How To Train Your Dragon 2 Review (2014)

How To Train Your Dragon 2 

  As a huge fan of the first How To Train Your Dragon, I had very high expectations for this one. Did it meet them? Not quite, but that doesn't mean it's terrible necessarily.

  The animation is absolutely lovely, the expressions on their faces, the shots of the dragons in flight. It was really impressive and fit like a dream with the beautiful score.
  While stylistically it was equally as good as the first movie, the storyline wasn't as good. It felt like the creators couldn't really think up something interesting and so they decided to have Hiccup discover an island of dragon catchers who are led by an evil viking who has an army of dragons under brain control. If that wasn't random enough, Hiccup meets his mother who left them for 20 years to go rescue abused dragons. Try to justify that one.

  There are moments in the film that are really touching and then there are moments that feel long-winded because not much is happening. I think I would have preferred the creators not make this movie since the first one was one of my favorite animations. 1.5 out of 5 stars. (Skip It)