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Brenda Walsh (character)
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Brenda Walsh
Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise character
Portrayed by
Shannen Doherty
Duration
1990–1994
2008–09
First appearance
Beverly Hills, 90210:
October 4, 1990
(episode 1.01: "Class of Beverly Hills")
Last appearance
90210:
May 19, 2009
(episode 1.24: "One Party Can Ruin Your Whole Summer")
Created by
Darren Star
[show]Family
Parents
Jim Walsh (father)
Cindy Walsh (mother)
Siblings
Brandon Walsh (fraternal twin-brother)[1]
Children
Unnamed daughter
Brenda Walsh, portrayed by Shannen Doherty, is a fictional character who was the female lead of Beverly Hills, 90210 for the first four seasons.[2][3]
Contents
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1 Conception
2 Season 1
3 Season 2
4 Season 3
5 Season 4
6 Conflicts with Beverly Hills 90210 staff
7 After the departure
8 (90210)
9 Reception
10 References
Conception[edit]
Brenda and her brother, Brandon Walsh, were living in Minnesota until their father, Jim Walsh, was promoted and forced to travel to Beverly Hills in 1990. The series initially focused on their stories with A new cultural life shock and their relationship with their new friends in Beverly Hills, Kelly Taylor, Dylan McKay, Donna Martin, Andrea Zuckerman, David Silver and Steve Sanders.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
Season 1[edit]
The key development of her character came during a series of episodes involving a forbidden story with Brandon's solitary friend, Dylan McKay, who had long had the attention of Brenda's best friend, Kelly. Brenda and Dylan went out together for two years and their relationship quickly became serious. After a frantic dispute with her father, Dylan was consoled and shared a passionate kiss with Brenda. This scene has become one of the most mythical of the series. However, Brenda's father was immediately against this relationship, due to the bad reputation of Dylan's father.
After two months of relationship, Dylan wanted to have sex, but Brenda was not ready. During a trip to Palm Springs, Brenda went to meet Dylan in a hotel room, but sees him with another girl and jumped to the conclusion that they had made love. Brenda and Dylan argued but quickly reconciled. As a result, Dylan agreed to wait until Brenda was ready. It is during the year-end ball that Brenda will lose her virginity. Soon after, Brenda became worried about being pregnant. It turned out that it was a false alarm, but Brenda separated from Dylan by saying that she was not ready for regular sexual intercourse.
Season 2[edit]
Despite the breakup, Brenda was hurt by seeing Dylan go out with other girls. Brenda's feelings for Dylan eventually led the couple back together. Their relationship grew stronger when Brenda met Dylan's mother, Iris, with whom she tied up.
The couple faced another hurdle when Brenda wanted to publish an article about the alarm of her pregnancy but Dylan objected, arguing that it was very personal. Typical of their relationship, Brenda and Dylan were once again reconciled after another dispute. In addition, Brenda was the victim of an armed robbery at the Peach Pit. This scene shocked her a lot and led her to see a psychologist, Dylan helped her a lot when she began to have nightmares about this event. Things get more serious when Brenda spends a lot of time with Dylan without worrying about the limitations imposed by her parents. The latter invited her to a trip to Mexico and Brenda agrees, despite the formal prohibition of her father. The trip will be punctuated by a dispute and a passage at the customs where Brenda will realize that she does not have her passport and is therefore forced to phone her parents. When Brenda's parents are aware of her trip to Mexico with Dylan, the girl's father formally banned her from seeing him again. But she refuses to break and hides her relationship with Dylan.
Season 3[edit]
Early in the summer, Jim, who had recognized the futility of his quarrel with Dylan, offered another option: let Brenda go to Paris for a French immersion program in place of Kelly (who had dropped out of the program for Helping her mother with her younger sister) giving Jim, Brenda & Dylan, a necessary setback to the situation. In Paris, Brenda pretends to be a French guide with a cute young man from Wisconsin, Rick. However, a rapprochement is made between Kelly & Dylan on the other side of the ocean. Rick and Brenda come out briefly together after seeing each other in a video store. They split up after Brenda realized that he had more in common with her father than with her. The love triangle that followed Brenda's return quickly became a milestone in the series that helped increase her popularity and gave rise to the rumors of rivalry announced between Shannen Doherty and Jennie Garth. The final confrontation between Brenda, Dylan and Kelly - in which he informs Brenda that he has chosen his best friend - was listed by Entertainment Weekly as one of the greatest moments of television.
