Rated PG for violence and dragons!
Starring Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, Jonah Hill, Kristen Wiig, Djimon Honsou
Directed by Dean DeBlois
The Story:
It's been several years since we last met the Vikings of Berk on the big screen, and as the film opens, it turns out they have adjusted to life quite well being dragon-riders. Stoik (Butler) has designs on Hiccup (Baruchel) taking over as Chieftan of Berk, but Hiccup is too busy trying to find his way in the world and deciding what he really wants to be. He's having too much fun exploring the world with Toothless and discovering all of the new lands. It's on one of these adventures when he discovers two very important things: there is an evil army collecting dragons in preparation for war; there is a mysterious dragon-rider who has ties to Berk and could help Hiccup unlock more dragon secrets than he ever imagined.
Dreamworks Animation has done it again.
If it sounds familiar, that means you read this review when I saw it in theaters last year.
Well, Christmas has come and gone, and it found its way under the tree.
That should come as no shock to anyone either, Dreamworks has been on a roll that the other studios haven't been able to match.
At least at our house, if not the box office.
I gave the nod to the original for my Top 10 of 2014 simply because I hadn't seen it before, so it was eligible.
Take it off the table, and Part 2 easily makes the Top 10 films of last year.
It's simply breathtakingly gorgeous, and the scope of the film grew tremendously since the first part. Time has passed, the characters have aged and grown.
There will be a shift in the dynamics of the film by the time the credits roll.
Whether that's good... we'll find out in Part 3!
Final Grade: A
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: We own it, and are looking forward, sadly, to the final installment.
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