I came here cause I thought that someone will show me how can I train my own dragon :(
How to train your dragon
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awesome movie was awesome. Chris Sanders deserves his spot on my list of "creatives to see in the theatre whenever possible." ''Pretty much every single damn scene with Toothless was good, or cute or endearing or funny or badass or… stuff. Very well done.
Good stuffs.
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I just saw this film and frigging fell in love. ;A; Absolutely the best movie from Dreamworks for me. <3 Toothless was absolutely adorable and all the dragons were amazing! huge dragonfan since… I don't even remember when :I Usually I don't like main characters but now I really did! c:
Very good stuff indeed! Can't wait for the DVD~
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Hello again!
Since you all know I love the movie…I'd seriously check out the soundtrack. It's a great track and I love it when a movie actually USES its music to its fullest potential besides just background music. -
Definitely one of the best 3d animation movies I've ever seen, if not the best.
For anyone who has read the book : Is there any story behind the giant dragon? why did it live inside a volcano and how could he be much bigger than the other dragons in the first place?
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I really enjoyed this film! The animation was crisp and the storyline was really cute! I loved Toothless. Yes some aspects of the film were predictable but overall I liked the storyline and the music! I can't wait to get the film on blu-ray and the soundtrack!
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Whee! What a fun movie! I do truly love dragons, so it's awesome to see a movie that got them RIGHT, rather than just have them as the "Big Scary Monster Du'Jour." Now I want to read The Enchanted Forest Chronicles and The Dragonriders of Pern all in one sitting. If only I could find them . . . .
I will say this about the movie though: Aside from the awesome flying/battle scenes, the 3D was really lackluster. A lot of times I thought, "This is a 3D movie?" I've yet to see a 3D movie surpass Coraline for sheer integration of 3D into the look and feel of the film. Flying/battle scenes were awesome though. I dunno, maybe I need to see it again and sit right in the middle this time.
On to the good stuff though:
The story itself is pretty much every underdog story out there, but it was executed so well that you don't give a flying crap. The underdog story is timeless if told right, and they told it right. Mostly by, as people here have said, having Hiccup be a not-idiot. Clumsy, misunderstood, definitely. But not an idiot.
Toothless is the star of this movie. Hiccup was awesome too, but Toothless steals every scene he's in, just by existing. Dreamworks has definitely been doing a lot of Pixar study, because they way they had Toothless move and react was very natural-feeling and very engaging. They obviously did a lot of cat research when designing Toothless and all the dragons. I'm watching my cat walk around right now and all I see is Toothless.
Nice soundtrack! I normally don't think Dreamworks when I think "Nice soundtrack!" (Prince of Egypt notwithstanding), but this was a really nice soundtrack! It won't rank up there with anything John Williams/Joe Hisaishi, but it was a beautiful soundtrack that was perfectly integrated into the film, every piece fitting the scene like a glove. And very Celtic-sounding too.
As for the things I noticed that I can't say out loud:
! The fat kid (forgot his name) who would constantly mutter about each dragon's stats like a true D&D nerd had me rolling. My mom didn't get it, and I don't know if the kids did, but this movie would not have been complete without a D&D reference.
! I wish the side characters had been developed a bit more, but I can see that they didn't want to take any time away from Hiccup and Toothless, who are the heart of the movie. I loved the twins. The dumb jock character didn't do anything for me though. Astrid was an awesome kick-butt girl.
! I thought it was a very nice touch at the end to have Hiccup lose his leg. It brought the weight of the danger of that fight home a bit more, and it made him a true human counterpart to Toothless, they're both deformed now. And what's a Viking without a battle wound, eh?I'd definitely see it again. Hopefully in a less crowded theater. Yes, the theater was CROWDED, at a 4:30 showing. I can only hope that means good things for the ticket sales.
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Definitely one of the best 3d animation movies I've ever seen, if not the best.
For anyone who has read the book : Is there any story behind the giant dragon? why did it live inside a volcano and how could he be much bigger than the other dragons in the first place?
