Great start

Rating: 10/10 (23 June 2019)

Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) is the clumsy, misunderstood son of the Viking chief, Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler). He comes across an injured Night Fury, the most feared dragon of all, and finds that he can't kill it. He sets out to nurse it back to health and train it in secret, but then he is thrown into Dragon Training by his father while his father then sets off to find the Hidden Nest of the dragons and kill them all off. Suspicions mount about Hiccup and the Night Fury (whom Hiccup calls Toothless) might be so safe after all. Can Hiccup protect him and the rest of the dragons?
I apologise for the bad plot description.
(It's much better than how it sounds).
This is a great start to the trilogy. Butler and Baruchel do great jobs in their respective roles as father and son. Stoick is a very relatable single father who is trying to do a good job in raising his son.
Great character development and plenty of humour.
The CGI is good, but it definitely improves in the other films. Toothless is adorable and I like how they make the dragons have characteristics of pets such as cats, dogs, chickens, etc.
Thoroughly entertaining, though not one for everybody. Recommended.