How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
After I’ve watched this film I want to be viking and get a pet dragon. I love this animated film since I watched the first part and I’ve been watching the short series (Dragon Riders of Berk) while I was waiting for the second part and when it came out, it never disappointed me.
The first part was really great and the second was even better, the story was five years apart between the first and the second one. The characters have grown up, I haven’t seen this much in animated film. 20-year-old Hiccup was an adult, with different appearance, the responsibility of Berk’s business he was given, but he was still Hiccup being Hiccup. Hiccup with his dragon, Toothless, were the cutest thing in this movie, everything was scripted very well, not only the character of Hiccup, but also the others, they’ve grown up, but they’re still who they were. Hiccup and Astrid’s relationship was more romantic, Astrid looked more feminine and prettier, everything in this part has changed and it suit their ages.
Not just the characters, the story has come into the next step as well, what Hiccup, his friends and all vikings on Berk have to face is a lot bigger, there’s an issue about family in this film, about Hiccup’s Mother. The director of this film, Dean Deblois, was the one who directed ‘Lilo & Stitch’ which had this kind of family topic in the film as well, he also did a very great job in How to Train Your Dragon. This movie was the combination of adventure, love, family and friendship that was told very well.
I love how the soundtracks push the emotion in this movie more deeper, every song fits well in every scene, especially the scene in which Hiccup and Toothless flying together with the song ‘Where No One Goes’ was played along, I can feel all the emotion without any dialogue, I understand everything from the song, the relationship between Hiccup and Toothless, without saying anything, their moments in the first part coming out like a flashback, since the first time they met, the effort of Hiccup trying to know and understand Toothless, the first time they flew together, everything they've gone through, they were each others’ best friends.
One thing that maintain its goodness since the first part is the character's communication through the eyes, it's amazing how the cartoon characters can act so real like a human, this may not be significant but it impressed me.
I like both two parts of How to Train Your Dragon and still waiting for the third one, hoping that it’s going to be as great as these two.
