The first half was quite good..but second half was a let-down

Rating: 7/10 (18 June 2014)

I didn't watch the first film of "How to train your dragon". But I had heard that it was very good. So I was eager to see the sequel. Moreover, I love animation movies so that was another reason. This movie had enough exposition in the beginning of the movie to explain what mainly happened in the first movie, so I didn't have much questions about what had happened previously when I started watching the sequel. The opening scene was really amazing. It kind of set the tone for things to follow. The animation is really fantastic! It's not a realistic animation, it's a cartoonish one. But I'm not complainingI'm appreciating! Some of the picturesque scenes look awesome because of the animation. Even the different kinds of dragons shown are very appealing. This is definitely one of the best and most beautiful animation movies ever. The voice-over is simply brilliant. Each voice suits the character in the movie perfectly. The main characters, namely Hiccup, Valka, Stoick and Drago are very likable and appealing . The supporting cast aren't that appealing except for Astrid and Eret, who were magnificent. The emotional quotient is very high in the movie. The attachment between a dragon and it's rider is shown in a very realistic and believable way.
SPOILER ALERT – BEGIN The first half of the movie was pretty good. Story was moving along nicely. And then in the 2nd half, a very tragic incident happens. Hiccup loses someone close to him, because of Drago. And surprisingly, though Hiccup is very grieved about losing that "someone", still he doesn't seem to have ANY anger towards Drago. This kind of made me angry. Any character in such a situation would be very angry. After this incident, I just lost interest in the character of Hiccup. I felt that instead of a man, that character was a loser. Even in the climax, when confronting Drago, still Hiccup was talking about peace, to a murderer. It seemed very ridiculous. Apart from this, the ending seemed bit unrealistic. The good guys seem to win bit too easily. Wish it could have been more dramatic and exciting. SPOILER ALERT – END
Though I'm very disappointed with the 2nd half, still the movie has lot of things to be enjoyed and feel good about. But somehow, now I'm not that interested in watching the sequel to this.