How to train your dragon
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| German title | How to train your dragon |
| Original title | How to Train Your Dragon |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 6 JMK 6 |
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| Director |
Dean DeBlois , Chris Sanders |
| script |
Cressida Cowell , Dean DeBlois , Adam F. Goldberg , Chris Sanders , Peter Tolan |
| production | Bonnie Arnold |
| music | John Powell |
| cut | Maryann Brandon |
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Train Your Dragon (Original title: How to Train Your Dragon ) is an American 3D - computer animation film from DreamWorks Animation SKG from 2010 onwards.
action
Hicks is the son of the Viking chief Haudrauf and, unlike his father, a skinny linnet. He only seems to have inherited the eagerness to kill a dragon from his father. His village Berk is regularly attacked by dragons, which are considered vermin there , and as a result of this conflict all Vikings in the village are tough and strong enough to take on the various types of dragons, except for Hicks . This also applies to Astrid, the prettiest girl in the village, who is also adored by Hicks. However, since he cannot physically keep up with the other adolescents, he relies on intelligence and ingenuity and fervently hopes to finally prove himself to the village and above all to his father.
When the dragon attacks again, Hicks sneaks out of the house to catch a dragon with a self-made rope sling machine. In fact, he meets a nightshade, the only known representative of an extremely rare species. However, this falls into the forest and no one believes Hicks' heroic deed. While Haudrauf sets out to sea with his crew to search for and destroy the dragon's nest, Hicks is supposed to learn how to kill dragons together with the other young people; However, he first starts looking for the fallen nightshade. He finds him, tied by his throwing rope, near the crash site. When Hicks draws his dagger to kill the dragon, he looks him in the eye and is no longer able to kill the dragon, as Hicks' fear is reflected in the eyes of the nightshade and he sees himself in them. So he frees him, whereupon the dragon overpowers Hicks, but finally also lets him live and disappears into the forest.
When Hicks roams through the forest some time later, he finds the dragon in a valley basin. Despite all efforts, the kite cannot fly out of the cauldron because it is missing half of its tail rudder after its crash landing caused by Hicks. Contrary to expectations, Hicks befriends the dragon. The boy brings toothless , as he calls the nightshade, fish and makes a prosthesis for his tail in the workshop . He learns to fly on toothless and how to control the prosthesis, and in his daily handling of toothless he learns a lot about dragons that can be used in his dragon slayer training without killing one of the practice dragons. Thanks to this knowledge, Hicks becomes the darling of the village and the pride of his father; only Astrid becomes increasingly jealous of Hicks' success.
During his secret training excursions with Toothless, Hicks also meets other dragons and discovers that the previous belief of the Vikings that all dragons are murderous monsters is completely wrong. As the best in dragon training, the village elder gives him the privilege of killing a gigantic nightmare on his final exam in front of the assembled village. Since he cannot do this, he wants to emigrate with Toothless the day before, but is surprised by Astrid, who angrily confronts him. With some effort, Hicks succeeds in convincing Astrid of the harmlessness of his dragon friend. During a subsequent flight on Toothless back, the latter flies you to the dragon's nest, and there Hicks and Astrid discover the reason for the constant dragon attacks: deep in the nest there is an ancient, huge dragon, to which its smaller conspecifics have to pay tribute, so as not to lose themselves to be eaten.
All the more determined to find a different way of dealing with the dragons, Hicks returns to the village with Astrid. At his final exam the next day, the boy wants to show the community that you can be friendly with dragons. When his father sees this, he gets angry and incites the dangerous test kite, which Hicks almost tamed, to attack. Toothless comes to Hicks' aid, but is captured by the villagers, and when Hicks tries to explain to his father that the dragons are actually harmless, he inadvertently reveals to him that he was in the dragon's nest because Toothless had led him there. Without listening to his son any further, Haudrauf sets off with all the combat-capable people in the village and the shackled Toothless on the way to the dragon's nest.
At first dejected, Hicks finds the courage to stand by his friend and father, and he decides to follow them. Astrid and the other young people willingly offer their help, and they can fly to their fellow villagers on the backs of the training kites just as the original kite is about to attack them. With the help of his father, Hicks frees Toothless, and with his help he succeeds in killing the dragon in a dogfight; but both suffer a crash landing, with Hicks losing his left foot. When Hicks wakes up, he is surprised to find Toothless next to his bed, and when he goes outside he sees that the dragons and the villagers are now living together in peace. Equipped with a new prosthesis by his father and the village blacksmith Grobian, Hicks and Toothless jump into the air with Astrid and fly through the village and its surroundings, while a new time together begins for the Vikings and the dragons.
