How To Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

[Omario]

This and part 1 are my favourite Dreamworks animated movies. Found it to be hilarious and enjoyed it as much as the first one. 

 

A

[ZappBrannigan]

This movie reminds me of how I felt about KFP 2.  I liked the original a lot, and the sequel isn't bad, it's just serviceable and doesn't trigger any strong feelings towards it.

[Lordmandeep]

I turned this off half way, it was just not interesting at all to me. 

[Dan9]

A film of many strengths and not many weaknesses, but they do still exist. If the audience felt engaged with Hiccup and Toothless in the first movie then this one took that one further. I sort of wish the mother storyline had been kept a secret before it came out because I was apprehensive beforehand but I ended up enjoying that thoroughly. The main issue I have with it is that it almost tries to do too much and almost slips into self-indulgence with the amount of story arcs it opens up meaning none of them ever end feeling as fulfilled as they should have done. Also there's still way too many side characters you either still don't know the names of or just don't care about. The main and overriding positives are; it's all still incredible fun, the final act is genuinely exciting and the visuals and dragon animation in particular are STUNNING.

 

B+ 

Edited November 25, 2014 by Dan9

[MrFanaticGuy34]

I'm just not sure how it was a rehash of the first. I thought they took a very daring direction for an animated sequel.

 

Yeah...I have to agree here. This is no way a rehash of the first film. This one offered something emotional and heartwarming.

[MrFanaticGuy34]

Anyways...this is one of DW's best sequels they have done, along with KFP2 & the Madagascar sequels.

 

Really heartwarming, emotional and very fun too.

 

A+

[cannastop]

Majorly disappointed in this. Everything that happened in this movie was a cliche! It's like Dean DeBlois just decided to rip out pages from every superhero movie, Harry Potter movie or animated action movie from the past 15 years.

I got really sick of the hackneyed comic relief too.

 

Still lots of artistry here.

 

C

Edited August 30, 2016 by cannastop

[MrFanaticGuy34]

42 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Majorly disappointed in this. Everything that happened in this movie was a cliche! It's like Dean DeBlois just decided to rip out pages from every superhero movie, Harry Potter movie or animated action movie from the past 15 years.

I got really sick of the hackneyed comic relief too.

 

Still lots of artistry here.

 

C

 

Um.....isn't that exactly what you said about Kung Fu Panda 3?

 

I mean, it's not like all the Dreamworks sequels didn't impress you or anything.

Edited August 30, 2016 by MrFanaticGuy34

[cannastop]

2 minutes ago, MrFanaticGuy34 said:

 

Um.....isn't that exactly what you said about Kung Fu Panda 3?

 

I mean, it's not like all the Dreamworks sequels didn't impress you or anything.

No, I didn't say Kung Fu Panda 3 was cliched. I think it's better than HTTYD2, btw.

[MrFanaticGuy34]

Just now, cannastop said:

No, I didn't say Kung Fu Panda 3 was cliched. I think it's better than HTTYD2, btw.

 

Oh, ok. .

 

So, which next Dreamworks sequel are going to see next? Which ones you haven't seen yet? I'm curious.

[cannastop]

3 minutes ago, MrFanaticGuy34 said:

 

Oh, ok. .

 

So, which next Dreamworks sequel are going to see next? Which ones you haven't seen yet? I'm curious.

I don't have any planned. I have no desire to see all of the Shrek movies.

 

Pretty sure I've seen all of the other ones.

[MrFanaticGuy34]

3 minutes ago, cannastop said:

I don't have any planned. I have no desire to see all of the Shrek movies.

 

Pretty sure I've seen all of the other ones.

 

You haven't seen any of the Shrek-movies? Wow. You're one of those first persons that aren't used to anything Shrek-related. Interesting.

What about the Madagascar-films?

Edited August 30, 2016 by MrFanaticGuy34

[cannastop]

2 minutes ago, MrFanaticGuy34 said:

 

You haven't seen any of the Shrek-movies? Wow. You're one of those first persons that aren't used to anything Shrek-related. Interesting.

What about the Madagascar-films?

I've seen the first two Shreks. Haven't seen the other two in full.

 

Yes, I've watched all 3 Madagascars.

[MrFanaticGuy34]

2 minutes ago, cannastop said:

I've seen the first two Shreks. Haven't seen the other two in full.

 

Yes, I've watched all 3 Madagascars.

1. Oh, ok. So you saw some Shrek movies.

 

2. What did you think of each film individually?

[cannastop]

1 minute ago, MrFanaticGuy34 said:

1. Oh, ok. So you saw some Shrek movies.

 

2. What did you think of each film individually?

Shrek: Really funny movie. That's the best I can say about it.

 

Shrek 2: Just as good as the first.

 

Madagascar: Really no story there.

 

Madagascar 2: Kind of fun.

 

Madagascar 3: Kind of fun, with some beautiful eye candy sequences.

[cannastop]

Another thing that bothered me was that Astrid was basically Hiccup's cheerleader. She never had anything interesting to say, whereas in the last movie, she started out hating that little pipsqueak.

Edited September 1, 2016 by cannastop

[The Futurist]

One of the best animation films ever with Dragons 1.

 

Absolutely gorgeous and spectacular to look at, emotion, great character arcs, fantastic world building, amazing music ( John Powell ), I can't find enough superlative to talk about this movie and the first one.

 

A+

Edited September 6, 2016 by The Futurist

[cannastop]

I was just watching Cinema Sins and I was reminded of where that "Toothless is temporarily bad" cliche came from! The Iron Giant.

 

And on the topic of things that seemed stale, I didn't like the villain. Kind of seemed like Shen from Kung Fu Panda 2, but less scary.

Edited September 16, 2016 by cannastop