User blog comment:Dual Energon/What I think makes HTTYD 2 the supremely better movie./@comment-24990845-20151113124935/@comment-24865409-20151119005701

@ Megadracosaurus

"The book series had 13 novels to explain things, while the film only had the standard an hour and a half."

That's just it! HTTYD 1 only used the standard run-time of 90 minutes!

10 - 30 more minutes of story could have helped the movie greatly!

"If he had never met Toothless and took the training seriously, maybe he would have eventually become more independent. But that never happened, and I think we both agree that meeting Toothless was the right thing. Its kind of a symbiotic relationship. Toothless can't fly without Hiccup, and Hiccup is usually (though not always) defenseless without Toothless."

Yeah, meeting Toothless was the right thing.

But if Dean Deblois wants to bring the films in the same direction as the books, then Hiccup would have to be able to be independent and not rely on Toothless at critical times.

HTTYD 2 starts to show us that development. In the climax, Hiccup single-handedly takes out Drago and Toothless single-handedly takes out the Alpha.

"She isn't a mage or Soothsayer. She's a healer and advisor."

Cool that you proved your point.

However, if Hiccup in the 1st Movie had healing skills, then that's not mentioned at all.

And in the 1st Movie, no one listened to Hiccup's advice until they had no choice if they wanted to live.

"I said that Gobber tried to ease the tensions with it. Not that it worked or was appreciated.

That's just it. Gobber's "undie talk" to try and lighten up tensions DID NOT work and WAS NOT appreciated by the other characters.