It won Critics awards in about 12 different cities and the Golden Globes. To call the Academy's awarding it an aberration is straight-up counterfactual.
It won Critics awards in about 12 different cities and the Golden Globes. To call the Academy's awarding it an aberration is straight-up counterfactual.
We'll just have to agree to disagree. I still listen to the soundtrack to this day, and I know others that do as well. And I say this as someone that can't stand Nine Inch Nails. It's excellent work background music (somewhere, a part of Reznor just died).
Although that isn't to take away from Powell's score on the first film. Phenomenal score that I love just as well. Fact of the matter is that there are usually four or five deserving scores every single year. Marainelli, Powell, James Newton Howard don't ever phone it in.
I dont think they should have showed the mum at all.
Show the strange guy, even show hiccup's dad in shock then maybe bits of the end battle but his mum being a reveal would have been a nice surprise
I dont think they should have showed the mum at all.
Show the strange guy, even show hiccup's dad in shock then maybe bits of the end battle but his mum being a reveal would have been a nice surprise
Aw daaamn, forgot it was releasing this soon. I still remember the feels from seeing the first one in theaters. I was supposed to take my younger brothers and wasn't expecting much.
I thought Madagascar 2 was pretty stupid and samey and I remember some people talking about Over the Hedge as the epitome of Dreamworks faces, but I'll admit I never saw it. One way or another HTTYD really bucked the trend on people's opinion on Dreamworks films online, I felt in general population they were far more popular than Internet would lead you to believe.
Tbh everyone I knew many people who were raving about the score before it went on to win those many awards. Including people who didn't like the film that much.
I wish I saw the thread title before I watched the trailers T_T. The first teaser was enough to get me excited without spoiling anything... why didn't I stop there?
I have never seen that teaser trailer before but unfortunately, I have seen the other trailers before and my goodness, they tell you the entire movie, twists and all. I still wanna see it. I loved the first one. Also John Powell.
DAMN IT.... I want to talk about all of the stuff and the things... and the other thing.
Also, Deblois said he liked The Empire Strikes back and that this series was written as a trilogy. I mean, How To Train Your Dragon 3 is already planned for 2016 with the Dragon Masters TV series in the middle for 2015.
So, I
spent the second half of the film... waiting for something horrible to happen and the film to end on a cliffhanger. There were some really Star Wars moments in the film. Especially with Hiccup's Father and Mother. DeviantArt is going to love those two. They are such a great couple. I'm not going to spoil any of the bigger twists here. But DAMN I WANNA TALK ABOUT IT.
Also, can we talk about the
new stuff with Toothless
? I only saw the two trailers and the teaser trailer before seeing the film.. so.. I'm not sure about what we can talk about.
spent the second half of the film... waiting for something horrible to happen and the film to end on a cliffhanger. There were some really Star Wars moments in the film. Especially with Hiccup's Father and Mother. DeviantArt is going to love those two. They are such a great couple. I'm not going to spoil any of the bigger twists here. But DAMN I WANNA TALK ABOUT IT.
at some point during the film I was vaguely concerned that the film would maintain the easygoing, comedic tone that it had established at the beginning. Not that I hadn't been enjoying myself, but I wanted something more in terms of character growth, development, etc. Then, uh, THAT thing happens. Big thumbs up for having the balls to do that.
Also, can we talk about the
new stuff with Toothless
? I only saw the two trailers and the teaser trailer before seeing the film.. so.. I'm not sure about what we can talk about.
Just PM'd you with a few thoughts on that. Also, I want to see the movie again.. but this time in 2D as the 3D near the beginning was a little rough for me. I'm not used to seeing 3D at 24FPS these days. It's been a while since I've dealt with 3D that required glasses.
But yeah, I want to see it again and I would totally pay the ticket price to see it again.
Lol just FYI, Hollywood Reporter's review spoils probably the big finale/close to it. Apparently they took out the names but it's still REALLY easy to guess what they're talking about. Like so easy, they may as well have kept the names.
Lol just FYI, Hollywood Reporter's review spoils probably the big finale/close to it. Apparently they took out the names but it's still REALLY easy to guess what they're talking about. Like so easy, they may as well have kept the names.
I personally don't mind (I was spoiler hunting anyway lol), but I know others definitely do mind, so don't read Hollywood Reporter's review, because it's super transparent.
Saw it this morning. Amazing movie that manages to be better than the first (imo). There's so many moments that gave me chills just like some of the flying scenes in the first did. 3D was also fantastic (I never saw the first in 3D but everyone always says that one has great 3D also). People usually clap more than usual in these early screenings but the crowd seemed to really love it. I need to find the song they played during the credits and one of the first flying sequences. Dreamworks did it again.
EDIT: Man, I really adore the flying scene that's in the first 5 minutes video in the OP.
Can't wait for this! I just finished the second season of the show, granted the show isn't as good as the movie, but it's nice fluff to compliment the movie.
Can't wait for this! I just finished the second season of the show, granted the show isn't as good as the movie, but it's nice fluff to compliment the movie.
The only problem I have with the show is that there is too little "arc" storylines. Sure there is things set up in earlier episodes that come into play later on, but typically these are just
one-episode stories. I kind of wish it was like the Justice League cartoon, every season opening and finalie are 3 episode arcs and the episodes inbetween are 2 episode arcs.
Though Season 2 does get better with this, while most episodes are still "monster of the week" structure, it does have various elements that have been set up keep coming into play.
