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Cartoon Freak 18 Jan 2015, 02:31
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Well I thought it was amusing. Don't you laugh, like, ever? Or are you always so serious, sir?
I laugh frequently. Heck, the fact that I'm defending The Lego Movie here should show that I have an appreciation for comedy.

But the thing is, the joke has to actually be funny, and that joke would only have been funny if the actual physical Oscar trophy was the point of the award. To put it simply, it isn't (unless it secretly functions as a key to allow the bearer access to some weird underground Hollywood club or something).
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anyways, I think the award should have gone to Big Hero 6 instead of Dragons 2. Dragons 2 had too many subplots which weakened the focus on Hiccup's transition from child to man. What was the point of showing Tuffnut's love problems? Big Hero 6 was more focused on Hiro overcoming his depression.
Now this is an argument I've wanted to see, but haven't felt sufficiently strongly about to start. I would like to defend HTTYD 2's handling of death compared to Big Hero 6. Now, it is definitely true that Big Hero 6 was better at showing the aftermath of the death. It takes Hiro most of the movie to recover, as it should. However, I think HTTYD 2 was much better at making the death itself dramatic, as well as the funeral scene immediately afterwards. It's a bit of a case of six of one, half a dozen of the other.

I agree on the matter of HTTYD 2's subplots.