Board 8 > How to Train Your Dragon is a legitimately good movie.

(+) Yeah! (+)

I've always been kind of curious but never got around to watching it. Finally watched it at my 8yo's urging and I'm frankly impressed.

Please tell me the rest of the series is as good.

the trilogy as a whole is great. genuinely great movies.

I've only seen the first one in its entirety, but I've heard good things about the others

I love the first one.

I kinda dislike the second and how it ridiculously retcons the first film

And I never saw the 3rd

But I am very excited for the live action remake!

great movie! hope they never try to needlessly adapt it to live action! only disney is dumb enough to keep doing that, right?

Forceful_Dragon posted...

But I am very excited for the live action remake!

the what

Forceful_Dragon posted...

But I am very excited for the live action remake!

FD noooooo... how could this happen to you?

In this case, I kind of understand the live action remake thing - in that the ending of 3 really stopped the series dead in its tracks, yet is still very popular. AKA they need a new film to allow more toy sales but a sequel's not an option.

I'm not saying it's a good reason to be doing it, mind, but that I understand it.

RikkuAlmighty posted...

Please tell me the rest of the series is as good.

It's as good.

Lolo_Guru posted...

In this case, I kind of understand the live action remake thing - in that the ending of 3 really stopped the series dead in its tracks, yet is still very popular. AKA they need a new film to allow more toy sales but a sequel's not an option.

They are using it more to promote a theme park than toys.

oh right, the theme park, that's an even more obvious reason.

Not quite a fan of the 2nd movie but it is an excellent series nontheless

All three are great. I would actually say 2 is the best one.

Live action remake teaser:

https://youtu.be/5lzoxHSn0C0?si=9QXevnTmh3JerQIp

It actually looks really good, but its so close to the original it does make you wonder why have it at all.

Wow, I am usually completely against live action remakes. Yet that actually looks impressive!

Appears they filmed on the same island as the sequel trilogy, the beginning of the trailer had me momentarily confused. Thought I was seeing Luke for a second there.

I saw the first one in theaters in 3D. Those flying segments were pretty great.

in all seriousness I think HtTYD is the most fitting of a live action remake. yeah, it's not that old, but as someone else said, they kinda fucked themselves over with the ending of 3, so they can't do a sequel, and a prequel wouldn't really work. they also had the show so they probably milked a lot of other storylines they could have used

so if they want to keep the franchise alive, which they will need to as 1/4 of what might be the best theme park ever made is now devoted to it, the easiest avenue is a live action remake

i don't normally like the live action remakes because they do it worse 9 times out of 10 (maybe even 10 times out of 10, I am being generous). there is literally no need for them. not only do they feel like cash grabs but they also feel like they're saying "now that it's live action it is REAL and for ADULTS"

Zigzagoon posted...

FD noooooo... how could this happen to you?

I like the idea of reliving how much I enjoyed the first one.

Only the first movie is on Max, ended up buying the trilogy on AppleTV. Looking forward to the rest of the movies with my kid!

first one is good, second one I though was kind of corny. never saw the third.

Lolo_Guru posted...

oh right, the theme park, that's an even more obvious reason.

In all seriousness the theme park looks fucking amazing.

ZenOfThunder posted...

i don't normally like the live action remakes because they do it worse 9 times out of 10 (maybe even 10 times out of 10, I am being generous).

Petes Dragon if it counts given the original is already mostly live-action. Also The Jungle Book dont @ me.

I always thought with remakes it is better to remake films that have a good premise but are not great, like Petes Dragon, or for a non-animation related example Oceans Eleven, and do it better rather than just remaking the classics.

For this though, I think it benefits from the original already having photorealistic environments combined with keeping the animated dragon designs. That helps it avoid just flattening the look like most of those Disney remakes do.

Second movie was pretty good, too. But Drago was kinda meh. They do a good job making him unlikable but he's not very compelling or interesting. Maybe I'm wanting too much from a kid's movie.

so uh

why did the dragons have to leave?

and retconning the dad into just wanting peace between man and dragons is kinda eh

RikkuAlmighty posted...

so uh

why did the dragons have to leave?

I think it's kind of a throwaway line that as long as man exists there will always be someone trying to control them, so the only way they can be free is to have their secret island or something.

I dunno I was tipsy during it

"as long as man exists they will spend hundreds of millions to create a theme park featuring them in orlando florida"

I applaud them for having the balls to actually end the franchise, and overall liked the last movie. But the pacing and general logic of some of the motivations feel off, rushed.