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How to Train Your Dragon (2025) - AniMat's Reviews (Patreon)

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2025-06-18 19:00:05
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Disney’s not the only one making live-action remakes anymore, as Universal is stepping in with their 2025 remake of How to Train Your Dragon. In this review, I’ll be looking into how this one stands out from all the other live-action remakes by being the most faithful adaptation of all. It is so faithful, in fact, that it may also be the most unnecessary by being the exact same. And from what I explain in this review, all I could say to it is thank you for nothing, you useless reptile.

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Justin Monti

When it comes to the original How to Train Your Dragon, it’s definitely one of my favorite films from Dreamworks and one of my favorites franchises from them as well, as for the remake, I honestly was not impressed by it and I just felt nothing with this and it’s just sad, while there are some good things like some of the acting is good, the visuals look decent and the CGI on the dragons Don’t look too bad, it’s basically no different than the 2019 Lion King remake where it is just nothing but this shot for shot remake with almost no changes to it, even down to bringing back an actor who was from the original animated film, which in this case is Gerard Butler reprising his role as Stoick, really it’s basically just the same movie, and really it raises the question, why would I watch this when I can just watch the animated film which is basically the same thing but better in every way, I mean say what you will about most of the Disney live action remakes but at least some of them try to do something different to try to make them stand out compared to their original animated films, and while a lot of times those changes don’t work and make the remakes themselves worse at least they tried to make them feel different, this on the other hand basically feels like the same movie with no changes, overall this movie really does just play it safe and it’s just the same exact movie but inferior in every way. Honestly if anything I feel like the only reason this movie was released when it was, not only to basically capitalize on the success as the original, but it also just felt like an excuse for Universal to promote Epic Universe and the How to Train Your Dragon area, considering this movie was released about a month after Epic Universe at Universal Orlando opened up, which also features a How to Train Your Dragon area, it makes a lot of sense, however despite how this movie turned out, it really shouldn’t matter because the original animated film and the original trilogy will always exist no matter what and chances are this will meet the same fate as most of the Disney live action remakes, where it’ll become successful in theaters but then afterwards people will immediately forget about it and go back to the original. Also, I think regardless of what people think about the remake, it’s still most likely going to be a hit no matter what, not to mention Universal has already announced there’s going to be a sequel to the How to Train Your Dragon remake coming in 2027, which was announced before the first movie even came out, so chances are, Universal is just trying to use this as a way to keep capitalizing on the original franchise.

Toontastic Juju

Good thing that we’ll be checking out Elio instead, the remake isn’t too interesting to me anyways lol.

Hunter O'Laughlin

Yeah, this is definitely what I was an expecting: a shot-for-shot remake of the original without any of the heart from the writers and the original actors and the artistry from the animators. Basically the 2019 Lion King remake all over again. Fortunately, unlike the latter, I’m not making the same mistake of seeing this in the theaters and avoiding this entirely. I recently rewatched the original animated film last Sunday for Father’s Day considering Hiccup and Stoic’s father-son arc is the heart of the film and it still holds up 15 years later. Oh, please, Library of Congress include the original film among your annual films for preservation in the National Film Registry by December this year. 🙏

Hunter O'Laughlin

Also, I love the executive character you played from the Buck Wild and Mufasa reviews becoming a recurring character in your videos. I think he might be your first.

Hayden DeGrow

I want to say right now that this movie was.... underwhelming. I was excited to finally get a faithful adaptation of an animated movie that actually looked good (sorry, Lion King 2019, but somethings should just stay animated). But when I watched the movie, I said to myself, "Isn't this just a bit TOO faithful?" It was disappointing. And though I looked forward to it, I will agree with AniMat on his 4/10 rating. Just not worth it, IMO. And yes, while I have shown my aversion to changing characters in the past like Ariel in the LA Little Mermaid or the Snow White debacle, THIS ONE with Astrid actually made sense! if you think about it, the Norse peoples actually did travel far enough south to interact with the North Africans, giving them a chance to have a child like Nico Parker's Astrid (don't believe me? Read Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series). Whomever screamed that this was not needed can blow it up their butts, because I say this adds a bit of cultural depth unique to the Vikings!

