How to Train Your Dragon (Single Disc Edition) [Blu-ray]

Love this series of movies

I love this movie. I remember when it came out and my baby brother begged me to take him and his friend to see it. I had my doubts based on the marketing for it, and went in expecting standard kids fare. I'm so glad I was wrong. I loved this movie! It really is one of the greatest movies of all time, and not just kids movies. It is beautifully animated, with an amazing soundtrack by John Powell (and really if you're still skeptical, it's worth watching just for that). It's a movie that's loved by my parents and younger siblings no matter how many times we watch it

I have seen this at least six times. I will likely watch it several more times. Every time I watch it, I see something new that I hadn’t noticed before. I never feel the need to skip parts, either. There is a wealth of activity going on within the village island, along with village chatter which is highly entertaining. (Try turning on the subtitles to catch more going on around the main characters.)The story is of Hiccup, the smallest, most intellectual, and most unappreciated teen in the whole tribe, taking his place in the world of his people, and with a newly elevated stature.The characters are well played by the actors, and that includes their full animations. The story is fabulous, and Hiccup makes a mildly stoic yet ironic underdog protagonist who has communication issues with his great Viking father. But when Hiccup is catapulted into a wild adventure with a dragon, he leads his Viking villagers into new paths no one had ever imagined before.Hiccup and Toothless learn from each other and become fast friends. Toothless is one of my favorite characters ever. Perhaps it is because Toothless reminds me so much of a lithe graceful animal, half cat and half dog, who is part cosmic clown of cuteness and yet a fierce and lethal beast. To Hiccup, he becomes a loyal companion as they begin to rely on each other.If you haven't see this, please consider it. It's charming and yet fiercely Norse. And though I haven't yet seen the third of this series, the second is wonderful as well. I'm an adult, and yet my favorite movies are often animated features. I find the charm of these stories to be so much nicer than the dark and darker stuff out there now. So if you enjoy animated features, and you still haven't seen this one, you may find this to be a great start to a new adventure.

One of my friend told me to watch this movie and my whole family watched this weekend. I was very disappointed by missing this movie all these years. It was simply amazing right from beginning and it makes you stick to your chairs to watch the movie.The movie has great animations and graphics and much entertaining for everyone. The story plot is great and unique story that i never watched any dragons movie with this story plot.I loved "Hiccup" character and his kindness towards the dragons and it simply an wonderful message to everyone about kindness as well. Most importantly, My kid enjoyed this movie thoroughly.Overall this movie deserves 5 star for sure and it's going to be on my all time watchlist movies. Now, i'm excited to watch the second part of the movie.

Only negative thing for us was that it had a lot of religious profanity/ exclamations (referring to their Norse Gods), like in all of the How to Train Your Dragon movies. Also the relationship with the parent is not very healthy in the beginning, father constantly belittles and even shames son, but Hiccup (son) shows personal strength and resilience and relationships improve a lot. I enjoyed watching the stories unfold as Hiccup discovers his personal strengths and uses them to help himself and his community, and his fun relationship with the creatures. Good animation, story and beautiful music! Overall it's an inspiring, interestingly fun and culture filled movie series. Not many movies are better or as good as the books they originated from, but this series qualifies. Mostly family friendly and fun, but might be a little intense in some spots for young children.

Just watched this movie during Covid 19 quarantine of 2020. I couldn't believe this movie is from 2010. It is one of the best animated movies I've ever watched. I've added it to my favorite movies list. It's a fun movie to watch with family and friends of all ages. The moral of the story is don't be afraid to be your true self, draw your own conclusions, and make your own decisions. What has always been the way may not be right after all. Be open-minded to accept new ideas. Trust yourself and do what you think is right.

This is a feel good movie with refreshing originality. We loved watching it. We really enjoyed Hiccup's personal journey in discovering what his own values are and pursuing them, even if it means he has to go against the crowd. We also liked the character development of Toothless, the actual dragon. Giving him a personality was fun, and we enjoyed watching how him and Hiccup interact together. We liked how the main struggle brings in the whole community and bands them together. The parallel between Hiccup and Toothless at the end is well done. Great watch for the whole family!

This is a review of the new 4k release.1st I have to say this is one of my favorite animated movies. I have owned it on Blu-ray and 3D Blu-ray and now 4k.The 4k picture is brighter and the colors are much more intense. The opening scene where the village is under attack is a good example of how the HDR has made significant increases to the color depth. The fire the kids are trying to put out and the dragons themselves are much stronger reds and oranges.There is a small uptick in texture for example Gobbler's various hands are more detailed and Stoic's clothing and hair are more defined.The new DTS:X soundtrack is very good and the new mix makes good use of overhead speakers. You are able to hear dragon's fly from one side of the room to the other. The deeper end seems to be boosted as well. Explosions have more weight to them and while they don't rattle the room they are very good.For me it's definitely worth the upgrade if you have the equipment to enjoy it.

