A Story For Everyone

Rating: 10/10 (28 January 2019)

This story may sound a bit cliche on the surface, a young weak boy who can't live up to his father, a parent who doesn't understand, keeping a pet hidden until it's discoveres, but once you start watching you find yourself deeply invested in these characters and you don't want to miss a thing they do. The story revolves around Hiccup a young Viking boy who is the son of the chief of a Viking tribe that hunts and kills dragons because they constantly attack and raid the village and so they are at war. When hiccup, luck might have it, successfully shoots down a dragon and begins to befriend the beast. This is where the story becomes excellent, to bond between Hiccup and his new dragon friend Toothless. Hiccup learns to train toothless and builds a contraption that can help him fly. When discovering they both need each other to survive, they become inseparable, and it is up to the two of them to show the rest of the Vikings that dragons can be understood and, with a bit of patience, can be trained like dogs.
This is a movie that respects children and wants them to be invested in the characters for the whole film without getting bored. This film is incredibly successful in doing so by being funny, compelling, and most of all mature. Along with stunning visuals and one of the best musical scores in film history, it was even nominated for Best Original Score at the Oscars, this film delivers on everything you would want to see in a great film. Weather child or adult, this movie will appeal to anyone.