Review: How to Train Your Dragon

From the animators of Shrek comes another grahical piece of eye candy for the kids.

How to Train Your Dragon is a tale about a young, accident-prone Viking who befriends a dragon. The problem is his village has been as war with the flying reptiles for centuries.

Hiccup manages to shoot a dragon down following another attack on his village. The next day he goes in search of it, only to find he's injured the creature's tail and it can't fly properly. Hiccup feels obliged to help the creature and the two secretly become friends.

Inevitably though like all films that have used this basic story before, his secret gets found out. Then it is a race against time to save the other villagers.

The film is nice in 3D but nothing special. If you opted for the 2D option you would not miss much. The story is a little bland, there are no clever plot twists or surprises along the way.
And Hiccup's voice seems to be monotone all the way through.

But with that aside the film is really good. The visuals, especially during flight scenes are beautiful and there's some good gags. Kids will definitely enjoy it.