A wonderful movie with an excellent message!

Rating: 10/10 (15 April 2010)

Today I had the great pleasure of taking my daughter to see "How to Train Your Dragon." and let me say this was another pleasant surprise from Dreamworks Studios.
Besides the absolutely breathtaking background animations the overall CGI was excellent. Right down to the hair on the vikings arms.
The story was very simple Hiccup is a bit of a disappointment to his father Stoic, leader of the village. He lacks size,strength and everything the vikings hold dear. But Hiccup is an inventive child that had the fortune of actually downing a dragon during a raid.
Toothless as he becomes known is discovered by Hiccup after he shot him down. The two begin to learn about each other and each others way of life. Much to Hiccups dismay he finds out that dragons aren't as bad as the vikings believe. Hiccup then sets out to help the injured Toothless and the two become fast friends.
As Hiccup learns more about dragons he uses his skills to become something of a celebrity in his village.
Ultimately as usual the two are found out and Toothless is forced to lead the vikings to the dragons nest and to what has to be one of the most intense and enjoyable action sequences I've seen in a while.
What really struck me about the movie was the underlining message of tolerance and learning through differences. True it may be lost on the younger set but for those who are a bit older the message will resonate, especially during this day and age. This is truly a must see movie for the entire family...Action fans won't be disappointed, comedy fans won't be disappointed and Hopefully Moms and Dads that have to sit through this won't feel like they've just had to dumb themselves down for an hour and a half. Dreamworks has done it again...Move over Pixar, there's some SERIOUS competition in the neighborhood!