Now For Something Different: How To Train Your Dragon 2

 

Media Review
-Because Sometimes It's Good To Have Variety

Movie

Title: How To Train Your Dragon 2

Release Date: 13th June 2014

Where Seen: Cinema

Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Family.

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 - Amazon Price: £10.00 (At the time of when I published the post)

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IMDB Description: 

When Hiccup and Toothless discover an ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace.

Starring:

Jay Baruchel - Hiccup
America Ferrera - Astrid
Randy Thom - Toothless
Jonah Hill - Snotlout

Director:

Dean DeBlois
Production Company:

Dreamworks

Based On: 

How to train your dragon by Cressida Cowell (Baught this book yesterday so Look out for a review some time in the future!)
 

Review:

How to train your dragon has always been my favorite animation so when the sequel was released I was desperate to see it in the cinema. I went with my brother, his best friend and his friend's sister and it was a great afternoon out! This film was exciting and as always Toothless is just the cutest thing ever and it made me really want to have my own nightfury! I loved the beautiful animation with HD detail and the characters were just as lovable as they were in the first film. Sometimes with an animation sequel it is not as good as the first film and the plot becomes a little depleted but there was no sign of that in this film. The plot was set a few years in the future and was completely original. Hiccup got to meet his mother and Toothless became the Alpha dragon! With pretty blue glowing bits all over his body! There were lots of new and exciting dragons in this film with superb world building. Hiccup had to learn to face up to his responsibility of taking over his dad as chief, a very heartfelt part of the plot as you could feel his desire to explore and go on adventures in exchange for staying in Berk and dealing with the public. One part of the film was extremely sad however and nearly had me crying in public! It was such a shock and a death that is so rarely seen in children's animations. It was a heroric death however and it was lovely to see how it made the characters stronger and more capable of fighting! The love story between Hiccup's parents was beautiful and really sweet! It was nice to see the caring side of the tough viking! 

Quotes:

"[Astrid to Hiccup] "Where have YOU been?" [Hiccup] "Oh you know. Catching up with mom." [Hiccup looks up. Astrid follows hos gaze and sees Valka on Clodjumper summoning her bewilderbeast] [Astrid] "THAT'S you MOTHER?" [Hiccup smiles] "well, now you know where I get my dramatic flair!" [He Flies off on Toothless]"

"[Hiccup draws a new spot on his map] "So, what should we name it?" [Toothless scratches his arm with his snout] [Hiccup] "Itchy Armpit it is."

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-The Reading Rose

Now For Something Different: Captain America: Winter Soldier

Media Review

-Because Sometimes, It's Good To Have Variety

Movie

Title: Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Release Date: 26^th March 2014

Where Seen: Cinema

Genres: Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Amazon Price: £14 (At the time of when I published the post)

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IMDB Description:

Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and battles a new threat from old history: the Soviet agent known as the Winter Soldier.

Starring:

Chris Evans (Captain America)

Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury)

Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow)

Sebastian Stan (The Winter Soldier)

Anthony Mackie (The Falcon)

Director: Anthony Russo

Production Company: Marvel Entertainment

Based On: Marvel Captain America Comic Books

Review:

Wow… What a film, so much better that I was expecting due to captain America previously being one of my least favorite marvel films (though I will always have a soft spot for any marvel character). I learnt to appreciate the black widow a lot more in this movie as well after the avengers underused her terribly. The Falcon was an amazing addition to the film and the insight we were given into Nick Fury’s life was amazing. There were so many twists to this film I was sitting on the edge of the cinema seat for the whole duration just eager to see what will happen next. As usual, the humour was typically brilliant and typically marvel, bringing light to what was a very dark film. The Winter Soldier himself was a great villain and his real identity was astounding and pushed us to see a new side to the Captain that we hadn’t seen before. I loved the references to the other avengers that were casually thrown in, and it was great to get more insight into S.H.I.E.L.D and into H.Y.D.R.A.

Quotes:

“Natasha Romanoff: You do anything fun Saturday night?

Steve Rogers: Well, all the guys in my barbershop quartet are dead. So no, not really.”

“Sam Wilson: How do we tell the good guys from the bad guys?

Steve Rogers: If they're shooting at you, they're bad!”

“Steve Rogers: [on the Winter Soldier] He's fast... strong... and has a metal arm.”

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-The Reading Rose