Dragons rule the land of animation

Rating: 9/10 (25 June 2014)

You can have your Despicable Mes and Ice Ages and Cars movies, because the Dragons movies are the best animated films in the last 10 years! Dragons 2 (as I'm forever calling it) takes place five years after the event of the original film. So SPOILER ALERT for those sad sacks who haven't seen it. The good viking folk of Berk, have found peace with the once hated dragons and now share their island home with the beasts as pets. Hiccup and Toothless have become quite the adventuring duo as they fly around discovering new lands and dragon species. However, after hearing of an evil bastard named Drago and his dragon army causing chaos to everything in sight, Hiccup, with the help of his long lost mother, unite to keep the peace. I have no shame in starting by saying this is the best animated movie since Toy Story 3! Hell, it might be the best MOVIE of the year so far. That's not exaggeration yall. The drama, the emotion, even the action is handled extremely well for a "kids movie". Sure, you get your occasional funny moment or cute/cool dragon moment, but there is certainly more than enough appeal for us grown peoples. This movie hits HARD in the emotional area. Character animations and the landscapes are animated gorgeously; you can mistake a big chunk of this movie for live action. And the music by, John Powell, good lord! There's a certain scene with Hiccup and his mother flying around together and the music beautifully sets the tone, #notgonnalie it choked me up. Yes, this movie got to me. You also get great epic scores during the awesome action sequences. The voice acting is top notch all around, Djimon Hounsou was my personal favorite as the villain. Dreamworks pulled a winner, this is quite possibly surpassing X-Men as top 2014 movie so far. I of course give this movie my highest recommendation, it's a must see.