How to Train Your Dragon - Spring 2010

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

The sequel was great, very surprised its under-performing, but it seems to be having good legs for the moment.

 

[Lencho01]

I can't see Hiccup ever being as huge as the rest of the viking men. He'll probably always have a slight build in comparison.

Maybe. I'm just imaging it's one of those things were the younger kids/men don't look that big, but adults are.

But, at most I imagine him sporting a beard and the braids as it seems he's starting to rock that look.

 

[terry78]

Him and Ruffnut are like the two odd men out in Berk.

 

[Lencho01]

The Sound of ‘How To Train Your Dragon 2′

 

[CGHulk]

Did anyone think that? The movie is clearly underperforming though.

The One Thing That Could Save DreamWorks Animation: China
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/business...d-save-dreamworks-animation-china-100238.html


DreamWorks Lays Off Dozens of Employees As ‘Dragons 2′ Continues to Underperform
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/business...agons-2-continues-to-underperform-100957.html

Dreamworks' new tools for Dragon 2
http://www.fxguide.com/quicktakes/dreamworks-new-tools-for-dragon-2/

 

[CapedCrusader14]

This film was really damn great, blew away the first film.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I am just remembering now there was a thread for this. I saw the movie this week and I really, really, liked it with one caveat.

The visuals were very engaging and detailed, with action and grandeur and lots of sight gags and fun. The designs of things like [BLACKOUT]the ice breathing Alpha Dragons[/BLACKOUT] or Hiccup's and Astrid's new, older look were very well done, as well as wonderful story and character moments with Hiccup learning lessons about the wider world, [BLACKOUT]the truth about his mother[/BLACKOUT] and all the rest. The villain was wonderfully nasty, with a great energy and design too. The supporting characters were fun and as a semi regular watcher of the CN show, it was fun to see what the future has in store for some such as [BLACKOUT]Roughnut being the object of Snotlout and Fishlegs desire and her obvious lust for the big strong dragon hunter[/BLACKOUT]. The movie covered a ton of ground and did it all rather well. But... It would have had just a bit more impact had the films runtime allowed for that much more depth. That doesn't make what we got bad, but... I feel that it keeps it from being GREAT with a capital G. What was delivered was very GOOD, but much did feel like simply an expanded TV episode rather than feature film worthy, if you take my meaning. All that said, a solid and very entertaining addition to what I hope is a new series of films. On the other hand I am surprised at it's financial reception given that The DRAGON show on CN has been on for some time. I kinda thought that would keep it in the young'n's minds and afloat in the grand pop culture landscape. As I said, perhaps the brusqueness of the story lends it a feeling of all surface and little depth?

 

[TheVileOne]

The One Thing That Could Save DreamWorks Animation: China
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/business...d-save-dreamworks-animation-china-100238.html


DreamWorks Lays Off Dozens of Employees As ‘Dragons 2′ Continues to Underperform
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/business...agons-2-continues-to-underperform-100957.html

Dreamworks' new tools for Dragon 2
http://www.fxguide.com/quicktakes/dreamworks-new-tools-for-dragon-2/

That's not the same as killing Dreamworks.

 

[Drz]

Pretty good movie, 3rd act was too long with it's battle sequence.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I can't see how anything in the film can be thought of as "too long" in the least. But that's me.

 

[tzarinna]

This movie had me had me in my feelings.

 

[Drz]

I can't see how anything in the film can be thought of as "too long" in the least. But that's me.

Because the 3rd act is summed up with two different fight scenes, where one could have sufficed.

 

[GremlinZilla89]

Because the 3rd act is summed up with two different fight scenes, where one could have sufficed.

 

[GremlinZilla89]

Honesty, these are probably the only western animated films that give me the same kind of feelings that Miyazaki and Ghibli films do.

 

[Lord]

Didn't know DreamWorks was in such bad position, i though that the Shrek and Madagascar were keeping them afloat, The Croods also did very well. How to Train your Dragon 2 was also able to doubt its budget and still make some more money, i liked the film quite a lot, it was probably not as good as the first film, was was still better than average, the villain was by far the weakest element.

I'm still hoping that How to Train Your Dragon 3 can be bigger success, it all depends on the promotion though. But i'm glad the Kung Fu Panda series seems to be pulling much stronger numbers, Puss in Boots was also a lot of fun.

I do wonder why DreamWorks is taking so much time for some of these sequels, i mean, 4 years between sequels for an animated property seems too much, expecialy when kids grow so fast, i would be expecting them to milk some of these franchises more. Madagascar 4 is for example being released 6 years after the 3rd film, though it has the excuse that there were only supposed to be 3 films made, but Puss in Boots 2 is realy weird, being released 7 f****g years after the last film.

 

[Maddie234]

Is DreamWorks really in a bad position? I thought they were a big name and were doing fairly well. Just last month i watched How to Train Your Dragon 2 and thought the movie had some amazing, breathtakingly beautiful 3D animation sequences. Even the storyline was better than the prequel of 2010 - How to Train Your Dragon. One negative I felt was the emotional turmoil depicted in the film, when Hiccup's father dies. But then, I guess it is these types of twists in the storyline which make it a movie relevant for all family members.

Strangely enough, it didn't do too well at the cinemas, statistics show a mere 14% per cent jump in audience viewers in the first week, as compared to the first movie in the series. Maybe it scared away parents as they suspected the movie would have too many fighting sequences or would be too emotional for young kids. Or maybe the title wasn't that enticing. We can only guess... Hope the third movie in the series does much better though.

 

[CB Fan]

The performance of this makes me think sequels to 'The Incredibles', 'Kung Fu Panda', 'Puss in Boots', and 'Finding Nemo' probably won't be the smashes studios think they will be.

 

[Octoberist]

CD Fan,

That's too broad of a paint stroke. 'Dragon' has always been an underdog franchise. The first one was even number one; people deemed it a failure but then weeks went by and it was still managed to stay in the top 5. It became a sleeper hit.

'Dragon' just has a weird relationship with the public, as it were, and nobody knows why.

 

[DarkKnight88]

But the first one became Dreamwork's biggest non-Shrek hit. This sequel isn't even going to pass 200 M.

 

[Lord]

No it wasn't, the Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda film, as well as The Croods have made much more than How to Train your Dragon, that film only made close to 500 million, while these other ones have been in the top 10 of their respective years, with the exception of Croods.

 

[Lencho01]

Box Office: 'How To Train Your Dragon 2' Crosses $500M Following China Debut

 

[scifiwolf]

My wife and I just saw this last week at the $2.25 theater. Blew us both away. It managed to improve on the already-awesome original. Just great. Based on the trailer for the Madagascar Penguins movie, Dreamworks Animation needs every penny this film can muster. Penguins looked like a cheap television special.

 

[Lord]

Madagascar and Penguins are easy money, Dragon and Kung Fu Panda are some of DreamWorks's most impressive franchises, hope to see more of both and am glad they have such strong legs.

 

[FrozenBanana00]

Honestly, I loved it. There were tons of couples when I went. Hardly any kids! For a kids movie, that's rare. But I really enjoyed it. It was funny, sad, exciting, tense. A good sequel.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

It is a good movie glad its surpassed $500 million. I just thought it should have been a little bit longer, I think I still prefer the 1st movie overall.