Hugo Segal

Or rather, his twin brother representing Universal.

Lady Helen Bio Rodriguez

I have a really bleak feeling realizing DreamWorks might be jumping into the live action remake trend. Oh god.

Tom Jackson

Me: DISNEY, NO! Disney: What? Me: Sorry, force of habit.

Kenneth Stoddard

This may sounds controversial but I actually like the remake. Bare in mind that I will believe that animated films like How to Train Your Dragon will always be better than the live action versions so with this movie, I actually think it one of the better remakes I seen in quite sometime. I don’t have a big connection when it comes to the Dragon franchise in general, particularly with the first film which I ended up watching it later on but still I like the animated trilogy and I think the animated series on Cartoon Network and Netflix were solid. So with the live action version, I was many people of just rolling my eyes seeing that Universal Pictures is trying to cash in on the live action remake trends that Disney has started so with them turning a beloved DreamWorks Animation classic into a live action movie while not going for more with the book that it was based on had me disbelief. However, at the same time, I was hopeful that co creator, Dean DeBlois, is coming back to direct this movie to ensure that it stays faithful to the animated film. Then I heard positive reviews from critics that they seems to like this movie more than Snow White and Lilo and Stitch remake out of all the remakes that come out this year which left me wondering if it actually good or not. I saw it early screening but in 3D on Wednesday before rewatching again through IMAX and I thought it was decent and competently well made. I thought most performances like Mason Thames from The Black Phone was good along with the visuals, action scenes, designs, score by John Powell, DeBlois’s directing, and some heart that kept what made the original film good. For criticisms, I agree that that this movie add very little changes to the point of feeling like a shot for shot remake despite adding some extended scenes here there, some of the visuals were noticeable like the flying scenes for example, some of the characters were a downgrade compared to the original for example, I think they made Astrid a bit too unlikable and unemotional at times when compared to what America Ferrera gave in the original in both acting and personality wise and cinematography while okay don’t looked colorful compared to the animated film as well. Now yes, I does play it safe when it comes to little changes to the original along with being faithful to the animated version, but I think it has heart in it thanks to DeBlois being involved in this movie. At the same time, I do feel bad in the position he’s in considering how is Universal trying to capitalize on the franchise especially that they just opened a theme park section related to the Dragon franchise for Epic Universe. They were thinking even thinking of finding recognizable director to direct the remake before Blois have to step in to ensure the original that he and Chris Sanders have established remains good to the animated film. This is also especially what happened to the Lilo and Stitch remake that Disney didn’t even bother asking DeBlois for guidance on set for the remake despite getting co creator Sanders to come back just to reprise his role as Stitch which Disney had been doing for years now of not asking creators of the original animated films to get involved or give some guidance even which I don’t even blame DeBlois on that one either. Personally, I would take this over most Disney live action remake or even The Lion King remake which I gotta disagree on Mat Brunet on this one in terms of rewatch especially how most Disney remakes keeps intending to stray away from the originals. Again, this doesn’t mean the remake is better than the animated film as I still have some problems with it. This is fine for newcomers and kids that didn’t see the original as their way of getting introduced for the franchise but is gonna make money at the box office? Yes, it is likely a box office success for Universal as they’re more now getting ready to make a live action remake of How to Train Your Dragon 2 coming out in 2027. I don’t know how this sequel remake will do or not but it gotta be okay like with the first movie remake. Also, crossing my fingers that Universal doesn’t go tippy toe on other DreamWorks franchises like Shrek for example if this is the direction is they’re heading.

Zoe Lindwall

Remember to watch the animated how to train your dragon first before the live action version of how to train your dragon.

LemonDropHarleyWolf(Wolfie)

You honestly bit the nail on this Mat! While I absolutely hate when live action remakes change stuff to the point of mostly failing, I rather have a whole different movie from it’s original then a shot for shot remake!

Haileigh Tenney

ok first the CEO of fox, second bob Iger, and now the CEO of universal studios. what's next the CEO of Viacom/CBS or David Zaslav ?