I never got into the How to Train Your Dragon animated movies, and I missed the big live-action remake when it hit the 2025 movie schedule earlier this year, but I decided to check it out when it came out on home release after hearing so many good things about it. My wife, kids, and I recently kicked off a weekend with this family-friendly adventure film, and while I expected it to be fun, exciting, and fantastical, the emotional tone genuinely caught me off guard.
Sure, with this being a film marketed towards children, I had a feeling there’d be some emotion sprinkled in between massive action set pieces and dazzling special effects. However, this movie shot an arrow straight through my heart.
