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Reviews of HTTYD 2 (Some maybe have Spoilers)
Topic Started: 16 May 2014, 12:29 (14311 Views)
Fynriel 16 May 2014, 12:29 Post #31
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THR review
 
Technically stunning, and touchingly perceptive about the relationship between people and animals, this is an impressive achievement but may be all a bit too much for younger viewers.
A lot of reviews are cautioning against watching this film with younger children. This makes me very happy! ^_^ Yay for more maturity. Also, I'm noticing a lot of hints towards a major...dramatic...occurrence at the end of the films. Better bring tissues... :'(
eret
16 May 2014, 16:21
Fynriel
16 May 2014, 16:12
eret
16 May 2014, 16:08

honestly.... people who find frozen "wonderful" and think its raised the standard bar in any way... I can't take their opinions seriously. No offense to anyone here who likes that movie but honestly.
Actually, Frozen did raise the bar in a variety of ways (I could go into detail, but that might be a bit too off topic right now) but the thing is: FOR DISNEY. Disney has always been very archaic, especially its princess movies. It has outdated ideas of gender in particular. Frozen remedied a lot of that and was a lot more modern and progressive than a lot of older Disney films.

But again, it raised the bar....for a Disney movie. Dreamworks and others were already way ahead in my personal opinion.

Meh... I gotta respectfully disagree. I know a lot of people seem to think Frozen is the most feminist thing Disney has ever done but every example I've ever heard can already be seen in another Disney movie thats been conveniently forgotten about. I guess it raised the bar as far as animated Disney Princess movies but that's a few too many qualifiers more than what I originally meant, which was just animation overall.
Ok, fair enough. I did mean strictly in terms of Disney animated films (which since the acquisition of Pixar is mostly restricted to princess films). And even something like "most feminist thing Disney has ever done" is really not saying much considering who we are talking about IMO. Frozen is also still really behind on many other fronts, so yeah, the intense praise this film has received is completely unjustified, I'm right there with you.

So let's just ignore that particular review :D
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Eclipse-Wolven 16 May 2014, 13:54 Post #32
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These are really giving me hope that this movie will indeed be a very good one. Even that one mediocre review (the one where he fawned all over "Frozen" I think) admitted that he wasn't that big a fan of the first one but that this one he liked better. I'm also glad that I was right about them leaving a lot of the darker elements out of the the previews and trailers they've shown thus far. I think I'm even more eager to see this now then I was before, and that's saying something.
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duckizo 16 May 2014, 15:33 Post #33
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The guy who reviewed it for the Telegraph is also the same dude who gave Frozen four stars. Frozen, a movie with so many flaws, so little character development or clear themes that a 17 minute video was needed to point out all of its shortcomings. So yeah, sorry if I’m not taking his word.
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KentuckyWildcat 16 May 2014, 17:15 Post #34
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I have to admit I was getting a bit pessimistic as DreamWorks released one fluff clip after another to promote the movie in recent weeks. Reading some of those reviews that were adamant that the mature and emotionally complex side is there in large amounts is great news for me. The one review that mentioned that the ending makes no attempt to restore the status quo, but rather finds the characters facing the new reality they've grown into was especially encouraging from my perspective.
Come death. Come suffering. I will not live in fear. In this fleeting life where time escapes us, the path of least resistance is a slow quiet death. I'd rather burn out than fade away.
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Eclipse-Wolven 17 May 2014, 10:26 Post #35
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Here's a new review from Time Magazine that seems very positive: (SPOILER ALERT! READ BELOW!)

http://time.com/102678/how-to-train-you ... ew-cannes/

**BE WARNED! THIS REVIEW CONTAINS THE SAME SPOILER AS THE "HOLLYWOOD REPORTER" REVIEW, AND THOUGH THEY DON'T SAY ANYTHING OUTRIGHT, THIS ONE SOMEWHAT CONFIRMS WHICH CHARACTERS ARE INVOLVED IF YOU PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHAT IS WRITTEN.
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duckizo 17 May 2014, 13:06 Post #36
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another super positive review! http://www.filmdivider.com/cannes-how-t ... -2-review/
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HideousZippleback 17 May 2014, 13:18 Post #37
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Interesting to know the faults in it from that last review.
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akai-chan 17 May 2014, 13:55 Post #38
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Eclipse-Wolven
17 May 2014, 14:26
Here's a new review from Time Magazine that seems very positive: (SPOILER ALERT! READ BELOW!)

http://time.com/102678/how-to-train-you ... ew-cannes/

**BE WARNED! THIS REVIEW CONTAINS THE SAME SPOILER AS THE "HOLLYWOOD REPORTER" REVIEW, AND THOUGH THEY DON'T SAY ANYTHING OUTRIGHT, THIS ONE SOMEWHAT CONFIRMS WHICH CHARACTERS ARE INVOLVED IF YOU PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHAT IS WRITTEN.
You know what I hate? When reviewers don't fact-check their reviews. Seriously, it makes me question whether you actually watched the movie when you can't even get the characters' names right.
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KentuckyWildcat 17 May 2014, 14:03 Post #39
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Major spoiler regarding a character death revealed in the Time review:
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Come death. Come suffering. I will not live in fear. In this fleeting life where time escapes us, the path of least resistance is a slow quiet death. I'd rather burn out than fade away.
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Eclipse-Wolven 17 May 2014, 14:58 Post #40
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"There’s one other misstep that sticks a little. The film’s main villain, Drago Bludvist appears to be the only character of colour in an entirely Caucasian world, and while there is some suggestion that he was perhaps badly burnt, which would potentially provide a reason for his darker complexion, there are certainly implications throughout the film that Drago is different from the main characters and comes from afar. This sense that this villain represents ‘the other’ is only compounded by the casting of Beninese American actor Djimon Hounsou as his voice, and is certainly a little problematic."

That's an interesting criticism that I actually haven't heard too often, particularly for animated films. I think I see where he's coming from just based off of this, but I'm not sure I would call his being different necessarily problematic. I guess I'll have to wait to see the whole film to know if this guy is right, but that certainly was not a criticism I was expecting to see for this film.
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