Some wasted ideas...

Rating: 6/10 (29 June 2014)

I really enjoyed the first "How to Train Your Dragon" and this sequel is actually pretty good, but just not good as the original. The story just wasn't as uplifting as the first one and the pacing seemed a bit off at times. A lot of parts appeared to be rushed and not developed as well. The relationship between Stoic and Hiccup was weak, yeah it had the previous movie to develop in this area. But when it came to the turn of events, I just couldn't feel much emotion...And that includes the characters that deals with it. I think it should have developed more with intriguing dialogue between the main family characters. Even the villain in my opinion was just weak and nothing is really known about him. The main villain Drago Bludvist has control over a Alpha Dragon which is a dragon that has control over other dragons. But it never mentions how he managed to do that, maybe they might mention it in the next installment. But it's bothersome when you see a movie that has so many untold aspects to the story. Besides the fact that he got scarred up by dragons in the past, Drago just seemed like a generic family movie villain. Dragon wranglers plays a part in the story and they are just their and nothing stands out about them either. It's a good movie, but it just falls short in a lot of areas. The parts that are suppose to be emotional just wasn't. Mainly because it just lacked the right elements to get me emotionally invested into the story. Now I know that it's difficult to flesh certain things out with the budget and all. But I personally thought if things WAS more fleshed out it could have had more emotional depth. Maybe they could have sacrificed certain things to help develop certain things more. I don't mean to drag things out like certain TV shows, but just the right amount would have added to the effectiveness. It's like a lot of ideas ended up getting wasted because of the direction of it all. Overall it's a good movie, but I have seen a lot better. The soundtrack is just fantastic.
6.9/10