Set during the viking age, a village of vikings had a very problematic pest issue. Unlike us in the real world, where we had rats and cockroaches to worry about, these vikings had Dragons to deal with. Constantly attacked by dragons and taking food off from them, the vikings as they historically are well known of, always fights back.
The story is about a the village's so called chief's son, Hiccup. He is not like any other vikings. He is gentle, kind and kind of low in the muscles department. One day, he shoots down a dragon that no one has ever seen before, a Night Fury. He finds the dragon injured and he goes on, you've guessed it, training the dragon.
Produced by DreamWorks, the CGI is similar in quality with movies such as Shrek, Kung Fu Panda and Madagascar. Clean and crisp, just too bad it wasn't shown in 3D (can't wait for GSC Suria's 3D Cinemas). Story plot is clear, great for the kids, although some of the dialogues could have been in a nicer sense (the part where the boy's helmet is from his mom's breast plates is kind of too much for kids I would say - though it's funny as).
The voice characters played out well, Jay Baruchel who played Hiccup's voice, really suited the animated character. If you're wondering why Stoick's voice is familiar, it's because Gerard Butler played him. Hiccup's love interest Astrid, is voiced by America Ferrera. All stunning casts.
Overall - I was dissapointed that once again a 3D movie was shown as 2D here in KK. Thankfully news are out that the GSC in Suria Shopping Mall will have 3D capabilities. If the boy is willing to train a dragon, then a 3/5 is the very least I could give the movie.
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