It is one of the best films of all time, just because pretty much every aspect excels. Excellent plot, pacing, music, characters, visuals, it has it all
As a Nordic, the relationship between Hiccup and Stoic was always relatable. especially thee moment he disowns Hiccup, but is then immediately struck by the severity of what he just did. it is a beautiful scene that takes deep understanding of Nordic culture to write well.
Most of Toothless' behavior was modeled on cats. Note that his eyes change according to his mood. When he's upset or angry, his pupils are slit eyed. When he's feeling open or friendly, his pupils are round. I especially enjoyed the training montage, and Astrid's mounting frustration that Hiccup keeps coming out ahead, especially with tricks like the eel or the grass, which seems to have a catnip-like effect on the creatures.
that's not how cat eyes work. the pupils are slit in light and sunny environments to keep surplus light out, just like in humans. in darker environments, the pupils become bigger and wider to increase light intake so that they can see better in the dark, just like in humans; pupils also widen when stalking and focusing on prey to take in as much detail as possible to increase the chance of a successful catch. this also happens during fights with other cats and playtime, since catching toys derives from their hunting instincts.
What I love most about this movie is that it shows that there are consequences for being the hero. Hiccup didn't just get a bunch of cuts and bruises. He lost his foot. The same foot, it so happens, that I lost, so I also feel he's a kindred spirit. 😉
@@NarutoUzumaki-ix2gx Doctor screwed up and caused a HUGE hole to develop in the bottom of my foot. Tried to get it to heal for over a year, but diabetes made that impossible. Five different doctors recommended I have it amputated. Finally gave in and had the foot amputated on 24 October 2018.
I'd add Astrid to the list of characters who is handled really well, I think her growth from being the archetypical viking, to being the first person to learn what Hiccup has discovered, and then being the person who loves him because she sees his qualities is another part of why this film works so well.
I think what really convinced her was when Hiccup decided to hide the existence of nest. It was the first time he had been completely sure of himself and had something that truly meant so much to him that he was willing to stand up to the entirety of Berk, and Astrid could see it.
@@quakxy_dukx That's a good shout. I never need much of a reason to rewatch the trilogy, but I'm now tempted to see if I can spot the moment(s) where Astrid falls for Hiccup....
I love how she didn't instantly trust Toothless, she tried to run and be loyal to her family and tribe, and had to be SHOWED that Hiccup was right and that dragons aren't just monsters
@@_-NatureMations-_ There are so many well drawn details for Astrid aren't there? It's easy to see where it could have just been another bland love interest, but she is fully developed and her actions make sense to who she is
I will never get tired of the middle of the movie, the entire Hiccup/Toothless bonding experience. Have watched it so many times over the years and just...love it.
I've always thought the flying scenes with Hiccup and Toothless along with the music shows the joy and glory of flying better than any other movie or TV show.
When I first saw this, I instantly compared it to Avatar with the flying sequences, and somehow this film managed to have a lot more charm, joy and beauty in it. There was an emptiness in Avatar, like they were caught up in making a spectacle to forget to engage the audience. Meanwhile here you get the sense of wonder from Hiccup and Astrid
Same here. Both the scene where Hiccup and Toothless do their big solo flight, and the one with Astrid were so beautifully done. One of the aspects of that flight with Astrid that I think gets overlooked is just how unique and novel an experience that would be for her, and Hiccup too, for that matter. For us, we take flight for granted. Even we have never flown, or hang glided, or skydived, the concept isn't outlandish for us. Consider their technology level, and lifestyle. No one of them had, most likely, ever been further off the ground then however high they could climb a tree. Being able to fly high enough to touch the clouds, and go fly above them would be inconceivable for them. Looking down through a break in the clouds onto the island they lived on would be a view reserved for the gods. With that in mind, that flight Hiccup took her one was of profound importance. Not only that, but he not only defeated, but TAMED the most feared and deadly dragon. One so mysterious no one even knew what it looked like. They he gets it to fly her through the heavens.
This is a movie that teaches that compassion is the greatest strength. To take the time to empathize is better than the ability to kill something. It's wonderful.
Humility is a strong theme through this. Watch it again and note every time Toothless’ attitude changes toward someone. He’s openly hostile to Astrid until she apologizes. He dumps Hiccup when he takes credit for their first short flight together when it was a team effort.
i always thought that was just toothless realising hiccup was on his tail, but i see your perspective too. I've seen this damn movie so many times I love being fed new perspectives of it lmao thankyou
This movie has a follow-up series "Race to the edge" that really builds up all the supporting characters. And the second movie tells what happened to his mother, and why Stoic hates dragons so much.
There was not a single time when i haven't cried when toothless allows hiccup to place his handbon his head. That acceptance scene hits home every single time. I love everything about this movie. Absolute gem
14:15 It's subtle and often missed. In the previous scene when they fell, the fastener on the saddle got bent so they got stuck together. Hiccup had to bring him into town to get tools to fix it.
I've said it before and I'll say it again The entire sequence of the duo losing control, plumetting to their deaths only to regain control and fly as one unit with that Iconic score in the background? will never cease to send goosebumps throughout my body
17:10 you have a brawny strong headed father and a brainy son. Usually the mother in the situation would help the communication but since she’s no longer with them there’s no translator although Gobber does try to help.
Interesting little story i heard: When Hiccup and Toothless bond at the end of forbidden friendship with the portrait drawing, Hiccup holds out his hand and toothless puts his nose into it. As part of the movement toothless pauses, moves back a bit, and then finishes the movement. The interesting bit, the pause and move back were an animation mistake, toothless was suppose to go straight into the hand. Instead what we get is it looking like toothless is very briefly reconsidering what he is doing and continuing anyway and is one of the most iconic moments of the series.
HTTYD is one of the best franchises of all time. Hiccup is a phenomenal character, and Toothless is basically a glorified mix of a black cat and a cute puppy. If you loved this, HTTYD2 & 3 are absolutely amazing. This franchise was my childhood. Easily, the best part of this franchise: THE MUSIC. The composer was John Powell, and he actually worked with Hans Zimmer for the Kung Fu Panda soundtrack.
