@REEL_DEAL2025-12-12 04:00 UTC
How to Train Your Dragon has the emotional range of a fridge magnet.
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2010 · Fantasy / Adventure / Animation / Family
How to Train Your Dragon
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.
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RELEASE DATE
2010
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Fantasy / Adventure / Animation / Family
PLOT SUMMARY
As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.
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@ROW_F_REGRET2025-12-21 15:00 UTC
How to Train Your Dragon treats "worldbuilding" the way a toddler treats a fruit bowl — enthusiastically, briefly, then forgotten.
@ENDING_LEAKS2025-12-26 03:00 UTC
How to Train Your Dragon is what happens when a writers' room confuses "ambiguous" with "didn't finish the draft".
@SCREEN_SHADE2025-12-28 04:00 UTC
How to Train Your Dragon is 90 minutes of merch-tie-in with a story bolted on as a legal afterthought.
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How to Train Your Dragon (2010) is praised with a low burn score on Roasted Tomatoes with a Burn Index of 21/100. As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he n…
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How to Train Your Dragon works best as a modern catalog staple for fantasy fans. With a Burn Index of 21/100, pair it with viewers who can handle that heat level.
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How to Train Your Dragon scores 21/100 Burn — Roasted Tomatoes recommends it as a confident watch.
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r/flicks · u/FrameByFrameFred🔥 0.8k points
Hot Take: How to Train Your Dragon's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Everyone praising the How to Train Your Dragon performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.
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r/boxoffice · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 1.7k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in How to Train Your Dragon actually is?
Just got out of How to Train Your Dragon and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
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r/flicks · u/BoomMicBoomer🔥 2.1k points
[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in How to Train Your Dragon?
Director clearly thought How to Train Your Dragon was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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