Guest blogger: Tiffany 2

How to Train Your Dragon is about Vikings who have to protect their village from the dragons. The main character is Hiccup and his dad is Stoick. Stoick is the leader of the village and the main dragon slayer. His son Hiccup is clumsy and hasn’t even killed a dragon yet. On the night of an attack he is told to stay in the house and not move. He thinks it is time to try his new invention, so he goes out on the cliff and sets his cannon for the almost invisible and very rare Night fury. He can see that he hits it and that it goes down but nobody believes him. He starts his dragon fighting lessons the next day and doesn’t do very well. He is upset that his father isn’t proud of him so he wanders into the forest and he then finds his Night furry. Things get better when he finds out he has caught a rare never seen dragon. The main character is Hiccup and his voice is by Jay Baruchel. He does a really good job being the voice of an awkward teenager. I think it helps that his cartoon character also looks like him. He has also been in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice as well as She’s Out of My League. He also plays somewhat of an awkward character in both of those movies. Hiccups friend in the movie is Astrid and her voice is by America Ferrera. She is a confident dragon warrior and at first she doesn’t like Hiccup because he doesn’t take dragon training seriously. America has also been in Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and in the TV show Ugly Betty. In Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants she also plays a confident kid who runs away from her dads’ house when she is unhappy. They both want to learn how to fight dragons so they will be able to protect their village when they need to. A theme in this movie is don’t under estimate people. Hiccup proves to his dad that he can fight dragons if he wants to. But Hiccup is a lover not a fighter and surprises everyone. Overall this is a really cute movie and it’s not just for kids!