Man, I just reviewed Paddington,
which will probably make my yearly Top Ten.
How do you follow that?
Well, you could do worse than How to Train Your Dragon 2, a CGI action-adventure with beautiful
animation, thrilling set-pieces, and touching emotional beats.
The film follows the continuing adventures of Hiccup and
Toothless, a rider / dragon team, and the rest of the members of their Viking
village as they seek to spread peace and love for dragonkind throughout their
stylized version of Scandinavia.
Yes, there’s a villain.
And yes, there are more and bigger dragons, and yes, the stakes are
(expectedly) higher in the sequel than in the original. Ho hum.
Nevertheless, it’s all in the execution, and How to Train your Dragon 2 executes the material at the very
highest level. This is a wonderful
adventure, technically awesome yet with a beating heart.
It just isn’t Paddington. I think I should have watched a couple of
episodes of Breaking Bad to cleanse my palate, because it turns out that
a gentle little movie about a talking bear was one hard act to follow.
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