#or the how to train your dragon trilogy

[i-didnt-hate-it]

Hey I did a Walter Mitty and replied to this in my head but not irl.

Personally, my most "therapeutic" movie experiences come when I'm watching a movie in a theater, because it demands my full attention and the experience is so much more immersive. I can't just pause it and do something else or look at my phone during a scene that might make me uncomfortable.

Of course, all art is subjective, so you might not (and probably won't) get the exact same experience that I had, but I hope you still enjoy these.

I watched more movies in the theater in 2024 than I have my entire life, I'm pretty sure, so most of these are probably gonna be 2024 movies lol.

If you haven't seen The Wild Robot, I'm pretty sure it's streaming on Peacock now, and I can't recommend it enough. There's a scene that breaks me to my core every time I've watched it, and I think it always will. There's so much I could say about this movie, but the heart of it is a story about found family, and especially about motherhood. So, no matter what your relationship with your mother, I'd bet this makes you feel something. The song at the end makes me cry every time, too.

Following up with another Lupita Nyong'o movie from last year is A Quiet Place: Day One. I was not expecting to start bawling like a baby in the middle of this movie, but I think most people who lived through covid-19 and everything else that 2020 brought can really relate to what this movie has to say about finding the beauty in the simple things and enjoying life even when the world is falling apart around us. Omg I'm literally tearing up just writing about it. It is an action horror movie so it's kinda intense, but I'd highly recommend it even if you haven't seen the other Quiet Place movies. This one is just so powerful.

Another one that had me bawling my eyes out when I watched it was IF, the imaginary friend movie from John Krasinski. Now I was going through a few "grown-up" problems when I watched it, but aren't we all, like all the time? There's a pureness and beauty to IF, and the emotions that built throughout the movie broke through in the final scene, and I was blubbering in the front row. If you've ever wanted to grow up, or not wanted to grow up, or be a kid again, I think this will hit you where it hurts. In the best way.

These kinda go without saying, but the Inside Out movies will make you emotional, because their whole thing is emotion. The first one definitely still gets my tears flowing more than the second, but 2 got me thinking about more complicated emotions. Which makes sense, since that's kinda the whole plot of the movie lol. Walking out of Inside Out 2 literally felt like walking out of a therapy session.

This one is definitely more niche, but if you've ever struggled with your gender, or sexuality, or even just feeling like an outsider, like you don't belong, "I Saw The TV Glow" might just rip your heart out. It definitely seems to be one of those "you get it or you don't" movies, but if you feel like letting nostalgia tear up your entire perception of reality, I'd recommend it. I don't think I actually cried the first time I watched it, but I think that's because it took me to a place beyond tears. There's no easy way to explain I Saw The TV Glow, so I'd say give it a try if it piques your interest.

We Live In Time also made me feel a lot of things. It's a sad story, but the way it's told makes it very bittersweet, with more sweet than bitter. It's a beautiful love story and Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield are absolutely wonderful.

These last two are pretty uber-specific, but I feel like I need to mention them. The first is the Monk movie, Mr. Monk's Last Case. If you've watched Monk at all, you need to watch the movie. Me and my sister absolutely lost it at the end, it's just so beautiful we couldn't hold back our tears.

Last one is "No One Will Save You" on Hulu. I really wish I could see this in theaters, I need the biggest screen possible. If you watch this, watch it by yourself, with all the lights off, with headphones if you can. It's an alien invasion horror movie, but it focuses on one character, and she never speaks, because she has no one to talk to. The movie is so intimate, you're just holding your breath right along with the main character. No One Will Save You is one of my favorite movies for a lot of reasons, a lot of them I'm not even sure of myself. Sometimes I feel like no one else will get quite as much out of it as me, but if you want to follow a tragic character through an exciting but also extremely thoughtful ordeal, give it a try.

*For the last 2 options, you dont have to count anything that happened when you were a little kid

[zipstick]

the original how to train your dragon will always be better than the "live action" remake because the 4k high resolution marketable plushie oversaturated big lizard copycat could never pull off toothless' sassy raised eyebrow

[beif0ngs]

THE MOTHER OF DRAGONS 🐉

[crypticpaw]

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[lazlolullaby]

Ok read this first, outlining the Night Fury as a Dragon eating species: https://www.tumblr.com/mist-the-wannabe-linguist/748455280269000704?source=share

Tl:Dr Night Furies / Deathgrippers / other Dragons that Eat Dragons have an ecological niche of Killing Alpha/Titan dragons. Because if they get too big, thet are damaging to the social order + even the environment.

I don't honestly think it was just Grimmel, he's famous for Night Fury killing, but I believe it was a concentrated effort between ancient people who made the Dragon Eye + hunters + Vikings to kill off/manage Dragon Predators specifically.

You know. Like what we did with wolves.

That fallacy of killing wolves meaning more elk for humans to have + protecting livestock. And then the overpopulation of elk caused stripping of grass, difficulty for trees to grow, rivers degrading + other impacts. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KWblV23OeQc

So if you remove a predator from an environment, the prey will flourish. If there's no stress or hunting, that means that a dragon can be on its own and survive to massive scale. And if that dragon decides to continue hunting by itself or pressuring the other Dragons to hunt for it thanks to an Alpha or Titan call, it can intentionally or unintentionally force dragons to go into human territory to get food. Which causes more trouble for humans in the long run + a loss of life for Dragons.