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How to Train Your Dragon is based on the children's book of the same name by Cressida Cowell from 2003, but differs in many details from its plot. The German edition of the book was published by Arena Verlag .
publication
The film initially opened on March 18, 2010 in Russia due to the school holidays. In Germany and Switzerland it started on March 25, 2010, in the USA and Austria on March 26, 2010.
Since only a few cinemas worldwide had multiple 3D-capable halls, the film competed directly with Clash of the Titans and Disney's Alice in Wonderland when it was released .
The German-language free TV premiere of the film took place on October 13, 2012 at 8:15 pm on ORF eins and Sat.1 .
synchronization
The film was dubbed by Interopa Film GmbH in Berlin , the dialogue book was written by Alexander Löwe .
| Role name original | Original speaker | Role name German | German speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III | Jay Baruchel | Hicks the giant | Daniel ax |
| Stoick the vast | Gerard Butler | Brawl the stoic | Dominic Raacke |
| Gobber the Belch | Craig Ferguson | ruffian | Thomas Nero Wolff |
| Astrid Hofferson | America Ferrera | Astrid Hofferson | Emilia Schüle |
| Jorgenson snotlout | Jonah Hill | Snotbakke Jorgenson | Tim Sander |
| Fishlegs Ingerman | Christopher Mintz-Plasse | Whalebone Ingerman | Hannes Maurer |
| Tuffnut Thorston | TJ Miller | Taffnut Thorston | Nico Sablik |
| Ruffnut Thorston | Kristen Wiig | Raffnut Thorston | Britta Steffenhagen |
reception
Gross profit
The film started on March 24, 2010, at a time when two other 3D films were already showing in theaters (see below). Since most cinemas only had a few 3D halls, this film was mostly only shown in 2D. Still, it became a great success. With production costs of US $ 165 million, it earned US $ 494.9 million, including around US $ 15.5 million in Germany. In the US, he made $ 215,714,814, making it the most successful Dreamworks Animation company outside of the Shrek series. But due to the low income outside the USA, he still has to admit defeat to Kung Fu Panda (approx. $ 631 million), Madagascar 2 (approx. $ 604 million) and Madagascar (approx. $ 533 million).
Reviews
The Rotten Tomatoes website achieved 98% approval from 183 counted reviews.
The film received mostly positive reviews in German-speaking countries as well.
"[...] An animated film that bubbles with weird ideas. [...]"
“[…] In any case , the company founded by Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg is finally trying something different, and lo and behold: 'How to Train Your Dragon' has become their most beautiful film. It's not a film for infantile adults, but the rare instance of a children's film that adults enjoy watching as well. [...] "
“[...] 'How to Train Your Dragon' tells a simple story about friendship, self-discovery and tolerance. But how it is told! As a squeaky, wonderfully turbulent adventure with a good portion of horror and dry humor - and as an action-packed roller coaster ride in 3D. [...] "
“[…] The 3D effects support the effect of the animation in creative use. The film is great fun for young and old and also has an educational effect, but it never has an educational effect. The sound level in connection with the 3D effect makes the film an opulent experience. Overall, the impression of a very special fairy tale world remains, which is staged in a new and inspired way and gives 3D technology its justification. [...] "
“Dreamworks delivers a surprisingly effective and exciting story, which is gaining momentum after a rather slow start and culminates in an action-packed and especially in 3D very effective finale, which is visually convincing and at least narrative is solid. [...] "
“The 3D film shines with lovable characters, pointed dialog humor and beautiful computer-animated images. He tells of the courage to stand by himself and to meet others with curiosity and openness, and convinces with humor, furious action scenes and the fine portrayal of his young main character and their problems. "
In the Internet Movie Database , the film has a rating of 8.2 / 10 with over 440,000 votes and is ranked 151 in the top 250 .
Awards
The film was given the rating of particularly valuable by the Wiesbaden film evaluation office . 2011 followed a nomination for the Golden Globe Award as Best animated film , but had Train Your Dragon over Toy Story 3 in the cold. At the Annie Awards ceremony , the film was honored in ten categories, including Best Animated Film . In addition, the production was nominated for an Oscar 2011 in the categories of Best Animated Film and Best Film Music.
- Overview
- Oscar 2011: Nomination in the category Best Animated Feature Film
- Oscar 2011: Nomination in the category Best Film Music
- Golden Globe Awards 2011: Nomination in the category Best Animated Film
- Annie Awards 2011: Awards in the categories of Best Animated Film , Best Film Music and others
- Saturn Awards 2011: Nomination in the category Best Animated Film
- British Academy Film Awards 2011: Nomination for Best Score
- International Film Music Critics Award 2011: Nomination in the category Best Film Music
Sequels
The computer animation series DreamWorks Dragons serves as a plot bridge between How To Train Your Dragon and the 2014 sequel How To Train Your Dragon 2 . The series consists of eight seasons, with the last six having their own subtitle and being produced for Netflix instead of the previous cartoon Network .
