Simply the best animation of the year, a very intelligent way of expressing friendship and love

Rating: 9/10 (16 April 2010)

Honestly, i wasn't interested with the movie at first. I know it is kind of a grand animation of the year but it just didn't attract me after all. It was an irregular Saturday where my cousin came to my hometown and spent his weekends with my family. My responsibility was to entertain him, it didn't sound that necessary, though. So we went to the nearby cinema and looked for a reasonable show instead of a 'popcorn' movie. We chose HTTYD because it appeared to most watchable among the others like Steven Carell's date night(preferable in dvds) and clash of the titans( me alone had watched it, don't wish to watch it second time since the movie has loosing plot). I walked into the cinema with low expectation as i was worried it might turn up to be some c+ level animation like planet 51. I have to say, this movie drills me from the beginning to the end. The plot is simple and the story is seemly predictable but it relished me with its stronghold bonding between the dragon-Toothless and Hiccup. There's one remarkable scene in the movie which vividly caught my like, the scene when Hiccup decided not to kill Toothless and freed him. It was a crucial moment where Hiccup could just execute the dragon and obtain desirable fame but he formed strong friendship and partnership with Toothless instead as both have solid conscience to understand what's best for them. Stoick effortly expressed his fatherly love to his son which touches me a few and how Astrid bumped to Hiccups entertained me hilariously. The graphic is as usual- great and it is more outstanding in 3d(although i didn't watch it in 3d, i heard the appraisal from my friend). I have always entrusted Dreamworks since their fame debut- shrek and Madagascar. A really great movie by itself, adults will like it and children will love it.