Director: Dean DeBlois
Genre: Action/
Fantasy/ Adventure/ Family
Runtime: 125
minutes
Year:
2025
Starring: Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Gerard Butler, Nick Frost, Gabriel Howell,
Julian Dennison, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Peter Serafinowicz
Description: As an ancient threat endangers both Vikings and
dragons alike on the isle of Berk, the friendship between hiccup (Mason Thames),
an inventive Viking, and Toothless, a Night Fury dragon, becomes the hey to
both species forging a new future together.
Review: Fifteen years after the huge success of the animated film “How to Train
Your Dragon”, about Vikings battling dragons, the time has come for a remake. A
live-action version of that it is. And not all live-action remakes work, just
ask Disney. “How to Train Your Dragon” shows that turning an animation into a
live-action film can definitely be good.
The original co-director,
Dean DeBlois, returns to transform his animated world into a live-action
version. And he has done an excellent job. He cast strong actors who closely
resemble their animated counterparts, and visually the film looks polished. The
high-quality production, costumes, and beautiful location also come into their
own under his direction. Clearly, more effort has been put into this than the
average remake.
Toothless looks convincingly
real, and his bond with Hiccup is once again rock solid. Their friendship is
still the beating heart of the film and it will touch the viewers. Composer
John Powell is also back to reinforce the movie with his music.
All the ingredients are there,
simply because the recipe has remained unchanged for the most part. The fact
that it still works so well underlines how timeless the original story is. The end
result is therefore solid, although it could come off as lazy, because it’s
practically a shot-for-shot copy of the animation. But I rather have a copy of
an animated movie that I already love and the live-action being just as great,
then that they had made unnecessary changes and the film turned out bad or
mediocre. “How to Train Your Dragon” is so fun and I’m not mad about it at all!
Rating: 4,5/ 5
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