How To Train You Dragon tames its mythical beasts through fiery action and emotional heft. I've been putting this off for years, and for the life of me I have no idea why. Dreamworks are often hit and miss for me, but this beautifully touching animation has enough heart to appeal to every family member and is definitely a hit. Hiccup is not like the rest of his Viking villagers, he refuses to kill dragons. He soon befriends the legendary "Night Fury", who he names Toothless, where he learns that dragons are not so ferocious after all. Packed with memorable characters, humorous dialogue and exhilarating flight sequences, it has everything one would expect from a family adventure. Plenty of development from the protagonist who sees his frightened self within Toothless. A prickly relationship with his father makes for some tension and relatable conflict, forcing Hiccup to be something he is not. Wonderfully paced with a surprising amount of laughs, particularly from the well casted voice actors (Butler especially!). Baruchel juxtaposes the primarily Scottish cast, and highlights his character's difference with the rest of the village. However, it is the tangible relationship between Hiccup and Toothless that makes this film work. Hiccup finds purpose with his newly tamed dragon, and there are so many moving scenes involving them that you can't help but become attached to them. An extensive five minute scene where the two learn to be in each other's company gave me goosebumps. No dialogue, just powerfully stunning visual storytelling that silenced me. The animation itself is often majestic, particularly with its environments and fast-paced action. Although some of the lighting was too dark, making certain scenes rather murky, but for the most part was watchable. I did have some issues with Astrid as a character though. An underdeveloped romance blooms between her and Hiccup and some of her dialogue was rushed and undercooked, particularly when motivating Hiccup to save Toothless. Small criticisms for what is an excellent animation that packs an almighty amount of fire and soars higher than Toothless himself.

This was a very good film. And if I sound surprised, it's because I am. I can't say I heard much about it when it was released at the cinema or afterwards on its DVD release and I mistakenly put that down to it being a very average film in a market with an over-abundance of very average films. Plus, whisper it, Pixar do tend to have the upper hand on Dreamworks. Oh, how wrong I was.How To Train Your Dragon is a funny and well made film about Vikings (why aren't there more Vikings in films? I loved Vikings as a kid) and their ongoing battles with the dragons in the area. The story is simple and follows Hiccup as he tries to gain the respect of his father, the village leader, but simple does not equate to dull. There is a blend of visual and verbal gags that took me a couple of watches to pick up on, so it does stand up to a rewatch or two.I sometimes think animated characters tend to blend into one, with nothing really to separate them. Here, each character is an individual, all have distinct personalities and all of them are a joy. Even the dragons have great characterisation.The animation is brilliant, with extra points going to the dragons, obviously, but, perhaps not so obviously, the backgrounds and scenery. When Toothless is flying, it's thrilling to watch.I sat and watched this with a huge grin of my face and it's a film that can be enjoyed by anyone (no kids in my household, just four adults and we all liked it a lot). Even the fact that the adults were Scottish and the kids American (Scottish Vikings being a bit historically inaccurate, to say the least) didn't bother me all that much.Finally, one last point, can I have my very own Toothless please? He's just adorable.

I love the story and the characters of this film, they are truly a masterpiece of animated graphics, superb scriptwriting and imagination.The story follows Hiccup who is the chief's son of the Vikings of Berk and who in all appearances is the most un-Viking person you can get. All he wants to do is impress his father who views him as an oddity and doesn't take him seriously but in the process he screws up and almost destroys the village (at the beginning of the movie) which is being attached by dragons. He makes it his mission to catch and kill a dragon but when the moment comes and he is face to face with one he just can't do it. Without realising it he has captured his soon to be best friend and companion.Through a process of trust exercises he manages to get the dragon, whom he calls Toothless, to trust him and he soon discovers a whole bunch of things that are useful in taming dragons. Enter the plot twist - he must start dragon training with the Vikings, learning various techniques to trap, malee and kill dragons, which obviously makes him torn in two; learning about dragons and impressing his father.I watched this film when it first came out and fell in love with Toothless, he is a brilliant character and you can genuinely see the friendship grow and develop throughout the film. I decided I had to buy my own copy and settled on the BluRay as it gives a much better picture and audio experience as there are picture details which are much more vivid and noticeable and the sound is much sharper and crisp too.I would highly recommend this film to anyone, especially for families as this is a great family film which can be enjoyed by anyone.

