I really don't like Hiccup's voice, but I love the movie.
I love toothless he's so cute
Awesome! I laugh, i cried...
Great story!
i am not mentally okay after this
After the first part of "How to Train your Dragon" introduced us into a new world where vikings where fighting with dragons for their existence, where our two unequal outsiders managed to form a team that finally united dragons and vikings, in the second part of the series we revisit the viking village which of course has changed a lot. Instead of playing amusing sports with sheep and fighting against dragons, our vikings now ride dragons to play new and more exciting amusing sports with sheep.
Different to the first movie that had it's entire focus on the main story, this movie however opens a number of side stories: A father-son conflict between Hickup and Stoick, Hickups search for his identity, how to cope with new family members, as well as questioning deep friendships. We get happy moments, but also really dramatic and sad moments, experience a lot of rage as well as loss and grief. And all these things are just side elements to a typical action adventure story, where we have a main enemy - Drago - who is threatening the peaceful cohabitation of our dragons and vikings.
This movie will surprise you with topics that you wouldn't expect an "children's animation movie" to have, and to me, even the finale was pretty surprising, and also pretty touching.
Additionally this movie has a great soundtrack that goes right into your ear from the first minute, and compared to the first movie, the animations got even better, and the humor is a bit more mature that it was - as is our Toothless-riding Hickup.
It's a really good movie, a must see!
This movie hits it out of the park regarding all the important factors . Storytelling, voice cast and animation is top class. The kids will get entertained and the parents even more so, because the movie is intelligent as well as fun.
Some random spoliery musings:
* I thought Eret's turnabout came out of nowhere, one minute he's the bad guy, next they are rising into battle with him, makes no sense.
* Also, what is the biological reason that Night Fury's have a secret button on their neck that permanently makes them better flyers?
* And what happened to Drago's human army? They invaded the sanctuary, won that, then disappeared on the way to Berk. And did they have French accents?
* The movie started with Hiccup explicitly saying that he doesn't want to be chief, then his dad dies and he just does it. I thought they were setting up for Astrid to be chief.
* Did the Ruffnut romance subplot have an ending?
* The mind-controlled murder thing had some very complicated implications that I thought would be too much for a kids movie. I think it worked, but it was odd.
the only thing that bugged me was stoico dying :(((((( i really liked him
"You have the heart of a chief, and the soul of a dragon. This is who you are". This is not just a sequel. How to Train Your Dragon 2 is a worthy sequel and not a forced one. The action sequences and the flying shots are breathtaking and show us the passion and confidence of the animators. It's definitely a visually rewarding experience and one of the most gorgeous works from DreamWork.
Prepare yourselves, this is a long one. I spent too much time thinking about a kid's movie.
I'm going to be honest, I don't understand the love for this movie. I know I've given it a high rating, but that's because this entire trilogy means a lot to me personally. However, this is easily the weakest film in the trilogy for me. The story never really gets to hit its stride the way it does in the first because there are too many plot significant events happening at the same time. This makes the themes and messages of the movie weak at best and contradictory at worst.
Drago is an interesting villain in concept, being a character that Hiccup will not be able to change, but in practice it just made him a generic Sir Villain McBadguy with nothing interesting about him other than his intimidating screams that somehow manage to control even Leviathan class dragons .
Toothless. Look how they massacred my boy. The intelligent, curious creature I fell in love with has been replaced with a cute mascot with no personality of his own save for like 2 four second scenes. He acts in such a goofy, doglike manner all the time that it made 14 year old me (at the time) cringe. He's domesticated, I get that, but even when he KILLS HIS FRIEND'S FATHER there is no introspection on his part. Just Hiccup telling him it wasn't his fault and moving on like nothing happened. Why was it Toothless who did it if the writers weren't going to do anything with it? Luckily they returned him to form later in the third movie but that does not rectify the issues here.
Meanwhile we have the whole thing with Hiccup's parents, and I for the life of me cannot understand the purpose of Hiccup's mother. She does not aid in Hiccup's character development at all. She basically acts as an explanation as to why Hiccup is the way he is (which no one asked for) and someone Hiccup can relate to when he's separated from everyone else. The most significant function she serves is to made Stoik's death more impactful, as he finds his love again as a changed person only to die quickly afterward. Not that that's emphasized, this movie can't choose a character to focus on and as a result I can't feel for any of them.
So, let's talk about Hiccup. Hiccup's character arc in summary goes as follows: "I like exploring and don't want to be chief, I want to be a peacekeeper." Later: "Man, the world does not want me to be a peacekeeper or explorer, better do what my parents want me to and just protect my own." This is even expanded upon in the third movie when he has to abandon all the dragons for the sake of not being hunted all the time. I like the idea of him having to accept that's he's going to be Chief, but I think breaking all of his ideals is a bit much, although potentially realistic in a sense.
TL;DR: Not great but still a solid movie.
Hiccup humps Daenerys in the Bluray Alternate ending
This is a totally awesome sequel to the first movie.
I can't stop watching it over and over again just like the first one. :D
Great Movie
Goddamnit, ya made me cry :'( such a sad but amazing storyline. This imo is even better than the first movie!
