How to Train your Dragon was without a doubt one of
the most popular movies of 2010. The animated flick was an adaptation of Cressida
Cowell bestselling children’s book series of the same name.
A lot of other reviewers have claimed the new film,
How to Train your Dragon 2, is just as good - of not better - than the first. I’ll
be the first to break cover here and say that I disagree. That said, it is
still a good film and a lot of fun. The animation has stepped up in quality
between this and the previous movie, there are a lot of jokes and the dragon
fights are really good to watch.
My problem with the film in my view is the first
hour. Unlike the previous film not much happens. It is very dialogue heavy and
I appreciate the writers were trying to build character development, but why?
There was very little in the first film except for Hiccup and Astrid. So why
would this film need it?
Also for a few minutes the film seems to forget it’s
a Dreamworks movie and pretends it’s a Disney one with an awkward musical
number sung by Hiccup’s parents. There is no build up to it and there are no
other songs in the rest of the movie. So again, why was it there? This movie is
also riddled with cheesy lines and bad Holywood style hero speeches. There is
one part of the film where it is justified but the rest of it is just cringe
worthy.
It gets 7/10.
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