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I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING TOMORROW NIGHT
Well, now that this is finally out in NA
I didn't really feel it? I think the lack of personality or presence from the villains really undercut the plot. When the plot is largely about running from a threat, it doesn't work when the bulk of said threat is mostly played as a joke. Gimmel is the sole competent individual on the side of the trappers. The fact that a large portion of the human cast are comic relief is also a bit grating, and further undercuts the tension. The sections with Toothless, the light fury, and hiccup are well done, but I don't feel like it holds up the rest of the movie.
Grimmel didnt have to be a Big Baddy Villian in order to demonstrate what he represented. He represented all future threats to Toothless and the other dragons. Hiccup had to make a decision that would best protect the Dragons and The Berkians. His sacrifice was based on love.
She was? That explains so much about its structural issues. Valka is a dragon tamer with a bewilderbeast (the central plot device of the movie), who is somewhat unsympathetic and easily forgiven for her actions that basically made the conflicts of the first movie as severe as they were. She then exits stage left so that another dragon tamer with another bewilderbeast, this one with little to no background development, can take over as the villain of the piece.Drago wasn't even meant to be the villain in 2.
Valka was.
but when it was shown, some people went all "You can't show that a parent can be wrong, his mother should be a good guy" and they changed it.
Yup!She was? That explains so much about its structural issues. Valka is a dragon tamer with a bewilderbeast (the central plot device of the movie), who is somewhat unsympathetic and easily forgiven for her actions that basically made the conflicts of the first movie as severe as they were. She then exits stage left so that another dragon tamer with another bewilderbeast, this one with little to no background development, can take over as the villain of the piece.
Yet, Grimmel was still a threat. The threats were not going to stop coming. The Dragons leaving were the only way to protect them. Like Gobber said to Hiccup, "One day you are going to pick a fight that you cannot win." Hiccup made the responsible decision to let the dragons go, in order to keep them safe.Grimmel does a terrible job of representing all future threats, because so much of the narrative paints him as a singularly dangerous figure. He is a legendary dragon hunter pulled out of retirement who works alone and doesn't share his toys. Rather than being the latest in an endless line of threats, he's an irreplaceable relic, the last gasp of the old order. Which would maybe be excusable if the rest of the trappers weren't clowns played for comedy in every scene they're in.
Thus, I have a hard time seeing the sacrifice of all the dragons as justified. Toothless leaving alone felt natural,
It would have been nice to see those threats coming then...Yet, Grimmel was still a threat. The threats were not going to stop coming. The Dragons leaving were the only way to protect them. Like Gobber said to Hiccup, "One day you are going to pick a fight that you cannot win." Hiccup made the responsible decision to let the dragons go, in order to keep them safe.
That seems to be his plan, going by the last scene where him and Astrid took their kids to meet Toothless and his kids.and the main reasons humans and dragons don't get along is firstly because of the raids, and secondly because of the value of dragons alive or dead.
The sensible plan would be to wait until people have more or less forgotten about them - it might take a generation, but that's what it would take. Keep the dragons human-friendly in the meantime, then gently re-introduce them to the world. There are a few ways this could have been done.