This is the story of village wimp Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) and his quest to be like his beefy father (Gerard Butler) and the rest of the villagers. The village in question is a lonely Viking outpost plagued by bad weather and regular dragon attacks. Because Hiccup is a weedy individual with poor coordination and a talent for getting into scrapes he has to rely on technology in his attempts to be like his dragon slaying compatriots. Hiccup is the apprentice to the village blacksmith (Craig Ferguson) which gives him access to the materials to make various dragon busting weapons which have serially failed to work at the crucial moment. To add to his woes he is suffering a bad case of unrequited love for Astrid (America Ferrara), a teenage beauty proficient in fighting and use of weapons.Early in the film Hiccup scores a rare success and hits a fabled Night Fury dragon with one of his weapons. No one believes him and he ventures alone into the woods to find the downed dragon. When he finds it he tries to kill it but realises he can't when he sees the fear in its eyes. Thus begins an uneasy truce between them which develops into trust and friendship. He even names the dragon Toothless (it has retractable teeth). Hiccup uses his inventing skills to devise a prosthetic tail fin for the crippled dragon and together they take to the skies to perfect it. While the bond twixt boy and dragon strengthens the villagers are planning an expedition to the dragons' secret home island to exact revenge for all the raids.The blacksmith is tasked with training the village youngsters in the art of dragon killing. Hiccup's father expressly orders Hiccup to participate in this. For a while this goes well as Hiccup has learned all the dragons' weak spots and uses his knowledge to pacify the training dragons without killing them. When Hiccup is rumbled by a suspicious Astrid, he and Toothless kidnap her and take her on an airborne joyride to convince her that dragons are inherently good. Whilst on this joyride they stumble into the flight path of a group of dragons and follow them to the dragons' home island. Once there they discover that the dragons are hostage to an enormous uber-dragon which forces them to raid other islands and bring food back to drop in its enormous gaping maw. Hiccup returns determined to show the villagers that the dragons could be their friends.It all goes pear shaped when the villagers' expedition returns empty handed to find Hiccup is the village hero. Impressed, his father insists on watching the final trial but scuppers things when he alarms the dragon Hiccup is attempting to charm. This leads to a life or death confrontation between Hiccup and the angry dragon which ends when Toothless comes to the rescue and fights off the other dragon. Unfortunately Toothless is captured and tied to a boat to provide unwilling guidance to the dragons' island.The film climaxes with the villagers' discovery of the dragons' island and a showdown with the giant dragon. Hiccup and the village youngsters ride in to the rescue on the training dragons and free Toothless from his bonds. Hiccup and Toothless go head to head with the giant dragon and defeat it although at some cost to Hiccup who does not escape unscathed. The film ends with the villagers and dragons living together in harmony and all's well with the world.This is a great little film, competently animated to Dreamworks high (but not Pixar high) standards. Most of the animation effort seems to have gone into Toothless. A great design, he moves very convincingly and conveys just the right amount of expression given that his head isn't really designed for facial movement. By comparison the other dragons look like comedy cartoon dragons.For me the best bits of the film are the scenes where boy and dragon learn about each other, bonding in the process. Toothless's behaviour is clearly modelled on domestic cats and dogs which makes him a very engaging character. Hiccup too is an engaging character. A nerd in a hero's world we sympathise with him because he is more like most of us than the rest of the villagers.Bugbears are few with this film. Why do the Viking villagers all have Scottish accents? Why do their kids have American accents? Why are the dragons beholden to the big dragon when they could a) fly away or b) gang up and char broil him? But this is a kids' film and it's best not to ask too many questions and just sit back and enjoy.

Simply put, this is an exceptional film. I was thoroughly surprised to find Dreamworks had entered the ring and finally thrown in a very strong contender for Disney Pixar. The film boasts a fantastic voice cast including Gerard Butler, America Ferrera and David Tennant as an assortment of burly vikings who must fight the fierce dragons threatening their village. The animation is simply superb throughout the film and stunning on blu-ray with a colourful variety of dragons to behold from the monstrous firebreathing Nightmare to the two-headed Zippleback. The film is exciting, funny and action-packed and Hiccup's friendship with the loveable Toothless is wonderful to watch. This is definitely a feel-good film for all the family and I'm certain anyone who watches it will want their own dragon like Toothless (I know I do!). As for special features the Blu-ray/DVD Double Play pack includes a filmmakers commentary, behind the scenes footage, interviews and a particularly interesting technical artistry feature showing how each dragon was created. I would definitely recommend this film and if you fall in love with Toothless you might like to also pick up Dreamworks Dragons: Gift of The Nightfury DVD for an additional dragon fix.