When we lost 22 Jump Street I was a bit concerned about shifting to “How To Train Your Dragon 2” (except that PG movies generally do better than R movies in summer), but lo and behold, look at the reviews: Variety: DreamWorks Animation’s strongest sequel yet — one that breathes fresh fire into the franchise, instead of merely rehashing the original. Braver than “Brave,” more fun than “Frozen” and more emotionally satisfying than so many of its live-action counterparts, “Dragon” delivers. variety/2014/film/reviews/cannes-film-review-how-to-train-your-dragon-2-1201181707/ Forbes: How to Train Your Dragon 2 is the best blockbuster of the summer thus far and a high-water mark for DreamWorks Animation. forbes/sites/scottmendelson/2014/06/04/review-how-to-train-your-dragon-2-is-the-movie-of-the-summer/ HitFix: How To Train Your Dragon 2 soars above most Hollywood franchise films. I dont care if youre working in live-action or animation… if you are going to make franchise movies, please do me the favor of watching this and really paying attention to how well they pull it off, and how invisible the mechanics are. It simply feels like a well-told story with characters worth our time and attention, set in a world that is rich with possibility. Enough training dragons… this team should be in charge of training Hollywood. hitfix/motion-captured/review-how-to-train-your-dragon-2-soars-above-most-hollywood-franchise-films Wow. How to Train Your Dragon starts Friday, June 13th at 7PM. At 1hr 24min length this will screen on Saturday at 2, 4:30, & 7PM. Rated PG.
Posted on: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 22:44:57 +0000