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by all outward appearances I should hate
How to Train Your Dragon this has so
many things I can't stand in a movie the
geeky dweeb who becomes the hero the
Prejudice parent who will never listen
the misunderstanding that'll break them
apart and just result in the moping and
doping the hiding the pet so that nobody
sees a lean towards modern day talk in a
fantasy world this is stuff I usually
can't stand but for some reason here it
really really works there's just
something about the way this story is
told and presented and paced that just
really really gets it it's almost like I
was hearing this story for the first
time even though I've heard it a million
times before which is funny because the
people who did this also directed Lilo
and Stitch another movie that's been
done a million times but seemed very
fresh and new when they put their spin
on it and this movie works very much the
same a young boy lives in a world of
Vikings who spend most of their time
trying to fight off dragons why because
they believe dragons are evil and who
can blame them they constantly attack
breathe fire and are just dangerous
animals but the boy starts to see things
a little differently when he comes
across a wounded dragon in the middle of
a field so the boy decides to study him
as he spends more and more time with
them he realizes that dragons are not
inherently evil they're like any other
animal as long as they can be understood
they can be trained to be peaceful and
he uses this advantage to fight off
other dragons in a sense he doesn't
really fight them he actually finds
nonviolent ways to defend them off which
gets the attention of the village and
more importantly his father who always
regard him as a bit of a disappointment
but now finally see something they can
connect with but GE will the truth be
revealed and will the father's Prejudice
get in the way to where he says he
doesn't have a son and all that other
stuff yes but it's actually done pretty
good here the only thing I can think of
as to why it works here and not in other
stories is that the pacing is just so
good in that every single time something
happens you see how it affects the
character you see when the boy learns
something that it'll sink in you see him
actually taking the time to figure stuff
out with the dragon even his father you
can see sort of the turmoil he's going
through with trying to love his son live
with his son hate his son he goes back
and forth like a real human being W and
not just a one-dimensional character
he's not just a bad guy he's a human
being who happens to have a Prejudice
but it's a Prejudice you can well
understand that doesn't mean it doesn't
break his heart when he has to disown
his son and maybe that's what makes it
stand out every emotion feels genuine
when the characters are happy they feel
genuinely happy when they're jealous
they feel genuinely jealous and when
they're heartbroken you really feel how
heartbroken they are and I think so much
of that just comes from the fact that
they take the time to let us know these
people and it's not rushed the flying
scenes are unbelievable I mean they are
just beautiful to look at when this
movie came out it was in 3D and I still
stand by this is the greatest looking 3D
movie I've ever seen even better than
Avatar I saw it in IMAX and it blew me
away every time there's a flying scene
you felt like you were on this dragon
and you were riding through the Canyons
I don't know what they did how they did
it but more movies need to do it or at
the very least re-release the movie so
we can see it again in IMAX 3D cuz I
know a lot of people who didn't see it
that way and they should see it that way
but the great thing about the film is
even if you take that aspect out of it
it's still a good story and they're
still good characters it's one of the
few movies that can have this
combination of things I usually don't
like and can somehow really pull it off
it can be funny it can be harsh and it
can be very very genuine the one problem
I have with the film is when it's
revealed exactly how the dragons work
even to this day I'm sort of confused
how it all goes down it's like there's a
giant dragon and all the little dragons
have de feed that giant dragon so
they're kind of slaves but they can just
fly off if they wanted couldn't they why
do they have to return to this Dragon
why is that the reason they have to
attack the people it's pretty confusing
but once again they make up for that
with just how creative and cool the
dragons are and how different each one
is and how they function each one has
their weakness each one has their
strength each one even sort of has its
own personality like like I said before
a lot of time went into the details of
this film I think it's just a straight
up wonderful flick if at any point you
can see it in IMAX in 3D definitely take
advantage of it but if not it's still a
great film regardless
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