"The only problems are the pests. You see, most places have mice or mosquitoes... We have...
DRAGONS."
How to Train Your Dragon
a not that fiery of a review
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| Theatrical poster for Dreamworks' How to Train You Dragon |
__synopsis__
Set in the fictional Viking settlement of Berk, How to Train Your Dragon focuses on the tale of a young, wimpy Viking named Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, just Hiccup in short, and his adventures (and misadventures) alongside an unlikely best friend and a certainly cool companion, the stuff of legends -- a dragon.
Loosely based on a book series of the same title by Cressinda Cowell and produced by Dreamworks Studios, How to Train Your Dragon, or HTTYD in short, was released last March 23, 2010, receiving an 8.2 out of 10 rating from IMDb and 98 per cent from Rotten Tomatoes, was phenomenal as to earn nearly 500 USD worldwide and inspire further productions such as a television series, three short films, and two video games.
__plot__
Vikings are tough, except for Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III. While the rest of the world can go fight dragons, he can stay and sharpen swords and axes and well, remain lame. He's a wimpy Viking, you see, and a "talking fishbone" as he calls himself who can't lift a hammer and barely carry a proper sword. Although the poor, outcast boy has a gift: a knack for inventing things and being good with an anvil and hammer (a small hammer). And with this gift, his calibrations, some pieces of wood, metal and rope, he caught a dragon that no one has ever seen before and lived to tell the tale -- the Night Fury.
Funnily, instead of killing the dragon to gain the respect of his fellow Vikings, the young Hiccup decided not to and instead befriend the grand beast, who he named as Toothless. He ended up becoming his best friend and partner, and it was also from Toothless that Hiccup learned how everything Vikings know about dragons are wrong, that there was no point in killing each other.
__cast__
Jay Baruchel as Hiccup
Gerard Butler as Stoick the Vast
Craig Ferguson as Gobber
America Ferrera as Astrid
Jonah Hill as Snoutlout
Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Fishlegs
T.J. Miller as Tuffnut
Kristen Wing as Ruffnut
__Celly says__
A personal favorite of mine, How to Train Your Dragon has always been on my watch list whenever I need some cheering up or when plain bored. It has an interesting setting (or Vikings and dragons are just my cup of tea), and a fine, manly tear-jerking story supported with an equal amount of visual candy and some, if not all, fairly likable characters.
Its main charm however, in my personal opinion, is the Hiccup-Toothless tandem. I mean, come on, Toothless is just so cute and bad-ass at the same time, while Hiccup's brain and skill with the hands and his general clumsiness is also as adorable. I could watch them both doing their thing and have fun with it. In fact, I'd love to join, given a chance.
Alright, enough dreaming. Aside from HTTYD's awwww-inducing strength, it was also kind to remind us how who we thought were merely no good punks turn out to be victims themselves. In the movie, dragons attack Vikings so they won't be eaten or simply for self defense, while Vikings look at the beasts as no more than mongrels who, as Gobber said, always go for the kill when them Homo sapiens were blinded of the other side of the coin. The same applies in real life, that we are too judgmental we forget how we are not the only ones with problems, but others as well. We tend to only preserve our own butts, and disregard how we step on others lower than us in pursuit of selfish gains. Perhaps, we should do as the Vikings did in the movie: to look beyond ourselves. That, or we need a good spank on the head before we learn of the concept of generosity.
Well, not that I'm preaching. ;D
Jay Baruchel as Hiccup
Gerard Butler as Stoick the Vast
Craig Ferguson as Gobber
America Ferrera as Astrid
Jonah Hill as Snoutlout
Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Fishlegs
T.J. Miller as Tuffnut
Kristen Wing as Ruffnut
__Celly says__
A personal favorite of mine, How to Train Your Dragon has always been on my watch list whenever I need some cheering up or when plain bored. It has an interesting setting (or Vikings and dragons are just my cup of tea), and a fine, manly tear-jerking story supported with an equal amount of visual candy and some, if not all, fairly likable characters.
Its main charm however, in my personal opinion, is the Hiccup-Toothless tandem. I mean, come on, Toothless is just so cute and bad-ass at the same time, while Hiccup's brain and skill with the hands and his general clumsiness is also as adorable. I could watch them both doing their thing and have fun with it. In fact, I'd love to join, given a chance.
Alright, enough dreaming. Aside from HTTYD's awwww-inducing strength, it was also kind to remind us how who we thought were merely no good punks turn out to be victims themselves. In the movie, dragons attack Vikings so they won't be eaten or simply for self defense, while Vikings look at the beasts as no more than mongrels who, as Gobber said, always go for the kill when them Homo sapiens were blinded of the other side of the coin. The same applies in real life, that we are too judgmental we forget how we are not the only ones with problems, but others as well. We tend to only preserve our own butts, and disregard how we step on others lower than us in pursuit of selfish gains. Perhaps, we should do as the Vikings did in the movie: to look beyond ourselves. That, or we need a good spank on the head before we learn of the concept of generosity.
Well, not that I'm preaching. ;D
really, no references? okay..
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