But it does nothing to cool down the debate over the validity of live-action remakes of animated films – “live-action” being a rather loose term for “heaps and heaps of CGI with real actors.” This is the most notable such movie unaffiliated with the master of these things, Disney, which has churned out updates of classics with a disconcerting fervor. The Gist: “We don’t run from fights – we start ’em.” This is a lament disguised as a statement of fact, courtesy of Hiccup (Mason Thames, The Black Phone), the flimsiest Viking in the village of Berk, whose chieftain is his not-at-all-proud behemoth father, Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler, who voiced the same character in the animated films). Here, killing dragons is everything – they swoop down on the city and snatch up livestock and belch fire, and there’s all manner of spears and fire and shouting and sharp things for a while and then the dragons leave and then the Vikings go to the dragons’ home and fight in a different setting for a while.
Author: mliss1578
Published at: 2025-07-15 21:00:00
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