"you are as beautiful as the day i lost you"
i'm so glad i finally decided to watch this saga, it only keeps getting better and better;
as sad as it was with Stoick's death right after he got to see his wife again, after so long :(
Hiccup & Toothless's teamwork and friendship getting so much better, and how he wins back his trust even in the face of the Alpha, THEN having him become the alpha and fight back, can't wait to watch the third part
Very impressive storyline ,great job
It's as beautiful as the day I lost it.
A great continuation of the story. The bond between Toothless and Hiccup continues to develop as does the love between Hiccup and Astrid. The introduction of Valka, Hiccups mother, is great and it's so heartwarming when their entire family is reunited. Stoick's death hit me hard as he was just reunited with his wife. At least they got to share a few last moments together and the next scene with the baby dragons distracts from the pain.
And, in addition to the still totally awesome soundtrack, we got two new and really nice songs :)
This is my third favorite movie (after the first and third HTTYD).
A bit like Avatar with this colorful dragon paradise. ;)
The film develops very well from the first installment.
Not quite as good as the first but still a very good movie. Cate Blanchett, Djimon Hounsou and Kit Harington are great additions. The new dragons are really cool. The story is a lot bigger and more emotional than the first but I think I liked the smaller scale a little bit more. Still I'm excited to see how the trilogy ends.
It's bigger and better than the first with even more to explore. XD
The title says it all!
The rare sequel that can stand right next to its great predecessor. If How to Train Your Dragon was the origin story of Hiccup, Toothless, and crew, this is the logical next step in their story. A bigger threat, some genuinely difficult emotional challenges, and the progression into a larger world, everything is bigger and more meaningful in this installment. And on top of that, it still maintains the wonderful heart and messages, and adds some new ones, that helped make the first film such a treat. The voice acting is all spot on, the creature design is brilliant, and the animation itself is absolutely stunning. This franchise really continues to separates itself from the cgi animated pack and push up with some of the best stuff Pixar has done.
It's hard the sequel be as good as the original movie, but this was awesome! They create an all new story, new adventure and more great characters! And always with a crying moment.
No pude llorar mas porque me secaba un poquito nada mas, ame muchisimo esta película y espere tanto para verla. Estaba loca, es lo maximo, la amo la amo con todo.
This was awesome ! Best story ever !
Un jefe protege a los suyos...
Todo dragón tiene sus secretos y te los enseñaré todos. Desentrañaremos todos los misterios y encontraremos hasta la última especie, juntos...
How To Train Your Dragon 2 was pretty good for a sequel but had a bunch of stupid plotholes and an even dumber deus ex machina for an ending. Some really good and funny parts though and the introduction of the Alpha was beautiful. I'll still look forward for the third movie in a couple of years.
Amazing that a cartoon movie can captivate you the way that How to train your dragon 1 and 2 did me.
It actually was suprisingly not bad. I liked it.
It will kill a good character, you must make a desperate way.
The film is excellent up to who end of the second arc
Not a big fan of Astrid's remodel, oddly enough she looks more "girly" as a woman now than at 15 when she looked more like a female viking. Hiccup's changes fit well though.
As for the other riders, didn't feel like anything changed besides some beard shades and Tuffnut's hair, which was not a bad thing.
Shame they keep changing Ruffnut's Brazilian Portuguese voice between iterations (First movie, TV Series, This Movie), is the one character that always sounds different.
Plothole!!
In the first movie the father gave "Hiccup" a helmet and said "it was one of your mothers' breast plates. I have the other one" then points to his own helmet. Now at this stage the movie tricked us into believing the mother was also a beast of a human like the dad and probably a force to be reckoned with when looking at the size of those helmets...
sigh
Then came the sequel... I was like "WTF, did she fill the rest up with sheep wool or something?" Seriously I faced palmed so bad when the mother was lacking worse than a 14 year old girl before becoming a woman. Maybe he was living in denial?
It might be nitpicking, but it bothered me throughout the WHOLE movie.
Better even than the first one.
Better even than the first one.
I did not expect to cry through this whole movie, but I did. It hardly needs a narrative, it is so beautiful.
Nice flick, my 2 children were pleased by the film.
Great movie, one of my new favorites. Hoped that it would be equally good as the first one, and I dare to say that it is.. And might eeven be a little bit better.
Awesome animation, watched it in 3D and it was splendid.
(please take all my glorification of this movie with a pinch of salt Hehe a real HTTYD junkie over here) ;)
A hugely satisfying sequel to the original that is prepared to develop the characters and the world created rather than simply maintain the status quo and for that it should be applauded. The themes and plot developments may be familiar to older audience members, but amidst all the spectacle, it is the focus on the two central characters of Hiccup and Toothless that elevate the film. Their relationship is the key and provide the warmth, humour and emotional backbone to the story, especially in one key moment that the filmmakers do not shy away from. The flying sequences are still stunning and this is a rare example of 3D enhancing the film itself.
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I thought this movie was quite good.
It was a very good sequel to one of my favourite movies because it didn't just rehash all the good moments from the first movie, it built on it to make it something new.
This isn't true for everything, for example it still begins and ends with a "this is Berk" speech, but I think it works.
A perfect movie? No. But still a great one.
For those who missed the trailer that was released about a week ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68AqHwgk2s8&hd=1
Shout by Theli LavanBlockedParent2014-09-01T21:27:40Z
So seldom does a sequel manage to match its original; and rarer still that it can surpass it. Bravo!!
Well done to the entire cast, crew and team involved in this production!
Thank you.