How to Train Your Dragon Christian-review

So listen, this new live-action version that’s coming out—How to Train Your Dragon (2025)—has a slightly different vibe. Old memories definitely come back, but this time everything feels rawer. As if after coming out of the dreamy world of animation, everything has become real—the pain, the sights.

The setting is the same old one—the Isle of Berk. But this time it’s a little dark, a little wild, like a place filled with old fear. And there’s a strange boy in it—Hiccup. Everyone is fighting dragons, and this guy is thinking that maybe friendship is possible. Think about it—when the whole world says, “If you see an enemy, kill him,” then he quietly stands up and says, “Maybe we are wrong.” Brave? Obviously. But everyone must also feel stupid at that time.

And when an old threat resurfaces, then Hiccup and Toothless together break a boundary that no generation had ever imagined—the invisible wall between humans and dragons. Yes, the story is fantasy, but the feeling that one gets—the compassion, the courage, it feels absolutely real. So real that at one point you forget that it’s all a story.

Now if you look from a Christian perspective, Matthew 5:44 comes straight to your mind—“Love your enemies.” In the entire narrative, misunderstanding and fear slowly dissolve. One feels like Ephesians 2:14—“He himself is our peace… breaking down the wall of hostility.”

Hiccup’s journey is not easy, friend. There is pain in it, there is sacrifice, and also a kind of silent rebellion—which goes against the old “he who is greater is right” system. He stands against his own people, only because the truth is with him. Such an honest blend of faith and truth is seen in the story, that it shakes the heart.

And Toothless? At first everyone thought he was a monster, he was scared of himself. But by the end? He himself becomes a symbol of faith. As 1 John 4:18 says—“Perfect love drives out fear.” It is so poetic that you get chills.

It seems like a family-friendly movie mostly, but for younger kids, give them a little heads-up. There are dragons, fire-breathing scenes, the action can get intense sometimes. But there is no black magic or those creepy occult scenes. It can be a little heavy emotionally, but it doesn’t seem disturbing or gory at all.

I am saying this from my gut feelings after watching all the trailers, but it seems that this time also the movie will not lose its soul. The visuals seem grounded, tactile—you can almost feel the ash, the wind, the fear. As if you are in hell yourself, at that very moment.

And in the core—forgiveness, unity, and finding beauty within creation—even when it scares you—all these things are properly present. It is fantasy, obviously, but if you look at it through a Christian lens then a lot can be understood. Empathy, courage, peace. There is action, but behind every fight there is a moral weight. There is some hidden truth hidden behind the roar of every dragon. And that is what makes this film timeless.

You must watch it once. You may have to sit and talk for a while after that.