How To Train Your Dragon

How To Train Your Dragon

DreamWorks

2010

PG

Summary: Hiccup is a young boy living in the Viking village of Berk where it is cold and miserable most of the year.  Hiccup is a small, scrawny boy that is delegated to the smithy because he’s a disaster waiting to happen.  Gobber, the smith, is stuck trying to keep Hiccup in hand, while Hiccup’s father, Stoick defends the village from attacking dragons.  Out of all the terrifying dragons that they fight the most feared is the Night Fury.  Hiccup manages to shoot a Night Fury with his invention, but can’t get anyone to believe him, so he goes looking for the downed dragon to prove to the village that he can kill dragons.  Instead of killing the dragon he finds he releases it and soon befriends it.  Toothless, the dragon, has an injured tail fin which has grounded him.  After making friends with Toothless, Hiccup designs and creates a way for him to train and fly with Toothless, and in the end saves the village and the dragons from a horrible monster. 

Similar Movies: Toy Story 3; Monsters vs. Aliens; Flushed Away; and Shrek.

Personal Thoughts: This movie is fabulous!  I have not read the books that accompany this, but I am looking forward to doing so in the future.  A fun and humorous movie for all ages, even adults!