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on 10/1/2010
Dreamworks, your animated movies are starting to actually be good. But you still pale in comparison to Pixar's greatness.
on 11/8/2011
Dreamworks best effort,really good movie...but can't beat "UP". At all.
on 11/13/2011
In all honesty, I prefered HTTYD. It knew how to balance it's drama, comedy and action very well. Dreamworks had finally made something that is a masterpiece of their own. Up was good too, but it is not one of Pixar's best. I have to give this to Dreamworks.
on 11/14/2011
While the visuals in HTTYD are great, I felt the story and dialogue were pretty rote. It can't compare to Up.
on 1/11/2012
Two awesome movies! But the grumpy old man takes the win!
on 3/16/2012
I'm with djJakedj on this. Pixar in general beats Dreamworks in general, no doubt, but I don't love Up the way some do. The montage at the beginning is fantastic, no doubt, but much of what follows is -- to steal Boonmee's term -- pretty rote. The talking dogs took the whimsy a bit too far, and I could see the villain reveal coming a mile away. From a visual perspective, How to Train Your Dragon may be the most beautiful animated film it has ever been my pleasure to see in a movie theater, and it was able to surprise while creating a believable, well-rounded world. Plus, the ending is almost as lovely and bittersweet as Up's opening. So yes, it's not going to happen often, but Dreamworks wins this round.
on 12/22/2012
These are both phenomenal achievements in animation. "Up" suffers in the third act from action overload, as some Pixar films tend to do, but I agree with Boonmee that the writing in "Up" is better. This is a very tough call for me.
It's close, but Up wins.
on 8/12/2015
Dreamworks wins here
on 8/13/2015
Up passes the eye test more easily, but Dragon's plot is better. Both are top notch animations though.
