I'm sorry this is so late, but first the premier screening I went to had a technical error and we only had sound but no picture. So the screening go cancelled after 45 minutes of them trying to get a picture, and I went home very upset. But later that day I found out that in the city 30 minutes away I could see it with original voices and without subtitles. Which for me is the dream. So two days later I finally sat down to watch How To Train Your Dragon 2. And goodness grief it was an heartbreaking journey.
Now, I the second reason I haven't gotten around to writing this post is that I am struggling to find the words to express how much I liked this movie and how it shattered my heart into a million pieces. Like, seriously, this movie should come with a dang warning. I had been so anxious about this movie because I've seen the reaction of some the people I follow on social media sites and it didn't seem to bode well for my emotional well being.
So I guess, sorry in advance if this is gonna be a short review.
First off I guess the positive and good points about this movie, because about the first hour or so was a parade of happy tears and laughter and I started to have hope about this not being so painful after all. Silly me.
But as we all know nothing good last forever. And here I'm afraid I need to get into some spoilers, so do no read on if you don't want to be spoiled. I'll give a lil' signal to mark I'm done with spoiling.
[SPOILERS AHEAD]
So yeah. The worst part of this movie came not long after my naïve thoughts about this not being a sad movie. When Toothless was being controlled by the Alpha, my heart was already breaking. Seeing Toothless attacking Hiccup? Worst thing in the world. Because you know that Toothless would never ever ever hurt Hiccup, even if his own life was on line. So seeing him getting closer to Hiccup, knowing that underneath the mind control Toothless knew what he was doing but could do nothing to stop it. The guilt he must be feeling. It was awful.
And then it got worse.
And I died of a broken heart, right there in my seat in the cinema.
Because you know what I loved about the first movie? Hiccup and Stoick's relationship. How they grew to accept each other for who they are. Accepting each others flaws and differences. Them getting closer as a family. So seeing Hiccup and Stoick reunited with Hiccup's mother, and them slowly learning to how to be a family again. And then for it all to be ripped away only hours later? Haha, no thanks. And for it to be Toothless who killed Stoick? Double no thanks, mate. Just... just that whole scene with Hiccup shouting at Toothless afterwards and Drago leaving with Toothless was just too much. Honestly feeling a bit chocked up just thinking about the scene. And gods, I cried so much and it was so awful. I legit felt like sliding down my seat, curl up on the floor and howl like a wounded animal. I just wanted to make it all stop and eject myself from the situation. I don't think I've experience that kind of pain since the end of Catching Fire.
[END OF SPOILERS]
All in all the movie was super great and didn't really disappoint me in any way. Although, the first movie is still my favourite, and it will always be my all time favourite.
So to sum up; 1 hour of fun, 20 minutes of pain and anguish and then about 20 minutes of numbness mixed with an odd kind of happiness. I'm gonna end this now with the closing monologue of Hiccup. It really sums up what's great about these movies and why they mean so much to me.
"This is Berk. A bit trampled, and busted, and covered in ice but it's home. It's our home. Those who attacked us, are relentless and crazy, but those who stopped them, oh, even more so! We may be small in numbers, but we stand for something bigger than anything the world can pin against us. We are the voice of peace, and bit by bit, we will change this world. You see, we have something they don't. Oh sure, they have armies, and they have armadas, but we, we have DRAGONS!"