The sequel to How To Train Your Dragon 2 was released on July 24, 2014 in German cinemas, the US release took place on June 13, 2014.
The final part How to Train Your Dragon 3: The Secret World came to German cinemas on February 7, 2019.
Other media
The success of the film spurred the production of a number of short films :
- Dragons - The legend of the bone robber or the story of the bone robber dragon (original title Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon ) (2010, approx. 17 minutes)
- Book of Dragons (original title Book of Dragons ) (2011, approx. 17 minutes)
- Dragons - A Gift of the Night Fury (original title Dragons - The Gift of the Night Fury ) (2011, approx. 22 minutes)
- Dragons - The great dragon race or Dragons - The awakening of the dragon runners (original title Dragons - Dawn of the Dragon Racers ) (2014, approx. 26 minutes)
- Train Your Dragon - The good old days (original title How To Train Your Dragon - Homecoming ) (2019, approx 22 minutes)
On August 7, 2012, DreamWorks premiered the first two episodes of a new television series called DreamWorks Dragons . The public broadcast began on September 4th with 20 episodes already planned. The second season of the series comprised a further 20 episodes that aired from September 2013. The third season aired from June 2015 and comprised 13 episodes. The fourth to the last eighth season each comprise a further 13 episodes.
On March 13, 2015, the three short films Dragons - The Legend of the Bone Robber , Book of Dragons and Dragons - A Gift from Nightshade under the title Dragons: Legends were broadcast for the first time on Super RTL.
In 2018, the first four short films from 2010 to 2014 were published under the title How To Train Your Dragon - The Short Film Collection .
Web links
- Official page for the film
- Train Your Dragon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- How to train your dragon made easy in the online film database
- Train Your Dragon at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- We are digital puppeteers . Interview: Thomas Bodmer (updated March 24, 2010), with Simon Otto from Switzerland, chief character animator of How to Train Your Dragon , “How to make a dragon adorable”.
- Scientific film review on KinderundJugendmedien.de
- Official website of "How to Train Your Dragon"
Individual evidence
- ↑ Certificate of Release for How to Train Your Dragon made easy . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , March 2010 (PDF; test number: 121 959 K).
- ↑ Age identification for how to train your dragon made easy . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ cf. z. B. Kim Masters, Renee Montagne: Coming To A Screen Near You: A 3-D Clash. March 24, 2010, npr.org .
- ↑ cf. z. B. Richard Verrier, Ben Fritz: How to Train Your Dragon, '' Clash of the Titans' clash for 3-D screens. March 21, 2010, npr.org .
- ↑ Entry on the film at sat1.de
- ↑ German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Movies | How to train your dragon. Retrieved February 22, 2018 .
- ↑ boxofficemojo.com
- ↑ Jason Buchanan: How to Train Your Dragon. Rotten Tomatoes , accessed May 9, 2014 .
- ↑ Rüdiger Suchsland: The best recommendations for the weekend . In: Berliner Morgenpost . April 10, 2010.
- ↑ Daniel Kothenschulte: Wickie would be thrilled . ( Memento of March 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) In: fr-online , March 24, 2010.
- ↑ Steffen Georgi: How do you tame a dragon? , March 26, 2010.
- ↑ Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden: Jury statement - predicate particularly valuable
- ↑ Oliver Lysiak: How to Train Your Dragon on moviepilot.de, April 16, 2010.
- ↑ How to train your dragon. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 9, 2014 .
- ↑ How to Train Your Dragon, FBW press release. German Film and Media Assessment (FBW), accessed on April 14, 2010 .
- ↑ How to Train Your Dragon 2. Accessed March 22, 2014 .
- ↑ How to Train Your Dragon 3: First trailer with a new kite coming soon . In: moviepilot.de . June 1, 2018 ( moviepilot.de [accessed June 1, 2018]).
- ^ "DreamWorks Dragons: Riders of Berk Brings High-Flying, Fire-Breathing Fun to Cartoon Network Tuesday, Sept. 4". ( Memento of December 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) August 8, 2012. Viewed August 12, 2012.
- ↑ Sanford, John (October 23, 2011): "Yet another Mea Culpa and other things ...". Chippy & Loopus. ( Memento of August 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). Viewed August 12, 2012.