How to Train Your Dragon, the story about the relationship between a boy and a dragon.
In case you missed it somehow, this is an animated series of movies: How to Train Your Dragon (2010), How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014), and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019).
But everything changes when, instead of killing the dragon, Hiccup secretly befriends him and names him Toothless. What starts as a secret bond becomes a powerful friendship that challenges the way their world sees dragons.Even now, every time I see Toothless or Hiccup on my socials or online, I smile. I was sad to see the animated series end—and happy to see the trailer for the new live-action film drop. Gerard Butler is even reprising his voice role as Hiccup’s dad, Stoick the Vast. (I’ve loved his work since Law Abiding Citizen!)
The first film is set in a Viking village called Berk, where fighting dragons is a way of life. The story follows a young Viking named Hiccup, who is smart and inventive but clumsy, and doesn’t quite fit in with the others. He wants to prove himself by killing a dragon, so he takes matters into his own hands—creating a contraption that ends up injuring a rare dragon called a Night Fury. And here enters the adorable Toothless.
Anyway, the live-action film seems to be a shot-for-shot remake of the animated version. See the trailer below. It’s wild seeing a trailer for a movie when you already know the entire plot.
My Reaction
My initial reaction was excitement, nonetheless. How many times have I wished for live-action remakes to copy their source material word for word? (Cue the Percy Jackson live-action film series… though we now have a Disney+ original live-action series based on the first book. And I’m low-key still hoping for a word-for-word Harry Potter remake. Hahaha.)
But now I understand why some people find the idea ridiculous. Like, “If I want to watch How to Train Your Dragon again, I can just rewatch the animated movie. Why recreate the exact same thing?” I know the studio execs and filmmakers are probably doing it for the money, but trying to be optimistic here—maybe the scenes shown in the trailer are the only similar bits? Maybe the trailer was cleverly edited to get a rise out of people?
Also, the chance to finally watch it in cinemas—for those of us who didn’t get to see it the first time around—could actually be something to look forward to. And maybe this wonderful story will capture new audiences and generations too.
Anyway, for better or worse, I’m excited to watch—or maybe I should say rewatch—How to Train Your Dragon.How do you feel about the live-action remake? Do you think the trailer was edited to get a rise out of people? Will you watch it? Feel free to comment below.
A funny comment, I came across on youtube that I had to feature.
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