Note that the Bewilderbeast that Valka befriended did not hunt in human areas - only attacked at Valka's command against trappers taking the flock.

If Night Furies were more plentiful, their social nature would insulate them against an Alpha command. And even the Deathgrippers have Venom that stops the command. They could drug other Dragons/each other out of the command. The Dragon predators would then take down the Alpha before it got too big or if it forced other Dragons out of the correct territory.

This prevents a situation like in HTTYD 1 where dragons can't fight back against the Red Death because of the Alpha call. It was only with Toothless + Hiccup teaming up to break the call.

So. Yeah. Humans and dragons have always been part of the ecosystem + affect it no matter what.

[countlessofvoids]

I miss when HTTYD had evil dragons. Like where are all the orcas of the dragon world

[astridhoff03]

The importance of Love in the httyd-trilogy

Love is one of the major themes in the httyd-trilogy since the first film. Love between Hiccup and his dad, romantic love like Hiccup and Astrid or love between best friends like Hiccup and Toothless. But the theme of Love really got it’s time to shine in the final movie with the theme that Love not only is beautiful but also can curse loss. The httyd-trilogy teaches us from beginning to end with what love comes and sometimes it doesn’t have a happy ending. But we still go on like Hiccup after the death of his father or when Toothless and he part ways. It also showed us that love and loss comes as a backache. One without the other wouldn’t be possible and this, understands this trilogy perfectly.

[keeweesreblogsandsuch]

Obligatory post-watch Toothless sketchbook page <3

[noctusfury]

Snotlout 2.0 by Noctus Fury

I have to say, I'm really proud of how much Snotlout has grown throughout RTTE and HTTYD 2. 😏😌👑

(We are forgetting and ignoring the heresy that is HTTYD3 which completely reverted his entire character back to HTTYD 1, if not worse.)

[agentscamander-romanoff]

Bo-Katan:Listen,the relationship is nothing,but misery and pain

Din:🤨

Bo-Katan:Unless you're dating Din Djarin,of course,but I've already taken him,so misery and pain.

[dragonnnfly]

UHHHHH?!!,!!?!

[boldymoldedcheese]

I like how all the dragons look pretty much the same, going to show really how great the original models were

That being said this movie looks like it's just going to be the original but less stylized

[hawkflame999]

Fandoms I'M IN. (in no order)

Ninjago (all my posts on this so far)

Ranger's Apprentice (none yet at the time I posted this)

How to Train Your Dragon. (none yet at the time I posted this)

Wolfwalkers (none yet at the time I posted this)

Inheritance Cycle (none yet at the time I posted this)

Sonic the Hedgehog (none yet at the time I posted this)

Lego Monkie Kid (sort of) (none yet at the time I posted this)

The entire Rick Riordan fandom (none yet at the time I posted this)

Watership Down (none yet at the time I posted this)

Foxcraft (none yet at the time I posted this)

Magic Tree House (none yet at the time I posted this)

Dragons The Nine Realms (none yet at the time I posted this)

Minecraft (none yet at the time I posted this)

Guardians of Ga'hoole (none yet at the time I posted this)

Wolves of the Beyond (none yet at the time I posted this)

Godzilla (none yet at the time I posted this)

Marvel (sort of) (none yet at the time I posted this)

Angry Birds (none yet at the time I posted this)

Abominable (none yet at the time I posted this)

Keeper of the Lost Cities (none yet at the time I posted this)

Wings of Fire (none yet at the time I posted this)

[supernightboy08]

My favorite Trilogy finales:

1. Avengers Endgame (2019)

2. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)

3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011)

4. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

5. How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

[countlessofvoids]

List of favourite httyd scenes?

I know the second movie has obvious flaws and has been kind of deglared by fans as the worse part of the franchise, but it does have most of the scenes I consider my favorite. It might lack in the writing department, but the directing is amazing.

Stoick's ship is my absolute number one. The composition, the dialogue, the music - you can just feel the artistry and emotion put into it. This scene is exactly why I can easily enjoy the movie even with it's faulty writing.

Next would be the entire intro sequence. I love when movies/series have something of a music video in them lmao. Meanwhile dragon racing I think is the best showcase of Snotlout, Fishlegs & the twins' characters and a very fun part of the worldbuilding. If I have to be nitpicky - my one complaint would be "Where No One Goes" getting interrupted by Hiccup nearly crashing into a cliff. Which was a bit useless, outside of making a reference to how Toothless saved him in the first movie.

Then there's Flying with Mother. It's great as a whole, but I especially love when Valka asks Hiccup if he can forgive her for abandoning him. I think that might be the most 'human' moment in the entirety of HTTYD.

And moments like these is what I miss in The Hidden World. I just couldn't feel any emotional connection to anything nor was I ever 'smitten' by a scene. I liked some bits of the armada battle and the fall sequence came close, but that one's ruined by what happens before and right after.