When DreamWorks Animation released the first How to Train Your Dragon back in 2010, it was being thrown out into a world where Pixar absolutely ruled the animation game—at least as far as critical reception was concerned. At that point Pixar had dominated the awards circuit three years in a row with Ratatouille, WALL-E, and Up, and pundits were starting to doubt if any of the other studios would be able to touch the work they were doing ever again, as far as wit, emotional maturity, and pure visual spectacle were concerned. After everyone got to take in the heartwarming coming of age tale and thrilling flying sequences of How to Train Your Dragon, the talk suddenly turned to how DreamWorks had finally created something that could match Pixar’s best though, and ever since then we’ve been living in a more diverse world when it comes to our animated features—a world where a truly great movie could come out of any studio at any time. With How to Train Your Dragon 2, it very much looks like DreamWorks is trying to once again change the game, because the footage in the trailer for their new film is impressively epic, so much so that it could be the first glimpse we get of a new dynasty being formed where they take over as the undisputed kings of animated family fare. Before you go and watch the new trailer you should be warned that there’s a bit of controversy swirling about how […]From Film School Rejects
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