This year How to Train Your Dragon is celebrating its 15-year anniversary as it is one of the most beloved movie franchises. It has an animated trilogy of movies as well as a live-action remake coming this June. The story is about a teen boy whose dad forces him to become a viking in order to kill dragons on the Island of Berk. This movie takes place in the viking world where men and women want to destroy the dragons. Hiccup befriends a night fury which is the most dangerous dragon of all, then meets a group of students who want to become vikings. Their names are Astrid, Fishlegs, Snotlout, and Tuffnut and Ruffnut who are twin brother and sister. Gobber, a close friend of Stoick’s, teaches the young vikings how to fight a dragon but Hiccup learns how to calm the dragons down and to not be afraid of him.
The How to Train Your Dragon franchise cast includes Jay Baruchel (She’s Out of My League), Gerard Butler (Olympus Has Fallen), America Ferrara (Barbie), Jonah Hill (Superbad), Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids), Craig Ferguson (Then Came You), Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Kick A**), TJ Miller (Office Christmas Party), David Tennant (Doctor Who), Cate Blanchett (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Kit Harington (Game of Thrones), Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond), and F. Murray Abraham (The Grand Budapest Hotel).
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes gave it a certified fresh rating of 99% and have praised this movie for its stunning animation, deep heartwarming themes, and the special bond between Hiccup and Toothless as a standing ovation. As for the audience, they gave it a 91% which makes it a wonderful and thrilling adventure movie for kids and adults of all ages. I would give this movie franchise five stars as it is hilariously funny.
The How to Train Your Dragon movie series is based on a book series by Cressida Cowell. She came up with the idea one summer when she was younger that she spent on the Scottish island. The book series is very personal to her as she finished publishing all of the books in the series with 12 full novels. The book series has won several awards from the Philosophy Now Award to so much more!
