Preview: How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

Synopsis:

A young boy develops a cannon that can bring down dragons, only he learns a great deal about them when he inadverntently takes down a baby.

• Poster: D+

Review:

The black background is so bland and inexpressive for an animated film and the presented images seems amateurish and unexceptional.

• Trailer: C; C; C

Review:

Not much different from the trailer, the highly stylized animation (including the laughably ugly baby dragon), make this feel like a vain attempt at bringin in kids' dollars. It lacks imagination or humor, unless DreamWorks has secreted all of that away for a future trailer.

The second two trailers are almost carbon copies of each other, neither highlighting anything special or of importance in this film.

Oscar Prospects:

It'll be submitted for consideration, but will ultimately come up short.

Release Date:

• March 26, 2010

Full Review Synopsis:

I have not seen this film.

-Wesley Lovell (November 22, 2009) Original

-Wesley Lovell (March 14, 2010) New Trailer