This was...surprisingly good.

Rating: 9/10 (10 November 2010)

I thought this movie would be terrible at first, but I was dead wrong. How to Train Your Dragon may not have been on Toy Story 3 level, but it was great considering it wasn't PIXAR. The characters were better than I thought they'd be, the film had a charm to it, and it was an overall great experience.
It felt like it had a video game charm to it for some reason. I can't put my finger on why that is. I used to love N64 and the games on it. For some reason, How to Train Your Dragon felt like a 90s spirited movie that had an animated charm as well as a video game charm.
It had a Dreamworks film charm to it obviously. It made up for the studio's last disappointing effort "Monsters vs Aliens". That's one of the things that put me off the movie at first. The title, How to Train Your Dragon, it sounded like a stupid name for a stupid movie. That's one thing Dreamworks needs to improve: the titles of their works. What next: "Gandma Had To Go Abduct an Alien" or "Lawyers vs Hippies" or "High, I forgot How To Make a Not So Long Movie Title"? Besides that flaw the movie was great. I hope the sequel is equally as good or even better. Move over Shrek, How to Train Your Dragon is here to stay.