Wednesday, April 7, 2010

How to train you dragon

Saturday we took the kids to see a movie.
I ripped my pants going under the rope to get to the end of the line quicker.
Not just a little rip either. From the belt line to the crotch just to the aft side of my back pocket. Nice. When I got to the front of the line (flashing the poor guy behind me) they told me it was full so I had to get tickets to the next show. Now what do we do for 45 minutes until then... So we walk around the mall flashing my whitey tighties at anyone that wanted to see.

Aside from the cold right cheek, I did like the movie. Good dialog, Good Story-line (simple but well written), Good development.
But I had a few problems.
1. Voice acting:
- The boy's voice just didn't seem to fit. I can't put my finger on why, but it just seemed "off" (The wife agrees and thinks it was too "mature")
- Since when do Vikings have Scottish accents? I know a Scottish accent is easy to do, and just about nobody will notice the difference, but Scandinavians aren't THAT hard to find.

2. CGI Animation: 10 years ago this would have knocked my socks off. Now it was little better then some of the animation on TV. (Hair had improved but is still a problem). Maybe that doesn't count as much for animation, as long as the writing is good and the "realism" (or lack there of) is kept constant.

3. Pixar would have made it better: Maybe I'm spoiled, but little things that Pixar would have picked up seemed to glare at me. Boy fly's through a fireball, resulting in his hair pushed back and some black smudges on his cheeks. but Pixar would have burnt off some of his eyebrows and given him a "sunburn". (and kept it on him for the next few story days)

All in all I'd give it a solid B and will probably pick it up on DVD.

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