The movie reeeeeeally delineated from the book. For example, Hiccup and Co. in the book actually had to catch and train their first dragons as a part of an initiation process in their Viking village. And Toothless was actually a puny green dragon with no teeth. The giant dragon is supposed to be the Green Death, but checking my sources, it was renamed the Red Death (prolly cause he nows live in a volcano). The Green Death was originally one of the two sea dragons that washed up on Hiccup's island and ate the other dragon and tried to eat the rest of Hiccup's village.
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Here's a quote from pg 44 of the artbook (happened to just read it a couple minutes ago!):
"This dragon [the Hideous Zippleback] does not breathe fire, technically. Instead, one head emits a flammable gas while the other strikes a spark to ignite it into a flame. Perhaps a more appropriate name would have been the Zippo-back?"
Also, at the beginning, you see one Zippleback put the 2 necks together and the spines going up the back of both necks (and I assume the tails as well)join up like a big zipper.
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I loved it, while not genius like Wall-e, it was pure fun, I really really enjoyed it as a pure adventure, I hope they can somehow work in a sequel.
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Has anyone watched "How to train your dragon" yet?
anyways, that's not the main subject, does anyone
know of the Japanese merchandise that japan has
of how to train your dragon? like this for instanceIt's a Toothless keychain, a cute one at that.
I was wondering If anyone knows what the above
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Has anyone read the book? I hear the story has been turned upside down? Which one's better, the book or the movie? (I've only seen the movie, and loved it).
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@Xai:
Has anyone read the book? I hear the story has been turned upside down? Which one's better, the book or the movie? (I've only seen the movie, and loved it).
After seeing the movie I looked into the books and checked wikipedia on them. The main characters are named Hiccup and Toothless… that's about where the similarity ends.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_train_your_dragon
Pretty much everything I actually liked about the movie… seems to have been made up for the movie. The books sound terrible, (and also written for the 10 and under crowd) the dragons talk, oothless is an actual toothless dragon who had all his teeth fall out, and I pretty much lost all interest upon finding out Hiccup's best friend is an asthmatic named Fishlegs. (In the movie he was the minor character D&D geek) And Astrid apparently isn't in the books at all.
Maybe the books are decent but... they are definatley NOT the movie.
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Disney takes a similar route with a lot of their stories. If they followed the source material any closer they wouldn't be fun to watch at all. Have you read the plot of of the original Bambi?
I saw this movie on Sunday, and I think it's possibly Dreamwork's best as far as 3D animated films go. Only thing that kept bugging me is "why do the kids not have accents".
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Still looks to be more of a similarity than Shrek had with its source book..
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Sequel and TV series announced.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3if6cb56a5cc3a087d944e002ef7e6d227
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That is awesome news, I was hoping this would get a bit more then one movie with how much I enjoyed it.
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sequel yay
tv series BOOO
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This movie is supreme. The inevitible sequel had better be just as good. Maybe then I'll see it in theaters.
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Just found this image from the japanese release poster. Really cool… and I think its interesting that the art direction and layout, and even the style of the logo, is incredibly reminiscant of the Miyazaki posters. Obviously how they tried to push it there... which is pretty fair considering the gorgeous backgrounds and how the story was about two kids exploring and playing around a cute monster.
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Aaw, that poster is so cute! ;A;
And great if there's coming a sequel~! Hopefully it will be the same quality as the first one. Maybe that's too much asked, tho.
I'll say boo for tv-series too. (Whoa, that rhymes. I'm such a Vista.) Well, if they are really making the series, I highly doubt that it'll come to Finland. So I have no worries then, I guess. |D -
An excellent film albeit a bit cheesy in the end. The characters were excellent though especially Hiccup and Toothless. Astrida gets a special mention for the very well done turn around she had. I think I loved the World-Building the most though especially the way the dragons were handled as a group of reptilian animal species rather than just mythical creatures.
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I've come to expect a tv series whenever a Dreamworks movie does good now ;p
Anyways, nice to hear the franchise is still going to be going for a while, I'd love to see more of it.
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Bumping this…
How to Train Your Dragon coming out on bluray and dvd next week! (in North America) Who's getting it?
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Hercules and Aladin has great TV runs! So did Lilo and Stitch.
Then again the llama king one did not…
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Bumping this…
How to Train Your Dragon coming out on bluray and dvd next week! (in North America) Who's getting it?
