How to Train your Dragon

Like "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," I was very skeptical when I heard about this movie. To me it looked like just another pathetic attempt by some corporate suit to woo kids with magic, fantasy and dragons. Again, like "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," I was very pleasantly surprised.

How to Train Your Dragon deftly took its audience through wild twists, turns and barrel rolls as it had you laughing wildly one moment and cheering just as enthusiastically the next, not a moment was fumbled or handled poorly.

There is so much more that can be said about this film, however, I want you all to go see it so I don't want to ruin it for anyone. I will, however, say that this is a beautifully crafted, heart warming film and worth every penny if you plan to see it in IMax 3-D (which I wholly recommend.

This is another great movie I'm eagerly adding to my DVD Watch list.

"Let's go Steve, we have diem to carpe!"

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs:

I was extremely skeptical of this movie when my friend Iris said that she wanted to watch it. The thought that was running through my mind was "really? you wanna watch that?!" but it was a chance to hang out with friends I hadn't seen in a while and would like to spend more time with anyway, so I shut my mouth and tagged along. I was very pleasantly surprised.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is an endearing tale about Flint, an aspiring inventor who's dream in life is to prove to the world that he's not a dangerous hack and gain the love and adoration of those around him.

This heartwarming tale masterfully takes us through twists and turns, ups and downs, laughs, disappointment, anger and excitement all within an hour and twenty minutes. This is a film that was paced extremely well, an important quality that was missed in some of the other more highly anticipated films I had watched this past year.

While there may have been some minor issues, I felt the very beginning, (first 5 minutes) was rushed, it was something I didn't care about nor really even remember to be bothered by 5 minutes after the initial thought set in.

Although often toeing the line between breaking the 4th wall and, well, not, the humor gained from these moments masterfully added to the believability of character and the world in which we are introduced. This credibility and, in essence, reflexive extreme, all makes the slower moments that much more impacting. Additionally, Mr. T was amazing in his role as Earl Devereaux.

In short, this is a movie that I'll be looking for on DVD.

Oh yea, and just for fun; "I pitty the fool who doesn't go see 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs!'"