Season 4[edit]
Brenda, still distressed by the fact that Dylan chose Kelly, began the fourth season in Minnesota, where she had decided to enter university. However, hearing about the break between Dylan and Kelly and realizing that she and her old friends from Minnesota have little in common, she decides to return to Beverly Hills and continue her studies at University of California. After her return, she met a rich young man named Stuart (whom Dylan knew of as a drug dealer in the past), and soon fell in love with him. The couple get engaged even in the first few weeks of their encounter and choose Las Vegas, forcing Dylan and his friends to come and try to stop them. They succeed by using reverse psychology, pretending that they are in favor of a marriage between the two young people. Brenda's life also took a few shots during the season. When Donna and Brenda find a puppy on the street, they learn that he escaped from an animal testing laboratory and are helpless when the puppy dies. Brenda then falls into a group of animal rights activists and participates with them in the ransacking of a number of laboratories until she is arrested (Donna decides at the last minute not to join the group). After her arrest, the only person in the group who supported her was Dylan; David Silver questioned her judgment, Andrea was angry that she had damaged laboratories that did not test animals and Kelly told her that Dylan was no longer her boyfriend and that Brenda could not go and look for help whenever she had a problem. It turned out that one of the activists was an FBI agent who offered Brenda a deal not to jail because she had not supported vandalism.
As a result, all Brenda's friends apologized for their behavior towards her. During the fourth season, Brenda is interested in the drama department but it also led to problems: she spoiled her first audition and then went to the director of the play to try again and convince him. She then got the role, but a student made a rumor saying that she had slept to have the role. Unfortunately, this student was the girlfriend of Steve Sanders and the latter believed the rumors, others refusing more or less to believe the denials of Brenda. Steve understood his mistake when the student asked him to attack Brenda to make her miss rehearsals. A little later, Steve's friend tried to commit suicide, but Brenda and Steve joined forces to save her and Steve was finally compensated by following Brenda's debut on stage. The director's praise led her to accept the latter at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) in London for a year. After Kelly and Dylan last broke up, Brenda finally learned that a relationship was possible between Kelly and Brandon and expressed her blessing. She later spent her last night with Dylan, telling her she would not be gone forever. The couple will reconcile briefly in the final scene of the fourth season, though (because of Shannen Doherty's departure) Brenda's character was removed from the script and she never returned to Beverly Hills.
Conflicts with Beverly Hills 90210 staff[edit]
Shannen Doherty was notorious for being late and being in conflict with staff.[10][11][12][13][14][2][15] Tiffani-Amber Thiessen replaced Brenda Walsh as a character called Valerie Malone.[16]
After the departure[edit]
Despite the fact that Brenda never appeared on the screen, she was nonetheless present during occasional discussions during the following six seasons of the series. The most significant among them is her reconciliation with Dylan, who was going to move in with her. It is assumed that they were together for most episodes of the seventh and eighth seasons of the series, as during an episode of season 8 where it is learned that Dylan's half-sister was saved from a life of prostitution and then left to live with Dylan and Brenda in London and Kelly and Brandon mentioned going to visit them for part of their honeymoon. Later, when Dylan returned in season 9, he told his friends that he and Brenda had separated two years earlier. However, it frees Dylan to resume his relationship with Kelly.
In Season 5, Dylan rages against Valerie, the Walsh cousin, blaming her for wanting to imitate Brenda and not having the guts to confront the Walsh parents, as Brenda was able to do before. She will also send an announcement to Dylan at the latter's wedding. Or, in the last episode of the series illustrating the marriage of Donna and David, it is alluded to a party that Brenda had organized when they were still in high school.
(90210)[edit]
14 years after her departure, Brenda is back in Beverly Hills. On the advice of Kelly to the new principal, Brenda, become actress, is led to direct the musical of the high school. She will have to deal with the drug problems of the high school girl who plays the lead role in the show and will help her get out of it, which will follow a mutual attachment of the latter. She will also spend a lot of time with Kelly although at times, they will recover some tensions due among others to Dylan. Kelly also learns later that Brenda has slept with Ryan, the high school English teacher, while Kelly has a lot of affection for him. But they will always be reconciled. We also learn that Brenda can not have children, who can count on the support of her friend Kelly. She will go to China and adopt a little girl.
Reception[edit]
The character had a mixed reception from fans and critics.[17][18][19][20]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Mitchell, Claudia; Reid-Walsh, Jacqueline (30 December 2007). "Girl Culture: An Encyclopedia [2 Volumes]: An Encyclopedia". ABC-CLIO. Retrieved 12 August 2017 – via Google Books.
^ Jump up to: a b "Shannen Doherty: Image RX". Ew.com. 23 April 1993. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
Jump up ^ Meltzer, Marisa (7 December 2006). "When Brenda Walsh Was Young". Slate.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017 – via Slate.
Jump up ^ Cooper, Gael Fashingbauer; Bellmont, Brian (4 June 2013). "The Totally Sweet 90s: From Clear Cola to Furby, and Grunge to "Whatever", the Toys, Tastes, and Trends That Defined a Decade". Penguin. Retrieved 12 August 2017 – via Google Books.
