Action, suspense, comedy and a little romance mixed with feel-good fun are all rolled into one of the best animated movies I have seen in a long time. It's amazing how much emotion and enjoyment you can feel from characters that have been drawn onto screen with a pencil. (Or a computer, whatever.) The details, the action it was so awesome!
Hiccup (voice of Jay Beruchel) is a young Viking who doesn't quite live up to the standards set by his macho father, Stoik the Vast (voice of Gerard Butler), the leader of the village of Berk.
While everyone is off killing dragons that are ruining their city, Hiccup decides to prove that he is more than a clumsy, weak Viking and tries to capture the uncatchable Night Fury dragon. No one has ever seen this kind of dragon but it is the most dangerous and destructive of it's kind.
With the help of a catapult-like device Hiccup catches him, but can't bring himself to cut out his heart like a good, strong, manly Viking should do. Against his better judgement, he cuts the dragon lose, not sure if he will become dinner or not and the dragon flies off.
Meanwhile, back in the village, Hiccup's father and the other Vikings prepare for a mission to find the dragon's nest. While he is away, he orders Hiccup to join Dragon Training with other youths in the village in hopes that his son might have even an eyelash of hope of becoming a true Viking.
Between training, Hiccup wanders out into the forest one day and finds that the Night Fury dragon has not flown away after all because of an injury to his tail. Hiccup decides to befriend the dragon, who turns out not to be a monster at all. Little by little Hiccup gains the trust of Toothless, his new dragon friend, and learns more about dragons than the evil traits he has read about in books.
He takes these secrets with him to Dragon Training, although never revealing how he knows what he does and gains the respect of the villagers and his peers. But no one knows about Toothless and the adventures him and Hiccup have together. And when his father returns it is only a matter of time before Hiccup must reveal why he cannot kill a dragon.
Hiccup also finds out the reason why the dragons raid their village, and it is not because they are evil or mean. It is something much bigger than any Viking could imagine. But will Hiccup's father listen to him and understand? And will Hiccup ever become the hero he has always tried to be?
You will just have to watch and find out! It is so worth it!
Besides the great story line and action in the film, I love all the different characters. It's always fun to figure out who is voicing them and see how just their voice can bring so much life into the characters. But my favorite character has to be Hiccup with his determination to be who he is and prove himself no matter what. And everyone will fall in love with Toothless! He is such a cute dragon, it makes me wish I could just dive into the screen and fly through the skies with him.
You know a movie is that good when you wish you could be in it! I advise you to watch this in the theater, because you will feel that you really are there! I didn't see it in 3D, but the picture was still great anyway. It is good fun for anyone of any age!
From Dreamworks Animation, (Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda), directed by Dean DeBois and Chris Sanders (Lilo and Stitch).
Other character's voiced by: Craig Ferguson, America Ferrara, Jonah Hill, Kristen Wiig and T.J. Miller).
Stars *****
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