This stunning third Dragon movie needs to be seen if you like the series, or even if you’re new to the series but ‘grown-up’ enough to long for dragons to bind with and fly with in your own right. In other words, you don’t even need an excuse to drag a kid along to Dreamworks anymore!
It’s not just a Pixar/Disney phenomenon. Really. Grownups can eat children’s cereals and watch animated films without societal permission.
The filmation here is glorious and the sentiment is never sappy. These ARE Vikings, ya’ll.
I’ve only seen the 3rd film, but I have the entire series in front of me to enjoy. So please excuse my initial Peetimes – I’ll update them with the insight of background, as I breeze thru the series this month.
[pullquote position=”right”]I suggest you catch the limited showing today, at midday Feb 2, at your local AMC, or check times/tickets on Fandango. [/pullquote]You won’t be able to see this until the Wide Release showing until Feb 22 if you miss today’s. [pullquote]Tissues Alert: you might get misty eyes, but probably won’t outright sob in this feel-good film, bearing an important message.[/pullquote]___
I loved it for now. Let’s table the real review until I am up to date on each part of the trilogy. Be good, dragonriders!
Grade: A-
About The Peetimes: This movie isn’t released in the USA until February 22nd, although there is a small early nationwide Saturday release on Feb 2. I did manage to get to an early screening the day before. There’s a perfect Peetime at 37 minutes in, and you should take that if you can. The 2nd Peetime occurs before the climax and is easy to summarize, but is such a pretty scene that I gave it an Emergency status rating.
There are extra scenes during, or after, the end credits of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. (What we mean by Anything Extra.)
Rated (PG) for adventure action and some mild rude humor
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation
Other great animated films by Dreamworks Studios:
Movie Review – The Boss Baby – Adults Love This More Than Infants
Movie Review – The Croods – Enough Fun and Humor for Adults Too
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