Now, I'm not saying that Drago was a fabulous villain, but he had more presence than Grimmel. Grimmel is a clever guy, and I totally appreciated that, but he lacked in something. Maybe his plans weren't as grand as Drago's, or maybe as universal in its effect, I don't know. Side characters were largely forgotten except for fight scenes, humour, and a few bits of advice. Some scenes felt like they were there to move the plot along, rather than properly integrate with it.
I think you've brought up a good point, Ariel, Grimmel is... more of into trying to prove he's smarter than Hiccup and the dangers of Grimmel winning are not fully explained.
The emotional parts of this story are the ones I like. It's going to sound a little bit weird to say this, but I'm at the age where most of the people I know (that are my age) are married or about to get married, so the romance theme is something that I can relate to. Regarding Hiccup's friendship with Toothless... Toothless reminds me of the first dog I had, Jewel, who was part wild dog and was very independently minded. And Toothless is a wild animal that has been trained (or maybe he's trained Hiccup; it's debatable) and Hiccup's whole goal was for the Vikings to see that it was better to befriend the dragons rather than fight them. The theme with Hiccup letting Toothless and the other dragons go back into the wild is sad, but somehow it reminds me of growing up and so I see why they chose it.Statistics: Posted by HermitoftheNorthernMarch — Mon Feb 25, 2019 11:21 pm
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