KingKong for Vikings; Excellent movie for us!

Rating: 9/10 (24 April 2010)

That part where we think a monster is something nice is a bit overused, but it works really well with How to Train Your Dragon.
To break down the good parts, there's the script, the plot, the characters, voice acting and the animation.
The script had enough amounts of comedy, but not too much to ruin the film and make people laugh, thereby forgetting the real story. No, none of that. It was almost real, the things that make you go MLIA at the same time, make you LOL. Not only are the slight comedic remarks good, but how they used the script to make the character development smooth and truthful.
And with the script comes the characters and the plot. We start out with a few good stereotypes: a wimpy outcast who befriends something people think is a monster. Right, we've seen that before... and the other things are pretty usual. But the smaller things make the movie itself an unusual gem. And the ending--OH IF I COULD ONLY TELL YOU (but I can't, so go watch it)--can bring a tear to the eye. The plot used all the normal elements and all the usual plot devices, but at the same time made it different, unusual and altogether fantastic.
And now we have voice acting and animation. They go well with each other. The animation was fantastic. They didn't try to make things believable, because the semi-realistic, cartoon-ish look of everything contributes to the fantasy world that the film dwells in. The expressions on the characters faces, how the gesticulate and all, they compliment the only too perfect voice acting that was given. (For example... THIS IS SPARTAAAAA's very own Gerard Butler, playing the role of the head Viking. And Jay Baruchel as the wimpy hero. And...America Ferrera as Astrid, leading lady--and nobody expected that, but it worked. It really did.)
AND THE FIGHT SCENESSSSSSS. \m/ When something blasts, it's almost too real. Which only leads me to compliment the sound effects--and the music too.
Was there anything wrong with this movie? Only very little, that the normal viewer wouldn't even notice it. Like when you watch it in 3D, there's barely any difference. It might actually look better if you watch it in 2D.
It definitely deserves a good watching. Bring your family with you, or your friends.
All I have to say now is that... well, Dreamworks did it again.