How to Train Your Dragon - Reviews

...is not terrible like some of the Disney remakes out there, and it's better than almost all of them...

Is it fun to watch? OH YES, IT IS! 

Within all its rigid recitation, there’s a heart and soul that demonstrates how DeBlois has managed to get so much mileage out of the loving story of a Viking boy and the dragon he befriends.

...doesn't breathe new life into story, but still soars.

...comparisons are going to be inevitable, so there is an onus on the work to present a reason for existing.

It’s the kind of immersive sensation and giddy wish fulfillment that might just have you forgetting momentarily to breathe and, maybe more importantly, that you’re still in a movie theater.

...more a controlled spark than a roaring blaze.

A true thrill ride, the live-action How to Train Your Dragon remake is fire (both figuratively and literally).

...it’s good enough to pull me back from the brink of demanding that all such remakes be burnt be fire.

...some of the flight scenes are simply breathtaking, and the big action finale is Lord of the Rings-level epic.

...it’s simply glorious. And just like the original, you’ll want to experience it all over again.

...boasts a fun, sparky script and an unimprovable story about a lonely, damaged boy bonding with a lonely, injured dragon.