Review of How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) by Rox22 — 17 Dec 2014

It is clear from the start that they are trying really, really hard to be better than the first movie. Even doing a good job of not rehashing and introducing enough new content to keep you interested.

But, it just lacks the charm that the first movie had. It's not bad, not in the least, it's damn good! But it just didn't captivate the way the first movie did. Not to mention, what a soppy villain. He comes across more as an activity for the protagonist's to deal with, than an actual threat.

But to be fair, their are more than enough plot twists and character development to overlook this.

Not to forget, the visuals are still brilliant, similar to the first movie, just a bit more polished out.

Overall:

HTTYD2 was deeply enjoyable and I had allot of fun watching it, just a shame it just didn't have that same spark of originality and charm the first movie had.