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However, the framework for the story of HTTYD 3 is supposedly already in place with production underway. Also, it typically takes some time for someone to buy into their own hype. I'm not immeadiately aware of any director/producer who won an award and then immediately turned around and totally gutted what they were already working on, making it worse in the process. Also worth noting that the flaws in HTTYD 2 (and I definitely agree they exist) happened without a previous award. I'm not sure that losing out on the Oscar would actually serve as any significant impetus for Dean to change anything.

Cartoon Freak

15 Jan 2015, 16:00

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And before someone comments to this telling me it's flawed and stuff... don't waste your time. I still love this movie. If it wins, I don't care if it deserves it or not by the standerts, I'll be happy a movie that I liked won. End of story.

In such an event, will you also be happy that HTTYD 3 is doomed to mediocrity?

Think about it: in the event that HTTYD 2 wins the Best Animated Picture Oscar, then where's the motivation for DeBlois to improve? He'll already have received the highest honour that he can reasonably get in his current field (hypothetically, if he were to move into live action, he might think he stood a chance at a Best Picture win, but that's really outside my cares). At best, he'll stagnate. More likely, he'll regress, as better creators than him have done when faced with acclaim.

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1. In the end, filmmakers are only human (I hope - though the idea of aliens making movies as some sort of prelude to an invasion isn't a bad one; I'll add it to the pile). Getting an award inevitably inflates the ego. In some cases, the effect might be small, but possessing that level of optimism (at least about something you can't change) is a surefire way to disappointment.

2. Okay, I'm calling your bluff: how will HTTYD 2 winning an Oscar improve the quality of HTTYD 3?

Cartoon Freak

16 Jan 2015, 00:48

Um, HTTYD 2 is about as unnecessary sequel as you can get without being called "Toy Story 4." The story was over. The original film left no unresolved issues. It's part of what made it so brilliant.

And that's part of the reason for HTTYD 2's many flaws. With nowhere to naturally go with the story, they had to pull plot ideas out of a pile of bovine excrement. Yes, Hiccup's mother is alive for some reason, and there's this guy who wants to... uh, take over the world! Of course!

The result is a story that reads more like a fanfic than an official sequel. A very good fanfic, to be fair, but I hold professionals to higher standards than that.

Dragon's Apprentice

16 Jan 2015, 03:34

You're obviously intelligent okay but.... dissing How to Train your Dragon on a How to train your Dragon website? I mean really?

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