Good but Expectations Too High

Rating: 7/10 (27 July 2014)

A friend had my expectations too high by stating that he enjoyed this sequel equal to the original. After watching I can't quite agree, although I liked this 2nd movie, it did not have (nor could it achieve) the inner-feel and genuineness of the initial story development. The original How to Train Your Dragon core development 30 to 40 min is as good an animated entertainment as I've ever seen, so would be difficult to match to say anything of surpass. Where this sequel did surpass the original though was in it's even better animation texturing, movement, colors, and details. (major spoilers) Main problem here though, I thought the mother character seemed kind of thrown in, forced, and almost gimmicky. Too much focus was on her too. Might've been better not making her related. Still a good watch - 7/10