Nathan Bartlebaugh | Feb 26, 2010 | Movie News
Lo and behold, we have a brand new trailer for How To Train Your Dragon, starring the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, and Jonah Hill. I’ve got to say, I’m really looking forward to this one.
I caught up with the children’s book by Cresidda Cowell (which skews much, much younger than Harry Potter or Percy Jackson) and I found it a hilarious little ditty that’s perfectly calibrated for kids and their parents. It’s a wonderful read-before-bed kind of book, with a great deal of goofy humor that has a playful tongue-in-cheek vibe to go with the festive fantasy world. I’ll have a full review of the series out next week in our Atomic Books section, but right now, there’s a new trailer for the Dreamworks animated version of the tale.
Confession time first. I love dragons in the movies. Dragonslayer, Dragonheart, even Reign of Fire all have special places in my heart and the scenes in Beowulf and Harry Potter featuring the winged critters were by far my favorite parts of both movies.
So, I’ve got a bit of a bias right from the get-go. What I’m seeing here that I love is the design of the dragons, which is very fluid and animated, but with character definition. It’s hard to give non-human animated creatures character without anthropomorphizing them. These dragons have a spark of individuality and personality that reminds me of a mix between Looney Tunes and Harryhausen. Particularly the young hatchling Toothless, who befriends Viking teen Hiccup.
On top of that, the film has the creative team of Lilo and Stitch behind it, one of the quirkiest and most delightful of recent Disney features. Take a look and tell me what you think? Is this one working for you?
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