I just don't understand WHY; why adapt a manga no one really cared about, and make it even worse via tiny budget and terrible choices? It's a waste, if you ask me.
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OK, I worded that really horribly, and gave off the wrong impression. I'm really sorry about that. What I meant to convey was, "I'm not sure how I feel about this film, because on one hand, it was pretty good, and on the other, I just felt like something wasn't right." Giving us Hiccup's mother felt kind of needless, because making her a stranger wouldn't have really changed anything, but if she gets more screentime and overall plot relevance in the finale, I'll be okay with it. The first half felt really sluggish and mediocre, mostly because the mom was just boring to me, and I pegged her for an early death. However, the second half made up for the first, by being ballsy by killing off an important character in a ballsy manner, so props for DreamWorks. Some plot choices made me raise an eyebrow, and some decisions felt really transparent in terms of "we're selling merchendise with this once the movie is out", so that felt really bitter in my mouth. Maybe I'm more jaded than when I watched the first, but yeah. A third movie sounds fantastic, because then the problems I had with the first half can me amended. But yeah, alright film. Sorry if I sounded like an *sshole. I worded that really poorly.