How to Train Your Dragon (PG)

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Tue Mar 30 2010

The 3D bandwagon keeps rolling with this smart, muscular, animated adventure. On a remote North Atlantic island, the Viking population is suffering harassment from swarms of marauding dragons, until geeky son-of-a-chief Hiccup finds an injured dragon in the woods and suspects this constant state of warfare may be unnecessary.

Rejecting the comic whimsy of Cressida Cowell’s source novel, ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ is a surprisingly robust affair, backing its juggernaut narrative with a well-judged and timely political subtext which urges young viewers to question received wisdom and make up their own minds, especially when it comes to matters of life and death. The voices can be jarring – the burly adult Vikings are all Scots, while their offspring are whiny Yanks – and the characterisation remains disappointingly old fashioned and unoriginal. But the visuals are striking, the script sharp and well paced and it all wraps up with a breathtaking aerial battle sequence.

Author: Tom Huddleston

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Fri Apr 2 2010

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98 mins

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Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders

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Pikachu Sun Apr 24 2011
Rated as: 5/5
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Amazing. The visual effects was impressive and the animation, flight scenes and scrip were astounding. My favourite movie, I watch it over and over again! :D

Pikachu Sun Apr 24 2011
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Amazing. The visual effects was impressive and the animation, flight scenes and scrip were astounding. My favourite movie, I watch it over and over again! :D

Pikachu Sun Apr 24 2011
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Lovely. Fantastic flying sequances and generally lots of fun. Keeps to the spirit of the books - Use your head rather than your fists - My kids resisted seeing this as they didn't want a bastardised Hollywood version of the stories but when it was finished they wanted to stay and see it again! Only downside the whiney voices of the hero and his mates ... Why are Vikings always Scottish? Legacy of Vicky, perhaps ...

Catfishgirl Fri Jun 4 2010
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This is absoloutly fantastic. Im 21 and thought it was great. I think it caters for all ages. Fab no matter what age.

Zipperback Mon May 17 2010
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Hilarious! The film Robin Hood was getting so many bad reviews by people saying it was awful and complaining about the political correctness in the movie that the studio apparently forced Timeout to remove the whole review and yet the movie is still on! When the studio has to censor people's reviews, then you KNOW the film is REALLY awful! Hilarious!

TRUTHTELLER Sat May 15 2010
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UHHMAZINGG PRODUCTION 10 STARS

Mintness Wed May 12 2010
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toothless was the best of all the recent creations out of the hollywood factory and i will vote for him rather than cameron or clegg or brown anyday -it makes you forget the elections and that is what you need too

usman latif khawaja Wed May 5 2010
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I went to the cinema with my 4 year old son a few weeks ago and he hasn't stopped talking about it since. He really enjoyed it and can't wait till it comes out on DVD. Wasn't too fussed by the 3D as his glasses wher too big and kept falling off. I thot it was watchable some parts funny altho would recommend you take young children to watch if they are anything like my son.

Joanne Fri Apr 23 2010
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Dear Yawn, "Godfrey: Am I alone in thinking the reason why you left the UK was because you went to work in the film industry in the US? " Yes, you probably are alone in that; it's not why I left the UK for the US. And I just sent a friend from the UK, his partner and their 11 year-old, to see the movie and was bummed to hear their chiefly negative responses. Maybe it's a Brit thing. And that British hostility to sentimentality.

Godfrey Hamilton Tue Apr 20 2010
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