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Thursday, January 23, 2020

How to Train Your Dragon:The Hidden World (2019)

This is the third in the series, and it closes a chapter.  The story is a bit unimpressive, but the animation is gorgeous, in an over the top sort of way.
Hiccup's father is gone, and Hiccup struggles to take his place as a leader. Meanwhile, Berk is struggling to care for a community that can barely contain the dragons who vastly outnumber the people.
Two new characters are the focus in this third film, and it turns out that Toothless is not the last of his species. A white female, dubbed by Astrid as the Light Fury, arrives. But she is part of an elaborate trap by ruthless dragon hunter Grimmel the Grisly, who is determined to kill Toothless and as many other dragons as he can. Hiccup, Astrid, and the other Berkians work together to keep Grimmel away from their dragons and from the Hidden World, a secret dragon sanctuary.
There is a fair amount of silliness in this, which maybe I would have loved if I was 50 years younger, but this is my last choice in the feature length Animated nominations this year.

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