Unlike the first film, this one is just plain boring

Rating: Null/10 (7 August 2015)

IMO, this is a VERY, VERY disappointing film. The first one was very good, but the second one had many things that were lacking from the first one.
Seriously...
HOW could this only get 0.3 points lower in IMDb ratings than the first film?
HTTYD1 was enjoyable, emotionally resonant, and engaging with a plot that made me care about the characters quite a bit. I rarely watch movies more than once, but I could possibly watch this again since I watched it when I was like 11 or so. I gave the movie a 9/10.
However, HTTYD2 was a MASSIVE drop. It wasn't even worth watching. I expected a movie with a 0.3 point drop to at least be okay, considering how I thought HTTYD1 was a nice film. However, it dropped from enjoyable and very good to somewhat boring and poor.
What made the movie unenjoyable was a set of problems that all boiled down to a movie I wished I never watched. I watched to the end, for I hoped it would get better.
What went wrong? First, the movie was just not enjoyable. It felt kind of boring and rarely entertaining. The characters and plot were unengaging, which was a shame, because there were many interesting plot points. However, they were poorly executed, leading to a convoluted, unengaging plot that felt really forced. Even the action was uninteresting, because the sides involved were characters I couldn't care about anyway. The introduction of the mother was done really poorly. Well, basically, the whole film lacked the engagement that compelled me in the first HTTYD.
It was a waste of time to watch, because even with the great visuals and a few slightly emotional moments, the film felt too unengaging and boring to watch. The drama, adventure, and action were all uninteresting. Not one of the three was particularly better or worse than the others, but that's not saying anything when nothing was that interesting at all.
+ Has some decent moments
+ Great visuals

Boring and dragging

Pacing felt awkward

Lack of believability

Unengaging characters

Not emotionally resonant like the first film

Badly introduced characters and plot points

Bad pacing that made it feel awkward to watch

Rating: 4. Kind of boring and not enjoyable. The reason why I liked the first film was that I could actually care about what happened (by a LOT). I cared very little about what happened in this film. There are other flaws I need not mention again, but the lack of engagement was what killed most of the fun.