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High-quality animated movies provoke the child inside me, and ignite my imagination. For whatever reason, I find myself able to connect to animated characters much more than live-action characters. Dreamworks’ recent film: How to Train Your Dragon is a perfect example.
For those that have not seen the movie yet, it is a fantastic story about a socially outcast adolescent who befriends, and eventually trains, a pet-dragon. First, excellent premise. Second, I am not a film critic, and will not pretend to be here, so save your opinions. I am discussing how it sparked the imaginative child inside me.
After watching the movie I could not help but think how amazing it would be to have a pet dragon; flying through the clouds… I was a grown man wisked away. I could not help but share these thoughts with my wife, who simply rolled her eyes and dismissed the conversation, but my mind was reeling. I pondered the thought for the remainder of the evening. I cannot remember the last time a live-action film gave me the same feeling of wonder.
Reasonably Mad 