"There were dragons, when I was a boy..." that monologue at the end are the first lines in the book. It's Hiccup in his 80s re-telling the story of him and toothless to little kids. Poetic how they made it the ending line for the movies.
I really appreciate Valka's subtle parenting throughout this movie. It had to be very difficult to be taken when Hiccup was a baby and come back when he was a nearly fully grown man, but she handles parenting a young man REALLY well.
This hit me like a truck. I saw the first film as a second date with my wife, the second when she was pregnant with my first daughter and the final one with my oldest daughter and wife while she was pregnant with our second daughter. Its like our family film series lol
The fact that Hiccup had a statue of Stoick placed right in the middle of the village, the most important spot where just about all the village ceremonies would take place, shows just how much his father means to him. Hiccup has a great support system in Astrid, Valka and Gobber, but it's incredibly touching to me how, for important decisions, he still looks to memories of his dad to help guide him. This movie really cements just how much Hiccup looks up to and reveres Stoick, both as his father and as a leader. The relationship between hiccup and Toothless has always been the main focus, of course, but I love the father and son relationship as well. In that regard the first movie feels like it's about a father learning to understand his son, while the second movie is about a son understanding his father, and the third definitely feels like Hiccup is honoring his father by finding his own way to lead. I hope you'll eventually check out the How To Train Your Dragon Christmas specials, at least The Gift of The Night Fury, which takes place a couple of months after the events of the first movie. It's really sweet and heartwarming, and I think you'd enjoy it.
I know that it is a crazy thing to expect of anyone to forge through series' of television; But just saying... the television series' are quality entertainment! (Riders of Berk. Defenders of Berk. Race to the edge) Good writing. Lovely world building. Great voice work. And very nice animation for t.v shows of the time (nowhere up to the movies of course).
Funny, because this is my least favorite movie of the franchise. I feel like the third movie is realy controversial in the fandom. Well, atleast we can all agree that the nine realm is the worst httyd Media. I am happy that the httyd fandom is not really toxic, so everyone can live in peace, whether someone like something or not.
Just echoing what so many have said already, probably the best Animated trilogy's of all time. Watching you get so emotional just brought it all back and my tears were flowing with you. If you ever get the chance to see these movies in 3D (yeah I know and it is still a thing) they look incredible and from hiccups first flight to the hidden kingdom are just something else with the 3 dimension.
Some people refer to animation simply as "cartoons". They've not seen these 3 films. I love animation, but no other animation ever touched me like this. Even these years later, watching folks like yourself watching them for the first time. I can still get the same chills and emotions, too. John Powell's scores are far more a part of these films than any other score/film combo i've seen, This was a beautiful viewing today. You are now officially a part of the HTTYD family. 😇😘
People confuse animation with "genre". Animation is actually a dizzyingly diverse MEDIUM, for telling any and every kind of tale... even safe and simple stories to keep little children occupied. But it is simply incorrect to imagine that that is all animation is.
@@chriskelly3481 Absolutely agree. There's a full range of animation. Just look @ Japan- there's a genre for every age. Most of my faves most Americans have never heard of. HTTYD films still top all of them for me.
Im not really that into animation but these ones and zootopia are up there with my favourite movies in general and im very very picky. So yeah id say these are sort of an exception
You NEED to see the TV series, Dragons:Riders of Berk, Dragons: Defenders of Berk and especially Race to the Edge ! They all take place after the first movie and before the second. Not for a video commentary necessarily, but just for yourself. They really flesh out the story and explain a lot. You'll love them.
These movies are Dreamworks' crowining achivement. A perfect trilogy. But when Toothless part ways with the same kind of touch they first interacted.... No matter how many times I see that, it's tears.
Rare to find trilogies that feel like they've told the complete story. A story that needs no more than what is given. It perfectly shows the growth and warmth in such beloved characters that make me watch over and over again.
One of the best movie trilogies of all time, and not just animated. Such a terrific story form beginning to end, and I cried right alongside you with every reaction. Thank you for watching these.
@@funnylilgalreacts If you didn't know already, there's a HTTYD series too. It's also amazing. There's actually a lot that happens. Strangely, the first 2 seasons are on Peacock, and the last 3 are on Netflix.
they aslo did a" How to Train Your Dragon: Snoggletog Log (2019)" and "How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019)" you should watch both of them . your reactions are awesome !
