Completely epic in every way!

Rating: 10/10 (2 July 2014)

Aside from the fact that I think dragons are awesome, I genuinely enjoyed the first go-around on training dragons (okayyou got me, dragons WERE the reason I enjoyed the film). I thought the first movie was so fun and amusing that I was very excited for the sequel and had high expectations (I guess you can say they were as high as a dragon in the clouds but that would be a silly, very forced metaphor). The thing that I wasn't prepared for was how my expectations were met and then instantly exceeded!
It would be easy to say that HTTYD2 was better than the first but that would be selling the first film short. Instead, I see this completely fantastic follow-up as an intensely epic building block that built superbly well on a great foundation. Like the first one, the film is funny, adorable, and filled with a great voice acting cast but this one does one better by keeping all that and improving on their animation, bringing in more great actors for new and interesting characters and then decides to bring about a darker, more mature story that proves that animated films don't have to be talking animals doing fart jokes. In all honesty, the story is the best part about this film as it is capable of being emotionally dramatic, fun and amusing all at the same time.
"How to Train Your Dragon 2" proves that this is a property that is a legitimate contender in the animated film department and, with all its epicness, I'm am more than excited to see this franchise have a long life and I hope to see more and more sequels in the years to come.
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