Jump up ^ Fellner, Astrid M.; Hamscha, Susanne; Heissenberger, Klaus; Moos, Jennifer J* (12 August 2017). "Is It 'Cause It's Cool?: Affective Encounters with American Culture". LIT Verlag Münster. Retrieved 12 August 2017 – via Google Books.
Jump up ^ Soraya, Roberts (1 August 2016). "In My Humble Opinion: My So-Called Life". ECW Press. Retrieved 12 August 2017 – via Google Books.
Jump up ^ Miller, Toby (12 August 2017). "Television: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies". Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 12 August 2017 – via Google Books.
Jump up ^ Forman-Brunell, Miriam (1 June 2001). "Girlhood in America: An Encyclopedia". ABC-CLIO. Retrieved 12 August 2017 – via Google Books.
Jump up ^ "DARREN STAR, creator, 'Beverly Hills 90210'". The New York Times. 31 August 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
Jump up ^ Brown, Lauren. "Shannen Doherty Finally Reveals Her Take On the Brenda/Kelly/Dylan Love Triangle (My Inner Teenager Can't Believe It!)". Glamour.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "SHANNEN DOHERTY, Brenda Walsh, 'Beverly Hills 90210,' '90210'". The New York Times. 31 August 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "Shannen Doherty talks Beverly Hills, 90210". Digitalspy.com. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "'I got Shannen fired from 90210'". News.com.au. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
Jump up ^ Kovanis, Georgea. "On- and Off-Screen, "90210' Actress Shannen Doherty Is Taking Her Lumps". Tulsaworld.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "`90210' STAR FINDS HERSELF ON THE OUTEST OF OUT LISTS". Deseretnews.com. 1 March 1993. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "UP AND COMING: Tiffani-Amber Thiessen; Moving Into Shannen's Room". The New York Times. 7 August 1994. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
Jump up ^ McKinley, E. Graham (7 June 2011). "Beverly Hills, 90210: Television, Gender, and Identity". University of Pennsylvania Press. Retrieved 12 August 2017 – via Google Books.
Jump up ^ Jefferson, Whitney. "Shannen Doherty And The "I Hate Brenda" Backlash". Jezebel.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "The Brenda Backlash". Articles.chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
Jump up ^ "No Defendas of Brenda – Vol. 39 No. 7". People. 22 February 1993. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
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How to Train Your Dragon 2
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How to Train Your Dragon 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Dean DeBlois
Produced by
Bonnie Arnold
Written by
Dean DeBlois
Based on
How to Train Your Dragon
by Cressida Cowell
Starring
Jay Baruchel
Cate Blanchett
Gerard Butler
Craig Ferguson
America Ferrera
Jonah Hill
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
T.J. Miller
Kristen Wiig
Djimon Hounsou
Kit Harington
Music by
John Powell
Cinematography
Roger Deakins (Visual Consultant)
Edited by
John K. Carr
Production
company
DreamWorks Animation
Distributed by
20th Century Fox
Release date
May 16, 2014 (2014-05-16) (Cannes)
June 13, 2014 (2014-06-13) (United States)
Running time
102 minutes[1]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$145 million[2]
Box office
$621.5 million[3]
How to Train Your Dragon 2 is a 2014 American 3D computer-animated fantasy action film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox, loosely based on the British book series of the same name by Cressida Cowell. It is the sequel to the 2010 computer-animated film How to Train Your Dragon and the second in the trilogy. The film is written and directed by Dean DeBlois, and stars the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, and Kristen Wiig, with the addition of Cate Blanchett, Djimon Hounsou, and Kit Harington. The film takes place five years after the first film, featuring Hiccup and his friends as young adults as they meet Valka, Hiccup's long-lost mother, and Drago Bludvist, a madman who wants to conquer the world.[4]
DeBlois, who co-directed the first film, agreed to return to direct the second film on the condition that he would be allowed to turn it into a trilogy. He cited The Empire Strikes Back and My Neighbor Totoro as his main inspirations, with the expanded scope of The Empire Strikes Back being particularly influential. The entire voice cast from the first film returned, and Cate Blanchett and Djimon Hounsou signed on to voice Valka and Drago, respectively. DeBlois and his creative team visited Norway and Svalbard to give them ideas for the setting. Composer John Powell returned to score the film. How to Train Your Dragon 2 benefited from advances in animation technology and was DreamWorks' first film to use scalable multicore processing and the studio's new animation and lighting software.
The film was released on June 13, 2014, and like its predecessor, received wide acclaim. Critics praised the film for its animation, voice acting, action scenes, musical score, emotional depth, and darker, more serious tone compared to its predecessor. It received the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The film won six Annie Awards, including Best Animated Feature and Best Director. The film grossed over $621 million worldwide, making it the 12th-highest-grossing film of 2014. It earned less than its predecessor at the US box office, but performed better internationally. The third and final installment in the trilogy, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, is scheduled to be released on March 1, 2019.