They are amazing movies but I think they inadvertently screwed up the messaging for the 3rd movie by trying to relate the fictional world to the real world.
@@colin1739 Dude Test Dive always gives me goosebumps and makes me cry because it is so beautiful and gets your heart pumping like you are running into battle. John Powell in my eyes in the absolute best composer and music maker in history.
*What I really love about Hiccup's and Toothless' relationship and the progress of it, is that Hiccup's end goal never was to ride a dragon and be the first to do that.* The only thing he wanted to do was kinda reversing the damage he had done to Toothless' tail and just get him to be able to fly again. Hiccup only realized during that progress that it would not be possible without him actually being on Toothless and controlling the prosthetic tail himself. That's the *only* reason why Hiccup ended up actually riding him at first.
The TV shows are really what allow the supprting cast to develop and have much stronger personalities than the movies allow, but even with their flaws, i love this series so so much
One thing I have yet to see anyone point out is that the reason the whole village changed so quickly because all the vikings on the nest island probably had to take and fly all the dragons back to Berk since most of not all the ships were destroyed. The only question I have is how toothless made it back since his tail fin was destroyed. 🤔
This was one of the best trilogy films I've sat through. While the third lacks a little of the magic that was present in the first and second, it still was solid entertainment, imo.
Fun fact, when Hiccup tried to touch toothless and the drsgon put a rejection face, this was an animation error, but the idea of this and then accepting when Hiccup close his eyes was so loved that they keep it that way
This movie hits me hard every time. The father son relationship here hit very close to home for me. My dad was a big athletic man and Excel is one of my favorite games. We found way to make it work. Toothless is also so much like my cat that I feel this studio owes me money for using his likeness.
This is one of my favorite movies, as it makes you feel so much. No piece of animation has made me feel as squeamish as when Hiccup at Toothless’s barf fish.
Toothless wanted an apology. He ddidn't interfere when they talked, he didn't interfere when she approached the area they used to train. He only interferred once Astrid started hurting Hiccup. As soon as he got the apology he wanted, they were good again.
Because Hiccup was born as a scrawny, skinny noodle and doesn't have the muscular Viking physique, he is unable to truly defend herself like everyone in his village. This always led him into trouble like what happened earlier. Everyone has to step in and save him, like what his dad did, and that always tires them cause they had to babysit a fishbone while fighting off dragons. Some dragons are based on real-life animals and objects to create their behavior, characteristics, and features. Like Toothless, the Night Fury is based on cats, black panthers, bats, manta rays, and a jet fighter. A Deadly Nadder on birds due to their bird-like movements and behavior Toothless and other Night Furies have retractable teeth that may protect them from being damaged whenever they fire their plasma blast
Am i the only one with this show that found the 3rd movie really sad? Well “sad” doesn’t really describe it that well, but i don’t know what other word to use. Like i know it’s just a kids movie and it’s not real, but i just spent so much time watching httyd so i’ve got very attached to all of the characters. And i know it’s the best for Toothless to leave and stuff and at the end, when Hiccup had his kids on a boat, it was just a really big and sudden time jump i just burst out crying 😭
Take note of how the animation develops w/ each film. Everything about these 3 films make them my fave 3 since 2000. Happy to see you checking them out!
This film quickly became my favorite animated film and is probably my favorite film overall. I can watch it over and over again. The 2 sequels are excellent as well, but this one just touched me in a special way.
This film series is really close to me. Watched the first one with my wife shortly after we first met, watched the second when she was pregnant with our oldest daughter and the third with my daughter and my wife when she was pregnant with my youngest daughter. Goes without saying we have a fair few plushies for it about the house.
14:12 The reason why Hiccup brings Toothless to the village is that when they get blown down while testing the tail, the safety rope gets stuck so they're stuck to one another. So they have to go to the village to get some tools.
This movie captured my heart back when it was in cinemas. The story is so heartwarming and the musical score is such a masterpiece. Definitely one of my top 3 animated films of all time. There was a Netflix series that sort of dove deeper into the adjustment the people of Berk went through adapting to life with dragons and fleshed out the supporting cast of characters which I thought was a good series, although not really a must watch. The other movies are really good too, hope you get to watch them both soon!
I absolutely adore this movie and hugely regret not getting to see it in the cinema, I can only imagine how that flying scene would have felt in IMAX or even 4DX. I love all of these movies and eventually plan to watch the cartoon series as well but this first movie is and likely always will be one of my all time favourite movies. Also you're 100% right about the dragons basically being huge cats as that is EXACTLY true, Toothless's movements were based on recordings of one of the animators own pet cats which is both hilarious and adorable.
A lot of people will say that the next two movies are even better. I disagree. The animation does get (even) better, but I still think that HTTYD I is the GOAT. THAT being said!... The next two are just AMAZING (simply illustrating how highly I regard the first), rounding out a FANTASTIC trilogy and are absolute "MUSTS". Please react to them (to the trilogy) asap. 😊❤️
Fun fact: Vikings did not wear horned helms. That was an invention of operas in the 18th century, so that the people in the back could easily tell who the bad guys were.
Oh I never thought I'd see this one on here, not going to lie the second I saw it my childhood flashed before my eyes. Good times man...good times, ones that I will forever treasure to this day. Really hope you watch the rest of the movies too, you'll love them I promise!
Have you learned nothing about the internet? Cats are the stars out there, and if your kitty wants to get in on the reactions, who is any human to say no? As always, a wonderful reaction!
