Friday, 31 August 2012

A Review of 'How to Train Your Dragon'

This family film is the personification of adorable, with big eyed dragons, a skinny Viking named Hiccup - whom unintentionally causes havoc - and beautiful Dreamworks animation. Friendship for poor Hiccup, whose very build marginalises him from his class mates, is no commodity but during an attack on his home village from the dragon populace he discovers it in the most unlikely of places. The Night Fury, his people’s most dreaded enemy, is found by our protagonist injured in the forest. Desperate to prove himself, Hiccup attempts to kill the beast only he can’t. Instead he trains the dragon, nicknamed Toothless, and crafts a wing to help him fly. They soar the skies together and Toothless teaches Hiccup that everything collected on the ferocity of dragons is false. Back in the village of Berk Hiccup becomes a celebrity as he uses his knowledge of the reptilians to subdue them in his dragon-hunting training. However, Hiccup soon must choose which side he takes and whether remaining loyal to his family is worth sacrificing his friend. Yet there’s something more dangerous than the conflict between Berk’s inhabitants and the 'pests' which plague it, and only Hiccup can unite the two in order to save the day.

I really enjoyed this film and felt it had an admirable message, one that shows the disabled, Hiccup whose leg had to be amputated in the battles, positively.

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