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Development
3.2 Animation
4 Release
4.1 Home media
5 Reception
5.1 Critical response
5.2 Box office
5.3 Accolades
6 Soundtrack
7 Video game
8 Sequel
9 See also
10 References
11 External links
Plot[edit]
Five years after the Viking village of Berk and the dragons made peace, they now live together in harmony. Hiccup goes on adventures with his dragon, Toothless, as they discover and map unexplored lands. Now 20 years old, he is being pressed by his father, Stoick the Vast, to succeed him as chieftain, although Hiccup remains unsure if he is ready for this responsibility.
While investigating a burnt forest, Hiccup and Astrid discover the remains of a fort encased in ice and meet a group of dragon trappers led by Eret, who blames them for his fort's destruction and attempts to capture their dragons for an insane conqueror named Drago Bludvist. The two dragon riders escape and return to Berk to warn Stoick about the dragon army that Drago is amassing. Stoick orders the villagers to fortify the island and prepare for battle. Hiccup, however, refuses to believe that war is inevitable. After Stoick interrupts Hiccup's plan to get Eret to take him to Drago, Stoick explains that he once met Drago at a gathering of chiefs, where Drago, mocked after offering the chiefs his service in return for their servitude, murdered them all using armored dragons, with Stoick as the only survivor. Undeterred, Hiccup flies off with Toothless in search of Drago to try to reason with him.
They run into a dragon rider named Valka, who is revealed to be Hiccup's long-lost mother. She explains that she, like her son, could not bring herself to kill dragons. After being carried off during a dragon raid, she spent 20 years rescuing dragons from Drago's traps and bringing them to an island nest created out of ice by a gigantic Alpha dragon called a "Bewilderbeast", which is able to control smaller dragons. Stoick tracks Hiccup to the nest, where he discovers that his wife is still alive. Meanwhile, Astrid and the other riders kidnap Eret to find Drago, but Drago captures them and learns of Berk's dragons.
Drago and his armada lay siege to the nest, where he reveals that he has his own Bewilderbeast to challenge the Alpha. A battle ensues between the two colossal dragons, which ends with Drago's Bewilderbeast killing its opponent and becoming the new Alpha. Drago's Bewilderbeast then seizes control of all the adult dragons, which hypnotically obey. Hiccup tries to persuade Drago to end the violence, but Drago orders him killed. Toothless, under the Bewilderbeast's influence, approaches Hiccup and launches a blast, but Stoick pushes Hiccup out of the way and is hit instead, dying as a result. The Bewilderbeast momentarily relinquishes control of Toothless, but Hiccup drives him away in a fit of despair. Drago maroons Hiccup and the others on the island and rides Toothless, again under the control of the Bewilderbeast, to lead his army to conquer Berk. Stoick is given a Viking funeral and Hiccup, now having lost both his father and dragon, is unsure what to do. Valka encourages him by telling him that he alone can unite humans and dragons, and inspired by her words and his father's, Hiccup decides to return to Berk to stop Drago.
The dragon riders fly baby dragons back to Berk, as they are immune to the Bewilderbeast's control. They find that Drago has already attacked the village and taken control of its dragons. Hiccup confronts Drago and a brainwashed Toothless while the other riders work to distract the Bewilderbeast. Hiccup succeeds in freeing Toothless from the Bewilderbeast's control, much to Drago's surprise. Hiccup and Toothless briefly separate Drago from the Bewilderbeast and confront Drago on the ground, but the Bewilderbeast attacks them, encasing them in ice. However, Toothless blasts away the ice, revealing that both Hiccup and he are unharmed. He then challenges the Bewilderbeast, shooting it in the face repeatedly, which breaks its control over the other dragons, who side with Toothless as the new Alpha dragon. All the dragons repeatedly fire at the Bewilderbeast until Toothless fires a final massive blast, breaking its left tusk. Defeated, the Bewilderbeast retreats under the sea with Drago on its back. The Vikings and dragons celebrate their victory and Hiccup is made chieftain of Berk.
Afterwards, Berk undergoes repairs while feeling secure knowing that its dragons can defend it.
Cast[edit]
Cate Blanchett and Djimon Hounsou, who have joined the cast as Valka and Drago Bludvist, respectively, attending the film's premiere at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival
Jay Baruchel as Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the son of the Viking chief Stoick the Vast and Valka.
Cate Blanchett as Valka, Stoick's wife, Hiccup's long-lost mother and a dragon rescuer[5] who spent 20 years living and rescuing Dragons after she was carried off by a Stormcutter.
Gerard Butler as Stoick the Vast, the last chieftain of the Viking tribe of Berk, Hiccup's father and Valka's husband.
Craig Ferguson as Gobber the Belch, Stoick's closest friend and a seasoned warrior.
