"You're as beautiful as the day I lost you" lives rent-free in my head 😢

16:43 "I wasn't expecting this movie to be heart-wrenching" Just wait...

Stoic’s funeral and eulogy is one of my favorite pieces of animation. Period. It’s so well put together, and the acting, both from the animators and the voice actors, is just phenomenal. I’ve always said that HTTYD series is the pinnacle of the art of animation.

I absolutely love this trilogy and I believe it's one of the few times where the sequels are not only improvements to the original, but they feel necessary to the core of what it's trying to tell: a story of life, loss, regret, love, and compassion. I think it's an incredible way to not only make it fun and entertaining by using dragons (and making them cute as hell) as a metaphor for coexistence, but just to show that the actions of just a few people can achieve great things for their community and the world at large. I'm super excited to see you both watch the 3rd one!

If you look close at the last dragon race you can see Hiccup drops the black sheep in Astrid's score net. Relationship goals.

This has one of my absolute favorite tropes in any media: When fictional characters age in real time. I love it so much

Fun detail: Astrid and Valka are the only characters seen walking on dragons during flight.

I love how for the first half or so of the movie it sort of leads the viewer down the path of 'Hiccup completely takes after his mother', but Hiccup's eulogy and Valka's little speech during the funeral serves to remind the viewer just how much Hiccup takes after Stoick as well. "How do you become someone that great? That brave? That... selfless? I guess... you can only... try." "You have the heart of a chief and the soul of a dragon." Hiccup has those same qualities that he admires in his dad. He may not be as big and tough as Stoick, but he's got his father's bravery, his selflessness, his devotion to his people, and he's inherited his values as well. Those attributes coupled with Valka's open-mindedness and willingness to challenge the status quo is what makes Hiccup who he is. He's the best of both his parents.

So Drago's Bewilderbeast was captured from a young age and abused and tortured to be the perfect weapon. Dreamworks used references to the horrific training that elephants go through (the bullhook in particular; it's used to hurt the sensitive and vulnerable areas of a creature). This is from the Wiki page: The dark Bewilderbeast's behavior is consistent with that of an abused animal, never acting without its master's command from fear of punishment, and lashing out at anything that approaches as it has learned to associate approach with pain. It is likely that Drago's "dominating" behavior had taught the Bewilderbeast to feel helpless under his command, as even though it is big enough to easily kill him should it turn on him, it nonetheless blindly follows orders and has little, if any, initiative to act on its own.

Cate Blanchett's range is ludicrous. Aside from "normal" roles, her role in the anthology film "manifesto" and her part in "I'm not there" (and many more) show what she's capable of

Simone’s intro was from the South Park episode where Cartman freezes himself to get a Wii. Nice reference!

The How to Train Your Dragon trilogy really is one of the best trilogies out there. They are so good.

“You’re as beautiful as the day I lost you” will never not make me cry.

Not only is this my favorite installment in the trilogy, but I think it's one of the best animated films of the 2010's.

This is the 1 movie I'm happy i watched in 3D. The flying scenes was unbelievably immersive.

A truly emotional gut punch! Reuniting with her wife and then sacrificing himself for their son so soon afterward.

This was one movie I actually cried during when at the cinema with the kids. It hits hard. Especially if you're a father.

one of the few trilogy movies, where all the movies are great.

20:55 George: "Symbolism." Have you been watching Just Trust Ash, too? HIs big thing is symbolism!

BTW to answer your question about who voices Drago it is Djimon Hounsou

I absolutely use "Where no one goes" as a hype song for my workout and I don't care who hears or knows.

12:55 Simone with the baby laugh

cloud jumper (the owl dragon) is my fav dragon. so cool looking.

Drago’s scream is the most terrifying sound I’ve heard as a child. Its so dominant and loud and brutal perfect for a character that shows his dominance above others

Been waiting a long time to see how hard Simone bawls at this one.

A rare and amazing franchise where every movie is a gem. Being a huge dragon fan in general, I absolutely love these movies. Can't wait until you two see the third one. Bring tissue.

Where No One Goes, Flying with Mother and that duet are such phenomenal songs.

An animated film you should watch at some point is Rango. Btw, the voice actress of Hiccups mother is Cate Blanchett.

I saw this in the theater with my nephews a week or two after it premiered. We were the only people in the auditorium... Which made it even more fun, somehow. The first movie just barely edges this one out for me, and remains my favorite of the franchise, but this one is still great to me.

