This is the third movie released in theaters of this series. Since 2010 How to Train Your Dragon has been a popular series. There have been several TV specials, direct to DVD specials, and a Netflix series with 6 seasons. It’s also based on a book series by Cressida Cowell. To say this series is popular is an understatement. While DreamWorks creates the movies, this is the first trilogy ever to have three different studios release them. Paramount released the first, 20th Century Fox released How to Train Your Dragon 2, and Universal Studios released this one.
The movie starts off set a year after the second one. The team of dragon riders such as Hiccup played by Jay Baruchel and Astrid played by America Ferrera are working as a team to stop the dragon hunters. Valka, played by Cate Blanchett, acts as a mentor to the group of the young dragon riders on these missions. The group of dragon hunters band together, sick of the riders of Berk, and hire a mercenary called Grimmel, played by F. Murray Abraham, to capture Hiccup’s dragon Toothless to help them control the other dragons as Toothless is a king of dragons. Grimmel seems to be a brutal challenge with his own subdued dragons under his command. Grimmel has killed every night fury (the type of dragon Toothless is) and is determined to hunt Toothless down. ragons. Grimmel seems to be a brutal challenge with his own subdued dragons under his command. Grimmel has killed every night fury (the type of dragon Toothless is) and is determined to hunt Toothless down.
Toothless was thought to be the only dragon of his species left. They discover a dragon that has a white coloration of a night fury. It’s a female version of his species they nickname a “light fury”. Toothless is interested in finding out more about her. After a particularly dangerous attack by Grimmel, Hiccup decides to leave Berk with the rest of the village and their dragons to take them to the legendary home of dragons his father told him about, The Hidden World. As they travel they keep encountering the Light Fury and Hiccup starts to come to terms with the fact that he’s not the only one important to Toothless anymore.
The movie had some pretty good scenes and was funny at times. It didn’t feel quite as epic as How to Train Your Dragon 2but it was still satisfying. The ending wrapped things up well even if it’s not necessarily what everyone was hoping for. The series does tell a good story between Toothless and Hiccup. I wouldn’t be surprised if DreamWorks made some more stories for this world, particularly between the movies. So, it’s bittersweet for fans but a good journey. Rated PG.
By Ryan
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