City of Ember vs How to Train Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.3/10 for City of Ember). City of Ember is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 38m. City of Ember is the older of the two (2008 against 2010). Both are adventure, family, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
City of Ember
How to Train Your Dragon| City of Ember | How to Train Your Dragon | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.3/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2010 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 38m |
| Genres | Adventure, Family, Fantasy | Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Gil Kenan | Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois |
| Main cast | Harry Treadaway, Tim Robbins, Ian McElhinney, Toby Jones, Bill Murray | David Tennant, Ashley Jensen, Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse |
Synopsis
City of Ember
For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers, in a race against time, must search Ember for clues that will unlock the ancient mystery of the city's existence, before the the lights go out forever.
How to Train Your Dragon
As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.
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