Amazing story telling, stunning visuals, and ingenious characters make this one of the greatest animated films of all time

Rating: 10/10 (30 July 2014)

If any of you reading this review knew me, I have to think very long and hard about giving a movie a 10/10. Very few movies are deserving of a perfect score, that's because a 10 means a movie as very very.....very little flaws or no flaws at all, and this movie is just that. It is very hard for me to be critical about this movie....but I'm going to review it anyway.
Right from the get go, it sets the tone and what the movie is really all about. Its a perfect introduction with fast paced action shots of the vikings of "Berk" defending their town from all different types of dragons, with Jay Baruchel (Hiccup) doing the voice over and telling you what being a viking is all about.
This movie achieves so much without being terribly funny, don't get me wrong, this movie has many funny moments, but it focuses on "cute" moments which i think they pulled off very well. For example: every time when Hiccup goes and visits "toothless" it's some of the movies most memorable moments. The animators pulled of the perfect look for toothless, making his facial expressions and the noises he makes as cute as can be. Hiccup and Toothless relationship is one of the most memorable relationships in an animated film and its very rewarding to watch.
All the characters in this movie are very ingenious, and creative. You have Hiccup, a loner, weak but smart 15 year old. Then Astrid the stuck up girl that is in it to win it. The twins played amazingly by Kristen Wigg and T.J Miller. Who are quite stupid in there own way. Jonah Hills character, Snoutlout who is like Astrid or wants to be like her, but just a little more......stupid, but also he adds some funny elements to the movie. And of course there as to be a fat one that knows everything. Played Christopher Mintz-Plasse, his character is very enjoyable to watch and listen to.
As for the score (soundtrack) which is beautifully written by John Powell, it is one of my favorite scores ever written. I'm a big John Powell fan for his work on the Bourne trilogy. With this film the score is very....well its just plain beautiful, that's really only word I can think of. From the start of the movie, with the fast paced music, to the romantic flight scene where Astrid (Hiccups Crush) flies with him for the first time on the dragon, or my absolute favorite piece from the movie is when Hiccup flies Toothless for the first time. Wow what can I say about this scene. I was in aw when I saw this scene, the music fitted perfectly to what was going on and the emotions the audience would have been feeling.
This movie is perfect from the inside out, from its storytelling elements to its characters and most defiantly its musical score, it will leaving you wanting more.