How to Train Your Dragon

Name: How to Train Your Dragon
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Animation, Family
Released: 2010-03-18
Duration: 98 min

What started as fire and fury will become friendship.

20101h 38mcritics 7.9/10

Fantasy Adventure Animation Family

As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.

starring Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera

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Read from 259 comments (209 from Reddit, 46 from Metacritic, 4 from TMDB reviews) — 27 of them described how it moves.

➖ steady — Holds one level all the way. Warm most of the way through. Very little of it ever resolves. Marked above the line: 5 that gave people chills, 1 that got a real laugh.

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gold above: how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
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Reddit12 read

“after 10 minutes there is still footage playing on the screen from a movie I really liked”
PolarWater▲ 10about 0–5% inread it ↗
“Also, some of the jokes fell flat for me.”
FarFigChitter▲ 6about 0–100% inread it ↗
“The music was also amazing, gave me goosebumps just as much as the original in some scenes.”
FarFigChitter▲ 6about 0–100% inread it ↗
“just feels like it goes on too long”
verifypassword0208▲ 5about 33–66% inread it ↗

Metacritic6 read

“the execution fails to capture even the simplest of moments that made the original so heartwarming”
Ponderosa31about 0–100% inread it ↗
“scenes that are rushed or dragged out”
Ponderosa31about 0–100% inread it ↗
“It was beautiful from beginning to end”
cupcakekrystleabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“first english, below spanish: english: one of the best adaptations in cinema. thus begins a surprising exercise in cinematic fidelity. the live action adaptation of 'how to train your dragon' presents itself as a respectful recreation of the animated work, a mirror that preserves the essence of its story, characters, and atmosphere, though with nuances born from its new nature. the greatest difference lies in the visual approach: the lighting, much darker, sets a distinct tone that may feel ”
chriss17euread it ↗

TMDB4 read

“What now ensues entertainingly mixes loads of action adventure with some comedy, tales of derring-do and even some engineering that would have made Michelangelo and Da Vinci proud. It’s almost perfectly paced as it”
CinemaSerfabout 20–100% inread it ↗
“And the ending. Such a tragic ending but it's still a happy ending don't worry.”
ohlalipopabout 75–100% inread it ↗
“**Spoilers ahead** The story was really enjoyable, it is a standard embrace that you are different and you will be stronger. However, I think it works well here. Hiccup is not a strong viking like the rest of his village, but he is very smart. He uses that to observe dragons, learn how to live with them and help them. Which, in some way does make him a better fighter but he doesn’t want to kill them. There are many tropes in this movie, like the one I mentioned above. However, the writers”
tmdb13547932read it ↗
“# My favorite movie IMO it simply has it all: Action, fun, love, nice animations and CGI, an amazing soundtrack, a good story, etc.”
primeosread it ↗

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