Answers to your questions/comments made in the video: - Hiccup's voice actor is Jay Baruchel. - Other voice actors: Astrid = America Ferrera, Snotlout = Jonah Hill, Fishlegs = Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Ruffnut = Kristen Wiig, Tuffnut = TJ Miller, Stoick = Gerard Butler, Gobber = Craig Ferguson, Spitelout (background character, Snotlout's dad) = David Tennant. - Monstrous Nightmares (the ones that set themselves on fire) have a sort of gel/coating that is flammable, but also protects their skin, which is how they're okay setting themselves on fire. I believe the gel is made from their own saliva. Also most dragons are fireproof/heat resistant to an extent, especially Stoker Class dragons like the Nightmares and Terrible Terrors - you'll see later in the movie how Hiccup comments that the little Terrible Terrors are "not so fireproof on the inside". - Good catch! Hiccup is, indeed, left handed :) he's technically ambidextrous, being seen handling weapons and other things with both hands, but he seems to favour his left hand and DreamWorks has officially classified him as left handed. - Hiccup's mother was carried off by dragons when he was a baby, and Stoick never fell for anyone else (and didn't want to, either). - "So we know who the bully is, got it." Yeah, Snotlout's a bully. Fun fact: he's also Hiccup's cousin. It's unclear in the movies which parents are related, but most likely Stoick and Spitelout aren't brothers because they have different surnames (Stoick and Hiccup Haddock, and Spitelout and Snotlout Jorgenson). - 10:50 Toothless drew a (rather abstract) picture of Hiccup! Because Hiccup drew a picture of him! It's very adorable. - I won't spoil it too much for you in case you want to look into the tv shows, but dragons don't like eels because they make them sick. - Astrid's just mad at Hiccup because she's confused and frustrated. She doesn't know how Hiccup all of a sudden got so good, and she's been trying and training to kill dragons her whole life and is GOOD at it, but all of a sudden Hiccup is better than her. Once she finds out how, she finds peace with it, no longer having to wonder how the heck he's doing it. - He brought Toothless to the village because he didn't have a choice; when they crashed during that mock flying lesson, the clip attaching him to Toothless' harness bent and he couldn't get free from it. - Stoick and Hiccup are very different people, they have very little in common and therefore they both just kind of do their own things, not to mention Stoick is often busy with official business since he's the chief. So no, they don't really chat that often unfortunately. Their main similarity is their stubbornness, lol. Although we don't get to see much of it, I like to think they fixed that after this movie; you can certainly see their relationship improve as time goes on. - Lol, Toothless is very sassy, he waits for an apology from both Astrid and Stoick before warming up to them. - "He got the girl already?" It certainly seems like that with the amount of times she kisses him, but they don't actually officially end up being a couple until they're about 18 (they're 15 in this movie). - I'll leave a list of all of the connecting movies and tv shows in this franchise in the comments. As a big fan, I'd naturally recommend you watch them all lol, but definitely watch the other two main movies. Out of the rest of the content, if you only watch one thing, I highly recommend the short film "Gift of the Night Fury", preferably between movies 1 and 2 since that's when it's set, but definitely before the 3rd movie because the events of GOTNF are briefly referenced in movie 3.
Movies: - How to Train Your Dragon (✔) - How to Train Your Dragon 2 (set 5 years after the events of the first movie; Hiccup and the gang are now 20 (19 for the twins)) - How to Train Your Dragon 3: The Hidden World (set 1 year after the events of the second movie) Short movies: - Book of Dragons; Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon; Gift of the Night Fury (unclear what order these are set in, but all 3 are set around the same time, a short time after the events of the first movie) - Dawn of the Dragon Racers (set about 2 years after movie 1) - Homecoming (set sort of during movie 3 - I won't say more or I'll give spoilers lol) TV shows: - Dragons: Riders of Berk (set shortly after movie 1) - Dragons: Defenders of Berk (set immediately after Riders, essentially season 2 of Riders) - Dragons: Race to the Edge (set during the roughly 3 years before movie 2) - Dragons: The Nine Realms (set about 1,300 years after the events of the main series, focusing on Hiccup's descendant Tom Kullerson. Because of the time jump and other things, a lot of people understandably aren't fans of Nine Realms; I personally enjoy it, but I can understand people's criticism of it.)
I was absolutely shocked and excited to see this on your channel. I friggin LOVE these movies. Not gonna lie, even tho I truly love your channel, the movies/shows you've covered lately have been a bit hit or miss for me personally. So again, seeing this come up made me smile ear to ear! So glad you're doing these movies! I know you'll love them and they may possibly even change your life! I rewatch the whole trilogy at least once a year and it always gives me whatever I need at the time. So cheers V! And enjoy! I'll be following right along with you!😉👍
there are so many great voice actors in this movie! if you check the credits, you can find Jay Baruchell, America Ferreira, Craig Ferguson, Gerard Butler, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse (McLovin'!), Kristin Wiig and TJ Miller (yeah he's kind of a dud). but for sure so much talent!
The first dragon showed quick trust. But after the village wiped out the one that they were enslaved to, it made sense that they would befriend each other. It may have been seen as a nest, but the large one looked like it consumed some of them at times.
"test flight" is the greatest original score for an animated movie of all time its two themes in one. while hiccup and toothless but work indepently their respective theme plays. and when the cheat sheet is almost lost we lose both themes and its replaced by chaos. when they finally work together we hear the ICONIC HTTYD theme we all know which is toothless and hiccups respective themes played together in harmony
I slept on this movie for so long. Thought it looked a bit too "kiddy" for me, but then, years later, I caught it one day on HBO when there was nothing else on and absolutely loved it. The other 2 are also great!
This series was a big big surprise for me I watched the first one when I was a young lad and loved it, watched the movies as they came out and have seen them a few times over the years and also got into some of the animated shows they had, it’s a great series and I enjoy it quite a bit hopefully you can too!
I always like the underdog/misfit stories in these movies. HTTYD is awesome in that concept because the character, Hiccup, embodies it perfectly. I still have a hard time forgiving Stoick, though. It's probably because I thought he got off the hook too easily.
Book hiccup is my all time favorite protagonist…from lowly bullied underdog to a righteous king in charged with ending a war between races…impeccable journey
Still a massive hit and probably my favorite animated movie trilogy. The music, the characters, the story, everything about this franchise means so much to me. ❤❤❤
1:15 Actually the tv series reveals his name is actually Horrendous Haddock III, Hiccup is a nickname for a kid who's small and weak. Also the TV series is so worth seeing.
