HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 (Theatrical Release USA 2014)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 3.6|5.0 Stars ììì

How to Train Your Dragon 2—interesting, but not as good as the first film d
ue to a weaker script. The movie has its emotional moments, but there are flat spots that will cause an audience to sigh in boredom. The animation is great, but the story itself falters in many ways compared to the first film.   

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Storyline

Hiccup (voice of Jay Baruchel) has reached the age where he needs to assume leadership of the Viking village Berk. But, he is unsure of his leadership potential and continues his occupation of mapping lands around the village with the help of his flying dragon, Toothless (voice of Randy Thom). He eventually discovers a land ruled by a violent ruler, Drago, (voice of Djimon Hounsou) who captures dragons.  Drago vows to attack Hiccup’s village and the story is on as Hiccup tries to make peace, save the village, and release the dragons under Drago’s control.

Additional Thanks 

Thank you to Director Dean DeBlois for his efforts in directing. Thank you to Executive and Co-Executive Producers Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders, and Kate Spencer for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Valka (voice of Cate Blanchett), Stoick (voice of Gerard Butler), Gobber (voice of Craig Ferguson), Astrid (voice of America Ferrera), Snotlout (voice of Jonah Hill), Fishlegs (voice of Christopher Mintz-Plasse), Tuffnut (voice of T.J. Miller), Ruffnut (voice of Kristen Wiig), and Eret (voice of Kit Harington).


Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe? 

Maybe. This is the next chapter in the series, but does not re-capture the originality of the first film in the series. 

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