I reviewed How To Train Your Dragon for Moving Pictures.
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| Resisting the usual Hollywood impulse to Disney-ize all animated movies, helmers Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders (co-directors of the underrated “Lilo & Stitch”) opted for a mature vision fraught with actual danger, human cruelty, risk and ambiguity. |
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| As the charming relationship between the boy and dragon unfolds, the characterization of Toothless shifts from a mysterious, two-dimensional reptilian destructor to an expressive creature that has far more in common with domesticated dogs and cats. |
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| The beautifully rendered animation and seamless 3-D, especially in the “Avatar”-worthy flying sequences, gives this film the visual refinement found in other DreamWorks hits “Shrek” and “Kung Fu Panda.” |