25:15 I don’t remember if that line was in the trailer, but what I do remember is that they totally spoiled that the dragon rider was his mom in the trailer. They included the “A mother never forgets” line right in the middle of it. I still don’t understand why they did that.

Eret is voiced by Kit Harington from Game of Thrones.

Fun fact be in five years before this movie takes place. There are two how to train your Dragon series. HTTYD race to the edge shows how is an Astrid relationship started as a couple and how hiccough invented the fire sword as well as a whole bunch of other stuff, and also why the map is filled out

"You're as beautiful as the day I lost you..." Always breaks everyone, every time.

Every piece of this trilogy hits. It freakin HITS!

I'm 90% sure that opening was a NADDPOD reference. Can't remember how many birds Hardwon went through.

This movie was DW's debut of entirely new technology and methods for CG. And it really shows.

Simone “really good movie” with a thumbs up and streaming tears is why I’m here. Luv u.

There's a line in the first movie about how Stoick won't always be around to protect Hiccup that hits different after you've seen this movie

Drago is voiced by Djimon Hounsou from Gladiator, The Legend of Tarzan, the Wizard in both Shazam films & Black Adam. The first three films I remember seeing Djimon Hounsou in was the original Stargate film, Amistad, and Deep Rising.

The whole trilogy is so good. This and Panda were just amazing trilogies. Haven't seen Panda 4

I love the fact that the great bewilderbeast almost is like a mirror to the red death in the first movie. Because in the first movie every dragon gathered and threw food down into a pit, whereas this dragon gives his dragons food FROM the pit.

I had a lot of fun rewatching this movie with you!

The best movie in the trilogy, imho. High key love the subtle ageing-up of Hiccup and the other kids from the first film, and how the clothes and gear of the other Berk Vikings becomes more and more adapted to their dragon-riding lifestyle.

This trilogy, so heart wrenching

16:17 "This is why I never married." Right. _This_ is the reason. This and nothing else.

Call me a simp for Simone, because that giggle at 11:01 filled me with serotonin.

One of the best animated trilogy out there , the soundtrack still gives me goosebumps 🥹

Laughter, tears, disgust, what a movie. Great reaction, guys.

Djimon Housu was Drago, and so I 100% recommend Blood Diamond with him and Leo DiCaprio in it, excellent movie.

Well, for Dresmwork's film this follows Disney formula very well: You can't have both parents alive... Or any parents if you're main character... Jokes a side. This is amazing sequel, its really hard to do sequel that is same level with original. Entire franchise is amazing.

Thing about the continuity of How to Train Your Dragon is that there is a whole Netflix series that is integrated with the movies. That is where the flame sword and wingsuit are from, among other things.

A bit of sad Trivia, Drago's method of controlling dragons is based on an actual method of breaking in elephants. Elephants would be captured at a very young age and throughout its youth it would be beaten with a spiked rod, like the one Drago has, until the fear of getting beaten would make it obedient even as an adult.

So glad you came back to this trilogy, please do watch the third one

Weirdly when watching this film, I didn't know the voice actor was Djimon Hounsou UNTIL I heard the scream.

You will notice that each villain in the movies shows who hiccup could have become if he took a different approach to meeting toothless

"I'll swim and sail the savage sea.... with ne'er a fear of drowning"

George always has the best shirts 😂

As you stated, the animation has grown with the characters. As emotional as 2 was, the 3rd is.... well, just see it. Also, look closely in a scene in the next film- Drago's Alpha appears in a shot. Very much alive and w/o Drago! Love you two and your commentaries! Cheers from Oklahoma!

You should watch the series Dragons: Riders of Berk, Defenders of Berk and Race to the Edge, they dive deeper into what happened on that 5 year gap between the first film and this. They expand on Hiccup and Astrid's relationship, Hiccup and his dad, as well as flesh out the rest of the gang, and how Berk adapted to living with dragons. You should also watch the Gift of the Night Fury holiday special because the events of that are referenced in the next film.

Fun detail: Eret's voice is Kit Harington (Jon Snow)

This movie makes me cry every single time

Can’t wait for their reaction to the third film. This trilogy is soooo good!

Fun fact: one of the animators were struggling to animate the elder dragon wakening from the water and have to redo all his work plenty of time. But after he finished his part and looked at final result he was pissed off, that most of the dragon was covered in water and not visible 🫠🫠🫠

Actually Drago did die,if you didn't notice his prosthetic arm got blasted off and since the abused bewildebeest simply retreated and gave up,Drago wouldn't been able to hold on as it went underwater and must have drowned ending him!

