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Seorang remaja Viking bernama Hiccup hidup di Pulau Berk, tempat dimana bertempur dengan naga adalah cara untuk hidup. Para remaja itu punya kecerdasan dan rasa humor. Sayangnya tidak terlalu baik dengan pemimpin suku-nya atau kepala yang … kebetulan menjadi ayah Hiccup. Namun, ketika Hiccup masuk dalam Pelatihan Naga dengan remaja Viking lain, ia melihat kesempatan untuk membuktikan bahwa dia memiliki apa yang diperlukan untuk menjadi pejuang. Tapi ketika dia bertemu (dan akhirnya berteman dengan) seekor naga yang terluka, sikapnya berbalik, dan apa yang terjadi adalah Hiccup menjadikannya sebagai satu kesempatan untuk membuktikan bahwa dirinya berubah dan punya kesempatan untuk menetapkan arah baru bagi masa depan suku secara keseluruhan.

Production Status: Released
Genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Kids/Family, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Animation and Adaptation
Running Time: 1 hr. 30 min.
Release Date: March 26th, 2010 (wide)
MPAA Rating: PG for sequences of intense action and some scary images, and brief mild language.
Distributors:
Paramount Pictures
Production Co.:
Mad Hatter Entertainment
Studios:
DreamWorks Animation
U.S. Box Office: $92,326,000
Produced in: United States

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So much better than Alice in Wonderland..
by yan (movies profile) Mar 26, 2010

My husband and I (we are both 30+) went for this movie, hoping that we are not paying $20 per person ticket to see something similarly tasteless and soulless like AIW. I have to say, it really surprised us — the visual and the story were both great. It was riveting from the start, and except for just a couple of scenes that were a bit cliched, we felt the story quite original, the visual stunning, and the execution/directing superb. You feel for the characters, and wish you would go through the same journey they did!! It was one of those movies that make you feel time fly by too fast and you actually don’t want it to end!

I am a movie junkie and see all sort of genres, and this is my favorite of 2010 so far.

Exhilirating, thirlling, fantastic family film…
by bck (movies profile) Mar 25, 2010

Directors Chris Sander and Dean DeBlois had some success at Disney (that being the utterly fantastic “Lilo and Stitch” movie, which modern Disney has yet to surpass) and somehow found their way to DreamWorks to work on this equally fantastic and entertaining “How To Train Your Dragon”, adapted from the book by Cressida Cowell.

The movie tells of a weakling of a Viking named Hiccup who wants to follow in his father’s footsteps and be a great dragon slayer. Unfortunately, Hiccup can barely lift a sword, so he is assigned to assist the blacksmith in reforging and sharpening the weapons used against the dragons that plague their village called Berk. Eager to join the fight, Hiccup devises his own tools with which he manages to bring down a dragon. When he heads off to slay his fallen foe, however, Hiccup learns some new things about the dragons that would go against everything his people believe about the creatures. What follows is a remarkable and exhilarating adventure, particularly in 3D.

Visually, the movie is quite stunning. It’s not quite the same as watching a Pixar movie, but it’s the emotional heft that would accompany a Pixar film, but they do have equally emotional moments when the story needs it. While Pixar tends to nestle comfortably within the General Audiences rating, DreamWorks tends to aim a little higher with more PG rated entertainment. Adventures that would appeal to the kids while servicing a story and dialogue that would satisfy an older audience, such as “Monsters vs. Aliens” or even “Kung Fu Panda”.

While Pixar is moving towards more realistic backgrounds, as showcased in “Up”, DreamWorks keep their worlds uniformed to their characters design. Although, the design of the hero dragon, Toothless, does bear a striking resemblance to the alien Stitch, particularly with the shape of the head, mouth and eyes. There are a variety of dragons to gawk at as well, which is actually impressive in their design. The humans themselves are fairly cartoony, the kind you might find in an illustrated children’s book, but as I noted, the designs correspond extremely well with the surroundings. This does include the buildings, other creatures and structures as well as taking into account atmosphere and lighting. It’s a beautiful looking movie.

The rousing score by John Powell serves the movie very well, especially when combined with the cinematography and choreography of that first flight Hiccup takes on Toothless. It’s no slouch when the action itself kicks in either. The directors handle the action extremely well, putting everything in context with the environment so you never feel like it’s just chaos at play. The characters are engaging and nicely formed with proper motivations. There wasn’t one among them that I found annoying, or one that was put in just for laughs. Another benefit to the movie is that the credits were held to the end. Aside from perhaps Gerard Butler’s voice, it was a bit of a surprise to learn some of the other cast members.

For the 3D screening, there was some typical effects to play with the 3D where an object comes at the screen, but the environment effects do come alive very well and there is some remarkable depth to the images. The occasional bit of trickery do make way for some magnificent visual, again especially during the action and flying scenes. The characters do not appear to be flat images within a three dimensional space as one might expect of illustrated images such as viewed through a ViewMaster. I would be curious enough to check out what the normal 2D version of the movie would look like and I do intend to watch this again. It would be safe to say at this point, that this is the best movie I’ve seen in our cinemas so far this year. And it’s just March.