America Ferrera as Astrid Hofferson, Hiccup's girlfriend.[6]
Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Fishlegs Ingerman.
Jonah Hill as Snotlout Jorgenson.
T. J. Miller and Kristen Wiig as Tuffnut and Ruffnut Thorston, fraternal twins.
Djimon Hounsou as Drago Bludvist, a ruthless warlord and dragon hunter who seeks to take over the world with a dragon army.[7] He has a prosthetic left arm, since he lost his real arm during an earlier encounter with dragons, and wears a dragon-hide cape immune to dragon-fire attacks.
Kit Harington as Eret, Son of Eret, a dragon trapper who sells captured dragons to Drago.[8][9] He sports a scar on his chest given to him by Drago following the last time he showed up with no dragons.
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
After the success of the first film, the sequel was announced on April 27, 2010.[10][11] "How to Train Your Dragon … has become DreamWorks Animation's next franchise. We plan to release the sequel theatrically in 2013," said Jeffrey Katzenberg, DreamWorks Animation's CEO.[11] It was later revealed that DeBlois had started drafting the outline for a sequel in February 2010 at Skywalker Ranch, during the final sound mix of the first film.[12]:10 The film was originally scheduled for release on June 20, 2014,[13] but in August 2013 the release date was moved forward one week to June 13, 2014.[14]
Director and writer Dean DeBlois promoting the film at the 2014 WonderCon
The film was written, directed, and executive produced by Dean DeBlois, the co-writer/co-director of the first film.[13] Bonnie Arnold, the producer of the first film, also returned, while Chris Sanders, who co-directed and co-wrote the first film, acted only as an additional executive producer this time due to his involvement with The Croods.[15] When offered the sequel, DeBlois accepted it on condition he can turn it into a trilogy. For the sequel, he intended to revisit the films of his youth, with The Empire Strikes Back and My Neighbor Totoro[16] having the pivotal inspirations for the film.[17] "What I loved especially about Empire is that it expanded Star Wars in every direction: emotionally, its scope, characters, fun. It felt like an embellishment and that's the goal."[18]
The entire original voice cast—Baruchel, Butler, Ferguson, Ferrera, Hill, Mintz-Plasse, Miller, and Wiig—returned for the sequel.[19] On June 19, 2012, it was announced that Kit Harington, of Game of Thrones fame, was cast as one of the film's antagonists.[9] At the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International, it was announced that Cate Blanchett and Djimon Hounsou had joined the cast; they lent their voices to Valka and Drago Bludvist, respectively.[20]
While the first film was set in a generic North Sea environment, the creative team decided to focus on Norway this time around. Early in the sequel's development, about a dozen of them traveled there for a week-long research trip, where they toured Oslo, Bergen, and the fjords.[12]:12–13 DeBlois, together with Gregg Taylor (DreamWorks' head of feature development) and Roger Deakins (a cinematographer who served as visual consultant), then broke off from the group to visit Svalbard and see polar bears in the wild with the assistance of armed guides.[12]:12–16
DeBlois explained that he had learned from directing Lilo and Stitch (2002) that "if you set an animated film in a place you want to visit, there's a chance you might get to go there."[12]:14 He had wanted to visit Svalbard for some time, after learning of its stark beauty from a couple of backpackers he met during earlier visits to Iceland to work with post-rock band Sigur Rós on the 2007 documentary film Heima.[12]:14
Animation[edit]
During a visit to DreamWorks Animation in November 2013, U.S. President Barack Obama tried a motion capture camera of the kind used to capture live-action reference performance for the film.[21]
Over the five years before the film's release,[22] DreamWorks Animation had substantially over-hauled its production workflow and animation software. How to Train Your Dragon 2 was the first DreamWorks Animation film that used "scalable multicore processing", developed together with Hewlett-Packard. Called by Katzenberg as "the next revolution in filmmaking", it enabled artists for the first time to work on rich, complex images in real time, instead of waiting eight hours to see the results the next day.[23] The film was also the studio's first film to use its new animation and lighting software through the entire production. Programs named Premo[24] and Torch allowed much more subtlety, improving facial animation and enabling "the sense of fat, jiggle, loose skin, the sensation of skin moving over muscle instead of masses moving together."[25]
By the time production was complete, over 500 people had worked on the film at DreamWorks Animation's headquarters in Glendale, as well as its branch offices at PDI/DreamWorks in Redwood City and DreamWorks India in Bangalore.[12]:158–159
Release[edit]
Dean DeBlois, Jay Baruchel, and America Ferrara at an advanced screening of the film for military members and their families on June 4, 2014, at Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst[26]
The film was screened out of competition on May 16, 2014 at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[27] In the United States, the film premiered on June 8, 2014, at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles, and was theatrically released on June 13, 2014.[28] The film was also digitally remastered into IMAX 3D and released to international theaters on June 13, 2014.[29]
