How to Train Your Dragon filmHow to Train Your Dragon is a 2. American 3. Dcomputer animatedaction fantasy film produced by Dream. Works Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Loosely based on the British book series of the same name by Cressida Cowell, the film was directed by Chris Sanders and Dean De. Blois, the duo who directed Disneys Lilo Stitch. It stars the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, T. J. Miller, Kristen Wiig, and Christopher Mintz Plasse. The story takes place in a mythical Viking world where a young Viking teenager named Hiccup aspires to follow his tribes tradition of becoming a dragon slayer. After finally capturing his first dragon, and with his chance at last of gaining the tribes acceptance, he finds that he no longer wants to kill the dragon and instead befriends it. The film was released March 2. DRGNS_0001.PNG' alt='Dragons: Gift Of The Night Fury Movie Rating' title='Dragons: Gift Of The Night Fury Movie Rating' />It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score at the 8. Academy Awards, but lost to Toy Story 3 and The Social Network, respectively. The movie also won ten Annie Awards, including Best Animated Feature. A sequel, How to Train Your Dragon 2, was released on June 1. Deblois writing and directing by himself. DragonsTwilight1992 is a fanfiction author that has written 355 stories for Twilight, NCIS, Vampire Academy, Harry Potter, Heartland, Hotel Transylvania, Icemark. The Tomatometer rating based on the published opinions of hundreds of film and television critics is a trusted measurement of movie and TV programming quality. Much like its predecessor, the sequel was also universally acclaimed and became a box office success. A second sequel, How to Train Your Dragon 3 is to be released on March 1, 2. The films success has also inspired other merchandise, including a video game and a television series. Free Birds is a 2013 American 3D computeranimated buddy comedy film about two turkeys traveling back in time to prevent Thanksgiving. It was produced by Reel FX. Our film critics on blockbusters, independents and everything in between. This shows utteral refusalit was so harried last night it almost felt like fearto never stand still for a moment is producing ridiculous results. How to Train Your Dragon is a 2010 American 3D computeranimated actionfantasy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Loosely. Movie Shirts Why relegate movies to the big screen when you can wear them wherever you go Hot Topic has an awesome selection of movie tshirts, tank tops, and. With America Ferrera, Jay Baruchel, T. J. Miller, Zack Pearlman. After Hiccup and his Night Fury companion, Toothless, saved the people of Berk by defeating the Red. The Isle of Berk is a remote Viking village, from which dragons periodically steal livestock. Hiccup, the awkward fifteen year old son of the village chieftain, Stoick the Vast, is too small to fight the dragons and instead fashions mechanical devices under his apprenticeship with Gobber the blacksmith, though his inventions often backfire. During one attack, Hiccup believes he has shot down a Night Fury, an extremely rare and dangerous dragon. Hiccup later finds it in the forest trapped in his bolas, but finds that he cant bring himself to kill the dragon and instead sets it free. Stoick assembles a fleet to find the dragons nest, leaving Hiccup in a dragon fighting class taught by Gobber. Hiccup returns to the forest to find the Night Fury still there, and realizes it is unable to fly properly because of its crippled caudal fin. Hiccup gradually tames the dragon and gives it the name Toothless, for its retractable teeth. Hiccup makes a harness and prosthetic fin that allows him to guide the dragon in free flight. By studying Toothlesss behavior, Hiccup becomes proficient in subduing the captive dragons during training. Stoicks fleet arrives home unsuccessful, but he is cheered by Hiccups unexpected success. Astrid, a tough Viking girl on whom Hiccup has a crush, discovers Hiccup is training Toothless, but Hiccup takes her for a ride to demonstrate his relationship with the dragon before she can tell the village. Toothless unexpectedly takes the pair to the dragons nest where they discover a gargantuan dragon named the Red Death,2 which eats the smaller dragons unless they bring it stolen livestock. Back at the village, Hiccup subdues a captive dragon in his final training test in front of his father instead of killing it, but Stoick inadvertently angers the dragon into attacking. Toothless attempts to protect Hiccup in the ensuing panic but is instead captured by the Vikings. Hiccup accidentally reveals to Stoick that Toothless is capable of locating the dragons nest. Stoick disowns his son and sets off for the nest with Toothless chained to the lead ship as a guide. The Vikings expel most of the dragons but are overwhelmed by the Red Death until Hiccup, Astrid and their fellow pupils fly in riding the training dragons from the academy and provide cover fire. Hiccup almost drowns trying to break Toothless free from a sinking ship but Stoick saves them both and then reconciles with his son. Toothless and Hiccup destroy the Red Death but Hiccup is injured in the fight. Hiccup regains consciousness on Berk where his lower left leg has been replaced by a prosthesis, and the Vikings and the dragons now live in harmony. Voice casteditJay Baruchel as Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III companion of Toothless, a Night Fury. Producer Bonnie Arnold declared that Hiccups appeal emerges from Baruchels voice acting and the characters mannerisms