How to Train Your Dragon [Includes Digital Copy] [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray] [2010]

This Movie it’s Reference 4K Quality for Animation and it’s Outstanding and the Steelbooks are a Must Collect if you’re a Fan Of The Trilogy

The story is about a dragon who has hurt his tail. The boy rigs a fake tale to help him fly. He isn't supposed to be a friendly dragon, but he is and he loves the boy. They become good friends.

How to Train Your Dragon is the latest from the stable of Dreamworks, but apart from the animation style, you'd never know it. How to Train Your Dragon is the story of Hiccup, a Viking who feels out of place since he's not a fan of killing the dragons the Viking's world so revolves around in. But, when Hiccup captures the rare Night Fury Dragon and inadvertently injures it, the two become fast friends and attempt to bridge the gap of understanding between the Dragons & the Vikings. It may not sound like much, but things are deeper than they may seem here, and they are 3 reasons you need to go out and watch this movie right now. 1: Casting: Having seen Jay Baruchel as a geeky character in the film Fanboys, this film only solidifies for me the fact that Baruchel makes cliched characters feel real & brings traits out they wouldn't have otherwise, and this fact is very evident here. The same is true for the rest of the cast. In Shrek 2, Larry King was wasted in a long-running and painful transvestite joke. Here, Craig Ferguson is perfect in the role not only because he's Scottish, but he brings the appropriate mix of eccentric leadership needed for the right-hand man of Gerard Butler's character, who is also well cast. The same goes for the rest of the cast with the possible exception of Jonah Hill, who always feels out of place in almost every movie he's in. 2: Visual Effects & 3D: Now this may because the Viking environment hasn't been portrayed much on screen before, but the film is stunningly beautiful, and that's only reinforced by the 3D which is used better than Avatar in some cases, especially in the case of the flying sequences. 3: The Emotion/Uniqueness of the Film in Animation Today: The story gives way to many emotional moments in the film, all of which are played perfectly. And, not to give too much away, but at the end of the film something happens the to main character that was not only shocking to me, since I'd never seen something of its magnitude done in animation period, but to me it was also one of the most tear-jerking moments, especially in relation to what it does to the relationships & similarities between Hiccup & his dragon in the movie. Overall, how do you train your dragon? With charm, love, understanding, amazing visuals & stunning 3-D flying sequences. This film ranks up there with Pixar's best, and if I had any criticism towards the movie, it would be the fact that it's made by Dreamworks, and with their quality lately, you don't have high expectation entering this film. Nevertheless, How to Train Your Dragon gets a fire-breathing 5 out of 5.

Vikings don't take guff. Guff slides off Vikings like omelets off a non-stick skillet. Throw a hunk of guff at a Viking, and he'll snort out a chortle before batting it away with his massive battle-ax or billowing beard or mighty breath. Nosirreee, Vikings take no guff. Unless, of course, it comes in the form of … dragons. Alack, the village of Berk has a dragon problem. Every now and then, a flock of them descends from the sky to snatch a nervous sheep or two or 20. It's a ba-a-a-a-d situation, particularly for the sheep, and the Vikings—as guff resistant as they are—can't quite figure out how to make the dragons go away. Even the great Viking leader, Stoick the Vast, seems at a loss to shoo away these pesky fire-breathers and save their jittery sheep. Every now and then, he gathers his bravest warriors and plows through Scandinavia's coldish waters in search of the dragons' home nest (or hive or condo or whatever) in the hopes of giving some guff of his own. The only things he returns with are more holes in his boats. Of course the only thing Vikings like less than guff is quitting. So they wage their eternal war on the dragons with gusto. That's bad news for Stoick's gangly, grace-averse son, Hiccup. The lad's sure that if he managed to off a dragon he'd get a girlfriend, make his father proud and maybe not feel quite so geeky. But, as everyone in the village reminds him, Hiccup's about as capable of killing a dragon as that "Pants on the Ground" guy was of winning American Idol. "You are many things, Hiccup," his father tells him. "But a dragon killer is not one of them." That doesn't stop Hiccup from trying. So during one particularly frenetic dragon attack, Hiccup fires off a homemade snaring weapon and seems to hit a Night Fury—the most mysterious, elusive dragon of all. The next morning he goes into the forest to see if his "catch" is still there, and sure enough, it is—its limbs tangled and tied and, for the moment, incapable of showering guff on anyone. Hiccup takes his knife out of his belt, walks toward the terrible beast and prepares to deliver the death blow. He raises his hand, and— Well, whatever happens next, you know what doesn't. I mean, the title of the film isn't How to Kill Your Dragon, is it?

It got here quicker than expected, which is always nice, and in one piece: the package was not broken, or in any way defect, and the DVD played through without any issues. Oh, and the movie was good too!

It’s really good and adorable when hiccup and toothless gets a strong bond that’s unbreakable even when it was during a fight he stocked by his side proving his theory about dragons and Vikings can live together was so epic

For a long time, Pixar was the king of the digital cinema world. With movies like the Toy Story franchise, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles and Monsters, Inc., they seemed unbeatable. Dreamworks had it's moments with movies like Shrek and Kung-Fu Panda, but this was the first film of theirs to truly have the kind of emotional yield and yet same excitement and fun-factor of those Pixar movies, even surpassing most of them. As far as the 3D transfer is concerned, it looks as good as it did in theaters, no visual artifacts and really gorgeous colors. The audio sounds fantastic too, getting full use of the 5.1. The extras unfortunately are on the DVD portion of the combo, there are none of note on the Blu-Ray, which is unfortunate because this encourages Dreamworks to keep putting out releases in this manner with sub-1080p/720p content of extras. I'm not sure why they didn't just make it a dual Blu-Ray set with the extra DVD, they certainly could've charged for it. But no matter, this is a must buy for those of you with 3D TV's. (Any scene with "the Nightfuries" is a great one to show off your (system.)

I was so glad when I saw a new, special edition DVD + blu-ray on Best Buy's pre-order list. I never got the original DVD + blu-ray pack when it came out in 2010 or 2011. This movie is a great ride for kids and adults alike. The movie does differ quite vastly from Cressida Cowell's first book in the "How to Train Your Dragon" series, though. However, all of the changes that were made for the movie worked extremely well. So, if you're a fan of the books, at least give the movie a try. The cast is great. Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, and the rest of the cast is perfect! The story is quite moving. It's about people simply learning to accept each other as they are; strengths come in all different formats. The score by John Powell is fantastic as well. If you enjoy this movie, I also highly recommend the wonderful series that followed this movie, Dragons: Riders (and now, Defenders) of Berk. Highly recommended.