Fun fact the part where toothless hesitate to touch hiccup was a animation mistake but the animators decided to keep it since it made it look even better
With The Lion King (1994), this movie is the only one I went to see 3 times in theater. That's saying something about how much I loved it. And the second one is even better. I'm looking forward to your reaction to it.
Its an unpopular opinion, but I still think HTTYD 2 and 3, even combined is so nowhere near as good as the first. I remember when I first saw a teaser in theaters for this movie. I was in awe! It took a couple weeks before I got to see it in theaters because I was graduating high school just a couple months after it came out! One of my favorite movies of all time hands down.
and everyone says the animation improves with the sequels, but i just like...i prefer the rougher animation of the first one. All the skin details and the pinkness in their cheeks, it has that harshness of cold weather living. The second movie was just a tad too smooth, but the rest was good, and then the third was um. very smooth, not very nice in my opinion.
The character that made that sarcastic comment towards Hiccup his name is Snotlout and he's played by Joan Hill and Stoick is voiced by the one and only Gerard Butler and Hiccup is voiced Jay Baruchel
You've probably already seen this somewhere online, but "black cats that look like Toothless" is well worth the Google search 🙂 every time my crazy lil "kitten" of 12yrs bounds around the house I think of this film series 🤣
Some more animated movies I'd like to recommend . Up . Coco . Klaus . Luca . Raya and the last dragon . Encanto . Madagascar . Moana I am sure you'll love watching it and all the movies have emotions, comedy etc etc
Something I've noticed that gets glossed over (mostly because the movie itself glossed over it - in fact the movie never once even mentions it) is that Toothless lost his tail BECAUSE Hiccup shot him down. Think about it....Toothless was flying just fine until Hiccup found him. Once Hiccup finds Toothless his tail is just suddenly maimed??? If it had been maimed before or was a birth defect (a theory someone once told me) then how was he flying with NO problems until Hiccup shot him down??? That could ALSO be one of the reasons Toothless growls at hiccup after getting cut free of the ropes. Toothless yelled at Hiccup for shooting him down.
I thought this was blatantly obvious lmao. Do people really think it wasn’t Hiccup’s fault? I’m pretty sure he even admits to it in the next movie at one point when someone asks about the makeshift tail fin Toothless has.
@@a_fine_edition2746 I don't doubt that you are right; all I'm saying is that this movie doesn't actually even try to explain WHY Toothless has a part of his tail missing. It's just part of the movie.
@@patrickcromwell7554I felt like it was pretty much implied considering Hiccup deduces that Toothless can't fly away because he's missing the tail fin. The movie doesn't have to spell it out, but I feel like it's very much confirmed when he says "I did this" upon seeing Toothless shot down and refusing to kill him.
@@a_fine_edition2746 I don't disagree; but I have seen people ask: "How is it Toothless can't fly NOW, when Hiccup shot him down from flying before?" Just in case someone was watching and not really paying attention, I just wanted that to be put out there.
I'm not an expert in oceanic geography, but my understanding is an island can have super deep waters right off the coast if it is formed quickly, say by a very active volcano.
The first HTTYD movie is an absolute gem. I had no expectations when I first saw it back in the day and was really surprised how good it was.
It is one of the best films of all time, just because pretty much every aspect excels. Excellent plot, pacing, music, characters, visuals, it has it all
The rest of them aren't so bad either, really.
The rest are really good as well. Lets not forget the series, whch I thoroughly enjoyed
As a Nordic, the relationship between Hiccup and Stoic was always relatable. especially thee moment he disowns Hiccup, but is then immediately struck by the severity of what he just did. it is a beautiful scene that takes deep understanding of Nordic culture to write well.
Most of Toothless' behavior was modeled on cats.
Note that his eyes change according to his mood. When he's upset or angry, his pupils are slit eyed. When he's feeling open or friendly, his pupils are round.
I especially enjoyed the training montage, and Astrid's mounting frustration that Hiccup keeps coming out ahead, especially with tricks like the eel or the grass, which seems to have a catnip-like effect on the creatures.
The head animators cat was the model for toothless, and all the movements and personality were built on it.
Fun fact, the grass is called dragon nip 😅 they mentioned it once or twice in the DreamWorks dragons series’
Woman's eyes, work the same way. 😂
that's not how cat eyes work. the pupils are slit in light and sunny environments to keep surplus light out, just like in humans. in darker environments, the pupils become bigger and wider to increase light intake so that they can see better in the dark, just like in humans; pupils also widen when stalking and focusing on prey to take in as much detail as possible to increase the chance of a successful catch. this also happens during fights with other cats and playtime, since catching toys derives from their hunting instincts.
the catnip made it especially obvious imo
What I love most about this movie is that it shows that there are consequences for being the hero. Hiccup didn't just get a bunch of cuts and bruises. He lost his foot. The same foot, it so happens, that I lost, so I also feel he's a kindred spirit. 😉
change your name to puccih
How?
@@NarutoUzumaki-ix2gx How what?
@@alwayswrite2011 how you lost your foot sir
@@NarutoUzumaki-ix2gx Doctor screwed up and caused a HUGE hole to develop in the bottom of my foot. Tried to get it to heal for over a year, but diabetes made that impossible. Five different doctors recommended I have it amputated. Finally gave in and had the foot amputated on 24 October 2018.
I'd add Astrid to the list of characters who is handled really well, I think her growth from being the archetypical viking, to being the first person to learn what Hiccup has discovered, and then being the person who loves him because she sees his qualities is another part of why this film works so well.
I think what really convinced her was when Hiccup decided to hide the existence of nest. It was the first time he had been completely sure of himself and had something that truly meant so much to him that he was willing to stand up to the entirety of Berk, and Astrid could see it.
@@quakxy_dukx That's a good shout. I never need much of a reason to rewatch the trilogy, but I'm now tempted to see if I can spot the moment(s) where Astrid falls for Hiccup....
