Forget about the overrated Avatar, this is the real deal

Rating: 9/10 (24 April 2010)

Now this is what I'm talking about! A movie that truly embraces and takes advantage of its 3D IMAX touch and it was quite an exhilarating, charming, fun, funny and touching animation feature that gets everything right. You will recognize a lot of A-list stars in this pic including Gerald Butler but this time it wasn't an distraction or had an ego and that's why most animation pics work because their is no ego involved just a vision and a story. At first to be honest I was hesitant thinking this might be just another overrated movie and didn't really win me over right away but once the dragon training and building relationships starts to unfold it wins your heart if you have one. After that it doesn't look back and becomes enchanting with amazing visual effects that actually made me say wow now that's amazing and beautiful and it was just breathtaking during the dragon flight scenes. I heard some critics comparing it to Avatar when it came to the flying scenes and I have to say that to me it surpasses it by a mile when it came to that and when it came to heart & soul, adventure, personality and the magical excitement, it made me feel like a kid again. This one will lift your spirit touch you to the brink of tears and thrill you with its eye popping 3D IMAX effects which to me still needs some work but this movie brings it in the right direction. Overall this is great for everyone young to old and it's in the lead for being the best animation film of the year and while not as great as Up I think it was close to being just as great as it. Highly recommended! More of a 4.5 out of 5 stars.