Yes, I know what you're thinking. Another Dreamworks movie. But I was intrigued when I saw the theatrical poster, and that many people gave it critical acclaim, and that Kristin Wiig played a minor roll. May I note here that I happen to love Kritin Wiig, so I thought I would check it out.
In an amazing display of picture quality and sound, we are introduced to Hiccup, the odd one out in his village of killing dragons. (Shocker, another outcast!) He manages to shoot down the rarest dragon of all, and in something out of Free Willy, can't bring himself to kill it. 10 seconds later, he frees the beast, it attempts to fly away, but has a broken wing. The rest of the movie is a collaboration between the relationship between himself and this new found dragon, his tomboy crush, his classmates, the rest of the dragons, and his father.
Hiccup then builds the dragon a new wing, but has to control it from the dragon's back. Soon a friendship was built in a pokemon-esque flying montage, all the while keeping it a secret from his village. Hiccup finds that this new found friendship comes with benefits, as when he is training his dragon, called Toothless, he finds that all dragons have the same likes and dislikes, and uses it against the dragons he faces in "Dragon Training": a class he was forced to take on killing dragons.
Phew, If I could say dragon anymore, I would.
Long Story short, Hiccup and friends find out that the dragons are not as heartless as they originally thought, and befriend them. The movie ends on a chipper note with Hiccup being praised for all of his work in the field of Zoology.
Overall, the visuals were stunning, (Like, PS3 cut scene beautiful) and the soundtrack makes the Philadelphia Harmonic sound like the music from Castlevania Legacy of Darkness (*shudder*)
Ah the score. Hm, I give it an 8.2/10 for overall presentation.
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