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Clickable Emoticons	Oneill5491 wrote: > [small]Edit: Had to make the title more ambiguous since it's still visible > to non-private sections of the forum.[/small] > > Now I know a majority of you are too obsessed with this franchise that you > couldn't pull yourself away from spoilers, reviews, or strong evidence that > alluded to Stoick's death in the film. I was one of those people and > wanted to know how your expectations of how his death would be portrayed on > screen compared to what actually happened. > > Strangely, Stoick's death was the scene I was looking forward to most since > I knew it would likely have the most emotional weight out of any other > scene in the film (for me anyway). However, what surprised me is how > immediate his death was. What I envisioned was something much more > heart-wrenchingly dramatic and drawn out where he would still hold onto > consciousness while looking into the eyes of Hiccup and/or Valka and > perhaps say something deeply profound yet simple. What came to mind for > dramatic reference is the death of Capt. John Miller (Tom Hanks) in the > ending scene of Saving Private Ryan: > > [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv-67DFlOsM&t=0m36s]Saving Private > Ryan - Capt. John Miller Death Scene[/url] > > Perhaps Dean thought about it but felt that a quiet and quick death was as > far as they could push an unconventionally somber scene for a film like > this. Kudos to him nonetheless for being this bold. > > The traditional funeral pyre ceremony I was sure to see (especially after > seeing the picture of all the characters holding bows with flaming arrows > circulating on tumblr), but didn't expect that much dialogue to occur > throughout the ceremony (albeit was good and meaningful dialogue by both > Gobber and Hiccup). Listening to John Powell's track "Stoick's > Ship" was enough to bring me to tears and I figured it would just be > one of those mostly dialogue-free scenes where the music takes over (like > Forbidden Friendship). > > What also surprised me is that his death was not at the very end of the > movie during your usual period of falling action. Instead, this movie had > a double climax with his death scene serving as the first one which > unfortunately led to a jarring yet unavoidable cut scene from the mournful > funeral to the energetic high-speed scene of the gang riding the baby > dragons back to Berk to finish the battle. > > Overall, as I said, it was a bold and pivotal move by Dean to do this, > especially considering the instrument of his death. It's apparent that it > really paid off and the critics unanimously agree. > > Anyway, very interested to know what you guys conjured up in your heads > when you heard that Stoick would meet his end in HTTYD 2. Was it what you > expected? More? Less?
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