Directors: Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders
Following the template of most animation movies (a misfit try to fit in the world, finds something new and then find that he is unique and doesn't have to change a bit), at first I thought this will be another generic Dreamworks animation with too much pop culture reference. But this film is beyond my expectation, there is no annoying pop culture reference and anyone can enjoy this film.
Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel) is a weak Viking teenager who doesn't fit in with his tribe's tradition of slaying dragons. This makes his father, Stoick (Gerard Butler), the tribal leader, disappointed since in Viking tradition every young man must stand up and fight dragons.
But after Hiccup accidentally capture one dragon he named as Toothless, he discovers a new way of making friends with dragon, instead of slaying them. There he is caught between his affection for Toothless and the world he lives in, which despise dragons.
As Toothless take Hiccup through a fantastic ride, it makes you wish that the seat you were sitting could also sway to the left and right with water sprayed on your face (to make it a 4 D experience). The animation itself is flawless, the flying scene itself almost as breath taking as Neytiri and Jake Sully takes banshee to roam the sky of Pandora.
Not only that, you can see that the viking youth were trained to kill dragons and Hiccup find a way to control how Toothless fly in a way that looks like he is riding a bike. Toothless itself is adorable, with his eyes, he communicate. I like it that the dragons cannot talk at all since if dragons can talk than this film will be as crappy as Transformers (talking robots? WTF?).
Judging from the story alone, with a simple twist at the end, Dreamworks has reached Pixar's level of telling a heart warming story about tolerance and understanding.
This is what 3 D animated movies are supposed to be, not only use 3 D as a gimmick but as a tool to enhance your visual experience by not sacrificing the story.
Following the template of most animation movies (a misfit try to fit in the world, finds something new and then find that he is unique and doesn't have to change a bit), at first I thought this will be another generic Dreamworks animation with too much pop culture reference. But this film is beyond my expectation, there is no annoying pop culture reference and anyone can enjoy this film.
Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel) is a weak Viking teenager who doesn't fit in with his tribe's tradition of slaying dragons. This makes his father, Stoick (Gerard Butler), the tribal leader, disappointed since in Viking tradition every young man must stand up and fight dragons.
But after Hiccup accidentally capture one dragon he named as Toothless, he discovers a new way of making friends with dragon, instead of slaying them. There he is caught between his affection for Toothless and the world he lives in, which despise dragons.
As Toothless take Hiccup through a fantastic ride, it makes you wish that the seat you were sitting could also sway to the left and right with water sprayed on your face (to make it a 4 D experience). The animation itself is flawless, the flying scene itself almost as breath taking as Neytiri and Jake Sully takes banshee to roam the sky of Pandora.
Not only that, you can see that the viking youth were trained to kill dragons and Hiccup find a way to control how Toothless fly in a way that looks like he is riding a bike. Toothless itself is adorable, with his eyes, he communicate. I like it that the dragons cannot talk at all since if dragons can talk than this film will be as crappy as Transformers (talking robots? WTF?).
Judging from the story alone, with a simple twist at the end, Dreamworks has reached Pixar's level of telling a heart warming story about tolerance and understanding.
This is what 3 D animated movies are supposed to be, not only use 3 D as a gimmick but as a tool to enhance your visual experience by not sacrificing the story.
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