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How To Train Your Dragon
A winner with audiences and critics alike, DreamWorks Animation’s
How to Train Your Dragon rolls fire-breathing action, epic
adventure and laughs into a captivating and original story.
Hiccup is a young Viking who defies tradition when he befriends
one of his deadliest foes – a ferocious dragon he calls
Toothless. Together, the unlikely heroes must fight against all
odds to save both their worlds in this “wonderful good-time hit!”
(Gene Shalit, Today).
Legend of the knapper Dragon
Hiccup and the Viking gang are back to battle Gobber’s archenemy
– the legendary Knapper dragon – in this full-“scale”
action-adventure. Shipwrecked on a mysterious island, the
courageous kids devise a plan to capture the cagey creatures…if
he even exists!
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A winning mixture of adventure, slapstick comedy, and
friendship, How to Train Your Dragon rivals Kung Fu Panda as the
most engaging and satisfying film DreamWorks Animation has
produced. Hiccup (voice by Jay Baruchel) is a failure as a
Viking: skinny, inquisitive, and inventive, he asks questions and
tries out unsuccessful contraptions when he's supposed to be
fighting the dragons that attack his village. His her, chief
Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler), has pretty much given up on his
teenage son and apprenticed him to blacksmith Gobber (Craig
Ferguson). Worse, Hiccup knows the village loser hasn't a chance
of impressing Astrid (America Ferrera), the girl of his dreams
and a formidable dragon fighter in her own right. When one of
Hiccup's inventions actually works, he hasn't the heart to kill
the young dragon he's brought down. He names it Toothless and
befriends it, although he's been taught to fear and loathe
dragons. Codirectors and cowriters Chris Sanders and Dean
DeBlois, who made Disney's delightful Lilo and Stitch, provide
plenty of action, including vertiginous flying sequences, but
they balance the pyrotechnics with moments of genuine warmth that
make the viewer root for Hiccup's success. Many DreamWorks films
get laughs from sitcom one-liners and topical pop culture
references; as the humor in Dragon comes from the characters'
personalities, it feels less timely and more timeless. Toothless
chases the spot of sunlight reflected off Hiccup's hammer like a
giant cat with a laser pointer; Hiccup uses his newly found
knowledge (and an icky smoked eel) to defeat two small
dragons--and impress the other kids. How to Train Your Dragon
will be just as enjoyable 10 or 20 years from now as it is today.
(Rated PG: suitable for ages 8 and older, violence, some intense
action and y dragons) --Charles Solomon
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Happily, the flying sequences in How to Train Your Dragon that
looked so glorious on the big screen in 3-D lose very little of
their majesty on the small screen in Blu-ray. The most
interesting of the many extras is the documentary "The Story
Behind the Story." Dragon directors Chris Sanders and Dean
DeBlois took minicams around the studio, sometimes leaving them
on unobtrusively during meetings and discussions. The result is
an unusually candid look at the process of making an animated
feature. The new short "Legend of the keeper Dragon" cleverly
juxtaposes stylized 2-D animation of Gobber's memories with the
CG characters, but the animation isn't as fluid as it is in the
feature. A couple of fairly standard making-of pieces about the
cast and crew and the promotional spots that aired during the
Winter Olympics round out the package. Fans of the film will be
pleased (but not surprised) to learn that Hiccup and Toothless
remain as charming on video as they were in theaters. --Charles
Solomon
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