Product Details

• Format: AC-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Dubbed: French, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Dreamworks Animated
• DVD Release Date: November 15, 2011
• Run Time: 40 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (96 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B005LZW99O
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,278 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

DreamWorks Dragons: Gift of Night Fury

New! The Dragons are back in the exciting next chapter to the Academy Award®-nominated film, DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon. The epic story of Hiccup and Toothless continues as they take flight in a thrilling, all-new adventure to discover an island of never-before-seen dragons. Explosive action and fire-breathing excitement collide in this exhilarating story.

DreamWorks Dragons: Book of Dragons

New! So you want to be a dragon trainer do you? Prepare yourself for adventure, excitement and training as Hiccup, Astrid, Toothless and Gobber tell the legend behind the Book of Dragons and reveal insider training secrets about new, never-before-seen dragons.

DreamWorks Dragons: Online Video Game

New! Once you’ve learned the training secrets in Book of Dragons, gain exclusive access to test your skills in the all-new Dragons Online Video Game where you’ll battle and train new dragons, win badges and become the ultimate dragon trainer.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

55 of 60 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars The Dragons are Back November 15, 2011

By JPMetal

Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase

I received this today and watched it just now. Watching both presentations, then the extras, I have came to my conclussion on this product.

Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury Review:

I'm not going to give away the story, only what I liked and what I didn't. First, I'm a huge fan of the movie, I actually enjoyed Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (contrary to other reviews on here), and I think it's the most original family flick to come out in years. So when I heard that they were releasing two new features, I was excited, but can I say that now?

The Good:

The first movie I watched was Gift of the Night Fury and in the previews they made it look like that Dreamworks really pinched the penny on the animation, but looks are deceiving, and in all reality it actually wasn't bad. The story, though short, was enjoyable and had a lot of good comedy parts as well as some good action. I like it how they gave Fishlegs a bigger role than in the movie. Oh and yeah, I do got to admit, the baby dragons were cute...there I said it.

The Bad:

(Updated 11.17.11):

Too short! I know they have a budget though, but come on guys, two movies (one 22 minutes/one 18 minutes...correct me if I'm wrong), but it just feels a bit too short.

I rewatched it again and now I really don't mind Toothless appearance. I thought he looked weird, but after I watched it again, they were only a few parts where I thought he looked kind of odd, but I take back what I said. If anything, I didn't like how they had a lot less of Toothless, but it makes sense considering the ending.

Astrid was another problem. She didn't have the girl power like she did in the movie and seemed more like a very watered down version. She didn't have the attitude and seemed to me she was brainwashed by Disney. Yeah, she just acted way too happy for my taste. *Update* After watching this a few more times, meh, it's actually kind of cute in a way, but I still miss the girl power Astrid.

Final Rating: 4/5 Stars - I actually found myself laughing a lot more watching it the second time. There were some problems, but it's worth a rewatch.

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Book of Dragons:

The Good: It was basically profiling all the dragons that live among the people of Bourke which made it seem fun. The dragon ideas were creative and hopefully some of them will make an appearance in the sequel coming out in 2014.

The Bad: Although some parts were amusing in humor, they weren't laugh out loud funny. I really can't say more about it, because it was more of a movie profiling all the dragons that are known in Bourke and nothing else really.

3/5 Stars: It did what it was meant to do and that is tell you the different species of dragons. Nothing too special.

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Extras:

This is probably the main reason why I gave it one less star was because I was dissapointed with the extras. They were okay: they had deleted scenes for Gift of the Night Fury, they had Gobber's Dragon Training, but other than that the rest wasn't really worth it, I guess. I'll be honest, I haven't checked them all out yet, but the rest seem more generated towards kids, and that's fine. But I think something on the sequel would be cool, maybe an interview with one of the directors or what have you talking about the upcoming sequel. An interview with the actors would've been great as well.

Dreamworks could of done better, but it wasn't all that bad I suppose. I'm going to rewatch it tonight and see if I can see something I didn't before, but for right now that's the first review out there on this.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars More Than You'd Expect From A Short November 16, 2011

By Lia C. Hagen

Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase

I wasn't expecting a lot from these shorts; I knew they'd be around 20 minutes each. The Book of Dragons was pretty much exactly what I expected. It showed you a lot about the different types of dragons, but it had no real story. Gift of the Night Fury, on the other hand, was pretty good! They managed to pack a lot of story into a relatively fluffy and short time span. It's hard to put real conflict into a holiday short. It's supposed to be cheerful! I started to play the game, and it's pretty fun! If you or your kids are a big fan of the movie, you should definitely buy this. Also,

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I've heard some people say Astrid was out of character in the short, but I disagree. Astrid's still hardcore. The thing is, there's not a lot of actual conflict in this short. Hiccup gets the real angst, and Astrid is sort of the harborer of cheer. I don't think that necessarily makes her out of character. She did call the other Vikings out on their crap several times. And there's Astrid/Hiccup! Really ADORABLE Astrid/Hiccup, in fact.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Movie ... SHORTS December 2, 2011

By A. J. BOOTON

Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase

Not sure where the confusion comes in play -- these are movie shorts; not full-fledged movies; one could easily check out the time duration posted on the back of the DVD/BD. The material adds to the universe; and I'm thankful for the releases. "The Gift" has top notch production, just like the theatrical movie; it's set up like a 22 minute Christmas special, if one were to add in 7 minutes of commercials as network television, I could easily see this being played down the line on TV as a yearly holiday special, and I hope it does. I thought "Dragon" in general was robbed of it's Oscar last year; and I'm just happy more material is being released. There's a plethera of special features, and all combined easily makes up for a short animated movie in ways. Well worth the $15 it is being sold for.