Epic, Hilarious Movie!

Rating: 9/10 (30 May 2011)

When I first saw commercials for this movie over a year ago, I thought it was going to be horrible! The commercials showed stupid jokes and dumb gags, and bad acting. Now I know that one of the only bad things about this movie was the marketing!
The movie begins with a large group of dragons conducting a large raid at night on the small viking village named Berk. Our protagonist, Hiccup, a young viking teenager,explains via voice-over that the vikings have been at war with dragons for centuries. It is also shown, after Hiccup is shoved in doors, that he is physically weak. He wants to shoot kill a dragon to prove that he has worth and to get a date. Unfortunately, his only hope of this because of his weakness are these inventions that only he is nerdy enough to build.
After using one of his inventions to shoot down a night fury, the scariest, most deadly species of dragon of them all, no one in the village believes him, as he's lied about killing one before. After this Hiccup decides to go hunting for the dragon himself. I won't say much more for fear of spoilers and that this part of the review is getting really long.
First of all, the first 3/4 of the movie is hilarious. The jokes aren't gross or dumb, nearly all of the laughs come from witty dialogue. This means its just as funny for adults, teens, and preteens as kids.
There are some really thrilling sequences in this movie, particularly the opening and climax. It had much more action than I expected. It was really cool!
There was a little bad voice acting, but for the most part it was really good. Especially from the voice actors/actresses who play Hiccup, his father Stoick, and his crush Astrid (actually a girl, though it does sound a little like a boy's name).
The script was really good to. You really got attached to the two leads and actually care, unlike most other Dreamworks movies. It's surprisingly dark, too, though not to dark, but still darker than most animated movies.
All in all, this movie was amazing! Worth a buy or at least a rent, so go watch it! You won't be disappointed!
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