How to train a dragon?

This is the 1st movie I watched for year 2010, and hopefully more to come. Yes, I am sooo busy that I have no time for entertainment since the new year started.

Anyway, this movie was a great start and it is definitely worthy as a movie to re-watch or to buy the DVD for collection.

The movie is not just about how to train a Dragon, it also convey meaningful messages through the story. In the story, the main character Hiccup found out that Dragons don't behave like how the Vikings thought it to be. Dragons could be tamed, only if the person handling it does so with peace. But because every Viking was determined to kill the dragons whenever they saw one, the dragons became defensive and started to attack as well. Much like parenting, how children turn out to be, is actually a mirror reflection of the parents. I once witnessed a friend who was yelling at her son to stop screaming around the house, because the son was easily agitated and likes to shout when he is not happy. When I look at the way my friend shouts at her son, I realised the son was just a mirror reflection of herself. The son behaves exactly like how my friend did -- shouting.

In the movie, Stoik did not know how to communicate with his son, Hiccup. It was always one-sided as the father always thought that he was right and refused to listen to his son.Their relationship improved, but it only happened after a near-death experience for his son. And in real life, we often take people around us for granted, until something really bad happens before we start to appreciate them.

There are many interesting messages behind this movie, if you are able to interpret it. This is not just a simple cartoon. It is more than that.