How to Train Your Dragon movie review: live-action remake no match for the 2010 original
3/5 stars
Hollywood continues to cash in on popular animations by remaking them as live-action/CG hybrids. Lilo and Stitch, released just a few weeks ago, is the third highest-grossing movie of the year so far. Now it is the turn of How To Train Your Dragon.
The fantasy cartoon from DreamWorks based on the book by Cressida Cowell has already spawned two sequels. Now, just 15 years after its release, it gets a makeover, primarily to appeal to those too young to have seen the original.
Set on the island of Berk, where Vikings believe dragons are their mortal enemies, this latest iteration doesn't deviate much from its predecessor.
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A blacksmith's apprentice, Hiccup (Mason Thames) is the weakling son of the isle's chief (Gerard Butler, who voiced the same role in the 2010 film).
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