I have been meaning to see this since before it came out, and since I got an unexpected day off in the middle of the week, I finally got around to it today.
Well worth the wait! It is beautifully made, and if you suspend your sense of reality, you can *believe *that there are dragons! (and I want one!) I shed a tear or 2 at the end, too.
I’ll be buying this one when it’s available, but I am so glad I saw it first in 3D on the big screen.
Anyone else see it & enjoy it as much as I did?
Yeah, I liked it.
At the end, I leaned over to one of my friends and said “why do the Vikings have Scottish accents?”
A great time with my sons watching that in 3D! We adored it, and the funny moments were indeed quite funny.
I work in a zoo, and my perspective may be a bit skewed… but I thought the movie raised some interesting points about the methods of, and reasons for, domestication. The prosthetic tail thingy felt a bit like an easy way out, making the injured dragon obliged to work with/for its traditional enemy. The movie also glossed over how the rest of the gang managed to tame and train their uninjured dragons, and so quickly.
Those dragons were pretty much big scaly cats, I would have liked to see some more avian or reptilian characteristics.
Yeah, some odd criticism maybe 
It was enjoyable anyway.
Heh… I wondered about the Scottish accents myself, but I just pushed all the questions out of my mind and allowed myself to get lost in the beautiful animation and enjoyable story.
I notices a lot of feline traits too, but there were canine elements there as well, in Toothless’ snarl when the (ADORABLE) tiny dragons were stealing his fish. The little dragon that cuddled up to Hiccup was too, too cute for words!!
I was wondering why the kids had *American *accents!
Very cute film. Toothless was just** too cute**! I’d recommend the audiobooks if you’re interested. There’s a whole series and the plot is *completely *different, but they are really fun! (And read by David Tennant!)
I liked it, although I didn’t like the look of the Vikings very much.
Toothless reminded me of Stitch, from Lilo & Stitch.
Yeah. Toothless looks just like my cat – all black with yellow glowy eyes.
I loved this movie. I was dying from the cute. I thought it was extremely well done.
The director, Chris Sanders, also directed, voiced & created the design for Stitch, so it’s not surprising they look similar.
I thought it was fun, but not as good as Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, which was made by the same people, and is probably my favorite non-Pixar CGI movie.
I loved the film.
I kept pointing out to my friend- look he’s using SCIENCE to overcome his problems!
I loved it too.
Toothless really did remind me of my cat, though. Especially when it toasted the ground to make a warm spot to sleep on!
Did they ever explain why the Dark Fury dragons never take animals like the other dragons do?
I loved it, too, and Toothless looks like my black cat! They look similar and have similar mannerisms.
Another thing I loved, I actually felt like I was flying on the dragon. The animation and 3d effects were great.
I had a lot of fun with it. I wasn’t sure why it got 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, because I didn’t think it was bettor or worse than others of a similar genre, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t have fun.
Yeah, Toothless was pretty much a dragon version of our Olive. My boyfriend and I thought it was hilarious.
The 3d effects were awesome and the whole movie just left me feeling satisfied at the end. Loved it.
I have a blast watching it. Animation-wise it looks dated, but the storyline is well executed and the production quality is high.
I’m just curious… how do you feel that the animation looks dated? I thought the animation was simply beautiful!
Saw it with the family and we all liked it. The flying scenes are nothing less than thrilling. Great action scenes and a good moral at the end. I loved the voice of the protagonist - a classic world-weary teenage smartass, but in a good way. I’d listen to him read the phone book. His maybe-girlfriend reminded of a young Eowyn. And yes, I wondered about the Scottish Vikings, too.
Rotten Tomatoes marks movies on a simple “positive” vs. "negative’ review scale. Movies that score high tend to be ones that are broadly likable. A high score does not necessarily mean it is a work of genius - in fact, works of real genius are likey to create strong reactions, and some of those negative - but rather, that very few positively disliked it.
A movie that almost everyone thought “fun” is perfect for getting a high score.