How to Train Your Dragon 2: Grow in adventure

Children have always been the main box office force in the summer slot, and a large number of cartoons will be released every summer slot. From "Divine Pen Ma Liang" to "Dragon Valley", from "Qin Shi Mingyue" to "Mysterious World Adventure 2", this summer is also indispensable to animation. After a large number of domestic animations, "How to Train Your Dragon 2" from Hollywood officially met with the audience. Perhaps it is the bad appetite of this summer bad Chinese film, "How to Train Your Dragon 2" really brings some thrill of watching the movie, it is still a free and smooth movement shot, and it is indispensable to sell cute and funny scenes. The film is not as exciting as expected, but it is a rare moment of relaxation.

Inheriting the plot of the previous "How to Train Your Dragon", the story of "How to Train Your Dragon 2" continues to revolve around Hiccup and Toothless. After the adventure of the first part, Hiccup has grown into a generation of dragon trainers, and the inhabitants of Bok Island have begun to live in peace with the dragon. Meanwhile, a new crisis is about to emerge, and Hiccup and Toothless are waiting for a new adventure.

The theme of How to Train Your Dragon 2 is still growth, and it is still painful growth. In fact, this series always carries some dark elements, the film is not always so sunny, just like the end of the previous film, Hiccup although victorious, but lost a leg, such a setting will always make people feel a little regretful. Even if it is shrouded in the aura of the protagonist, it still has to pay such a tragic price. In this part, the male protagonist has to face a painful farewell. Or, growth is destined to be accompanied by pain, so the protagonist can only truly grow up by experiencing these pains. From a solitary and free-spirited child to a man, he took on the responsibility of protecting the entire island.

At the same time, kindness and equality are also the content that the film has always wanted to convey, and like the first part, the plot contradictions have always focused on how people and dragons should coexist. From the mutual killing in the first part to peaceful coexistence, to the continuation of mutual killing in this part, it returns to peaceful coexistence again. One of the concepts that the film always conveys is to treat others equally and resolve conflicts with kindness. Although it is a clichéd topic, it is also a bumpy truth. Even, we can extend this topic, from the contradiction between people and animals in the film, to the handling of contradictions between races, nationalities and countries.

In addition, the most attractive thing about the film is the smooth action scenes, which is what Hollywood animation is best at. Starting with the cat and mouse chase in childhood memories, chases and action have always been the most attractive part of cartoons. As a movie with a dragon as the protagonist, "How to Train Your Dragon 2" has a large number of air flight scenes, and after getting rid of the shackles of space, the action scenes are more enjoyable. Especially when dealing with flight movements, the film often adopts a subjective perspective. At the end of the film, a big battle soars in the sky from the perspective of a dragon, and the entire battlefield situation is unobstructed, allowing the audience to fly in the air like a dragon, which also greatly increases the sense of presence. The smooth action scenes have always been the most brilliant and difficult to imitate part of Hollywood animation.

Many viewers think that the theme of this film is too obvious and too straightforward. Talking about growth, talking about separation, talking about friendship, and talking about equality, each keyword is very preachy and placed there, and the plot is designed for these themes. Doing so makes it difficult for the plot to surprise the audience too much, and even some clichés. At the same time, there are always flaws in the arrangement of character clues, especially the role of the new mother, although Kate Blanchett's voice acting adds a lot to the film. But the role itself is far from enough, it is even a waste character with little brilliance, and it is not bright. On the contrary, in order to take care of this role, the film can not better expand the story line of Hiccup and Toothless, especially their friendship. This is always a bit of a loss of one or the other, which is inevitably regrettable. At the same time, the theme of being too preachy does make the film more childish. Fortunately, this is an animated film, and its audience main body happens to be children. Let the child accept such a theme, but it will not feel very awkward.