9.5/10 - When I watched it for the first time I was totally in awe and completely amazed. Most likely because I've heard that it wasn't as good as the previous two ones. Not that I've watched it for the second time I must admit that it indeed isn't as good as the first two. It's still great but it feels like it could've been much better / had more potential.
So the first fifteen minutes or so where the most difficult. It started of both pretty dark and silly which I boch don't like. From that on it got better but it often was too silly for my taste.
My hopes for this third movie was basically to see more of Hiccup, Astrid, and Toothless, their development, and to get a nice conclusion. That part was covered so that was great.
The things I didn't need where the bad guys but I was already expecting that (I cannot remember a single movie where everything is always fine). However, the main antagonist wasn't really that good. At least he didn't have that much screentime.
Seeing the love relationships between Hiccup and Astrid as well as Toothless and the light fury develop was the best part for me. It was also nice to get some flashbacks of the young Hiccup and Stoick. And of course the CGI was very beautiful. In particular I've enjoyed their great sand (and water) simulations, funny animations, and the beautiful colors of the hidden world (and Astrid's new armor is also quite pretty).
Another thing that was lacking a bit was the soundtrack. IMO they've (re)used it too little and I didn't like (some of) the newer remixes that much.
But we got a beautiful ending so that's definitely really nice :)
Review by Dahj AshaBlockedParentSpoilers2021-05-17T23:57:32Z
9.5/10 - When I watched it for the first time I was totally in awe and completely amazed. Most likely because I've heard that it wasn't as good as the previous two ones. Not that I've watched it for the second time I must admit that it indeed isn't as good as the first two. It's still great but it feels like it could've been much better / had more potential.
So the first fifteen minutes or so where the most difficult. It started of both pretty dark and silly which I boch don't like. From that on it got better but it often was too silly for my taste.
My hopes for this third movie was basically to see more of Hiccup, Astrid, and Toothless, their development, and to get a nice conclusion. That part was covered so that was great.
The things I didn't need where the bad guys but I was already expecting that (I cannot remember a single movie where everything is always fine). However, the main antagonist wasn't really that good. At least he didn't have that much screentime.
Seeing the love relationships between Hiccup and Astrid as well as Toothless and the light fury develop was the best part for me. It was also nice to get some flashbacks of the young Hiccup and Stoick.
And of course the CGI was very beautiful. In particular I've enjoyed their great sand (and water) simulations, funny animations, and the beautiful colors of the hidden world (and Astrid's new armor is also quite pretty).
Another thing that was lacking a bit was the soundtrack. IMO they've (re)used it too little and I didn't like (some of) the newer remixes that much.
But we got a beautiful ending so that's definitely really nice :)