How To Train Your Dragon 2

Penguins of Madagascar wasn't even nominated.

edited 12th Jan '15 9:16:02 AM by Lionheart0

Thank God.

I don't give a fuck if you think I'm being rude. All I wanted was a movie that wasn't racist, wasn't sexist, made sense and had likeable characters who actually acted like human fucking beings. This movie should not be awarded anything. That's my opinion, and I don't fucking care what you think about it.

-leaves site permanently-

Well, that escalated quickly.

How is Dragons 2 racist!?!?!

Apparently because Drago had a slightly darker tone of skin than Hiccup and he was the bad guy.

He had the only Po C Voice Actor in the movie.

That's unfortunate.

I think it's because Drago - the villain - is the only character who looks remotely non-white (he could be white too, but he does have swarthy skin and dreadlocks), and he's voiced by the only non-white actor of the main cast. EDIT:

For me, though, I didn't mind the above that much. I did mind that Drago's character felt woefully underdeveloped and that the first half kind of dragged on, although everything that happened after Hiccup's mother showed up was pretty good.

(...I still wish The LEGO Movie had won instead, though.)

edited 12th Jan '15 10:25:36 AM by Lemia

Awards are worthless anyway. And its on even an Academy Award! Not that those are any better, but jeez calm down, lady.

edited 12th Jan '15 10:27:18 AM by AegisP

I mean yeah, if you squint your eyes, you can see Unforunate Implications, but that doesn't make the movie Racist. Saying the movie is sexist is even more silly. It'd be like calling The Lego Movie sexist because Wyldstyle didn't get to be the hero.

edited 12th Jan '15 10:28:14 AM by Lionheart0

That's what I think, too. I was disappointed that Astrid was basically just a Hiccup-cheerleader and that Valka didn't get to play a role in the climax, but I think that's more a product of Hiccup getting all the character focus and development this time around than anything else.

And the first movie wasnt guilty of this?

Oh for the LOVE of...

edited 12th Jan '15 10:45:15 AM by kyun

Could you use "@Poster" instead of the arrow thingy? More than 3 Makes it INSANELY confusing.

Then why do they provide it in the first place?

Geez, when I bumped the thread, I just wanted to give props to Dreamworks since this has been a long-time coming.

So you can point a few posts up. Two or three is easy to keep track of. More than that is an eyesore.

@Mort: I'm honestly disappointed that you'd ragequit the site over this movie winning a Golden Globe. I had enjoyed your insights on the other forums and your Disney Princess liveblog, and understand why you heavily dislike this movie. Hence it saddens me that you'd be this, well, immature about it.

edited 12th Jan '15 12:56:36 PM by Tuckerscreator

The arrows? For posts that are just 2-3 posts ahead. If you want people to actually understand you, you have to help them out a bit.

EDIT:Ninja'd by Tuckers Creator, who explained it quite nicely.

edited 12th Jan '15 12:58:41 PM by AegisP

@Lionheart - But then Matt had to go and ruin the Happiness. It's all good.

Who's Matt?

I just do *N for any number of posts above mine more than 3. I only ever do @poster for when someone is at least a page behind.

How to Train Your Dragon 2 took the Annie for Best Animated Feature.

I'm pretty sure the Oscar is a lock now.

Dreamworks swept the Annies a week after they let their entire Northern California PDI office go. I hate this feeling of irony.

Aren't they rigged anyway?

The Annies are like the Oscars but much more low-class, and that's saying something.

edited 1st Feb '15 5:56:25 PM by Teddy

I loved this movie. And my one cent about how it ended up with a bunch of nominations is that there's a main character death in the movie. That's good for some pathos there.