Ha, it WOULD!
Just when everything else I want is coming out around that time too:happy: Time to do some strategic buying!
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How To Train Your Dragon’s stage show will feast on Spider-Man’s Broadway entrails
Now this is a movie-inspired kids stage show we'd pay money to see. Check out the first ever footage form the Melbourne stage production of How To Train Your Dragon.
The production looks a lot like the very popular traveling show, Walking With Dinosaurs, only with dragons. This is not a bad thing. So, when can we ride the Deadly Nadder? The show is (hopefully) making the rounds across the globe and will wind up in the States soon!
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Yes please.
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Ahhh! I bumped the "non Disney" thread with this vid, but it fits better here, and has more info as to what it actually is.
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Way yonder behind on this, but after watching this a few times, think this might be the most satisfying movie I've seen in years. Very simple storyline, simple character motivations, but by not trying to do too much, it met every expectation I could possibly have. Plus, add in the factor that I'm a sucker for "boy and his dog" stories as well as flight…yeah.
Most of all, I wanted to bump this to put in a word for its soundtrack. Some of the earlier posts praised it and the like, but I honestly believe it's the best soundtrack to a movie I've heard in the last five years. Admittedly, some of this is because the soundtrack matches the action so perfectly, but, I mean, check out some of these tracks:
Forbidden Friendship:
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Test Drive:
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Admittedly, I'm 28 years old, and there's a part of me that thinks I should be getting past all the stuff I loved when I was a kid. But this movie captured it all so perfectly, I still have trouble listening to the soundtrack without getting a lump in my throat.
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This bump = like.
Honestly, this was the movie that renewed my faith in CG animated movies (and not just non-pixar ones). I think I made a stupid post a long time ago relative to this movie and my likes for it, but I've well since forgotten what I said so oh well. It is without a doubt my favorite CG movie–(only Tangled comes close), and that includes ANTHING else Pixar or Disney, sorry you gaiz. In fact I am quite certain the ONLY reason it did not win Best Animated Movie for that year was because of Toy Story 3. XP
AND THE SOUNDTRACK. My god the soundtrack is amaazing. The first time I watched the movie and saw the Forbidden Friendship scene, I knew it would be one of my absolute favorite tracks, and what, 2 years later? It still is. And oh GOD, Romantic Flight~
Also, age should mean nothing when it comes to loving good cinema. I am 26 and this movie made me cry the first 10 times I watched it. ;-; STUPID ADORABLE TOOTHLESS.
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In fact I am quite certain the ONLY reason it did not win Best Animated Movie for that year was because of Toy Story 3. XP
Everything with Hiccup and Toothless is note perfect, as are most of the scenes with him and his father, or Astrid. A lot of the other stuff wears a little thin on repeat viewings though, particularly the weak third act that doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
But its a pretty fantastic movie, one of my faves. And yes, the soundtrack is great. that at least should have won something.
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I also enjoyed this movie. Only watched it twice but I thought it was pretty good. I was gettng tired of the CGI movies but they did a very nice job with this. I liked Toothless' design, he reminded me of Stitch+Pokemon. I really liked the crazy huge dragon. I was very suprised that Hiccup wound up wounded in such a way, but I could see why they chose to have that happen.
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@RobbyBevard:
Everything with Hiccup and Toothless is note perfect, as are most of the scenes with him and his father, or Astrid. A lot of the other stuff wears a little thin on repeat viewings though, particularly the weak third act that doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
But its a pretty fantastic movie, one of my faves. And yes, the soundtrack is great. that at least should have won something.
Too bad it didn't show in the same year Pixar showed Cars 2. Up against Toy Story 3…..it had no chance. I personally enjoyed How to Train Your Dragon more, but I certainly won't deny that Toy Story 3 was the quality-wise better movie.
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The only part of the movie I didn't particularly like was the development of the other kids and then giving them dragons at the end. Cynical part of me felt that it was a decision driven by merchandising.
I've seen several complaints about the major villain of the movie and how it really has no background, but I don't really care about that. Sometimes bad things exist–you don't have to give them a complex backstory.
