Like I said in my first blog post about How to Train your dragon,
I had high expectations. Boy, did they not disappoint. We all left amazed at
what we just finished seeing. The whole time I was watching, I felt I was in
the show. Many times we bring our
children to shows for their amusement, this time it was just as much for the
adult as it was for the child. No child needed to watch this show – Promise!
My daughter, who is hard to please, was entranced the whole
time with the life like dragons and the actors who played Hiccup and Astrid.
Must note – Astrid is her favorite!
Perhaps my imagination isn’t where the creators of the live
show is – but I would never had thought of using the techniques that they did
to make it so realistic. Walking on Walls, Flying in the air, fire and bubbles.
You can’t get a bad seat for the performance.
The dragons themselves were superb, life like, large and in charge. They
were the size of a small passenger truck to a large transport truck. They had them flying above us, or coming at us
and breathing “fire”. Dragons eating objects and taking care of business.
We all spoke of our favorite parts of the live performance,
and many times it was the story itself, mine had to be the bubbles to make us
feel like we were under water, or when the fire came up to make us realize we
were fighting the Queen dragon. The details that they remembered and added in
made the show. The actors were perfect, never missing a beat that you or I
would catch. I was sad when it ended and
I had to return to reality.
Would I recommend this show to anyone? YES . You didn’t need
to watch the movie to understand the show. They mastered enough movie to be
able to show. Many times it is hard to make an animated movie into a
production, considering one with huge dragons to contend with – but they
managed it with precision. I didn’t feel like I missed any of the movie at all
while watching the show.
