'How to Train Your Dragon' Soars to Fire-Breathing Success in a Wonderful Live-Action Adaptation

How to Train Your Dragon's live-action adaptation soars to fire-breathing success by never straying too far from the superb source material. Writer/director Dean DeBlois, who also helmed the blockbuster animated films, doesn't deliver a shot-for-shot remake, instead recreating beloved characters, settings and themes while adding a few changes to reflect modern times and an inclusive sensibility. How to Train Your Dragon has a diverse supporting cast that's cleverly explained. This may arouse the culture-war ire of those who go crazy about this sort of thing, but it doesn't detract from the film in any way.
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