Nov 2 2009'How To Train Your Dragon' Trailer: 'ET'/'Iron Giant'/etc. Gets Reptilian
You know the story. Boy finds freak; boy befriends freak; men in power see freak as threat and try to capture/kill freak friend; you sit through the credits hoping the darkness will hide your tears. And this time our freak is: the dragon. Because aliens and giant robots filling the role still were never quite nerdy enough.
I hope it ends with him freeing the dragon for its own good, in the same way Willy had to be freed. By which I mean to the music of Michael Jackson.
Reader Comments
1. Rob(TS) - November 2, 2009 4:17 PM
Yeeeaaaahh....this theme is getting a bit old...
2. Nick - November 2, 2009 4:39 PM
That looks more like a salamander than a dragon.
3. Brutus - November 2, 2009 5:22 PM
I hated the Iron Giant. I don't get why everyone has such a hard on for it.
4. Hal - November 2, 2009 5:58 PM
DAMMNIT - this is the director of LILO AND STITCH. Now I'm predisposed to giving it a chance... even though the least Nordic actor they could find is the kid (its the nerdy Jewish dude from TROPIC THUNDER, right? ... not Ben Stiller).
5. Gryphon - November 2, 2009 6:18 PM
I was just thinking this looks alot like Lilo and Stitch...
I might still give it a watch anyways though, just cuz I like dragons.
6. JM - November 2, 2009 6:31 PM
Can anyone say "Black Stallion"? Oh, brother...
7. Richard - November 2, 2009 6:32 PM
Looks okay. For once, Dreamworks has some decent looking human character designs, though. So that's a plus.
8. PeeAeMKay - November 2, 2009 6:43 PM
Hm, this looks like they might put the gags on top of the story this time, not the other way around.
I like the look of the movie, I like the scenario, I like dragons.
I have to get used to that dragon though, and the voice of the boy is a little bit weird.
9. HeyHey - November 2, 2009 7:35 PM
I still want to see it, but I was expecting one badass dragon to come from Dreamworks... it looks too.. cute?
10. che-che - November 2, 2009 7:36 PM
i like the artwork. i am watching this, them vikings look fun. and i like the fresh take on the dragon.
should be fun. the dragon might be chris sanders design. but the human characters dont like chris sanderish.
not unless he changed his style for it.
11. What - November 2, 2009 8:22 PM
The iron giant is a classic and it was those marketing idiots at Warner that caused the film to fail. If they marketed the film better it would have been able to make sequels.
IRON GIANT FTW!!!!!!
12. Aaron - November 2, 2009 8:27 PM
Looks okay...lame-ass name though. I mean, WTF
13. Chaos Theory - November 2, 2009 8:34 PM
@9, You get that vicious one that's coming out of the ground.
The Dragon looks salamandar-ish and the look he makes when that girl saya he's busted is priceless.
It looks fine, but I don't like the voice actor, His voice and the way he expresses said voice does not seem to match the looks of the character, The voice looks to belong to someone else.
14. zombot - November 3, 2009 12:01 AM
The dragon's facial animation reminds me of Lila & Stitch*+ a Salamander, I guess its an interesting take on a dragon veering on the cute side, but still one I've not seen before.
*or w/e the vid was called
15. astrogirl - November 3, 2009 2:29 AM
My 12 yr old says its not very faithful to the novel. He still wants to see it though. Looks pretty good imo.
16. Brandon - November 3, 2009 2:32 AM
Another Hollywood movie that recycles old ideas with new technology. BORING!
Old Yeller, Black Stallion, Free Willy, etc, etc. Hollywood needs to be take to the back and shot already. Make a decent Viking action/adventure movie, not this poor excuse of a CGI movie.
Pixar: 20
Dreamworks: 2
17. you sir suck - November 3, 2009 10:40 AM
dragon looks retarded
18. HoolaHoop - November 3, 2009 2:00 PM
@14, It's the nerdy guy from tropic thunder. The one with the glasses.
It's also the kid from undeclared.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Baruchel
19. amok - November 3, 2009 3:51 PM
Wow. This has little to nothing to do with the book this movie is supposed to be based on.
In the movie, the vikings catch and train the dragons as rite of passage (hence the title). Toothless is tiny has HAS NO TEETH. Hiccup trains Toothless by telling him jokes.
Thanks again Hollywood for taking an awesome book and perverting it so it fits your marketing strategy.
20. frank - November 3, 2009 11:06 PM
AHAHA wow that is the stupidest goddamn dragon I've ever seen. Great design, Chris Sanders. The visual style is pretty nice otherwise, though.
21. Smarmodon - November 6, 2009 12:45 AM
This actually looks good, kinda like a better Eragon movie mixed with that old video game from the 90's where you raised a dragon.
Anyone remember that?