Real Teen Award
- Best Actor/Character 2010: Jay Bruchel
- Best Actor/Character 2010: Jay Bruchel
The Gist
Hiccup is a young viking who dreams of fighting dragons. When he manages to hit a Night Fury (the most deadly and mysterious of all dragons), he sets off to find where it landed and kill it. When he finds the dragon, he can’t bring himself to kill it, so he sets it free. Hiccup and the dragon, who he names Toothless, strike up an unlikely friendship. When the adult vikings try to find the dragon nest, things get complicated, and it’s up to Hiccup and Toothless, along with the other viking teens, to stop things from turning into total catastrophe.
What We Think
Reviewed by Living Destiny
Reviewed by Living Destiny
Run Time: 98 Minutes
Rating: PG
This movie is based on the book How To Train Your Dragon, by Cressida Cowell. When I heard this was coming out as a movie, a distinct memory of receiving the book for Christmas a long time ago was unearthed. When I searched my bookshelves, I found the book, so I decided to read it before I went to see the movie. The book was so very lame. It was really pretty horrible. The movie, I’m happy to report, is like 30 times better than the book.
The characters in the movie were very entertaining. The main character, Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel), was very funny. He was sarcastic, occasionally witty, and self-deprecating at times. Astrid, the tough female viking (voiced by America Ferrera) wasn’t as sarcastically funny as Hiccup, but she was funny during the dragon fighting training, and she was clever. She was a really good addition to the movie (because her character wasn’t in the book.) The twin vikings (Tuffnut and Ruffnut) were super annoying, but their stupidity was funny. (I’m using the word funny a lot. Suffice to say this movie was pretty funny.) Gerard Butler was really well cast as Stoick, the head of the viking tribe and Hiccup’s father. Stoick was an ok character. He aggravated me with his awkward bluntness about his disappointment in his son, but he was supposed to be aggravating, so he was a successful character.
The animation in this movie was outstanding. And I mean outstanding. The vikings all looked realistic, but the best part was the dragons. They were like works of art, all the different breeds looking distinctive and gorgeous. Toothless was adorable. He was a supposedly terrifying dragon, but he was so so so cute. I just loved him. And the flying scenes were well executed too. The dragons soaring through the clouds and over the water was amazing and fun to watch.
The end of the movie was epic. I don’t want to give anything away, so I’ll just say it was totally intense. I didn’t want to even blink, I was so afraid to miss anything. It was touching too. The whole theater was so into the movie. There were lots of *gasps* and *awwws*.
This movie totally rocked. I thought it was going to be a little silly, seeing as it was a kids movie based on a really bad kids book, but DreamWorks pulled it off. Me and my friends had the same last thought leaving the theater. What was it, you ask? I totally want a dragon now!
Real Teen Rating~ B+: Worth Watching
Reviewed by Dream Catcher
The first time I saw this was with my cousins (under five years old), my parents, and my sister. I really loved it and thought it was a great movie for kids. The second time I saw this was with the North Star and Living Destiny. And I loved it just as much as I had the first time. It was really good. I even wouldn’t mind seeing it again. Maybe not seeing it too soon, but I’d definitely see it again. And if I want to see it again it has to be pretty good. I thought the screenplay was funny, witty, and definitely above average for kid’s movie standards. The dialogue really kept me interested in the movie and occationally got me to laugh. The main character was also pretty sarcastic and cynical so I enjoyed that. Sarcasm and cynicism automatically make me like a character. The animation was also really great. The main dragon, Toothless, was extremely adorable. Another thing… his personality reminded me of my dog. Which was both weird (considering Toothless was a dragon) and really cool because these characteristics made him seem almost real. Overall I thought this movie was great for kids and even for some teenagers that are as crazy as us.
Real Teen Rating~ A- : See it with some friends.
Reviewed by The North Star
I wasn’t crazy about this movie. When I first saw it was coming out I thought that it may be a movie I want to stop by and check out when I have time but Dream and Living insisted that we go because Dream had already seen it and she wanted to see it again. They really wanted to go and after much convincing I agreed to go. After the movie I thought that it was cute for littler kids but just a little too little for me. The main character was really funny and very sarcastic and don’t get me wrong Toothless was extra cute. The problem I had with this moving was that the plot was lacking and I really don’t like movies that have no story. You can have as many special effects as you want but if you don’t have a good story then the whole movie kind of falls apart. It was basically about this boy who no one liked and then he made a friend who happened to be a dragon and then he gets good at things and everyone loves him. The story line wasn’t that original so that bothered me a little. My other huge pet peeve with movies is unnessacary love interests and this movie had one of those. There was a girl that would have been a better best friend but instead of course they made him fall in love with her and vice versa. In summary, this is a perfect story for kids under11 but kids older than that it lacks a little, but still a cute movie.
Real Teen Rating~ C+: Just Average
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