from Part movie has been the past four years, the story line is also time after five years, Hiccup is already a small young twenty years old, although still a Viking compared to other men seem fragile physique.
Twenty is a very delicate age setting. It is the beginning of adulthood in almost all cultures. It is beginning to bear expectations from all aspects of society about the finalization of social roles. At the same time, it is full of various possibilities.
The confused period of twenty is particularly evident in Hiccup-what kind of person do I want to be? Hiccup often asks himself this way, and clearly, with a bit of resentment, said to his girlfriend Astrid, "The problem is, I am different from you. You know what kind of person you are, and I never know."
In fact, he knows the tribe well. The expectation of him (social expectation) is to inherit the position of patriarch. Being the son of the current patriarch and a young hero, it seems that no one is more suitable. But something is wrong, what's wrong?
——The pressure brought by a great father. He is well aware of the gap between his abilities and his father, and he is afraid that it is "too much responsibility" to lead the whole family.
-Suspicion of one's own character. Hiccup has a softer personality, and he will inevitably think that he will always be flawed when he grows up under the ethnic values of martial arts.
-The possibility of another social role. What he likes most is to mix with dragons, make some small inventions, explore the unknown, and fly by dragons. These represent a more free role, and in the role of the patriarch, the greater the "responsibility", the more the "binding". A common response to
avoiding the
confusion period is to avoid. The beginning of the film is a "group" of people playing games happily, and a "person" of Hiccup (and Toothless of course) flying around the sea. In other words, it is really refreshing to think about decompression in this way. The ups and downs of the wind in the clouds is the feeling of "freedom" that Hiccup wants most.
Afterwards, Hiccup met his birth mother Valka by accident.
The film repeatedly emphasizes that Hiccup is more like a mother (both have a "dragon" soul), and uses Valka's story to reflect Hiccup's current psychological struggle. Valka represents another possibility of Hiccup (and it is magnified and strengthened)-being alone, living with a group of dragons and having fun, but at what price? Abandoning husband and son for twenty years. Valka and Stoick had conflicts in values in the past and believed that the problem was “unsolvable”, so they chose to escape, believing that it is best for their husbands and sons not to go back/leave society.
When Hiccup first met his mother, he was excited about the new world (never mother and so many dragons!), but thinking that his mother had abandoned herself for twenty years, she must be more deeply involved in whether she would choose to "escape responsibility and pursue freedom" Struggle.
Valka is the embodiment of escape. And Stoick represents responsibility.
Responsibility
breaks the mirror and rerounds the paragraph is the highlight of Hiccup's value choice in the script. When Valka saw Stoick, he had mixed feelings, feeling guilty, and also wondering how to face a Stoick who "cannot accept being with the dragon". However, Stoick disintegrated her defenses with just one beautiful sentence (not to mention it so as not to affect the viewing experience-later found that there is in the trailer, 囧).
After Stoick asked Valka to return to the tribe and family, Valka's first reaction was still to escape (have neglected cooking/feared to assume the role of wife and mother). What did Stoick do this time?
-Sing a song for you, please dance.
This is the most beautiful passage in the whole film. Resolve conflicts of values in the name of love. Valka let go of his knot and returned to his previous social role.
After his parents showed their affection for a while, Hiccup actually had a clear tendency towards his choice. Valka and Hiccup are actually in the same position in the script. She makes a choice, and Hiccup will make the same choice.
choose
Boss battle. Valka and Hiccup had already assumed the responsibility of protecting the race (regardless of whether they knew it or not) when they joined the battle, not only for the dragon, but of course for the people.
At a critical moment, Stoick once again demonstrated that he was the incarnation of "responsibility"-"a patriarch should protect his tribe" and died in order to save his son. Hiccup was at a loss again at this time, but this time the confusion had nothing to do with the choice—he had chosen to fight for his mother and dragons/father and the tribe—but about abilities. The desire to become a "peace messenger" was shattered by the reality before him, and the greatness of his father was so difficult for him to achieve.
Valka replaced Stoick as the "responsibility" at this time, enlightening and encouraging Hiccup to lead everyone to the end. Hiccup at this time changed from being like a mother (natural person character) to being like a father (the social role of a leader).
Of course , the ending is that justice has overcome evil. Everyone belongs to everybody, and society operates in a stable and harmonious manner. Hiccup looked at his father's tall statue with a little sad and confused eyes, but the new patriarch was firm and energetic when faced with the cheers of the people on the island. He was no longer the boy who was addicted to dragons and small inventions, but a man who made his own choices and shouldered the corresponding responsibilities.
When you were in your early twenties, were you confused about the possibilities of the future, and
what kind of person your family thought of you, did you give you some expectations and some pressure,
have you been decadent and evaded something inevitable? the event
you have not a little reluctant to give up the ideal small
you have not felt for their own family, community responsibility
......
at least, you can choose to forget them in 102 minutes, while experiencing the thrill of flying while watching someone else's story, after Then slowly make your own choice.
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On July 2nd, the French premiere of the second brush 2D version returns, write some mixed feelings. The preview preview is the 3D version. None of them are Imax, they are all dubbed in French.
3D VS 2D is still commonplace: the substitution of the flying lens under the 3D effect is very refreshing, and 2D is easier to focus on the beauty of the picture. If you are looking for impressions, try to choose the 3D version.
In the first half of this year, I went to the theater to see Captain American 2, Amazing Spiderman 2, Maleficent, X-men days of the future past and How to train your dragon 2. In terms of personal perception, How to train your dragon 2 is the best. In terms of viewing experience and emotional mobilization, How to Train Your Dragon 2 is much higher than the others.
The premiere was almost full, and the atmosphere for everyone to watch the movie together was very warm. When you laugh, everyone laughs together, and when you cry, everyone cries together. The part where Stoick died was indeed an emotional climax, and he exclaimed when he rushed over, and then there were intermittent crying. The two French girls around me were crying, and there was a low male choking voice behind them (sweat...) There are many children, but they basically make no noise. This is a good one.
After watching the preview in advance, I reviewed 1 again, and I was still supplementing the TV series. I feel that the focus of the How to Train the Dragon series is to teach children how to behave (value development). 1 is "be yourself" and 2 is "bearing "Responsibility", every episode of TV has a small theme, not as good as "If you don't die, you won't die", "Everyone in the team has their own role" and so on. It's simple and cute, but it doesn't mean it's not high-end.
2 vs 1: 1 is better. Just like The Dark Knight Rises VS The Dark Knight. Personally prefer "smooth melodrama", the script of 2 is a bit insufficient in this respect, which causes the disjointness of "narrative" and "show scenes" and lack of grasp of the rhythm. Dragon 1 is almost perfect in this regard. Speaking carefully, Valka's appearance was a bit "sudden", (not "abrupt") Hiccup saw his mother, lost his father, and became a patriarch in several scenes. It was too late to describe the psychological changes and rushed to show the big scene/sales cute. A sense of haste.
Hiccup & Toothless: Well, the second time I saw it, I found a lot of cute (...) points (flying with wings, jumping into the sea, fit, etc.), the last third is simply a special plot for a magical romance drama & heroine The halo is fully open. It is not appropriate to say too much, please experience it yourself if you have the opportunity.
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