Stars: 5 out of 5
When I first viewed the trailer for "How to Train Your Dragon," I thought "Oh great, another one of THOSE films." It appeared as another one of those fun for young kids, unbearable for adults, zero plot types of movies. I thought wrong. As much as it pains me to say it, I really enjoyed this film. As I got into the theater, I had very low expectations for it. The trailers that played during the movie were all movies that I thought looked dumb. Then the movie actually began. It started as an epic fight sequence between dragons and vikings, with your normal "doesn't fit in, can't find his place in the world" type of kid telling the audience about his life. He is the son of the chief of vikings, who would only love his son if he was a buff dragon killer. Well, it turns out he isn't. The main character, "Hiccup," (horrendous names scare off gnomes and trolls, by the way.) is just a skinny wimp who always seems to mess things up. Well, I can't tell too much more about the story, so long story short, Hiccup wounds a dragon, is too squeamish too kill it, and ends up befriending the dragon instead. Later, he must show the vikings that all dragons are not bad, and that they could become allies of the dragons. In the end, the dragons and vikings do team up, too fight a monstrous dragon 100 times bigger than the biggest dragon. In the end, I found myself applauding the outcome, it was a very clever ending that I didn't expect. All in all, the movie was almost perfect, it had a clever story, breathtaking animation, and it was funn- oh wait I forgot, it wasn't funny. That was the only problem I had with this film. I think I laughed maybe once. It seems that the animators were so focused on the story and the animation, they forgot to put in jokes. I mean, there were some jokes, but not the amount of the typical Dreamworks film. But whatever, the rest of the movie covers for jokes 10 times over. In conclusion, I loved this film and I strongly recommend it.
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I agree with you. More comedy would have been nice. Also it would be good if they added more characters who were less annoying. Everyone is mean except Hiccup and the big fat guy. Even Hiccup's father hated Hiccup until he found out he was a champion fighter. But he started hating him again after he found out how he became a champion. I would love to see the same quality of story and animation but wish for more comedy in their next film.
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