Also the part where she first saw toothless and her first instinct was to tell hiccup to run and throw herself into a fight she couldn't win
I love how she didn't instantly trust Toothless, she tried to run and be loyal to her family and tribe, and had to be SHOWED that Hiccup was right and that dragons aren't just monsters
@@_-NatureMations-_ There are so many well drawn details for Astrid aren't there? It's easy to see where it could have just been another bland love interest, but she is fully developed and her actions make sense to who she is
YESSSS! I’m 51 & not embarrassed to admit how much I love this trilogy ❤
I got you beat ! I'm 69 and Love each of the three so much.
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I was surprised that you havent seen it!
Also there is no shame to watch a good movie
I will never get tired of the middle of the movie, the entire Hiccup/Toothless bonding experience. Have watched it so many times over the years and just...love it.
The music and the visuals paired together as the culmination of two spirits emotionally bonding together is so uplifting.
I've always thought the flying scenes with Hiccup and Toothless along with the music shows the joy and glory of flying better than any other movie or TV show.
When I first saw this, I instantly compared it to Avatar with the flying sequences, and somehow this film managed to have a lot more charm, joy and beauty in it. There was an emptiness in Avatar, like they were caught up in making a spectacle to forget to engage the audience. Meanwhile here you get the sense of wonder from Hiccup and Astrid
@@neilbiggs1353Not to mention the romantic flight scene weirdly reminds of the "Never-ending story" for some reason 😂❤
@@JoshuaG Dude the first time I watched Never-ending story I automatically fell in love with the movie.
Same here. Both the scene where Hiccup and Toothless do their big solo flight, and the one with Astrid were so beautifully done.
One of the aspects of that flight with Astrid that I think gets overlooked is just how unique and novel an experience that would be for her, and Hiccup too, for that matter. For us, we take flight for granted. Even we have never flown, or hang glided, or skydived, the concept isn't outlandish for us. Consider their technology level, and lifestyle. No one of them had, most likely, ever been further off the ground then however high they could climb a tree. Being able to fly high enough to touch the clouds, and go fly above them would be inconceivable for them. Looking down through a break in the clouds onto the island they lived on would be a view reserved for the gods.
With that in mind, that flight Hiccup took her one was of profound importance. Not only that, but he not only defeated, but TAMED the most feared and deadly dragon. One so mysterious no one even knew what it looked like. They he gets it to fly her through the heavens.
18:42 "How romantic!" The song title for this scene in the soundtrack is literally "Romantic Flight"
This is a movie that teaches that compassion is the greatest strength. To take the time to empathize is better than the ability to kill something. It's wonderful.
it might take time and effort to build something, but the results are much better than destroying
Humility is a strong theme through this. Watch it again and note every time Toothless’ attitude changes toward someone. He’s openly hostile to Astrid until she apologizes. He dumps Hiccup when he takes credit for their first short flight together when it was a team effort.
i always thought that was just toothless realising hiccup was on his tail, but i see your perspective too. I've seen this damn movie so many times I love being fed new perspectives of it lmao thankyou
This entire series is beautiful, emotional, and simply majestic. With an inspiring soundtrack to boot welcome aboard.
This movie has a follow-up series "Race to the edge" that really builds up all the supporting characters. And the second movie tells what happened to his mother, and why Stoic hates dragons so much.
Don’t forget before that there are some others like Defenders Of Berk and The short Christmas movie Gift Of The Night Fury
There was not a single time when i haven't cried when toothless allows hiccup to place his handbon his head. That acceptance scene hits home every single time. I love everything about this movie. Absolute gem
14:15 It's subtle and often missed. In the previous scene when they fell, the fastener on the saddle got bent so they got stuck together. Hiccup had to bring him into town to get tools to fix it.
You are going to LOVE this series. This is going to be so much fun!
Wish i'd see more reactors reacting to the TV series ♥️🙏 its almost non-existent and i've used every keyword if someone reacted to them 😂
@@JoshuaG Exactly
By the way, it did take some time for the village to become accustomed to the dragons, but you only learn that through the TV show.
I've said it before and I'll say it again
The entire sequence of the duo losing control, plumetting to their deaths only to regain control and fly as one unit with that Iconic score in the background?
will never cease to send goosebumps throughout my body
I was 8-9 when I saw this movie in 2010 and now i'm 21. I feel old and it feels good to have this in my life
17:10 you have a brawny strong headed father and a brainy son. Usually the mother in the situation would help the communication but since she’s no longer with them there’s no translator although Gobber does try to help.
Interesting little story i heard:
When Hiccup and Toothless bond at the end of forbidden friendship with the portrait drawing, Hiccup holds out his hand and toothless puts his nose into it.
As part of the movement toothless pauses, moves back a bit, and then finishes the movement.
The interesting bit, the pause and move back were an animation mistake, toothless was suppose to go straight into the hand.
Instead what we get is it looking like toothless is very briefly reconsidering what he is doing and continuing anyway and is one of the most iconic moments of the series.
HTTYD is one of the best franchises of all time. Hiccup is a phenomenal character, and Toothless is basically a glorified mix of a black cat and a cute puppy.
If you loved this, HTTYD2 & 3 are absolutely amazing.
This franchise was my childhood.
Easily, the best part of this franchise: THE MUSIC. The composer was John Powell, and he actually worked with Hans Zimmer for the Kung Fu Panda soundtrack.
The Books are also good childrens books.
Test Drive is probably the best song from the entire first movie, still gives me goosebumps to this day.
They are amazing movies but I think they inadvertently screwed up the messaging for the 3rd movie by trying to relate the fictional world to the real world.
@@colin1739 Dude Test Dive always gives me goosebumps and makes me cry because it is so beautiful and gets your heart pumping like you are running into battle. John Powell in my eyes in the absolute best composer and music maker in history.
*What I really love about Hiccup's and Toothless' relationship and the progress of it, is that Hiccup's end goal never was to ride a dragon and be the first to do that.*
The only thing he wanted to do was kinda reversing the damage he had done to Toothless' tail and just get him to be able to fly again.
Hiccup only realized during that progress that it would not be possible without him actually being on Toothless and controlling the prosthetic tail himself.
That's the *only* reason why Hiccup ended up actually riding him at first.
5:47 love how Toothless here accepts his fate, then when Hiccup releases him, he gives him the look that says "you could have killed me, why?"
