Critiques on How to Train Your Dragon

For my first double feature paper, I choose the movie The Sword in the Stone (1963) and How to Train Your Dragon (2010). Both of this movie are animated fantasy film. The Sword In The Stone was directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, scripted by Bill Peer (based on the TH White Novel), and the music in the movie was composed by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman (The Sherman Brothers). On the other hand, How to Train Your Dragon was directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois.

Historically, one of the effective ways to teach a lesson is by storytelling. The movie How to Train Your Dragon has a great message to the audience, especially children. One of the aims in this was to send a modern message. Characters for medieval usually viewed as large and tough, especially for the Vikings. Hiccup, which is the main character, have weak characteristics such as lacks strength, charisma, and confidence. Despite being weak, he tried to convince his father and the village that they are wrong. When Stoick sees the final results, he discovers that the dragon is really quite sweet.

I8f2Toothless the dragon has an interesting and imaginative design than any other normal dragon. For me personally, think that Toothless’ facial expression and body movement are very cat like most of the times. Overall, this is a charming and enjoyable film about family and friendship that can appeal to any age of group.

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  1. While I was watching How to Train Your Dragon, I never realized that Toothless was very cat-like. After hearing this, I can really see how he seemed like Hiccup’s pet cat. I also really enjoyed this film and thought it related to many age groups. It was also very enjoyable to watch and had a very good ending.

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