Despite having all the elements of an animated movie, Dreamworks' live-action How to Train Your Dragon has a different tone, which was not only necessary but also inevitable. How to Train Your Dragon, which was first published in 2010, is about Hiccup, an adolescent Viking who finds it difficult to blend in with his dragon-fighting community. He learns that dragons could not be adversaries but rather misunderstood allies after making friends with a rare Night Fury one day. A live-action HTTYD version is currently showing in theaters, fifteen years after the original's premiere, and it could be one of the summer's top movies.
Viewers have a pretty clear idea
of what 2025's How to Train Your Dragon will look like just a few months before
it debuts. In addition to showcasing the film's computer-generated imagery and
the cast in their entire Viking splendor, the teaser also teases some of the
movie's most memorable moments, such as Hiccup offering Toothless his hand and
Hiccup taking Astrid on a dragon ride. This suggests that How to Train Your
Dragon will be fairly faithful to the original movie, but there's a feeling that
the vibrant goofiness of the original will give way to a more somber, realistic
aesthetic.
The Live-Action How To Train Your Dragon Looks Like A Much Darker Movie
Promotional materials for 2025's
How to Train Your Dragon have already suggested that the remake will have a
darker tone than the original, even though the movie won't be released until
June 13. The clip alone suggests that
the live-action version is more dramatic, has more intense action, and uses
fewer vivid colors. Hiccup is shown as a
worried teen with a different perspective on life than his peers, rather than
as an awkward, goofy person who is full of jokes. As far as a dragon movie can, 2025's How to
Train Your Dragon appears to strive toward realism.
It’s a clear change from what the
original 2010 film gave us. The first film was much funnier, making a big deal
out of the fact that a Viking teenager hates violence. Hiccup and his friends
are funnier and more than human with their actions; the Vikings can manage
things that actual humans can’t. Moreover, the images in the film are brighter
and bolder than before. You can see just how blue the sky is and how green the
forest is. The original How to Train Your Dragon features everything at its
highest level.
The Shift Away From Animation Makes HTTYD Naturally More Scary
The new story’s darkness may seem
lacking at first, yet considering the news surrounding deja vu, it is a
sensible decision. Making the movie live-action automatically makes the story
more frightening. They are more than cute animated creatures, as they represent
creatures facing down real-life heroes. Already, dragons are made to seem all
the more intimidating in the first trailers. As a consequence, How to Train
Your Dragon needs to become more serious for the dragons to appear like they
really matter. Really, it’s best if audiences get a bit uneasy around dragons.
Because How to Train Your Dragon
has been made in live action, it now feels more serious. There would be no
reason Hiccup or others would joke as a dangerous creature was approaching. To
make its story believable, a movie has to make its characters believe in the
stakes too. There’s no doubt that fun and comedy will be there in How to Train
Your Dragon, although the movie will have a stronger dramatic and suspenseful
feel. To make audiences treat the movie with respect, the filmmakers should do
so too.
Hiccup and Stoick's Relationship Looks A Lot More Serious In Live-Action
Changes in How to Train Your
Dragon 2025 will go beyond the dragons, according to the director. We will see
how Hicuup’s relationship with his father becomes more serious. Much like the
dragons, Gerard Butler’s Stoick will not only be an amusing character, but also
a huge, strong Viking who can do real harm to his opponents. Because he’s
grown, Toothless will spend even more time with Hiccup, who will find him
repeatedly trying to match his father’s skills. The way they fight in
live-action will be more tearful and the actions they take to protect one
another will seem even more threatening.
This approach will only make How
to Train Your Dragon better. While Hiccup’s connections with Toothless and
Astrid matter, Stoick’s relationship with him is the most meaningful in terms
of feelings. Still, Toothless and Astrid are new friends, while Stoick is a
member of their family. There is more to lose and more history between them. As
a result, allowing Hiccup and Stoick extra time and effort in How to Train Your
Dragon will probably increase the emotional power of the film. People in the
audience will not only feel unsafe themselves, but also about the state of
their relationship.
A Live-Action HTTYD Could Never Be As Silly As The Original
There was no way the lively and
clever How to Train Your Dragon could be as silly as the animated original.
Almost all animated films become different when made into live action and in
the case of How to Train Your Dragon, the story’s tone is the primary change.
Of course, How to Train Your Dragon from 2025 won’t be quite like the original,
but that change could make it more interesting. Still, it’s the common story,
but now in a way that’s more exciting and new. There isn’t a reason to remake a
movie if it will be exactly like the first version.
Even so, the movie isn’t
officially available yet, so its story is still somewhat secret. No matter how
good or bad the audience expects the film to be from hints in the marketing,
the final movie might be stronger or weaker. If all goes well, this movie will
start a run of Dreamworks live-action hits and put How to Train Your Dragon
back on the map for many viewers.
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