem as different as possible was unbelievable, to the point where you could barley believe that these were all different types of the same animal. The amount of personality that they gave Toothless in terms of body and facial expressions made him one of the most likable animal characters in film (at least in my opinion).
The human characters were awesome as well. Jay Baruchel was one of the most perfectly made casting decisions since Jodi Benson was cast as Ariel in The Little Mermaid. He embodies the film's moral (which is a great one) that to be different is to make a difference. Stoick the Vast was a great character, and I felt that one could really sympathize with his morale dilemma; he has a responsibility as the chief was well as an understandable prejudice that will eventually cause him to (temporarily) disown his son and you see the good in him when he comes to the revelation that he was wrong. There are also other likable characters voiced by the like of Jonah Hill, T.J. Miller, Kristen Wiig amongst others.
As I said earlier, the best bit of the film was the moral. I feel it could really speak to children (and possibly to teenagers to a degree) that being different, standing out from the crowd could give someone an even better chance to make a difference. Something I strongly believe in.
Overall, How To Train Your Dragon is brilliant and I could not find a single thing wrong with it.