That's basically the premise of the new Dreamworks film, How to Train Your Dragon. It features the recognizable voices of Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, Jay Baruchel, and Jonah Hill. The film's plot centers around a young male viking, who basically sucks at being a viking. By sheer luck, he develops a relationship with the wildest dragon around, and learns that dragons aren't really that bad. Aww. Sure they breathe fire and destroy homes, but besides that, they love to share their half-eaten fish with you. Within the first fourteen minutes of the movie, I knew exactly where it was headed and I began to lose interest. Sure there were a couple of jokes and reference made for the stroller-nazi moms in the crowd, but it was too predictable for my taste. But then I got to think of my favorite childhood movies and realized most of them were predictable too. When you're a kid, you don't know how the story is going to end because you haven't read enough books, or seen enough movies to know the formula. At that point, I began to see the film with new eyes (and not just my 3D ones, which by the way freak me out) and enjoyed every little nook and cranny of this dragon "tail". If you don't mind an easy plot and love Scottish accents (YUM) then taming your dragon is what you should do.
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wanna be a man? learn to train your dragon!
That's basically the premise of the new Dreamworks film, How to Train Your Dragon. It features the recognizable voices of Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, Jay Baruchel, and Jonah Hill. The film's plot centers around a young male viking, who basically sucks at being a viking. By sheer luck, he develops a relationship with the wildest dragon around, and learns that dragons aren't really that bad. Aww. Sure they breathe fire and destroy homes, but besides that, they love to share their half-eaten fish with you. Within the first fourteen minutes of the movie, I knew exactly where it was headed and I began to lose interest. Sure there were a couple of jokes and reference made for the stroller-nazi moms in the crowd, but it was too predictable for my taste. But then I got to think of my favorite childhood movies and realized most of them were predictable too. When you're a kid, you don't know how the story is going to end because you haven't read enough books, or seen enough movies to know the formula. At that point, I began to see the film with new eyes (and not just my 3D ones, which by the way freak me out) and enjoyed every little nook and cranny of this dragon "tail". If you don't mind an easy plot and love Scottish accents (YUM) then taming your dragon is what you should do.
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