US Edition‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Is Similar to the Original, but Still a Flight Worth Retaking
- How to Train Your Dragon, a live-action remake directed by Dean DeBlois, premieres on June 12, 2025, continuing the story of Viking teenager Hiccup on the Isle of Berk.
- The remake closely follows the original 2010 animated film, using advanced visual effects and nuanced performances to enhance emotional authenticity and character depth.
- Actors Mason Thames and Nico Parker portray Hiccup and Astrid with fresh energy, while Gerard Butler reprises Stoick, and photorealistic dragons bring verisimilitude without losing expressiveness.
- The film features detailed sets and costumes, on-location shooting in Iceland and the Faroe Islands, and maintains much of the original's screenplay and iconic scenes, including the forging of Hiccup and Toothless’s friendship.
- While some may find the remake too faithful and minimally innovative, it reinforces core relationships and emotions, offering a visually rich experience expected to satisfy nostalgic and new audiences alike.
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After dozens of remakes from Disney, competitor Dreamworks now comes up with an answer for the first time: How to train your dragon gets a live action version. Still charming, funny and touching, but also largely unnecessary.
‘How to Train Your Dragon’ is similar to the original, but still a flight worth retaking
At its core, this is still just the original How to Train Your Dragon and you know what? That’s a great film! It turns out when you take a movie that’s already great and try to make the exact same thing, it’s still pretty solid, if generally lacking in creativity.
‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Review: DreamWorks Swoops Into the Remake Game With Respectful Cover From Co-Director of 2010 Toon
The leap from computer animation to 'live action' is safer than the trial-and-error update strategy Disney’s been trying with its hand-drawn classics.
In the world theaters, "How to tame a dragon", the remake of the legendary 2010 film "DreamWorks" and director Dean Deblua, the creators of the original and his two sequels, decided to tell a story about young Viking Ikking and dragon Toothless in the format of the game film. Those who were disappointed with the products of Disney are not likely to be very encouraging. However, we suggest that we not jump to conclusions. "Meduza" film critic Ant…
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