I have always loved animation films ..aka. .cartoons. But somethings are just not as good as the old ones.Tom & Jerry for instance, the newly advanced versions lack the endearing quality of the older version. Hence technology can be helping in many ways, but in some exceptions they just don’t help.

We do have many celluloids on dragons. They have always been  mysterious dark creatures, often inhabiting on the evil side. Then came THE DRAGON HEART,which gave them a dignity previously lacking. Recently I saw the animation movie, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON. What struck me first was the marvelous quality of expressions, that were actually various and had been rendered superbly. The movie is quiet commendable and one needn’t think about the technology that worked behind since we have had movies like AVATAR.

The story is endearing,that of the friendship between a rare species of dragon called the Night Fury and a viking boy called Hiccupps. The boy calls the dragon Duflex and yes, it becomes a pet rather than a ferocious dragon. The dragon’s character is sketched with tinges of dogs and cats,so as to make it funny and lovable. But at the same time, it possesses mysterious bravery, dignity and strength, qualities that only dragons have. But refreshingly, there is no master-pet politics coming in. It is simply a friendship between two beings who have their own shortcomings .

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