The TV shows are really what allow the supprting cast to develop and have much stronger personalities than the movies allow, but even with their flaws, i love this series so so much
Race to the edge is peak httyd content and is the best part of the canon franchise timeline
Is it hard to believe, that this is my favorite animated movie?
Backgrounds, colors, attention to details, music, just mesmerizing!
One thing I have yet to see anyone point out is that the reason the whole village changed so quickly because all the vikings on the nest island probably had to take and fly all the dragons back to Berk since most of not all the ships were destroyed. The only question I have is how toothless made it back since his tail fin was destroyed. 🤔
This was one of the best trilogy films I've sat through. While the third lacks a little of the magic that was present in the first and second, it still was solid entertainment, imo.
Fun fact, when Hiccup tried to touch toothless and the drsgon put a rejection face, this was an animation error, but the idea of this and then accepting when Hiccup close his eyes was so loved that they keep it that way
A part I hardly see a streamer show is Astrid calling Hiccup out on using "wouldn't instead of couldn't"
One of, if not thee best animated trilogies out there, love you content V! Happy Hump Day 🐪
This series is so great and seeing it in 3d was extra great. Those flying sequences are awesome in the format
This movie hits me hard every time.
The father son relationship here hit very close to home for me. My dad was a big athletic man and Excel is one of my favorite games. We found way to make it work.
Toothless is also so much like my cat that I feel this studio owes me money for using his likeness.
"The only down side is the pests. We have dragons"
"The only upside is the pets. We have dragons"
This is one of my favorite movies, as it makes you feel so much. No piece of animation has made me feel as squeamish as when Hiccup at Toothless’s barf fish.
I love all these movies, one of the rare times when the sequels actually hold up really well to the original. Definitely worth seeing the whole story!
Whats crazy tho is that Astrid, hiccup, snoutlought, fishlegs, and the twins ruffnought and tougthnut are all 15 in the first movie!!
Toothless wanted an apology. He ddidn't interfere when they talked, he didn't interfere when she approached the area they used to train. He only interferred once Astrid started hurting Hiccup. As soon as he got the apology he wanted, they were good again.
Because Hiccup was born as a scrawny, skinny noodle and doesn't have the muscular Viking physique, he is unable to truly defend herself like everyone in his village. This always led him into trouble like what happened earlier. Everyone has to step in and save him, like what his dad did, and that always tires them cause they had to babysit a fishbone while fighting off dragons.
Some dragons are based on real-life animals and objects to create their behavior, characteristics, and features. Like Toothless, the Night Fury is based on cats, black panthers, bats, manta rays, and a jet fighter. A Deadly Nadder on birds due to their bird-like movements and behavior
Toothless and other Night Furies have retractable teeth that may protect them from being damaged whenever they fire their plasma blast
the scene where he loses his cheat sheet and they are falling still gives me goose bumps every single time
Am i the only one with this show that found the 3rd movie really sad? Well “sad” doesn’t really describe it that well, but i don’t know what other word to use. Like i know it’s just a kids movie and it’s not real, but i just spent so much time watching httyd so i’ve got very attached to all of the characters. And i know it’s the best for Toothless to leave and stuff and at the end, when Hiccup had his kids on a boat, it was just a really big and sudden time jump i just burst out crying 😭
the *Im gonna say random shit and pretend like im interested* vibe is strong
Take note of how the animation develops w/ each film. Everything about these 3 films make them my fave 3 since 2000. Happy to see you checking them out!
Ice age is also a nice example of it ✌️
Yeah, all the other animated franchises look the same every movie. Toy Story, perfect example.
Toothless always forgives people who are sorry. it is a clear pattern
This film quickly became my favorite animated film and is probably my favorite film overall. I can watch it over and over again. The 2 sequels are excellent as well, but this one just touched me in a special way.
Great choice. It's an amazing film.
This film series is really close to me. Watched the first one with my wife shortly after we first met, watched the second when she was pregnant with our oldest daughter and the third with my daughter and my wife when she was pregnant with my youngest daughter.
Goes without saying we have a fair few plushies for it about the house.
14:12 The reason why Hiccup brings Toothless to the village is that when they get blown down while testing the tail, the safety rope gets stuck so they're stuck to one another. So they have to go to the village to get some tools.
If you imagine Toothless with whiskers, he can become a black cute cat.
26:52 “that’s a biiig dawg!” Sandlot vibes 😂😂😂
This movie captured my heart back when it was in cinemas. The story is so heartwarming and the musical score is such a masterpiece. Definitely one of my top 3 animated films of all time.
There was a Netflix series that sort of dove deeper into the adjustment the people of Berk went through adapting to life with dragons and fleshed out the supporting cast of characters which I thought was a good series, although not really a must watch. The other movies are really good too, hope you get to watch them both soon!
I absolutely adore this movie and hugely regret not getting to see it in the cinema, I can only imagine how that flying scene would have felt in IMAX or even 4DX. I love all of these movies and eventually plan to watch the cartoon series as well but this first movie is and likely always will be one of my all time favourite movies.
Also you're 100% right about the dragons basically being huge cats as that is EXACTLY true, Toothless's movements were based on recordings of one of the animators own pet cats which is both hilarious and adorable.
This is basically a disability awareness movie. I love it for that reason
A lot of people will say that the next two movies are even better.
I disagree. The animation does get (even) better, but I still think that HTTYD I is the GOAT. THAT being said!... The next two are just AMAZING (simply illustrating how highly I regard the first), rounding out a FANTASTIC trilogy and are absolute "MUSTS". Please react to them (to the trilogy) asap.
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You should cosplay as Astrid. The looks and Energy with you both are quite similar 😂
I totally see it. She's gorgeous and will pull it off.
Fun fact: Vikings did not wear horned helms. That was an invention of operas in the 18th century, so that the people in the back could easily tell who the bad guys were.
Yeah but they look cool lol
Oh I never thought I'd see this one on here, not going to lie the second I saw it my childhood flashed before my eyes. Good times man...good times, ones that I will forever treasure to this day. Really hope you watch the rest of the movies too, you'll love them I promise!
