Emotional movie on many levels

Rating: 8/10 (15 June 2014)

A movie should move you in some way, good or bad, this one does just that. Many books and movies mature as they proceed, this one is no exception. Like the Harry Potter series, we start with a young man learning he is more than he appears, then the story slowly becomes dire. In How to train your dragon 2 the movie doesn't mature slowly, it leaps. If you were lucky enough to read the How to train your dragon series by Cressida Cowell, (11 books, so far), you would see the series matures slowly also. But you would also see the movies take many liberties with the story line of the series. Like many others, movies made from novels have been disappointing, especially if the books weren't followed exactly. Both How to Train Your Dragon movies succeed in twisting the story in a way that is hard to disapprove of. I'm always amazed at the attitude "cartoons are for children". Kids will love the dragons and colors, but this movie deals with many emotions adults will understand and appreciate, but children may not. We saw this movie on Fathers day, I'd like to say, God bless fathers, and the sacrifices they make great and small for their children.