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How to Train Your Dragon 2 turns ten! Come and share your memories on the thread.

Posting reply to Zer0x' very own Post-Movie Discussion Thread
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Clickable Emoticons	Zer0x wrote: > Now, that I have finally seen the movie it is time to share my thoughts > about it. > Why I need an extra thread for that you will ask? Because I have many many > things to say which I will write down in the next couple of days. > > I apologize in advance for misspellings, grammar and bad English. > > > > I will start with an impartial review of the movie in my patented > 3-way-review-style [b](completely spoiler-free!)[/b]: > > > [b][big]How To Train Your Dragon 2[/big][/b] > > > [u]Positive:[/u] > + + a Story beyond comparison > + + breathtaking action scenes > + + so far the best animations of ALL movies > + + extremely visually stunning (should be on an ~ 300sqm Screen) > + entertaining and well-placed comedy > + many emotional scenes > + beautiful score > + made for 3D > + full use of the PG rating > + perfect duration > + Dragons, Dragons and more Dragons > > > > [u]Negative: [/u] > -some small plot holes/inconsistencies > -The intensity of the presentation of the key scenes not reached the level > of the first part > -Too much information in advance by Trailer / Clips / Advertising / Spoiler > > > > > [b]Conclusion: [/b] > No matter how hard you mentally prepared for this movie, no matter what > you've seen, you is not prepared for what awaits you in the cinema. > Director Dean DeBlois said at the beginning that he wanted to create a new > "The Empire Strikes Back" with the second part of his epic > trilogy and he has more than succeeded. Even with a PG rating, which really > needs to be a hair's breadth on the border to the next higher, it has been > able to create an action-packed fantasy adventure that has no equal. > Absolutely every scene couldn't been more perfect. The action in > conjunction with the camera movements is sometimes so intense that > dizziness cannot be avoided. Unlike the most animated movies which have > serious amounts in the story, the comedy here is not used to ease the > atmosphere, it is only used in a few scenes, but in these it fits almost > perfectly to the atmosphere of the film and never looks overdone. > But the main focus of the film is on the extremely intense emotional > scenes, and there are many. In conjunction with the score from John Powell, > which is this time even more dominated by soft strings, female choirs and a > wide range of Nordic instruments, it wells every one tears in the eyes. > Of course, one could make the argument that these scenes might have been > longer or more of them, but to that I can only disagree. A length of ~ 90 > minutes + credits is entirely sufficient for this kind of story, a stretch > of the scenes here is unnecessary and the ongoing tension would be > decreased. > In order to bring the whole thing to conclude, a few words about the > technical aspects. With a whole range of new software and hardware > DreamWorks has taken on this project: PREMO, Light, Apollo and many others > can be named here. Thus, this movie has conveyed to the technically best > animated film in history and will be the reference for several years. > Absolutely nothing shown so far comes even close to the level of the movie. > This is especially true for the character animation, which set new > standards like the first movie before it and has now been significantly > improved even more. In many films, the main focus is usually placed only on > the main characters, not so here. The rich variety of dragon-types, as well > as human characters and their amount of detail is remarkable. Each of the > places shown is simply fantastic and the new designed Berk looks extremely > realistic with the fantastic lighting. > In summary, I can say that this movie, despite the rather mediocre start at > the American box office, rank among the bests of Hollywood and has earned > its place next to "Star Wars V”. "How To Train Your Dragon > 2" represents a whole new level of animated movies. > > [spoiler=The "small plot holes/inconsistencies"] > Hiccup need several hours of training and a close to death experience to > learn how to fly with Toothless, Drago knew how to do that immediately. > > Where were Drago's human army at the end of the movie? I've seen only the > Dragons. > > Why didn't Drago let Toothless kill Hiccup after Stoick was dead? > > The second pair of spines on Toothless' bag wouldn't change anything of his > aerodynamic, except for stability. > [/spoiler] > > > > [b]Here again everything in points:[/b] > > > > Story: 11/10 > Characters: 11/10 > Comedy: 10/10 > Tension: 11/10 > Action: 11/10 > Score: 10/10 > > [u]Overall impression of Story: 11/10 [/u] > > > > Screenshots: 11/10 > Camera operator: 11/10 > Character Animation: 11/10 > Details: 11/10 > Lighting: 11/10 > 3D: 11/10 > > [u]Overall impression of optical References: 11/10 [/u] > > > > Sound Quality: 10/10 > Dialogs / Comprehensibility: 9/10 > Sound Effects/Design: 9/10 > Sound Mixing: 10/10 > Music: 10/10 > > [u]Overall impression of audible References: 10/10 [/u] > [small]rated in the direct sweet spot of an IMAX cinema[/small] > > > > Thus, the film has the highest overall rating that I have ever given a > movie and it deserves it. It also reminded me again about why I'm a fan.
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