Home media[edit]
How to Train Your Dragon 2 was released digitally on October 21, 2014, and was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 11, 2014.[30] The Blu-ray combo pack and digital release is accompanied by a new animated short film Dawn of the Dragon Racers, in which Hiccup and friends compete to become the first Dragon Racing Champion of Berk.[30] A double DVD pack with the film and Dawn of the Dragon Racers was released exclusively at Walmart stores.[31] As of February 2015, 7.5 million home entertainment units have been sold worldwide.[32]
Reception[edit]
Critical response[edit]
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a "certified fresh" score of 91% based on reviews from 165 critics, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's critical consensus states: "Exciting, emotionally resonant, and beautifully animated, How to Train Your Dragon 2 builds on its predecessor's successes just the way a sequel should."[33] Metacritic gave the film a score of 76/100 based on reviews from 39 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[34] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore during the opening weekend gave the film a grade A.[35] Audiences were a mix of 47% female and 53% male. Children and Young Adults responded most strongly, with those aged under 25 giving a grade A+.[36][37]
At the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, Peter Debruge of Variety praised the film and its ambitions: "The pressures to make a giant four-quadrant monstrosity must be enormous, and yet, like his unflappable hero Hiccup, How to Train Your Dragon 2 writer-director Dean DeBlois has prevailed, serving up DreamWorks Animation's strongest sequel yet—one that breathes fresh fire into the franchise, instead of merely rehashing the original. Braver than Brave, more fun than Frozen, and more emotionally satisfying than so many of its live-action counterparts, Dragon delivers. And good thing, too, since DWA desperately needs another toon to cross the half-billion-dollar threshold."[38] Elizabeth Weitzman of the New York Daily News gave the film three out of five stars, saying 'It's the unflinching edge that gives the film its unexpected depth'."[39] Jocelyn Noveck of the Associated Press gave the film three out of four stars, saying "How to Train Your Dragon 2 doesn't play it safe, and that's why it's the rare sequel that doesn't feel somewhat stale."[40] Lou Lumenick of the New York Post gave the film three out of four stars, saying "Dragon 2 really soars when our hero is aloft, imparting some important lessons about family, ecology and war for young audiences. It should also do very healthy business for hit-starved DreamWorks Animation."[41] Joe McGovern of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B, saying "The flight path needs straightening, but this is still a franchise that knows how to fly."[42] Jody Mitori of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch gave the film three out of four stars, saying "For audiences who want a sweet story, they can't beat the first film of a boy finding his best friend. For those who are ready for the next stage, try this one about a boy becoming a man."[43]
Bill Goodykoontz of The Arizona Republic gave the film four out of five stars, saying "It seemed as if there was nowhere new to go after the first film, but this is a richer story that dares to go darker and is thus more rewarding."[44] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "Dragon 2, like The Empire Strikes Back, takes sequels to a new level of imagination and innovation. It truly is a high-flying, depth-charging wonder to behold."[45] Peter Hartlaub of the San Francisco Chronicle gave the film three out of four stars, saying "DeBlois, who also wrote the script, successfully juggles the multiple story lines, shifting allegiances and uncharted lands."[46] Rafer Guzman of Newsday gave the film three out of four stars, saying "Gruesome? A little. Scary? You bet. But that's exactly what makes the "Dragon" films so different, and so much better, than the average children's fare."[47] Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "For once, we have an animated sequel free of the committee-job vibe so common at every animation house, no matter the track record."[48] Stephen Holden of The New York Times gave the film a negative review, saying "The story seems to be going somewhere until it comes to a halt with the inevitable showdown between the forces of darkness and the forces of light."[49] Peter Howell of the Toronto Star gave the film three out of four stars, saying "Taking its cues as much from Star Wars and Game of Thrones as from its own storybook narrative, How to Train Your Dragon 2 breathes fire into a franchise sequel."[50]
