An entertaining kids’ film with a satisfying ending
While it may be for kids, this film is still decently entertaining and provided a nice conclusion to its trilogy.
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is most likely the final entry in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise, which began back in 2010. The film follows Hiccup and his dragon Toothless in their efforts to find- you guessed it- the Hidden World, where they’ll be able to live in peace. Of course there are many detours and a villain along the way, and it all makes for an enjoyable story.
And as it turns out, storytelling is exactly where this film excels. While the movie largely focuses on the dragon, Toothless, it is still very much as story about the final chapter of Hiccup becoming an adult, which has been a central theme throughout the series. He must learn how to deal with loss, and how to keep moving forward after it and understand when personal feelings need to be set aside for the greater good. He is determined as a character, and this is of course an admirable trait, but throughout the film he comes to realize that sometimes you need to readjust your goals.
Beyond this, I think it’s fair to say that DreamWorks did a great job with the animation of this film. The animation style has been particularly strong, with lots of character and charming qualities compared to many other forms of animation. The textures are very well done, leading to an overall appearance that makes the world the film is set in quite believable and pleasant to look at.
One weakness I noticed while watching is that the movie is rather slow at some points. There were multiple stretches of its run time where I found myself becoming bored, but when the plot was actually progressing it was very enjoyable
I rate this film a 7/10. The pace may lag at times and it isn’t exactly groundbreaking, but it looks good, it works well for what it is, and it closes out the series effectively.
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