In the auditorium of the Mediterranean theater, the panel on the live action remake of “How to Train your Dragon” was held with guests Marino Guarnieri, Fragullo, Victor Laszlo and Gianluca De Angelis.
Marino Guarnieri:
“Can live action have the same emotion as animation? In this case, you are making an authorial product ; they called the director who contributed to the direction of the first one together with Chris Andres and they hired the writer of the second film and the composer of the original films. It is a continuation of what was done originally ; it gives the idea of a project full of love. I am curious about the emotions that will come out of this film ; one gets emotional with Roger Rabbit, why shouldn’t it work here? The CGI is done very well, not like other projects made by someone else…
I think I would teach him to go shopping and cook (jokes, ed.). Seriously, I was thinking of something with feline movements, like a small kitten that doesn’t make a mess: Glovor”.
Francesco Fullo (a.k.a. Fra Gullo):
“The emotion of animated film is different. It can excite, yes, but in a different way. If they change something, I am for the remake where something is different ; if I have to see a carbon copy, I prefer to watch the original again. I am perplexed about Hickup ; I see him as too big for his age. If I had a dragon, I would name him in honor of my crush: Buffy the Vampire Slayer”.
Gianluca De Angelis:
“The original film is from 2010. The themes touched are different ; they did not have the same resonance that they would have today. I grew up with Dragon Heart, so if I had a dragon I would call him Draco, like a huge boxer called Draco”.
Mattia Ferrari (a.k.a. VictorLazlo88):
“I have never had a great relationship with live action animated films ; they make no sense if they are too similar or too different. However, I say that if many who had worked on the original films agreed to work on this project, it means that they were convinced. Here, Toothless has the same design and maintains that colorful look ; the cleverness was to leave it the same as the one in animation. At the script level, it seems to always remain cartoonish ; the worst thing is when live action tries to do hyper realistic things. I am much more intrigued by this project than other similar ones. I expect that the relationship between man and dragon will be talked about. The aspect of the battle between man and dragon is very strong. There are so many dragons with crazy designs ; I am curious to see. Toothless seems much bigger, but the CGI is amazing. It is different even if the design is the same, although adapted to a more “real” world. It is a film that intends to attract two different demographics: both children and older people who grew up with these films. I would like a chubby dragon named Sergio: red, fat, and panting.”
