How to Train your Dragon

[Drunk Monk]

This is a live version of the show with huge robot Dragons. I did an interview with one of the cast members (see <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1075">http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/art ... ticle=1075</a><!-- m -->) although ironically she wasn't playing the role that night as they alternate main performers. The show was at the HP and I got comped. There was a huge digital canvas on the floor and backdrop which provided all sorts of effects. One was particularly good where the Hiccup character is running while suspended by a wire and the digital image is changing like a videogame to look like he's running over bridges and cliffs. There were some other artsy attempts, flailing efforts at wannabe Cirque with abstract puppets. There were sword fights (really just a lot of flailing about) and bollywood dances (breakdancing vikings actually). Mostly, it was about the dragons which were pretty cool but not really enough to carry the show as they lumbered about. They tried to recount the movie, but if you didn't see it, the live show didn't make a lick of sense. T&I both agreed that it was fun to see for free, but we would have been bummed if we paid for it.

Bottom line: the 3D was better in the movie.