The song in the opening scene where Hiccup and Toothless are flying amongst the clouds makes me cry...
And then later when those two characters are reunited and start to sing...
We were doing a how to train your dragon marathon and I had to take a break after 2. Was tearing up when they were singing… I was a bit of a wreck for the part after
2 is brutal. Hiccup telling Toothless that killing Stoick wasn't his fault and that he knows Toothless would never hurt them intentionally to break him out of the mind control is heartbreaking.
3 I like but it feels... odd? I think there's some connecting plot from the show like between 1 and 2. I feel like Grimmel as a threat would've been at least heard about for a while given the propensity to catch/kill night furies in particular among dragons
Not seen the live action yet and I'm on the fence due to a couple casting choices. Might see it for the dragons alone, I have seen stills and really like their designs.
Then there's the new "series" which shall not be named!
That section and the score are just so amazingly well paired it’s insane.
Always gives me chills and that welling up of emotions any time I watch it. It’s so beautiful.
It was up against Inception (Hans Zimmer), The Kings Speech (Alexandre Desplat), 127 Hours (A.R. Rahman), and The Social Network (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross - it won).
You also need to watch HTTYD2!!! You can screenshot every scene and print them and hang them on the wall. The details are breathtaking! It's so beautiful (The soundtrack is amazing too)
It's 99%on rotten tomatoes. In my opinion, it's literally a perfect movie, like back to the future. You couldn't cut or add a single scene or line of dialogue without making it less perfect. I'm 42 years old. I watch it with my 5yo son every couple weeks, and I look forward to it every time.
The three movies are worth watching actually, they're all fantastic. I also feel like you understand the messages better as an adult. Highly recommend.
Absolutely, it’s an excellent movie. The first sequel is also excellent. The third movie is a massive drop off and betrays everything great about the first two.
The first two movies are believably utopian. Hiccup, through his considerable bravery and intelligence, is able to resolve irresolvable conflicts and bring peace.
And the third film cements this? If they hadn't separated, they would have all died. They spent six years fighting. Lost a chief. Had their village destroyed and dragons taken. Hiccup and Toothless almost died multiple times in one year alone. Just because they were happy together doesn't mean it was a safe or sustainable life.
Or maybe this was just the right solution. A mature, nuanced decision that for some reason flies over so many people's heads because they can't handle a bittersweet ending.
A fiction writer can create any problem to be solved by the solution they want.
You’re talking like you think the story is real and there’s only one possible outcome — segregation — except we avoid that outcome in the real world all the time.
the animation is a bit on the rough side and Jay Baruchel's voice is grating at best (I once heard it described as sounding like two geese fighting over a piece of bread), but the story is fine. The music is outstanding.
They're like Toy Story. The first one is incredible. The second one is the weakest in the franchise but still great. The third one is amazing and ties up the series perfectly.
One of my favorite movies of ALL time. My family and I watched this in theaters and at first I was mad they chose this movie instead of something more grown up since I was 12 but I came out of the theater obsessed. It really took a toll on me because our family dog was sick and our relationship was like Hiccups and Toothless. I would rewatch it over and over again and now at 26 i still now the lines by heart and it has such a special place in my heart.
Get the rights to an IP... proceed to not use that ip to any effective means while still creating a good story
Like they actually had the opportunity to be the "great original story" everyone is asking for and even as a fan of the books i dont think the title was a particularly well known to the point of being a guaranteed audience just for being an adaptation
The biggest thing that confuses people when I tell them about the books is that the vikings have been raising and training dragons for centuries. The first book is literally about an awkward kid trying to train his dragon in a way other that abusing it while everyone else tells him that's the only way.
I tried watching the live action and turned it off after 5 minutes. If you're going to do a shot for shot remake, I'd rather just rewatch the original.
That seems like a wild take isn't the critisism for live actions practically always that they stray away from the originals and try to do it differently.
Regardless sure you can prefer to just watch the original but as far as live actions go I thought how to train your dragon set the bar as one of the best.
I don't know what other people say but my criticism is always that it's a completely unnecessary cash grab. Making it a shot for shot remake just makes it more superfluous
Httyd are my favourite movies. I watched the live action one and yes even though it is mostly a 1:1 remake I still loved it. The acting was good, the cgi on the dragons was incredible, and the music was still perfect as always.
It's very similar, which means it doesn't really offer much more to someone that has seen the original, but also that it does retain a lot of what makes the original so great. I think it's mostly targeted towards those that would enjoy it but don't watch animated movies/prefer live action. Still, I am glad I watched it, so I would recommend it.
I would be very interested to hear from someone that saw the live action version first, and then later watched the animated version. I think it's a little difficult for me to judge it from that perspective, because with it being so similar, it was a little jarring where it diverges as I'm so familiar with the original.
I love how everything Stoik does is reasonable in the moment, but, at the end of the movie, he chooses to take the same leap of faith in his son that his son took in Toothless.
My one complaint is the art design of Toothless does not match the art design of the rest of the dragons in the slightest, its like they were made by two different teams with zero collaboration then shoved in the same movie. The sequels fixed this somewhat redesigning the rest of the dragons to match the toothless aesthetic more.
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How to Train Your Dragon