Review #52 | How to Train Your Dragon

Since everyone in the U.S. have been enjoying watching How to Train Your Dragon 2, I thought it would be nice to watch How to Train Your Dragon again and write my thoughts about this film.

How to Train Your Dragon, 2010

Long ago up North on the Island of Berk, the young Viking, Hiccup, wants to join his town's fight against the dragons that continually raid their town. However, his macho father and village leader, Stoik the Vast, will not allow his small, clumsy, but inventive son to do so. Regardless, Hiccup ventures out into battle and downs a mysterious Night Fury dragon with his invention, but can't bring himself to kill it. Instead, Hiccup and the dragon, whom he dubs Toothless, begin a friendship that would open up both their worlds as the observant boy learns that his people have misjudged the species. But even as the two each take flight in their own way, they find that they must fight the destructive ignorance plaguing their world.

From the title ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ to its wonderful storytelling through visuals, this movie is something special and worth talking about. This movie stands on its own. It has its good points and bad points. First let me talk about the good.

The animation used here is beautiful. From the flying scenes to the organic feel of the atmosphere, it feels like a real world of Vikings. The next good thing was the telling of a relationship with boy and a dragon visually was stunning. Even though Hiccup and Toothless don’t say much we can see how deep their relationship becomes to be.

There are more things to praise about this movie but I’ll leave that to you. One or two things that bothered me were the opening/closing narrative and the lack of good humor. It could have been more entertaining in some ways but I don’t complain how the movie turned out to be. It really has something special.

Inside Outside Rating: 88%