making him a slightly offbeat character. Gerard Butler as Stoick the Vast, the chieftain of the Viking tribe and Hiccups father. A fierce, immensely strong and utterly fearless, warrior. Director Chris Sanders described Stoick as representing everything thats Viking, and thus a very important character in how he intimidates his son Hiccup. Butler considered that half my career led me into playing a role like this, particularly Beowulf Grendel, which is set in the Viking age, and was trying to avoid depicting Stoick as villainous, instead aiming for a character that we can all identify, hes not just big and tough, also vulnerable. Craig Ferguson as Gobber the Belch blacksmith, a close friend of Stoicks, and training master of the young warriors. He is the mediator between Hiccup and Stoick. He is missing his right foot and his left hand, the latter of which he has replaced with a variety of specialized prosthetics. Director Dean Deblois said Gobbers characterization drew a lot from how Fergusons comedic routine takes a really dark situation and phrases it in a way theres always a punchline. Dream. Works had long been interested in having Ferrera voicing one of their movies and, once invited, the actress picked up Cressida Cowells book, which made her accept the job. Bonnie Arnold complimented how Ferrera has a strong voice, but also a lot of heart in it that helped make Astrid sympathetic even as she continued being rough to Hiccup. Bonnie Arnold declared Mintz Plasses voice made them immediately think of Fishlegs, as the characters big frame needed something to contrast, and the actors squeaky, small voice was perfect to complement a dragon nerd. Jonah Hill as Snotlout Jorgenson, one of Hiccups dragon training classmates. Snotlout is brash, overconfident, and fairly unintelligent, but reliable. T. J. Miller and Kristen Wiig as Tuffnut and Ruffnut Thorston, a pair of quarrelsome twins. David Tennant as Spitelout. A Viking who is not named in the film, he appears to be Stoicks second in command and Snotlouts father. Tennant has previously narrated a series of Hiccup adventures on audio book. Robin Atkin Downes as Ack. Philip Mc. Grade as Starkard. Kieron Elliot as Hoark the Haggard. Ashley Jensen as Phlegma the Fierce. Productionedit. Early production concept artwork of Toothless and HiccupThe book series by Cressida Cowell began coming to attention to the executives at Dream. Works Animation in 2. Coming off her success in Over the Hedge, producer Bonnie Arnold shortly became interested in the newly acquired property. She kept focusing on the project as time went on, and when Dream. Works Animation co president of production Bill Damaschke asked her what she wanted to work on next, she chose How to Train Your Dragon. In initial development, the plot followed the original novel closely, but about halfway through production Chris Sanders and Dean De. Blois, the writer directors of Disneys Lilo Stitch, took over as co directors and it was altered. The original plot was described as, heavily loyal to the book, but was regarded as being too sweet and whimsical as well as geared towards a too young demographic, according to Baruchel. In the novel, Hiccups dragon, Toothless, is a Common or Garden Dragon, a small breed. In the film, Toothless is a Night Fury, the rarest of all dragons, and is large enough to serve as a flying mount for both Hiccup and Astrid. Free Birds Wikipedia. For the 2. 01. 0 Argentine film of the same English name, see Plumferos. Free Birds is a 2. American 3. Dcomputer animatedbuddycomedy film about two turkeys traveling back in time to prevent Thanksgiving. It was produced by Reel FX Creative Studios as its first theatrical fully animated feature film. Jimmy Hayward directed the film, which he also co wrote with Scott Mosier, the films producer. The film stars the voices of Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson and Amy Poehler, with supporting roles done by George Takei, Colm Meaney, Keith David and Dan Fogler. Originally titled Turkeys,7 and scheduled for 2. November 1, 2. 01. Relativity Media. The film received negative reviews from critics and earned 1. Reggie the turkey has always been afraid of Thanksgiving because turkeys have always been on the menu, but his attempts to warn his farm based flock constantly fall on deaf ears and has made him an outcast. When the other turkeys finally realize what is going on, they throw Reggie outside in an attempt to save themselves. In a surprise twist of fate, he winds up being named the pardoned turkey by the President of the United States and is subsequently taken to Camp David. Although initially hesitant, Reggie soon eases into a routine of doing nothing but enjoying pizza delivered to him by the Pizza Dude and watching Mexican telenovelas. He gets bag kidnapped by Jake, a member of the Turkey Freedom Front who tells him that a Great Turkey told him to find Reggie and take him back to the first Thanksgiving with him to take turkeys off the menu once and for all. They then infiltrate the base where a time machine is located. Despite interference by federal officials and an attempt by Reggie to trick him back to the surface, Jake manages to commandeer an egg shaped time machine with an A. I. software named S. T. E. V. E Space Time Exploration Vehicle Envoy. Jake instructs S. T. E. V. E. to time travel back to the same day in 1. Thanksgiving. Once there, they are ambushed by colonial hunters led by Myles Standish, but they are quickly rescued by nativeturkeys led by Chief Broadbeak and his two children, Ranger and Jenny. Broadbeak explains that the turkeys in the area have been forced