Guest Review: How to Train Your Dragon

This week, I was one of a lucky few to see an advance screening of Dreamworks’ How to Train Your Dragon, which comes to theaters March 26th. **Warning this review contains spoilers** It features vikings and dragons in an epic struggle. There are animated sheep with expressive eyes, and dragons ranging from small and stupid to large and intensely intelligent. The movie is presented in IMAX 3D, and if you have the opportunity to see it in this presentation, I strongly suggest it. 3D effects permeate the entire movie, from bits of ash floating down all around you to the bow of the viking ship emerging from a foggy screen to sail directly at you. Well worth the possible annoyance of the 3D glasses, which easily fit over my normal glasses, and gave me a wonderful show. The theater was packed full of families, as well as the occasional clump

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