GadjetJax Reviews How To Train Your Dragon

   My first movie review... wow... actually, this is the first if a 5-post series where I'll be having a look at 3D animated movies. You've already seen the title of the movie I'm reviewing at the top of the page, so an intro is not required. And without further ado...
ROUND 1, FIGHT!

When I first saw How To Train Your Dragon in the theaters, I was suddenly inspired to read the books that the movie is based on, and they were equally good. Months later, when I heard the movie was coming to DVD, I flipped. Figuratively, of course. And then, when the time came to watch it again, I popped some microwave 'corn, opened a can of 'oca-'ola, and said to myself...
"What, are you serious, Dreamworks?"

I guess I was blinded by my youth state, but after reading the books, I starting liking the movie less and less...

 

Company's are always taking popular books and turning them into blockbuster hits. Most of the time, they're good(Narnia, Hobbit, etc.). Sometimes, they're bad(The Lightning thief, etc), and unfortunately, How to Train Your Dragon (The movie, not the book) falls into this trope- No, not fall, but SKYDIVE FROM THE TOP OF THE SEARS- wait, WILLIS TOWER!

Listen, I can respect a company for taking a beloved story and changing it around in order to make a fresh new experience for the audience, but How to Train Your Dragon takes the names of characters, and that's pretty much it. The story has nothing to do with the superior books at all. In fact, if they didn't have similar names to the characters in the books, you wouldn't be able to tell at all that it was supposed to relate to the books.

Now, for this review, I am going to ignore all source material and focus on the movie. And, to tell the truth, even when you act like it's unrelated to the books, it's not a very good movie. Characters have unnecessary quotes just for the sake of being funny. The movie tries too hard to make you feel attached to the movie, but, aside from Hiccup, the main character, none of the characters are inherently memorable because they are overshadowed by the significance of the protagonist, Hiccup.

I would cut it some slack and respect it for having a great soundtrack, and just as great visuals to match. But, with a lackluster story, unremarkable cast, and poor use of source material, How To Train Your Dragon gets the miserable score of...

 

4.7 POOR
+ Soundtrack and Visuals
- Source Material
- Characters
- Umm... paaannntttss????

 

This is GadgetJax, and coming up next in this 5-post series is TANGLED BY WALT DISNEY. Signing out. *Click*