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stevenpiziks) wrote2010-03-28 07:27 pm
stevenpiziks) wrote2010-03-28 07:27 pm
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Dragons and Film Festivals
On Saturday morning, Sasha slept way, way in. At 10:00, he slouched out of his bedroom groaning that he'd forgotten he was supposed to go on a field trip with the film and video club to the Ann Arbor Film Festival, and they were leaving at 9:45. Oops. He begged me to drive him over to the high school and see if they'd left yet. I took him over there--it's only three minutes away--and we found the bus just getting ready to leave. So he lucked out there.
A bit later in the day, I took Aran and Mackie to see HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON.
It was great fun. I liked the dialogue and the characters quite a lot. I'm not sure why they decided to have the adult Vikings talk with a Scottish accent and the kids talk with an American accent, but whatever. The best line in the movie is when Stoick, the dad, hands Hiccup, his ne'er do well son, a warrior's helmet. "Your mother would have wanted you to have it," Stoick says. "It was half her breastplate." Aran and Mackie couldn't figure out why I was laughing so much.
A couple of caveats, though--you definitely don't need to see it in 3D. Unlike AVATAR, the 3D elements add nothing to the film. Don't bother paying the extra. Seriously. I've also come to learn that Dreamworks ordered movie theaters to clear 3D screens for DRAGON (bumping ALICE IN WONDERLAND). Theaters that failed to comply would not be allowed to show DRAGON in 2D. I wish I'd known this before I went--another reason to see it without the stupid glasses.
The movie itself is worlds better than Dreamworks' last production, the horrible MONSTERS VS. ALIENS, though, and worth seeing.
A bit later in the day, I took Aran and Mackie to see HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON.
It was great fun. I liked the dialogue and the characters quite a lot. I'm not sure why they decided to have the adult Vikings talk with a Scottish accent and the kids talk with an American accent, but whatever. The best line in the movie is when Stoick, the dad, hands Hiccup, his ne'er do well son, a warrior's helmet. "Your mother would have wanted you to have it," Stoick says. "It was half her breastplate." Aran and Mackie couldn't figure out why I was laughing so much.
A couple of caveats, though--you definitely don't need to see it in 3D. Unlike AVATAR, the 3D elements add nothing to the film. Don't bother paying the extra. Seriously. I've also come to learn that Dreamworks ordered movie theaters to clear 3D screens for DRAGON (bumping ALICE IN WONDERLAND). Theaters that failed to comply would not be allowed to show DRAGON in 2D. I wish I'd known this before I went--another reason to see it without the stupid glasses.
The movie itself is worlds better than Dreamworks' last production, the horrible MONSTERS VS. ALIENS, though, and worth seeing.