Claudia Puig of USA Today gave the film three out of four stars, saying "Nearly as exuberant as the original, How to Train Your Dragon 2 nimbly avoids sequel-itis."[51] Colin Covert of the Star Tribune gave the film four out of four stars, saying "The impressive part is the storytelling confidence of writer/director Dean DeBlois. He has created a thoughtful tale as meaningful for grown-ups as it is pleasurable for its young primary audience."[52] Stephanie Merry of The Washington Post gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "This may be the first and last time anyone says this, but if How to Train Your Dragon 2 is this good, why stop at 3 and 4?"[53] Moira MacDonald of The Seattle Times gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "Young and old fans of the first movie will be lining up for the wit, for the inventiveness of the characters, for the breathtaking visuals — and just the sheer fun of it all."[54] Tirdad Derakhshani of The Philadelphia Inquirer gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "One of this year's true surprises, the superior animated sequel not only is infused with the same independent spirit and off-kilter aesthetic that enriched the original, it also deepens the first film's major themes."[55] Stephen Whitty of the Newark Star-Ledger gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "This was not a sequel that anybody needed, outside of the accountants. And there's another already planned."[56] John Semley of The Globe and Mail gave the film four out of four stars, saying "More than just teaching kids what to think about the world they're coming into, it's a rare film that encourages them to think for themselves."[57]
Rene Rodriguez of the Miami Herald gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "How to Train Your Dragon 2 is its own standalone picture, with a surprising range of emotions that surpasses the original and a brisk pace and manner of storytelling that give it purpose and direction. The fact that it's also so much fun, no matter what your age, almost feels like a bonus."[58] Bill Zwecker of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film four out of four stars, saying "Not only does this second movie match the charm, wit, animation skill and intelligent storytelling of the original, I think it even exceeds it."[59] Lisa Kennedy of The Denver Post gave the film a positive review, saying "How to Train Your Dragon 2 is soaring, emotionally swooping, utterly satisfying fun."[60] Bob Mondello of NPR gave the film an 8.5 out of 10, saying "It's clear that [director Dean DeBlois] took inspiration from the first Star Wars trilogy—not a bad model for breathing new life, and yes, a bit of fire, into one of Hollywood's more nuanced animated franchises."[61] Inkoo Kang of The Wrap gave the film a mixed review, saying "If there isn't enough to feel, at least there's a lot to look at. Thanks to the superb 3-D direction by DeBlois, we swoop through the air, whoosh down dragons' tails, and juuust baaaarely [sic] squeeze into small crevices, but still, those experiences are only like being on a really great rollercoaster—they don't mean anything."[62] A.A. Dowd of The A.V. Club gave the film a B-, saying "There aren't just more dragons, but more characters, more plot, more everything. The trade-off is that the charm of the original gets a little lost, a casualty of rapid-franchise expansion."[63]
Box office[edit]
How to Train Your Dragon 2 grossed $177 million in North America, and $441.9 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $618.9 million.[3] The film is the second-highest-grossing animated film of 2014, behind Big Hero 6, and the twelfth-highest-grossing film of the year in any genre.[3][64][65] While How to Train Your Dragon 2 only earned $177 million at the US box office, compared to $217 million for its predecessor,[66] it performed much better at the international box office, earning $438 million to How to Train Your Dragon's $277 million. Calculating in all expenses, Deadline.com estimated that the film made a profit of $107.3 million.[67]
In the United States and Canada, the film earned $18.5 million on its opening day,[68] and opened at number two in its first weekend, with $49,451,322.[69] In its second weekend, the film dropped to number three, grossing an additional $24,719,312.[70] In its third weekend, the film stayed at number three, grossing $13,237,697.[71] In its fourth weekend, the film dropped to number five, grossing $8,961,088.[72]
Its $25.9 million opening weekend in China was the biggest-ever for an animated film in the country, surpassing the record previously held by Kung Fu Panda 2.[73]
Accolades[edit]
List of awards and nominations
Award / Film Festival
Category
Recipient(s)
Result
Annie Awards[74] Best Animated Feature How to Train Your Dragon 2 Won
Animated Effects in an Animated Production James Jackson, Lucas Janin, Tobin Jones, Baptiste Van Opstal, Jason Mayer Nominated
Character Animation in a Feature Production Fabio Lignini Won
Steven "Shaggy" Hornby Nominated
Thomas Grummt Nominated
Directing in a Feature Production Dean DeBlois Won
Music in a Feature Production John Powell, Jónsi Won
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production Truong "Tron" Son Mai Won
Writing in a Feature Production Dean DeBlois Nominated
Editorial in an Animated Feature Production John K. Carr Won
Academy Awards[75] Best Animated Feature Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold Nominated
British Academy Children's Awards[76] Kid's Vote - Film in 2014 How to Train Your Dragon 2 Nominated
Children's Feature Film in 2014 How to Train Your Dragon 2 Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Award[77] Best Animated Feature How to Train Your Dragon 2 Nominated
Golden Globe Awards[78] Best Animated Feature Film How to Train Your Dragon 2 Won
Hollywood Film Awards[79] Best Hollywood Animation Award How to Train Your Dragon 2 Won
National Board of Review[80] Best Animated Feature How to Train Your Dragon 2 Won
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards[81] Favorite Animated Movie How to Train Your Dragon 2 Nominated
Online Film Critics Society[82] Best Animated Feature How to Train Your Dragon 2 Nominated
