Snoozefest/Weak

Rating: 3/10 (20 June 2014)

Loved the first one. My favorite animated movie in the last 10 years - high anticipation for the sequel.
Went with my 3 kids on the opening day. 30 minutes into the movie and I see my kids yawning and slouching in their seats. Two older ones whisper to me, "dad, this is really boring." There is no way around it - it is very boring until the last 10 minutes of the movie.
I do realize that this is an animated film, one that revolves around vikings riding a flying dragon. But you still have to have a strong plot, one that follows what happened in the original movie. There are moments in the movie that make you think, "Huh? Where was that in the first movie? Where did this (sub-plot) come from?" A case in example: Hiccup's mother is alive? And she never bothered to try to come back to her family for all those years? (And this is one of the more believable parts of the story.)
Weak storyline from beginning to end, not engaging at all, left the theater very disappointed.