will most certainly be lost on the very young and are clearly targeted towards older children and teenagers. That's not saying that there isn't a lot of humour – but the wisecracks of Jonah Hill & Co. Small children had perhaps better stay away, since the film is also quite a bit scarier than the original. The writers made some (for Hollywood movies) unusually daring decisions in having Hiccup face very tough realities in life especially one about the danger of over-humanizing pets and forgetting about their animal nature. While still colourful, playful and visually all over the place (I mean that in a good way*), the tone of the sequel is noticeably darker and the predominant themes are more mature. I needn't have feared: I'm glad to report that Dean DeBlois has crafted a beautifully animated tale that loses nothing of its predecessor's sense of fun and adventure, while it enhances Hiccup's and Toothless' journey into an almost classic - and unexpectedly touching - "coming-of-age" story. In the past, some of the films I have anticipated the most turned out to be the biggest disappointments, so I took a deep breath and tried to lower my expectations going in. Seeing the original 'How to Train Your Dragon' for the first time made me feel like a kid again and it has since become one of my all-time favorite films, so when I got a chance to see this, I was as much worried as I was excited.
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