But unfortunately, Dean DeBros's partner Chris Sanders did not participate in the film, which may have caused DreamWorks to lose a little determination and confidence to make a good animation this year.
Compared with the previous work, the plot of this film is weak. I always think "How to Train Your Dragon" is a wonderful epic of personal heroism. Because of how to train a dragon, Hiccup has become strong from weakness. In the process, he also Changed the perception of Berk Islanders from hating dragons to loving dragons. The director once emphasized in an interview that his sequel will draw on "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" and "My Neighbor Totoro". We can see the director's determination to expand the story, but the role of Hiccup is not on the part. He only met his mother who he hadn't seen in 20 years. At the same time, although Hiccup hopes to change the views of those dragon hunters, his simple preaching is doomed to be in vain. After all, the dragon hunters still lead the war to Berk Island. For those good friends of Hiccup, their role is to hold Hiccup all the time, and they are indeed a little tired of flattering too much. However, these lines and plots, which look a bit silly from an adult's point of view, have a different way of interpretation for children!
In addition, DreamWorks lost its magic weapon in this film, which is funny. If you recall the viewing process, the more interesting plot of the whole film may be that the thin lady who looks like Ladygaga is madly in love with the strong dragon hunter. But compared with "Crazy Primitives" and "Kung Fu Panda 2", isn't there a little bit of funny scenes? This is what I regret about this film, because DreamWorks is unique compared to Pixar, that is, DreamWorks' films are more entertaining, playful and funny, while Pixar is more humanistic. This time, DreamWorks began to add more emotional scenes, especially the mother-son relationship scene that I haven't seen in 20 years. The reason for the mother's disappearance itself is a bit unreasonable, and this emotional scene has indeed weakened the film's strength. Contradiction and conflict. Because while the mother and son are exploring nature, Hiccup's little friend has been caught by the big BOSS dragon hunter.
What needs to be affirmed is that this is a movie with love. There are emotional scenes between people and Hiccup's consideration for dragons. Of course, this film has more cute expressions of "little toothless" dragons. I like it Pet audiences will probably enjoy this movie. In addition, the emotional drama in the film is also full of emotions, which makes people feel that there is still a trace of sadness in the atmosphere of comedy. In short, it is still a film with laughter and tears.
Finally, under the call of Hiccup, the two battles in the climax stage were spectacular enough. Hiccup on the back of a dragon went from a nobody to a hero in history. The idealism of this kind of film is more meaningful than the constant struggle between a sheep and a wolf for several years. However, in terms of the performance of How to Train Your Dragon's first film, this film is still a bit disappointing, and it may be in response to the loop mode that most Hollywood sequels are not as good as their predecessors.
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