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In 2010, we were introduced to the world of the Vikings by
Dreamworks as an adaption of the awesome collected works of Cressida Cowell.
This extremely exhilarating animation is one that has captured the minds of
both children and adults alike and has continued in the pace of its original
momentum by exposing it followers to the lives of the characters.
How to train your dragon (2010) ranked 11 on the rotten
tomatoes’ Top 100 animated movies list
with 98% rating which is seen as a very big win for the Dreamworks driven
movie. This and many more achievements made by the movie worldwide prompted the
release of the spin-off of the movie as a TV show shown on Cartoon Network as Dragons: Riders of Berk and Dragons:
Defenders of Berk. I dare say that the TV shows are in a way better than
the movie with it explicitly explaining how the events of How to train your
dragon has affected the Isle of Berk even going as far as exploiting the bond between
Toothless and Hiccup. With the extraordinary addition of both Snotlout and the
twins “Ruffnut and Tuffnut” who were expressly downgraded in the movie and made
their character more developed and extra mischievous.
Closely followed is also how it seems that Hiccup and his dragon were slowly but beautifully been revered by the Vikings in the Archipelago. Hiccup’s journey to heroism is a much more fascinating story due to the shows and we also see how he constantly tries to lead his band of not-so-compatible younger Vikings to help them become heroes that will build the Hairy Hooligans tribe. His encounter with both Alvin and Dagger also proved that he still had a long way to go to become who he was meant to be.
The sequel to the movie picks up 5 years after the events of
the first movie and it shows how much work Hiccup had done to make sure that
the relationship between the Hairy Hooligans and the dragons is a lot better
but it also shows that Hiccup having accomplished all these wonderful things
was still looking for more has he still does not know who he is. He had gained
respect all over the archipelago and even snagged the beautiful and warrior
bride so he wanted more than to just be the next chief of the tribe. This movie
ranked below its predecessor at 34 on the list and 92% in ratings, nonetheless,
it was more matured and had better animation than the previous one with a more
substance to the story-line.
Netflix picked up the season 3 for only 13 episodes compared
to the last ones. Dragons: Race to the Edge was equally more matured like the
movie itself and also had better animation but it shows the characters on an
Isle different from berk with the characters creating a little safe haven for
themselves separate from their normal home so that they can explore the bigger
world on the edge of the archipelago.
All in all, this endeavor by Dreamworks is a very worthy one
and I sure look forward to all the wonderful things they are going to do with
this movie. If you are a lover of animated works, this is one you should watch as
you will not be disappointed.
FYI, the books are another avenue I think you guys should
explore because they are totally different from the movie and you sure will not
regret it.
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