I did not expect them to let the dragons go free the first time I watched it and it really took this third installment from good to amazing for me. The second movie will always be my favourite as well but this is such a great closing movie all around even if it was more light-hearted. It's been a joy watching these movies again with you 😄😭
This trilogy is amazing. The journey hiccup goes to become the man he is, is one of the best in my opinion. And the Tv series shows how much all of the friends became closer and matured it would be really intresting to watch your reaction to it but even if not on the channel i hope you watch the series on your own it's really fun💗💗
There was an animated TV series between movie 1 and movie 2, if you ever just miss the characters and need some new stories. It was subtitled "Race to the Edge".
I agree, and I personally enjoy movies that make me emotional but it's rare to find one that makes me shed tears, so I actually have a weird tendency to get envious if I see a reactor doing it when I can't lol.
I love how each of the films villains(villagers/Stoick, Drago, Grimmel) paralleled with the decisions Hiccup could have made. For the first film, had he killed the dragon he would have been accepted as viking just like everyone else. second film is if he blamed/hated Toothless for hurting him(losing his leg). And lastly this film if Hiccup had killed the dragon and he found out he enjoyed it, he might have spiraled out of control with addiction. I'm so glad that when DreamWorks asked Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders to come back for a second film after the success of the first, they said only if they could make it a trilogy.
One neat thing about the Light Fury is when she becomes "invisible," her plasma blast (fire) activates the reflective scales all over her body. The scales then act like a mirror that bends the light to look like the surroundings making her seem invisible. Toothless and the Light Fury's babies are called Nightlights and have the same ability. The babies names are Dart (black with white and blue eyes, female), Ruffrunner (black with white and green eyes, male), and Pouncer (white with black and green eyes, male).
Trivia fact: the first part of the voice-over at the end ("There were dragons when I was a boy..") is the opening line of the book that was the basis for the movies.
This is definitely a comfort series of movies.the sort of movies you can watch time and time again. I personally found the third one here the weakest of the trilogy, but dear gods its still amazing. So Angela, even though its over, you always get to rewatch and catch things you might have missed from the first watch. Also there are all the short movies that fill in some of the gaps between the movies, and the tv series which also fill thing on between. And heres a tidbit that should tickle you... I believe the animators took to calling Toothless and the Light Fury's offspring "Nightlights".
Is there more? Well, there are multiple TV shows. E.g. the Netflix show "Dragons" (Riders of Berk / Race to the Edge) and the Hulu show "Dragons: The Nine Realms". The Netflix show tells stories around Hiccup and Toothless, while the Hulu show takes place 1300 years later.
I don't know whose eyes might fall on this note, but I hope you have a chance to read it. For most of the course of my life I've had to suppress emotions to be an effective leader. After fourteen years in the military, it became too easy a habit. I've had many barriers between myself & family, friends & loved ones as a result of being too distant & unattached. It had become difficult for me to access & express those parts of myself even while they swirled within me. Even now, I'm very uncomfortable talking about this but it's important that I share this with you. I've been watching your reaction videos for most of a year now & have been deeply affected by your honesty & open expression while watching some of my favourite movies & shows (Firefly will always be Top Tier in my book). Experiencing these films again while sharing the impact they bring has been a tidal shift of how I share my thoughts & feelings. Being honest, open & vulnerable is scary as anything I can imagine,but through your sharing, I've been able to be more "complete" in my relationships & interactions. I'd no idea how I'd been missing out on so much in my life by struggling to maintain self control & poise. The change over the last several months has been commented upon n many times. I wanted to thank you for the change you've helped me make in my life. Too many times we hear of what's gone wrong rather than what's gone right. I love your energy, enthusiasm & insight but mostly the vulnerability that you share with us. You have more impact that you may realize & I'm in your debt. Keep all these good things coming!!
