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A young Viking befriends a dragon and learns they're not all bad.
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A hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed.
"Inspired by a simple picture book and focused on very young children, 'How to Train Your Dragon' had everything to be just another animation movie in the market. However, directors Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders (both from 'Lilo & Stitch') knew how to give a human and emotional treatment to the story of a Viking boy who needs to kill a dragon to prove his worth. However, along the way, he meets the dragon Toothless, which brings a strong humanity to the story and shows that not all dragons are the same. A worthy start of a trilogy that only grows as the story progresses, with a delicacy and unparalleled sensitivity in the universe of animations. For adults and children."