Four years later, "How to Train Your Dragon 2" made a comeback. The four years are not long or short, and the "Nostalgia Card" can still be used to evoke memories that have not completely faded from the audience. However, the sequel has always been difficult to make, especially the acclaimed movies, which must be changed and attractive in roles and plots. As a result, we saw a more three-dimensional protagonist and more content about the family.
The progress of the sequel in the time span is almost in line with reality. Hiccup has grown from a childish boy to a slightly scumbag youth. At a very old age, he is bound to have growing troubles. Dad stares at him all day to prepare him to take over the position of the patriarch, but his ambition is to discover more unknown places and how to continue his environmental protection (long guard) career. . As a result, the main storyline of the sequel was involved. Hiccup met his mother whom he hadn’t seen for many years. He was actually a veteran love dragon guardian. There was even a "dragon nature reserve" and then a husband and wife. A scene of reunion and family joy. However, there must be joy and sadness. The big villain Dragon Hunter Drago arrives after hearing the fish. A big battle not only smashes the White Dragon King, but Ye Sha’s toothless boy is abducted, and Hiccup’s father also fought unfortunately to protect his son. die.
This naturally became a "booster" for Hiccup to mature. The dragon needs protection, and the people also need protection. The two originally contradicted each other, but they merged under the threat of Drago. Hiccup took over. Father's mantle, as the patriarch, lead the crowd to defend against the enemy. At the same time, the relationship between humans and animals has been further improved. Drago tried to rely on the consciousness of the Black Dragon King to control the dragons, and was ultimately no match for the tried-and-tested friendship and understanding of Hiccup and Toothless Boy.
Frankly speaking, the highlights and flaws of this work are obvious. Through the use of motion capture system and brand-new animation production software, the film is more refined in terms of skin, muscle and other details than the previous one. The best part is the few paragraphs flying by the dragon, which is full of realism. The failure lies in the fact that apart from the protagonist, other people's modeling is quite perfunctory. On the contrary, the design of dragons is too far. There are so many varieties that are dazzling, and the colorful patches are easy to cause visual fatigue. In terms of the plot, several contradictions such as Hiccup’s entanglement on whether to inherit the patriarch, and the rift in the friendship caused by the mistaken killing of the patriarch by the toothless boy, have not been thoroughly portrayed. They appear to be superficial. It can be seen that the audience for this film is still relatively young. .
Finally, let me talk about the more personally disgusting point. In the last movie, Moya has a strong personality, but in this movie, he is completely reduced to a pet dog-like existence, only knowing how to blindly sell cute. We must know that dragons are extremely self-respecting creatures, even if they are close to people, they will maintain a certain degree of dignity. The poor and famous Ye Sha has only a dragon's skin, but there are cats and puppies inside. It is said that there will be a third part in this series, but based on the general stereotypes of the core characters and role relationships in the first and second parts, basically don't expect any breakthroughs. Aside from this, if the director still regards dragons as pets repeatedly begging for mercy, then such a film can only attract children at best.
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