I just watched the movie "How to train your dragon" and as you might realize I'm a dragon enthusiast, borderline fanatic.
When I was going into the cinema I thought it would be one of those movies you go see just casue your 10 year old brother REALLY
wants to see it.
This movie was deffinely made for kids but it did not resort to very many of the usual "pathetic jokes" and scenes small kids laugh at.
if you ignore the parts which were directed towards children this was a really great movie
especially when you see the friendhip between toothless and hiccup form and develop as the movie progresses.
One thing they got right in this movie is that the dragons don't speak at all but only express themselves via facial expressions and body language the animators really did a job well done here.
The visual effect were nothing but stunning, and I actually got the feeling of vertigo when Toothless did that dive, watching it in IMAX 3D is a must. Again, credit to the animators.
I generally don't like message movies but this one conveyed it in such a sense I did not realize it untill the movie had ended.
The message being that you should learn about your enemies before waging war with them.
To sum up:
This was a really good movie and even though it was made for kids I greatly enjoyed watching it,
I would strongly recommend i.
On a side note:
There were quite a few stomp scenes in this movie, the only problem is that the paws are not very "realistic" but looked more like those cartoonish things you see in digimon or something. Not movies seems to get it just right...
here are two videos:
vid1:
Here's the scene in which toothless pins hiccup to the ground and roars in his face.
http://www.mediafire.com/?my4kgzonwezvid2:
this is probably my favourite scene in the entire movie. It really shows toothless and hiccup for the first time truly baunding together on a deeper level.
http://www.mediafire.com/?emdtzlm2woj