People's Choice Awards[83] Favorite Family Movie How to Train Your Dragon 2 Nominated
Phoenix Film Critics Society[84] Best Animated Film How to Train Your Dragon 2 Nominated
Producers Guild of America Best Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures Bonnie Arnold Nominated
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award[85] Best Animated Feature How to Train Your Dragon 2 Nominated
Satellite Awards[86] Best Motion Picture Animated or Mixed Media How to Train Your Dragon 2 Nominated
Visual Effects Society Awards[87] Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Bonnie Arnold, Dean DeBlois, Dave Walvoord, Simon Otto Nominated
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Jakob Hjort Jensen, Fabio Lignini, Stephen Candell, Hongseo Park for "Hiccup" Nominated
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Sun Yoon, Liang-Yuan Wang, Ted Davis, Shannon Thomas for "Oasis" Nominated
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Spencer Knapp, Baptiste Van Opstal, Lucas Janin, Jason Mayer for "The Battle" Nominated
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association[88] Best Animated Feature How to Train Your Dragon 2 Nominated
Saturn Awards[89] Saturn Award for Best Animated Film How to Train Your Dragon 2 Nominated
Saturn Award for Best Music John Powell Nominated
Soundtrack[edit]
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Soundtrack album by John Powell
Released
June 17, 2014
Recorded
2014
Genre
Film score
Length
60:07
Label
Relativity Music Group
John Powell film scores chronology
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Composer John Powell, who earned his first Academy Award nomination for his music in the original movie, returned to score the sequel. Powell described the project "a maturation story" and stated that he too tried to achieve the same maturation in the structure of his music by developing further every aspect of his compositions from the original film.[90]
Recording took place during April 2014 at Abbey Road Studios in London[91] with a 120-piece orchestra, a 100-voice choir,[92] and a wide array of ethnic instruments, including celtic harp, uilleann bagpipes, tin whistle, bodhrán, and Highland bagpipes; the latter of which were performed by pipers from the Scottish group The Red Hot Chilli Pipers.[20] The ensemble was conducted by the composer's usual collaborator Gavin Greenaway.[92]
Sigur Rós lead vocalist, Jónsi, who wrote and performed the song "Sticks & Stones" for the original movie, provided two new original songs for the sequel in collaboration with Powell.[20] Belarusian-Norwegian artist Alexander Rybak, who voices Hiccup in Norwegian, also wrote and performed the song "Into a Fantasy". The latter song is featured only in the European versions of the film.[93]
A soundtrack album for the film was released on June 17, 2014, by Relativity Music Group.[94][95] The album features over an hour of score by Powell, as well as the two original songs written by Powell and Jónsi. Rybak's song, "Into a Fantasy", was released separately as a single.
Track listing
No.
Title
Length
1. "Dragon Racing" 4:34
2. "Together We Map the World" 2:19
3. "Hiccup the Chief/Drago's Coming" 4:44
4. "Toothless Lost" 3:28
5. "Should I Know You?" 1:56
6. "Valka's Dragon Sanctuary" 3:19
7. "Losing Mom/Meet the Good Alpha" 3:24
8. "Meet Drago" 4:26
9. "Stoick Finds Beauty" 2:33
10. "Flying with Mother" 2:49
11. "For the Dancing and the Dreaming" (performed by Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson & Mary Jane Wells) 3:06
12. "Battle of the Bewilderbeast" 6:26
13. "Hiccup Confronts Drago" 4:06
14. "Stoick Saves Hiccup" 2:23
15. "Stoick's Ship" 3:48
16. "Alpha Comes to Berk" 2:20
17. "Toothless Found" 3:46
18. "Two New Alphas" 6:06
19. "Where No One Goes" (performed by Jónsi) 2:44
European/Slavic bonus track
No.
Title
Length
20. "Into a Fantasy" (performed by Alexander Rybak) 3:32
Video game[edit]
A video game based on the film, titled How to Train Your Dragon 2, was released in June 2014 by Little Orbit.[96] Developed by Torus Games, the game is available for Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Wii U, and PlayStation 3.[96] It allows players to choose various riders and dragons, and enter a dragon flight school, participating in trainings, challenges, and tournaments.[96]
Sequel[edit]
Main article: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
The third and final film, titled How to Train Your Dragon 3,[97] was originally scheduled for release on June 17, 2016,[98] but in September 2014, DreamWorks Animation moved the release date to June 9, 2017.[99][100] In January 2015, in the wake of the closure of Pacific Data Images and massive lay-offs, the release date was initially pushed back to June 29, 2018, but subsequently was brought forward to May 18, 2018.[101][102] On December 5, 2016, the release date was pushed back again to March 1, 2019.[103] Dean DeBlois, the co-screenwriter/co-director of the first and writer-director of the second film, will return, along with producer Bonnie Arnold and all the main cast,[104] while composer John Powell, who scored the first two films, will also be returning.[105] Cate Blanchett, Kit Harington, and Djimon Hounsou will also reprise their roles as Valka, Eret, and Drago, respectively, from the second film.[106][107][108] F. Murray Abraham had joined the cast as the film’s main villain, named Grimmel.[108]
See also[edit]
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