Official Australian release date: 19/6/14. Viewed: 22/6/14.
Director: Dean DeBlois
Actors: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Cate Blanchett, Djimon Hounsou
Genre: Animation / Adventure / Fantasy
Rating: PG
If you haven’t seen ‘How To Train
Your Dragon’, you really should – it’s a great animated film, not just for
kids, with plenty of fun, a great cast, good story and it’s brilliant to watch.
This sequel does a rare thing – it is even more enjoyable than the original! The
cast are all back again, but more importantly, so are the animators. I’m not
sure how, but the detail, colours, movements and everything in this film are so
vivid, it’s truly astounding to watch.
The story is relatively simple –
someone’s making a dragon army to conquer the free Vikings, so it’s up to
Hiccup (Baruchel) & Stoick (Butler) to save them. The twist comes with the introduction
of Valka (Blanchett) and the dragon sanctuary she has created. Seeing where/how
these hundreds of dragons is both amazing and strangely beautiful – and a
little reminiscent of ‘Avatar’. Needless to say, the clash of the two armies
certainly makes for exciting viewing.
There’s some good morals of helping
your friends and fighting for what’s right for the kids, but still plenty for the
adults. Much of this is thanks to the great support cast – Jonah Hill as
Snotlout, T.J. Miller & Kristen Wiig as the twins, Chris Mintz-Plasse as
Fishlegs and Kit Harrington/Jon Snow as Eret – they add the fun, banter and
sidekick-ness to the film.
Overall: Very enjoyable sequel and
great fun – go see it no matter your age!
Gav's Rating: 4 stars.
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