How to Train Your Dragon<\/em><\/a> book series,\u00a0I can tell you this: If they\u00a0had been available when my children were young, they would have been a staple in our home! They truly look like a whole lot of fun for children, and let’s face it, reading should be a whole lot of fun!<\/p>\nGetting back to the movie… The premise is a “coming of age” story, where becoming a Viking means slaying your first dragon. Unfortunately for our hero (Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III), his dad (Stoick the Vast) happens to be the chief of the village, which in Viking terms mean his dad is TOUGH!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hiccup\u00a0just doesn’t fit into the Viking mentality… He is sensitive and inquisitive, by no means TOUGH! When given the opportunity to complete the dragon-slaying task,\u00a0Hiccup has a difficult time wrestling with the dilemma of letting his father down\u00a0or not being true to his beliefs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As I don’t want to spoil the movie by saying too much, I won’t go into the movie’s details. What I will\u00a0say is that I join my daughter in recommending this PG movie. There aren’t hidden “adult innuendos” (at least I didn’t pick up on any!) and the movie doesn’t need them to keep the adults entertained… It is that good! I will say that there are some “scarey” dragon scenes, which would be the reason the movie is PG and not G.<\/p>\n
PS>>> I loved that Toothless (a Night Fury dragon)\u00a0wasn’t\u00a0a brightly colored, comical\u00a0dragon. I also\u00a0loved watching Toothless move>>> I wondered if the artists\u00a0used a dog as their point of reference…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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