How to Train Your Dragon 2
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How to Train Your Dragon 2 2014

★★★★ Liked

Rewatched 01 Feb 2019

Watched on 3D-Blu-Ray

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Lesson 2

The second part does just as many things right and wrong as the first part, but due to the greater focus on Hiccup's family relationship it triggered more emotions in me than the already successful predecessor.

When Stoick meets a character of his and Hiccup's past who was thought to be dead and sings and dances with that person, it has such a heartwarming value for me that I was just happy.

The visual splendour of part 1 has been improved once again and action scenes are offered that will make you almost take your breath away. This battle with the two ice dragons is so sick!!!

In general the number of differently designed and with unique abilities equipped dragons is really overwhelming.

As in the first part, there are narrative inaccuracies (Hiccup's friends constantly appear out of nowhere to help), but also really gloomy moments in which missing limbs are thematized.

The human Villain Drago, although his motivation is explained, was a bit too one-dimensional. More depth would have pleased me better.

However, the voicecast is pretty brilliant again.

Even though I would have expected to give the second part more stars than the first, I have a good feeling about giving the same rating after rewatching it. I'm really looking forward to the hidden world that will be discovered in part 3 and hope that the trilogy comes to a worthy conclusion.

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