Deakins on the photography and Powell on the music. Baller team.

16:27 this part is emotional but the coming sound of the dude was freaking funny hahah

Oh okay, so we're doing these in sync with the real life timeline - got it 😁

I did not expect Hiccup's dad to die in this movie, I thought he would get wounded and recover at the end of the movie but he didn't 😭

Having seen this film before I knew the moment was coming, but it doesn’t make it any less shocking or heartwrenching this time. This effing franchise really chose the exact best moment to snap your Hiccup and his mom’s heart in two.

So... I love this franchise, it might even be my favorite movie franchise ever. However, I am kinda wondering, how does Drago fly Toothless? 🤔 First, he would have to know the controls, I mean, even Hiccup had to use a cheat sheet in the beginning. Second, his foot seems a bit big to fit in the pedal that is made for Hiccup's small prosthetic foot. Oh well 😋

Great, now I'm crying during my lunch break 😢❤

The moment they started singing and dancing together, I was like "Ohhhh no. This is not going to last. She is definitely going to die" I was right, snd yet I was wrong.

You guys are one of my favorite channels

This trilogy is the perfect animation trilogy.

“This- can help him with those tight turns, and this- activates his Alpha Mode, and this- unlocks his Wolverine claws, and this…”

the first one is the perfect standalone/introduction movie. the second one is the perfect sequel/story since we already know the characters well enough for a deeper plot to work (therefore punching us in the gut with the feels ;-;) the third one is the perfect finale. i seriously don’t know how they did it, but every single movie in this franchise is top tier in its own way, making it very hard for some people (me) to even build an argument on which one is the best. i say the first one is my personal favorite, but i think nostalgia plays a big part in that (watched all of them in theaters, so i must’ve been 9-10 when i saw the first movie), so that, plus the fact that hiccup and toothless’ first flight scene has the innate power of making me cry 99% of the time - as soon as the score kicks im already :”) are probably the main reasons i consider the first one my favorite. honestly this trilogy is the closest i’ve seen to “perfect” when it comes to a well-rounded, consistent movie franchise/series (not just animation, but overall) love your reactions btw!! it always feels really genuine, and it’s fun to watch 🥺

I thought the mother would be more like dad cuz how he said about breastplate helmet in the first film lmao

A missed moment for the dragon hunter to say “Winter is coming” when seeing the iceberg

Toothless never fails to steal my heart...

Cate Blanchett is Valka.

27:44 I would have been offended if George didn't make that reference. Never change my dude.

Drago most likely died when the bewilderbeast slammed into the water

dropping this right after Mothers' Day was surprisingly on point.

This movie was my first date with my girlfriend after I graduated highschool. Stoic and Valka's reunion had me shifting in my seat feeling everything, then toothless becoming the alpha had me bouncing in my seat. I tried so hard to keep my cool so she wouldn't think I was weird

i have yet to scour and see if any How To Train Your Dragon reactors will acknowledge or at least be aware that there was a TV Show that bridgeg this story gap during the first and second film 😊

I recognize Simones opening line. Cartman said it in the Buck Rodgers parody episode. 🍪🍪

I agree it could’ve been clearer, but I think the implication is that when the dark alpha ducked into water to get away from Berk’s dragons attacking it, Drago was still on the alpha so would’ve gotten pulled down into the water with it, so presumably he drowned. As other users have said, the alpha was abused from a young age by Drago so he could control it through fear when it was bigger - I hope that when it realized Drago was gone and couldn’t hurt it anymore that it found peace somewhere far away from any shitty abusive humans

Kit-9 is in this movie

The 3rd film is my favorite because it stars Yeji queen of epic hairdos.

19:17 we got 'em

22:54 YES! YES! Bring on the pain! Ahahahahahaha 😂😂😂😂

16:18 I have a headcanon for the third movie. I have never heard anyone else about this, but if you pay attention to Gobber and a certain new person...

Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it

Love your videos so much :)

If you havent seen it already, I would really recommend checking out Strange Days from 1995 which will be turning 30 next year and is a forgotten masterpiece from Katherine Bigelow and James Cameron, starring Ralph Fiennes, Angela Basset and Juliet Lewis. Its is an incredible movie, but there just aren't that many reactions out there for it so far.

That white alpha is the God the God Slayer killed in the Thor movie.

0:03 Good job T.C.

The Viking funeral is not all it's made out to be. The wood will burn through and fire goes out and the next morning the half burnt corpse washes up on the beach.

Where is part 3 (Hidden World)?

Simone is Wildin out with these intros lately 🤣