It got good reviews and has Craig Ferguson in it. I had to watch it.
I gathered from said reviews that it was a bit better than most kid movies of today, and it is, kinda. It has dragons in it for one thing. Sometimes they even look cool. The humor isn’t always watered-down for the little ones. I’m sure it’s quite awesome in 3D (I watched it in 2D. I don’t like wearing those glasses or paying the extra bucks).
The story is of a young Viking who doesn’t seem to be shaping up to be a good Viking. He’s special. Just like all you wonderful kids. His widower dad is blind to his specialness and is shamed to have such a weakling son, who of course becomes a hero by the end because of his wonderful specialness, saving the stupid adults from their always stupid ways. Great message.
Anyway, you’ve got the usual group of stereotypical kids providing a foil to the protagonist kid, belching the usual lines. They might’ve been the most annoying part of the movie for me. Them and the protagonist’s extreme ease in “training” the dragons as the story progresses. Instant domestication! Yay! There’s got to be a better way to do that. I guess it’s just my cynical self no longer able to embrace the simplified child-view that’s always been present in entertainment for young folk. It’s all just gotten so cliché.
There were funny bits that made it watchable, but really, I don’t think I’m a kid anymore.
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i kept seeing this movie get good reviews (it's still sitting at a 98% on rotten tomatoes) and felt tempted. but then i thought, "hey! wait a minute! kung fu panda has about a 95, and that movie was awful!" then michael barrier, a cartoon critic i really like, said the first half was good, but the rest was typically retarded animated dreck. the problem is that people think cartoons=kids, therefore, kids=dumber stories. it's ok if they're horribly written because they're for kids, and kids are dumb.
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