Much to live up to

Rating: 9/10 (10 May 2019)

The second of the trilogy had a lot to live up to. Where the first was on a simple scale, though creative, colourful and musically superb, as it told the origin of Hiccup and Toothless's bond, this one is busier: loaded with new A-list voice talent, expanding the dragon culture and is even more colourful. But, what it added in scope, it lost in simplicity and intimacy of storytelling. Also (and not necessarily a bad thing) there seemed to be a shift in the character artwork and it felt akin to TROLLHUNTERS, which was also a DreamWorks production. Still a really good movie but, in my opinion, not quite as good as the original. I give this film a 9 (superb) out of 10. {Animated Family Adventure}