Tuesday, August 20, 2019

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 2019


     Hiccup finally fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia.  Toothless (Hiccups dragon) discovers an untamed Night Fury dragon like he is but she is white instead of black.  Danger begins to mount at home and Hiccups reign as village chief is tested.  Both Hiccup and Toothless must make immediate decisions to save his people and the dragons.
     Toothless may have met his match when he meets a lady Night Fury.  All he can think about is how beautiful she is!!  There is a positive message that men and women compliment each other.  Each gender has a unique role instead of pushing that one side is better than the other.  Also, there are moments teaching good values, courage and education.  There is great music and an engaging story line but a bit of slowness at times.  Some tense moments in the scenes of rescuing the dragons and the same dragons recaptured again.  Of course, a definite villain in the midst of all the action too.  4* (I really liked this movie) 
      
104 min, Animation directed by Dean DeBlois with the voices of Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, F. Murray Abraham, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kristen Wiig, Kit Harington, Justin Rupple Robin Atkin Downes, Kieron Elliott, Julia Emelin, Gideon Emery.

Note:  Imdb 7.5 out of 10, Rotten Tomatoes 91% critic 87% audience, Roger Ebert 3 ½* Nell Minow, Metacritic 71% critic with 39 critics 8 out of 10 user scores with 340 reviews, cinemablend.com 4 ½* out of 5* Mike Reyes, Common Sense Media,Michael Ordona, age 7+, 2* education, 4* positive, 4* role models, 3* violence/scariness, 1* sex, 1* language, 1* consumerism, Amazon 4.7* out of 5* with 1030 reviews .

Special Note:  In a poll conducted by Fandango, this film ranked as the second most anticipated animated movie of 2019, right under Toy Story 4.  This is DreamWorks Animation’s longest running film, besting the 102 run time of How to Train Your Dragon 2.  This film has a subtitle instead of being numbered.  This is the best opening film of this franchise with $55 million and 12 days to gross over $100 million domestically.  The fourth film series with three or more entries after Shrek, Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda.  Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera and Christopher Mintz-Plasse are the only actors to reprise their roles in both movies and a TV series.

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