I didn't expect this movie to be quite so sad. If you've seen the trailer then you know that Hiccup's mom is in the movie and I'm conflicted about that. She had been gone for twenty years. For a good cause yes, but was there really no way for her to check up on her family? Not once in that amount of time? Despite that, everyone forgives her instantaneously. I don't think I would have let it go so easily. Eventually, sure, but only after more extensive questioning of motives. Besides that, there were parts of the movie not well thought out or fully explained. I don't want to give too much of the plot away, however, so I'll leave it at that. Personally, there were several aspects of the movie I would have liked to see expanded on. One particular character for instance catches my interest. A movie, or mini-movie about his life would be an interesting tale. Furthermore, he seemed to be more of an afterthought than anything else. And, Hiccup's relationship with Astrid was practically non existent. A lot more was done with the parents than anyone else, even though they had less screen time together than others.
There were many awe inspiring scenes, most of course involving the dragons, which by themselves make the movie worth watching. Counteracting that were quite a few depressing scenes and humor taken almost directly from the first movie.
Dragons 2 is a good movie, not the greatest maybe, but still good. I would watch it again.
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