{"id":416,"date":"2010-03-24T02:17:02","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T02:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/03\/24\/a-boy-and-his-dragon\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:43","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:43","slug":"a-boy-and-his-dragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2010\/03\/24\/a-boy-and-his-dragon\/","title":{"rendered":"A Boy and His Dragon"},"content":{"rendered":"

I reviewed How To Train Your Dragon<\/span><\/a> for Moving Pictures<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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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 \u201cLilo &amp; Stitch\u201d) opted for a mature vision fraught with actual danger, human cruelty, risk and ambiguity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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The beautifully rendered animation and seamless 3-D, especially in the \u201cAvatar\u201d-worthy flying sequences, gives this film the visual refinement found in other DreamWorks hits \u201cShrek\u201d and \u201cKung Fu Panda.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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I reviewed How To Train Your Dragon for Moving Pictures. Quote: Resisting the usual Hollywood impulse to Disney-ize all animated movies, helmers Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders (co-directors of the underrated \u201cLilo &amp; Stitch\u201d) opted for a mature vision fraught … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n