Review of Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury (2011) by Joshua "Lf" M — 06 Jan 2012

The fact that this was better than I thought it would be, but still only earns a 20% rating is really saying something. This short, though offering great animation, is really nothing more than a money movie. Due to the sucess of How To Train Your Dragon, Dreamworks is milking it, there's already two sequels on the way, a planned television series, and of course this direct-to-DVD 22 minute "film.".

This is nothing special, and it's not worth watching. Also, since you'lll most likely have to purchase this film, rather than rent it, it's not really worth it at all.

The "plot" revolves around a holiday that the vikings celebrate once every year (Christmas Viking Style), but all the dragons have left for unknown reasons. Hiccup's dragon also flies away later. Hiccup eventually goes in search of the dragons, whil Astrid tries to invent new holiday traditions to cheer the downcast vikings.

The film can be funny at times, but most of the "gags" are quite lame, and at times, it feels like a television program. A really low quality television program.

The film is often cheesy, extremely cliche, and there's very little to reccommend.