(Spoilers Ahead)
I was never the biggest fan of the original How To Train
Your Dragon. I liked the setting and
themes but the third act always felt a bit flat. Still, I went into this film with high
expectations, and I would say this movie met them.
One of the things this movie and the original do well is
build an interesting world that feels like it has depth. It’s a very interesting idea to have dragons
as friendly and commonplace, instead of rare and fearsome. There’s a lot of untapped potential there,
and this movie dives deep into the possibilities.
I liked all the stuff with Hiccup’s mother. In particular I liked that they didn’t try to
push any drama into it. It would’ve been
easy to put some conflict there. To have
one or more parties upset at the others.
But instead everyone is just happy to be together again. Of course, it’s clear why they play it this
way when Stoic dies. It creates a bigger
emotional impact. But it was nice to see
while it lasted.
The third act again felt a little weak. It was a little too short to me. But it was pretty solid, and overall I liked
how it was handled.
Overall a good movie.
Probably ranks in the lower end of my top five for this year. I’d recommend it even if you haven’t seen the
first one. I don’t think there’s
anything from the first one you really need to know to enjoy this one.
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