Dragon: Le Cadeau du Furie Nocturne

The original "How to Train Your Dragon" was a dandy film and I thought it was the best full-length animated film of the year (though it lost the Oscar to "Toy Story III"). It was very original and had absolutely gorgeous CGI. "Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury" is a recently released short based on the characters from the film and comes on a disk with another short (a far inferior one, if you ask me).

"Gift of the Night Fury" occurs following the original film--and now it's common for the Vikings to have dragons as pets. However, when their big holiday of 'Snoggletog' arrives, it coincides with a VERY strange thing--nearly all of the dragons fly off--disappearing for some mysterious reason--which isn't discovered until much later in the film. Another plot line involves Toothless getting a new tail--one that SHOULD enable him to live independently. But, there is a surprise catch... I'd say more, but I don't want to spoil it.

In many ways this is like a Christmas short--without Jesus or any of the other Christian trappings (since these Vikings are of the pagan variety). It's quite enjoyable...and even a bit heartwarming at the end. But, it's not exactly original and isn't so amazing after you've seen the original film. But, the animation is very nice and it's well worth seeing if you are a fan of the film. Cute.

Merry Snoggletog, y'all!

These days went their is a hit animation film, not only will there be a slew of sequels there will be bonus short films as well that turn up as DVD extras or made for television specials to keep the franchise name going.

The Toy Story and Shrek films do it. The How to train your Dragon films have followed with the CGI short, Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury. Following from the original film where the Vikings now have dragons for pets who nearly all disappear during the holiday season of Snoggletog leaving the Vikings bemused.

Toothless gets a new tail to allow him to be independent but he flies off as well and is thought to have disappeared. However the kids hatch a plot to find out what has happened to them.

The short will keep the children largely entertained, adults who have not seen the original film will be left bemused. The quality of the animation is very good though.

can be a lovely Christmas movie. because it has the entire spirit of holiday, remember a splendid movie events, gives to the original few original lines and preserves its air.and atmosphere, humor, the characters are at right place. a film who has the role of gift more than second part of a real good movie. more human, in same measure nice, impressive animation and inspired lesson about life. it is short and not so great but it is touching and gives a not bad story, a frame for the source. and, more important, seems be a nest for a lot of adventures and amusing situations. it is not the original. but it can be seed for another impressive part.

Night fury : I feel very excited about the movie, it's great and action Description: A rare dragon believed to be endangered, characterized by its great speed and strength in combat, in addition to its shiny black appearance that helps it camouflage itself at night Role: Toothless, the dragon that belongs to this species, forms a strong friendship with the hero Hiccup, who is the central character in the series. About the anime Dragons fight and antagonize each other, controlled by humans and controlled by most non-raging dragons, but raging ones attack humans Its positives are that it is exciting and has multiple, varied and wonderful scenes and there are exciting, dramatic and sad moments. I liked it very much. As for its negatives, it is very long and there are some bloody and boring scenes, but there are few boring moments. In my final opinion, it is very, very wonderful. I loved it.

This is an alright addition to the How to Train Your Dragon franchise. Taking place between the first and the second, it focuses on a winter holiday. It is pretty much a counterpart to Christmas in this franchise. Dreamworks seem to do quite a few Christmas based specials about their franchises. Though they might always not be about a holiday called Christmas since the culture their films are based on or the one they made, they're Christmas counterparts that are meant to be for the Christmas season. I haven't seen anything Christmas from Pixar for their franchises. It would be good if they did do a couple Christmas specials.

I do like to see more Nordic based content. When it comes to mythological based content, there seems to be more Greek based than Norse based. How To Train Your Dragons is way more Norse based, even if it doesn't feature the gods.