I'm not going to lie, this movie seems so up your alley, I'm shocked you haven't seen it!! Love your content! ❤
Have you learned nothing about the internet? Cats are the stars out there, and if your kitty wants to get in on the reactions, who is any human to say no? As always, a wonderful reaction!
Answers to your questions/comments made in the video:
- Hiccup's voice actor is Jay Baruchel.
- Other voice actors: Astrid = America Ferrera, Snotlout = Jonah Hill, Fishlegs = Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Ruffnut = Kristen Wiig, Tuffnut = TJ Miller, Stoick = Gerard Butler, Gobber = Craig Ferguson, Spitelout (background character, Snotlout's dad) = David Tennant.
- Monstrous Nightmares (the ones that set themselves on fire) have a sort of gel/coating that is flammable, but also protects their skin, which is how they're okay setting themselves on fire. I believe the gel is made from their own saliva. Also most dragons are fireproof/heat resistant to an extent, especially Stoker Class dragons like the Nightmares and Terrible Terrors - you'll see later in the movie how Hiccup comments that the little Terrible Terrors are "not so fireproof on the inside".
- Good catch! Hiccup is, indeed, left handed :) he's technically ambidextrous, being seen handling weapons and other things with both hands, but he seems to favour his left hand and DreamWorks has officially classified him as left handed.
- Hiccup's mother was carried off by dragons when he was a baby, and Stoick never fell for anyone else (and didn't want to, either).
- "So we know who the bully is, got it." Yeah, Snotlout's a bully. Fun fact: he's also Hiccup's cousin. It's unclear in the movies which parents are related, but most likely Stoick and Spitelout aren't brothers because they have different surnames (Stoick and Hiccup Haddock, and Spitelout and Snotlout Jorgenson).
- 10:50 Toothless drew a (rather abstract) picture of Hiccup! Because Hiccup drew a picture of him! It's very adorable.
- I won't spoil it too much for you in case you want to look into the tv shows, but dragons don't like eels because they make them sick.
- Astrid's just mad at Hiccup because she's confused and frustrated. She doesn't know how Hiccup all of a sudden got so good, and she's been trying and training to kill dragons her whole life and is GOOD at it, but all of a sudden Hiccup is better than her. Once she finds out how, she finds peace with it, no longer having to wonder how the heck he's doing it.
- He brought Toothless to the village because he didn't have a choice; when they crashed during that mock flying lesson, the clip attaching him to Toothless' harness bent and he couldn't get free from it.
- Stoick and Hiccup are very different people, they have very little in common and therefore they both just kind of do their own things, not to mention Stoick is often busy with official business since he's the chief. So no, they don't really chat that often unfortunately. Their main similarity is their stubbornness, lol. Although we don't get to see much of it, I like to think they fixed that after this movie; you can certainly see their relationship improve as time goes on.
- Lol, Toothless is very sassy, he waits for an apology from both Astrid and Stoick before warming up to them.
- "He got the girl already?" It certainly seems like that with the amount of times she kisses him, but they don't actually officially end up being a couple until they're about 18 (they're 15 in this movie).
- I'll leave a list of all of the connecting movies and tv shows in this franchise in the comments. As a big fan, I'd naturally recommend you watch them all lol, but definitely watch the other two main movies. Out of the rest of the content, if you only watch one thing, I highly recommend the short film "Gift of the Night Fury", preferably between movies 1 and 2 since that's when it's set, but definitely before the 3rd movie because the events of GOTNF are briefly referenced in movie 3.
Movies:
- How to Train Your Dragon (✔)
- How to Train Your Dragon 2 (set 5 years after the events of the first movie; Hiccup and the gang are now 20 (19 for the twins))
- How to Train Your Dragon 3: The Hidden World (set 1 year after the events of the second movie)
Short movies:
- Book of Dragons; Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon; Gift of the Night Fury (unclear what order these are set in, but all 3 are set around the same time, a short time after the events of the first movie)
- Dawn of the Dragon Racers (set about 2 years after movie 1)
- Homecoming (set sort of during movie 3 - I won't say more or I'll give spoilers lol)
TV shows:
- Dragons: Riders of Berk (set shortly after movie 1)
- Dragons: Defenders of Berk (set immediately after Riders, essentially season 2 of Riders)
- Dragons: Race to the Edge (set during the roughly 3 years before movie 2)
- Dragons: The Nine Realms (set about 1,300 years after the events of the main series, focusing on Hiccup's descendant Tom Kullerson. Because of the time jump and other things, a lot of people understandably aren't fans of Nine Realms; I personally enjoy it, but I can understand people's criticism of it.)
I was absolutely shocked and excited to see this on your channel. I friggin LOVE these movies. Not gonna lie, even tho I truly love your channel, the movies/shows you've covered lately have been a bit hit or miss for me personally. So again, seeing this come up made me smile ear to ear! So glad you're doing these movies! I know you'll love them and they may possibly even change your life! I rewatch the whole trilogy at least once a year and it always gives me whatever I need at the time. So cheers V! And enjoy! I'll be following right along with you!😉👍
there are so many great voice actors in this movie! if you check the credits, you can find Jay Baruchell, America Ferreira, Craig Ferguson, Gerard Butler, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse (McLovin'!), Kristin Wiig and TJ Miller (yeah he's kind of a dud). but for sure so much talent!
The first dragon showed quick trust. But after the village wiped out the one that they were enslaved to, it made sense that they would befriend each other. It may have been seen as a nest, but the large one looked like it consumed some of them at times.
the entire dragons migrating into berk is furthered in defenders of berk, and how they enter the mutual dragon and viking getting along bit.
Wow! if you liked this, enough to get emotional. OMG!! You'll love the sequel even more. Great reaction as always.
I recommend reading the book series after this movie.
A lot of stuff was changed from the source material, and I consider the books darker in tone.
