Tonight on TV: Inspired by Star Wars, this animated film grossed $618 million

Dragons 2 : the best work of the trilogy?

Four years after co-directing Dragons (2010) with Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois took on the sequel alone Dragons 2 (2014). In the first work, we discovered Harold, a young Viking raised in a dragon-fighting tribe. After wounding one, the boy realized that he was incapable of killing such a creature and eventually befriended it. In this second work we find the animal called Toothless and his faithful companion Harold five years later, and discovering new worlds. One of their expeditions takes them to a secret cave where hundreds of wild dragons and a mysterious dragon tree are found. Harold’s surprise will be great when he discovers the identity of this person…

With this sequel, Dean DeBlois did not disappoint Dragons fans. The director and his animation teams have returned to success by offering, perhaps, the best work of the saga. From both the press and the public, reviews were laudatory. Positive reviews 92% and 90% up Rotten tomatoesan average of 4/5 and 4.2/5 onwards Assigned. It must be said that the sweetness of dragons helps a lot in making them Dragons 2 captivating, while the adventure offers great entertainment, epic, visually impressive, provoking laughter and emotions.

In addition to an out-of-competition selection at the 67th Cannes Film Festival in 2014, Dragons 2 it was the greatest success of the saga. If the first work had exceeded 472 million dollars in takings worldwide, of which 2.2 million spectators in France, the second chapter exploded this score. Grossed $618 million at the global box office and this time 3.2 million tickets sold in France. He imagines it Dragons 3 (2019) failed to reach the global revenue level ($517 million). In France, the third opera did a little better with 3.3 million viewers.

The influence of Star Wars

For Dragons 2Dean DeBlois and his teams were able to benefit from new animation software that allows for greater subtlety in facial expressions, movements and skin rendering. Undeniable visual qualitybut that is not the only reason for the film’s success. We can imagine that the director’s approach to the script also has a lot to do with this. Even more so when we know what inspired it.

Indeed, the director agreed to undertake this sequel Dragons provided thata trilogy is validated. From then on he approached this second part with one of the greatest sequels in the history of cinema in mind: The Empire strikes again (1980). This second work of the original trilogy by Star Wars it is often considered the best. Regard Dragons 2Dean DeBlois explained in the press kit that this influence was not on the aesthetics of his film, but “on the scope“.

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More precisely, the director wanted to reproduce the same “expansion of the Star Wars universe, from an emotional point of view, that of the characters, of the general vision and of entertainmentThis is exactly what he managed to do Dragons 2. And to stay on the reference of Star Warswhat the animated film contains is not insignificant a great revelation similar to that of The Empire strikes again. That is, the discovery of a mother for one, and a father for the other…

Source: Cine Serie

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