And one last word on the soundtrack. The individual parts of the soundtrack are wonderful, but the best part is
! when Hiccup and Toothless catch Astrid in the battle with the Green Death. Just a perfect blend of action, direction, and music that you don't see much recently. Goosebumps every time.
And Sami, I'm actually with you. I think Toy Story is probably a "better" movie, but How to Train Your Dragon is still my favorite CG film.
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Never was a big fan of this movie. Liked the score and the visuals but the story never really did it for me. Also Jay Baruchel's voice annoys the crap out of me. I understand why others like it though, it's competently made.
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And Sami, I'm actually with you. I think Toy Story is probably a "better" movie, but How to Train Your Dragon is still my favorite CG film.
Same sort of thing with the year of Wall-E and Kung Fu Panda. Wall-E is the better movie, but Panda is the one that's easier to rewatch.
But great movies are great movies, we're lucky to get stuff that good. Regardless of medium or genre. Isn't it kind of weird that we feel the need to quantify animated movies against other animated movies though? Doesn't that just reinforce the built in mindset that they're inherantly "not as good" as the live stuff? (And I make the comparisons all the time, so… We all do it.)
But, we never throw Lion King against Forrest Gump or Pulp Fiction, which all came out in 94?
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Well, at least part of that is because it's easier to give a relative position with "it's my favorite CG film" compared to "it's my seventh favorite film of the late 2000s."
But it's a fair point. In fact, when describing How To Train Your Dragon to friends, I usually called it the best movie I'd seen in the past few years and had to deal with the animation versus "serious" film argument myself. It's similar to the fact that I've gotten both of my brothers and my father absolutely hooked on One Piece, but I originally had to fight them on the idea that it's "just a cartoon" or a "comic." I wonder if there was ever a period in early Disney when animated films were given the same credence as live-action.
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While Disney was alive it was still treated as an art form for all ages. Snow White wasn't aimed solely at kids, neither was Pinnochio, and Fantasia certainly wasn't. I'm not sure when exactly the "cartoons and comics are just for kids" stigma set in, (probably around the time of cheap kiddie fare saturday morning cartoons. The 70's, maybe?) but its been ingrained for a couple decades now.
That said. Castle of Cagliostro is easily my favorite movie ever. Animated or otherwise. Princess Mononoke is right up there too.
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Castle in the Sky, Porco Rossi, and Totoro are usually hovering around my Top Five as well.
Cagliostro doesn't quite make it, but that's about as much fun as you can have watching a movie…
So, yeah, How to Train Your Dragon...
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Here's the sneak peek for the animated series based on How to Train Your Dragon.
There's also going to be a one-hour preview on August 7th.
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That music just totally makes it.
Long as they can keep the quality at the level of the Christmas special, and not at the abysmal bone dragon special, I'll be okay with this. I haven't been terribly impressed with the Kung Fu Panda series the few times I've caught it (Its been very… tv series) but they are at least keeping the production values high... though the writing is most important.
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Why does Jay Baruchel always sound like he's talking through his teeth?
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@RobbyBevard:
That music just totally makes it.
It's like they're trying to cram every single theme from the movie into one two-minute clip. Which is fine, since they at least re-did the music to fit the scenes, unlike that dreadful Boneknapper video where they just hacked 15-second stretches of the original soundtrack together.
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I should also add.
As long as it doesn't turn into Lilo and Stitch the series. That was fun in its way, but it was sooooo tonally dissonant from the original movie.
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Watching the preview now
it's actually really good. The animation could be a lil better but it doesn't make me want to kill myself like the KFP show
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Hmmm. Not bad.
If there's one thing I want from the tv show, it's more characterization. One thing that bugged me about the movie was that I felt Astrid didn't get quite enough characterization. Yeah, she came to terms with Hiccup and the dragons, but I felt like we never really got to know HER. I'm hoping the tv show makes up for that.
Same goes for the twins. I freaking loved the twins, I want to see more of them.
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The second episode was a nice character focus on Gobber, so I don't think it'll be an issue about the other main characters. If anything just "more screen time" is enough, especially for the twins.
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Oh my god, the new episode on CN was absolutely adorable. Favorite episode so far.