underground since the settlers came and that they cannot risk fighting back without the settlers taking them. The next day, Broadbeak orders Jake with Ranger to spy on the settlers and Reggie with Jenny to spring all the hunting traps the humans set up. Despite initial hostility, Ranger and Jake find out that the settlers have already begun preparations for Thanksgiving and where they keep their weapons. Meanwhile, Jenny believes in Reggie for lying about being from the future and is impressed with his accidental unorthodox way of springing the traps. Film Noir Movies French Roast more. However, they are soon intercepted by Standish and Reggie is forced to get her in orbit over the planet aboard S. T. E. V. E., validating everything he said in the process. Reggie asks Jenny to go back to the future with him once everything blows over, but she refuses to leave the flock no matter how much she likes him. Jake then drags Reggie away and tells him he has a plan to attack the settlers. However, Reggie has gotten sick of all his improbable stories and threatens to leave. Desperate, Jake tells him that this trip was more about him making up for his failure to save turkey eggs while escaping a turkey fattening facility when he was young, maintaining that the Great Turkey convinced him to go through with this. While still reluctant to believe what he said, Reggie still goes along with the plan. They manage to use gunpowder to destroy the weapons shack, but Jake inadvertently leaves a gunpowder trail back to the tree the turkeys are hiding under. Standish and his men flush the turkeys out from underground, capturing enough for the feast. Broadbeak sacrifices his life to get the remaining turkeys into the tide pool. Afterward, Reggie returns home, where he discovers from S. T. E. V. E. that he is the Great Turkey. Jenny is sworn in as the new chief and orders the remaining turkeys to prepare an attack on the settlers. Jenny, Jake and Ranger lead the turkeys in an attack on the settlement just as Chief Massasoit and his tribe of Indians arrive. Inspired, Reggie goes back in time to stop the attack, inadvertently trapping Standish in the time stream. Through S. T. E. V. E. and the Pizza Dude, Reggie convinces the settlers and the Indians that pizza is a more acceptable food than turkeys, taking them off the Thanksgiving menu entirely. Reggie stays with Jenny while Jake takes S. T. E. V. E. in order to look for new adventures. In the mid credits, Jake returns moments after leaving Reggie and Jenny. With a chicken and duck in his wings, Jake starts to tell every turkey present about the turducken. Owen Wilson as Reggie, a domesticated turkey who is pardoned by the President of the United States and is dragged into Jakes plot. Woody Harrelson as Jake, a wild turkey and the president of the Turkey Freedom Front. Amy Poehler as Jenny, a wild turkey and Reggies love interest. George Takei as S. T. E. V. E., the artificial intelligence of the time machine. Colm Meaney as Myles Standish, a pilgrim hunter. Keith David as Chief Broadbeak, the chief of the native wild turkeys, domesticated turkeys, and ocellated turkeys and Jennys father. Dan Fogler as Governor. William Bradford5Jimmy Hayward as President of the United States, Ranger, Leatherbeak, Hazmats. Kaitlyn Maher as Presidents daughter. Carlos Alazraqui as Amos1. Jeff Biancalana as General Sagan, Hazmats. Danny Carey as Danny1. Carlos Ponce as Narrator, Alejandro. Robert Beltran as Chief Massasoit. Lesley Nicol as Pilgrim Woman5Jason Finazzo as Chrononaut One. Scott Mosier as Pizza Dude. Lauren Bowles as Jakes Mother. Dwight Howard as Cold Turkey1. Josh Lawson as Gus1. ProductioneditDevelopment on the film, originally titled Turkeys, began in June 2. January 2. 01. 1. John Kricfalusi was involved in early development, and posted the concepts he created for the film on his blog. Reel FX and Granat Entertainment launched in 2. Bedrock Studios later renamed to Reel FX Animation Studios1. Ash Brannon was then set to direct the film,1. October 2. 01. 2, when it was announced that Relativity Media would co finance, co produce, and distribute the film, Jimmy Hayward took over the directing position. Originally scheduled for November 1. November 1, 2. 01. Dream. Works Animations Mr. Peabody Sherman. 5 In March 2. Free Birds. 7ReleaseeditCritical responseeditFree Birds received negative reviews from critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 1. The sites consensus reads Technically proficient yet creatively moribund, Free Birds begs unfortunate comparisons with the dim witted fowl that inspired it. Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 1. Justin Chang of Variety gave the film a negative review, saying This seemingly innocuous toon fantasy becomes another noxious but sanitized exercise in family friendly cultural insensitivity. Alonso Duralde of The Wrap gave the film a negative review, saying Even setting aside the films disregard for time travel paradoxes and genocide metaphorstrust me, you dont want to wade into either of thoseFree Birds just isnt funny. Stephanie Zacharek of The Village Voice gave the film a negative review, saying Like so many modern animated features, Free Birds packs too much in the picture feels cramped and cluttered, and, despite its occasionally manic action, it moves as slowly as a fattened bird waddling toward its doom. Kate Erbland of Film. Free Birds is a more than worthy and weird holiday diversion for the whole family. Stephan Lee of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C, saying Often, you can point to a middling animated films visuals as its saving grace.