How to Train Your Dragon.
It has honestly been years since I have come out of a movie and wanted to watching it again right away.
Oh sure, I have seen movies that I really liked, or loved in the theaters, and known that I will get it when it comes out on DVD.
But the movies that I didn't want to end, that I stayed GLUED to the screen (despite my ADHD tendencies), the movies that as soon as it was over I looked to my husband and said "I am going to see this again?"
I am sure that I can count them on one hand easily.
With room to spare.
Some movies make you leave the theater thinking, some movies make you leave the theater emotionally drained, but some movies just transcend all of that and make you leave the theater thinking 'that is all? I want more.'
This was one of those movies.
Now, I admit, that I have been a fan of dragons of all sorts literally since as long as I can remember. I am an artist, and when I was 5, 6, 7 years old, I wasn't drawing fairy princesses, I was drawing dragons.
My love of dragons got me into things like D&D, and the Forgotten Realms series of books and other fantasy and sci-fi sort of things. It really has shaped my interests and the kind of person I am today.
There are really not enough words to say how wonderful the movie is. Like Paul said, it is a 'boy and his dog' sort of film at the heart of it, but the story is really so much more than that. As the movie goes along, you can take a guess as to how it is going to end, and it would seem that it would lose something in its predictability.
But it really isn't all that predictable. Without giving anything away, the ending isn't as 'touchy feely sweet' as it the trap that it could have fallen into. And while the plot would seem to be predictable, you are so damn busy enjoying the movie that you honestly don't even think about how it is going to end, you just want to see what happens next. There are definite little twists to the story that one would not predict, and that just makes the plot all the better.
The score is wonderful as well. It doesn't override what's happening on the screen, it compliments it perfectly. I got the soundtrack right after we left the theater. It is a score, so don't expect famous songs from big name artists, but that isn't what this movie needed. What is needed was orchestration that is understated at times, and soaringly rich in others.
There are a couple of semi-big name voices in here, but that really isn't the draw, as it is with some movies. That can often pull away from the story, having someone with a name that draws in big bucks but may not be the best voice actor. There is none of that here. The voices were excellently done.
Okay, I guess I have been rambling about it for long enough, just go see the damn movie for yourself. I suggest seeing it in 3-D while you can in the theaters. Unlike a lot of movies, they really don't stoop to throwing the 3-D in your face, gratuitous 3-D effects for the sake of 3-D effects like a lot of movies do. There are a couple of little silly 3-D moments, but literally only a couple and they are really fast so you don't have to worry about it ruining the flow of the story.
So. Go see it. NOW. What are you waiting for? I said NOW!!!!!
Oh sure, I have seen movies that I really liked, or loved in the theaters, and known that I will get it when it comes out on DVD.
But the movies that I didn't want to end, that I stayed GLUED to the screen (despite my ADHD tendencies), the movies that as soon as it was over I looked to my husband and said "I am going to see this again?"
I am sure that I can count them on one hand easily.
With room to spare.
Some movies make you leave the theater thinking, some movies make you leave the theater emotionally drained, but some movies just transcend all of that and make you leave the theater thinking 'that is all? I want more.'
This was one of those movies.
Now, I admit, that I have been a fan of dragons of all sorts literally since as long as I can remember. I am an artist, and when I was 5, 6, 7 years old, I wasn't drawing fairy princesses, I was drawing dragons.
My love of dragons got me into things like D&D, and the Forgotten Realms series of books and other fantasy and sci-fi sort of things. It really has shaped my interests and the kind of person I am today.
There are really not enough words to say how wonderful the movie is. Like Paul said, it is a 'boy and his dog' sort of film at the heart of it, but the story is really so much more than that. As the movie goes along, you can take a guess as to how it is going to end, and it would seem that it would lose something in its predictability.
But it really isn't all that predictable. Without giving anything away, the ending isn't as 'touchy feely sweet' as it the trap that it could have fallen into. And while the plot would seem to be predictable, you are so damn busy enjoying the movie that you honestly don't even think about how it is going to end, you just want to see what happens next. There are definite little twists to the story that one would not predict, and that just makes the plot all the better.
The score is wonderful as well. It doesn't override what's happening on the screen, it compliments it perfectly. I got the soundtrack right after we left the theater. It is a score, so don't expect famous songs from big name artists, but that isn't what this movie needed. What is needed was orchestration that is understated at times, and soaringly rich in others.
There are a couple of semi-big name voices in here, but that really isn't the draw, as it is with some movies. That can often pull away from the story, having someone with a name that draws in big bucks but may not be the best voice actor. There is none of that here. The voices were excellently done.
Okay, I guess I have been rambling about it for long enough, just go see the damn movie for yourself. I suggest seeing it in 3-D while you can in the theaters. Unlike a lot of movies, they really don't stoop to throwing the 3-D in your face, gratuitous 3-D effects for the sake of 3-D effects like a lot of movies do. There are a couple of little silly 3-D moments, but literally only a couple and they are really fast so you don't have to worry about it ruining the flow of the story.
So. Go see it. NOW. What are you waiting for? I said NOW!!!!!