"You see most places have mice, or mosquitoes. We have... dragons" - Hiccup
Title: How to Train Your Dragon
Genre: Computer-Animated Fantasy
Directed by: Chris Sanders and Dean de Blois
Starring: (voices)
Jay Baruchel - Hiccup
Gerard Butler - Stoic the Vast
Craig Ferguson - Gobber the Belch
America Ferrera - Astrid
Plot: Hiccup is the son of the Viking Chief, Stoick the Vast, on the island of Berk. Hiccup's village is beset by dragons which raid their stock of sheep. Hiccup works as an apprentice to the blacksmith, Gobber the Belch. During a raid, Hiccup shoots down a rare dragon called a Night Fury with a bolas cannon that he made, but no one believes him. Attempting to get proof, Hiccup goes to the woods and finds the downed dragon, but can not bring himself to kill it. He frees it and it flies off to a canyon.
They say: "The film has received extremely positive reviews. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 98% of 140 professional critics have given the film a positive review and it has a rating average of 7.9 out of 10. Among Rotten Tomatoes' Top Critics, which consists of popular and notable critics from the top newspapers, websites, television and radio programs, the film holds an overall approval rating of 93%, based on a sample of 27 reviews. The site's general consensus is that "Boasting dazzling animation, a script with surprising dramatic depth, and thrilling 3-D sequences, How to Train Your Dragon soars." On Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 0–100 reviews from film critics, the film has a rating score of 74 based on 33 reviews. CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend revealed the average grade cinema-goers gave How to Train Your Dragon was A on an A+ to F scale." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Train_Your_Dragon_(film)
I say: How to Train Your Dragon is such a wonderful creation. Worth watching. Sadly, I did not realize that it is based from the book of the same title by Cressida Cowell. But I'm stating my views anyway.
The opening scene was very good especially the one that starts the whole story. The sheep's abduction will make you go baa-baa. :) Anyway, I believe that it was carefully written and that my most favorite scene was the actual taming of Hiccup's dragon, Toothless. The aerial scenes were especially great.
I was surprised at the ending, which I though was the living-happily-ever-after cliché. Yes, it was except for one thing, which you have to figure out yourself. ;) I believe that this movie is also very good story-wise.
