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Film review: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (2025)

Over the ocean near a distant land, a thousand years ago, someone rides on the back of a dragon—and it's you.

“Toothless” and Mason Thames in How to Train Your Dragon Over the ocean near a distant land, a thousand years ago, someone rides on the back of a dragon—and it's you. You dive and swoop, freefall and skitter over the surface of the water. Yes, you become the character riding that dragon—which is a good thing, because you're probably more interesting than the character riding that dragon.

I wrote the words in the above paragraph 15 years ago, about the original animated version of DreamWorks' How to Train Your Dragon —and it seemed like a good way to begin, because I figured, "If they're not…

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