- Work
- How to Train Your Dragon
- Creator
- Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois
- Year
- 2010
- Format
- Film
A boy, a night-fury, and the blessed refusal to kill what you do not understand.
Summary: Hiccup is the wrong shape for a Viking village that measures worth in dead dragons. Then he wounds one — and discovers that finishing the job would finish him, too.
My Review: Dirt, sky, and stubborn mercy. The flying sequences feel like someone finally told the truth about wind. Toothless is not a pet; he is a neighbor with teeth. The film knows that courage sometimes looks like disappointing your father in public so you can save him in private. Clean wonder. Loud laughter. A scar that means something.
Concerns: Battle peril, parental conflict, a touch of wartime grief — handled with care.
Overall rating: 5 out of 5