How to train your dragon was my favourite movie growing up and really made my childhood. Still watch it often
"test flight" is the greatest original score for an animated movie of all time
its two themes in one. while hiccup and toothless but work indepently their respective theme plays. and when the cheat sheet is almost lost we lose both themes and its replaced by chaos. when they finally work together we hear the ICONIC HTTYD theme we all know which is toothless and hiccups respective themes played together in harmony
I slept on this movie for so long. Thought it looked a bit too "kiddy" for me, but then, years later, I caught it one day on HBO when there was nothing else on and absolutely loved it. The other 2 are also great!
Ironically it's "How to Train Your Human." Just like with a cat. Speaking of, I sometimes miss my cat's annoying me, now that he is gone.
(At 11:05) to me, when I first saw this movie and saw Toothless, Toothless look like a newt, most likely an axolotl, with wings.
"YOU'RE NOT MY SON" ALWAYS GETS ME
This series was a big big surprise for me I watched the first one when I was a young lad and loved it, watched the movies as they came out and have seen them a few times over the years and also got into some of the animated shows they had, it’s a great series and I enjoy it quite a bit hopefully you can too!
I love how Toothless has kitty cat face. Reminds me of having a black cat.
not so much tough love as Toothless is just an awesome wingman.
I always like the underdog/misfit stories in these movies. HTTYD is awesome in that concept because the character, Hiccup, embodies it perfectly. I still have a hard time forgiving Stoick, though. It's probably because I thought he got off the hook too easily.
Book hiccup is my all time favorite protagonist…from lowly bullied underdog to a righteous king in charged with ending a war between races…impeccable journey
One of the best movie scores ever created! Makes the movie(s) an absolute highlight!
One thing that I see a lot of ripple never mention to much about is the scores the httyd series has one of the best soundtracks in any movie series
I love the flip between pests during the intro, and pets for the outro
Still a massive hit and probably my favorite animated movie trilogy. The music, the characters, the story, everything about this franchise means so much to me. ❤❤❤
1:15 Actually the tv series reveals his name is actually Horrendous Haddock III, Hiccup is a nickname for a kid who's small and weak.
Also the TV series is so worth seeing.
Fun fact the part where toothless hesitate to touch hiccup was a animation mistake but the animators decided to keep it since it made it look even better
With The Lion King (1994), this movie is the only one I went to see 3 times in theater. That's saying something about how much I loved it. And the second one is even better. I'm looking forward to your reaction to it.
(At 13:40) Hiccup doesn't see it, but he's kind of upstaging her.
Its an unpopular opinion, but I still think HTTYD 2 and 3, even combined is so nowhere near as good as the first. I remember when I first saw a teaser in theaters for this movie. I was in awe! It took a couple weeks before I got to see it in theaters because I was graduating high school just a couple months after it came out! One of my favorite movies of all time hands down.
and everyone says the animation improves with the sequels, but i just like...i prefer the rougher animation of the first one. All the skin details and the pinkness in their cheeks, it has that harshness of cold weather living. The second movie was just a tad too smooth, but the rest was good, and then the third was um. very smooth, not very nice in my opinion.
This is hands down the BEST trilogy ever made!!! Please watch the other two movies as you will not be disappointed.
John Powell's score is one of the best of the past 20 years, A+
One of the best animated movies. The score in particular is amazing.
I cannot wait for you to continue this journey!! One of the best series of movies!!
First movie made you cry happy tears but the second one will make you cry sad tears.
Agreed
Don't spoil it bro😅
No spolers please.
And the third gives you both
Or you could just let her go in without expectations. Just saying.
The movies and shorts are all excellent in showing how the characters grow and progress.
18:41 "How romantic!" well yeah, so much so that I used it on my wedding xD
The character that made that sarcastic comment towards Hiccup his name is Snotlout and he's played by Joan Hill and Stoick is voiced by the one and only Gerard Butler and Hiccup is voiced Jay Baruchel
You've probably already seen this somewhere online, but "black cats that look like Toothless" is well worth the Google search 🙂 every time my crazy lil "kitten" of 12yrs bounds around the house I think of this film series 🤣
Love, love, love the trilogy. It has everything a good movie needs and more
I love this franchise, and I'm here for your reactions. Enjoy the ride!
Some more animated movies I'd like to recommend
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Up
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Coco
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Klaus
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Luca
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Raya and the last dragon
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Encanto
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Madagascar
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Moana
I am sure you'll love watching it and all the movies have emotions, comedy etc etc
Something I've noticed that gets glossed over (mostly because the movie itself glossed over it - in fact the movie never once even mentions it) is that Toothless lost his tail BECAUSE Hiccup shot him down. Think about it....Toothless was flying just fine until Hiccup found him. Once Hiccup finds Toothless his tail is just suddenly maimed??? If it had been maimed before or was a birth defect (a theory someone once told me) then how was he flying with NO problems until Hiccup shot him down??? That could ALSO be one of the reasons Toothless growls at hiccup after getting cut free of the ropes. Toothless yelled at Hiccup for shooting him down.
I thought this was blatantly obvious lmao. Do people really think it wasn’t Hiccup’s fault? I’m pretty sure he even admits to it in the next movie at one point when someone asks about the makeshift tail fin Toothless has.
@@a_fine_edition2746 I don't doubt that you are right; all I'm saying is that this movie doesn't actually even try to explain WHY Toothless has a part of his tail missing. It's just part of the movie.
@@patrickcromwell7554I felt like it was pretty much implied considering Hiccup deduces that Toothless can't fly away because he's missing the tail fin. The movie doesn't have to spell it out, but I feel like it's very much confirmed when he says "I did this" upon seeing Toothless shot down and refusing to kill him.
@@a_fine_edition2746 I don't disagree; but I have seen people ask: "How is it Toothless can't fly NOW, when Hiccup shot him down from flying before?" Just in case someone was watching and not really paying attention, I just wanted that to be put out there.
The best animated trilogy. You’re in for a treat.
I'm not an expert in oceanic geography, but my understanding is an island can have super deep waters right off the coast if it is formed quickly, say by a very active volcano.
Not only one of my favorite movies, but one of my favorite film scores.
YES, John Powell did such an amazing job with this trilogy!
LOVE your reaction.. enjoy the rest of the series good way of showing acceptance.. your cat loves you...