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Eret 13 Jul 2014, 19:13
RealHousewifeofBerk
13 Jul 2014, 22:24
I saw one review saying that they didnt think it was that smart of a move before seeing the movie, but after watching it and seeing
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, they actually thought it was smarter because that was an even bigger spoiler and that it would have been too much to shock the audience with the fact that his mother's still alive, and then the minute they start to get used to that, *BOOM* another shock. But I don't know, maybe double shock would have made the emotions more powerful, or maybe it would have been too much for audiences to digest all at once, and then the movie could have been panned for being too unpredictable and haphazard? I can definitely see both sides to that. :/

I don't know if I agree with that reviewer that the shock of Stoick's death makes up for the fact that we weren't shocked by Valka. They're timed so far apart in the movie that the two plot twists wouldn't be stepping on each others toes, I think. The only way revealing Valka could have been a good thing is if there was another plot twist involving her, like if it turned out she was lying or something. But there wasn't, because just the fact that she showed up at all should have been shocking, but unfortunately it wasn't because they spoiled it.