Thanks to a tip from Credenda Agenda, I rented How to Train Your Dragon tonight.  The differences in world view from most movies are subtle yet profound (maybe that is why movies are so powerful are conveying such ideas):

• It's "your dragon."  This is a movie about taking dominion.  The Vikings do not come to see the dragons, their mortal enemies, as equals but as "pets."  To take dominion, the mighty dragon enslaving the others had to be slayed.
• The father and son both have a difficult time in their relationship and both apologize.
• The hero ends up losing a limb.  Though a happy ending, it reminds us that great deeds are not without sacrifice and loss.

It reminds me of the subtle points of The Emperor's New Groove.  Those were dorky kids with cool parents, a family with three children (population growth--in a rainforest nonetheless!), and a lesson about humility.  The movie is really a retelling of the humbling of Nebuchadnezzar from Daniel 4.

I was also inspired to rent the dragon movie after reading A Landscape with Dragons which talks about the importance of analogies in fables and myths and popular culture.