How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) Review

In many ways How to Train Your Dragon 2 improves and expands upon the original. The great cast returns, and even is strengthened by Cate Blanchett, Djimon Honsou, and Kit Harrington. The characters have become even greater. A villain is introduced, something the first movie didn't really have, and he's a great one at that. The action and adventure is much greater, and it's so good it could be the best action animated film. Like all sequels should, How to Train Your Dragon 2 tries to be original from it's prequel, and it is. But, it's totally different and strays too far from the original movie, and doing so, it loses what made How to Train Your Dragon so great, it's heart and emotion. How to Train Your Dragon 2 is too concerned with it's action, adventure, and originality that it forgets to add heart and emotion into the film, which separates it from animated greats. How to Train Your Dragon 2 comes close to perfect, but unfortunately, it forgets the main ingredient.
Movie Rating: B

Hiccup's Character improves so much in the sequel