Also name guide: Hiccup: you know this one lol Astrid: you know this one too Fishlegs: It’s literally fish then legs Snotlout: snot as in ACHOO then lout like loud but with a t Ruffnut (girl): rough then nut Tuffnut (boy): tough then nut Valka: VAL-ka (wait that’s how it’s spelled-) Toothless: c’mon girl you know this one Stormfly: Astrid’s dragon, it’s literally storm then fly Meatlug: you know this one it’s Fishlegs’ dragon Hookfang: Snotlout’s dragon and it’s pronounced how it’s spelled Barf: Ruff’s head Belch: Tuff’s head Barf and Belch: Ruffnut and Tuffnut’s dragon Cloudjumper: Val’s dragon, pronounced how it’s spelled
The short version of what I’m trying to say: TL;DR: The first tv show in this franchise (Riders/Defenders Of Berk to Race To The Edge) as well as all the short films are really good and I would really like it if you would react to them or at least watch it on your own time if you’re not gonna react to it on camera. I would really like to see more creators reacting to this show. The long version: This franchise has 3 movies and 3 different tv series’s as well as 2 Christmas themed short films, two non-Christmas short films and one short film that basically looks like a tv show episode. And while the two newer tv series’s are trash I would (depending on how much you enjoyed the movie/s) „highly“ recommend you to check all of the 5 seasons of the original tv series (Dragons: Riders Of Berk Season 1, Dragons: Defenders Of Berk Season 2 and Dragons: Race To The Edge Season 3 to 5 (RTTE has it’s own season count of season 1 to 6 since it’s much bigger than riders and defenders.)) as well as the short films preferably (for us) on RU-vid and/or Patreön but if you don’t want to at least alone off cam because even though there isn’t that many people who watched the tv show after the movie/s it’s really good! Though my guess to why so many people never watched it is probably because they think it’s for children and for children only even though it’s for about the same audience as the movies. In my personal opinion I would rank Dragons: Race To The Edge at about the same height as the first movie if not even higher and then Defenders, then Riders, then the first Christmas short film, than the sequel and then the other short films and then the threequel. Though opinions may differ. Also RTTE really picks up after season 1 of RTTE. And Dragons: Rescue Riders is a kids show and Dragons: The Nine Realms is so bad that you can’t even tell who the intended audience is because unless you’re a braindead 4 year old you’ll probably stop watching after the first episode because of how poorly written, designed and animated everything is. I think almost everyone ranks Rescue Riders and 9 Realms at the bottom of their tier list. Though I personally would really REALLY like seeing more people reacting to at least D:RTTE if nothing else since there is so many reactions to the movies but so little reactions to the tv series. Of course each individual episode isn’t as high quality as the movies because obviously they needed to pump out more episodes in a shorter amount of time compared to the movies where they had more time to produce an over an hour long movie. But the story, plot, narrative, characters and music are all still really good in the tv series. Also Fishlegs, Sir Snotsalot and The Nuts are all relevant main characters in the series. You also learn how the All the vikings learn to integrate dragons into their society and how for example Hiccup gets is flight suit or his flame sword. The only thing that tanked more heavily is the quality of the visuals but it gets much better in RTTE and it’s never so bad you can’t watch it. It’s still really good. It’s just much much worse compared to the movies. The tv show has over 100 episodes that are all over 20 minutes long. Also the show has really good villains and they get better every time they introduce a new one. And the villains from the show are much much better than the ones in the movies. In summary, The movies have beautiful animations and scenery while the tv shows have much better character writing and world building. I probably will or already have reused this comment under other newer HTTYD reactions in hopes of getting someone to start a reaction series for the Dragons tv series wich is why I put so much effort into writing it. Also I don’t know how to make this comment shorter while still being able to make my point. I would enjoy you (or anyone) reacting to the tv series but if ya don’t then that’s your choice. I can’t blame you. I can only give it my best shot to convince you or anyone who’s reading this to give it a shot but if ya don’t then ya don’t it ain‘t the biggest deal in the whole world.
The first one was for me what Encanto was for you emotionally. I don't think I've ever been to a movie theater that many times in a week before or since. Kept going with everyone I knew that hadn't seen it yet 😂😅 You crying, sobbing and saying "I'm so happy" perfectly describes this trilogy and it was awesome experiencing it again through your eyes ❤
I had movies 1 and 2 and joining TV shows with my youngest son. Spent a lot of time vested in the characters and story. My was grown and out of the house when 3 came out. I didn't get to watch with son because we live in diff states. Anyways I cried .. almost sobbed when the movie started and ended. Thought I'd share.
There are two series that are a must watch. One takes place after the first movie. The other one takes place before the second movie. Stoick''s arc is just as amazing as Zuko's arc from Avatar The Last Airbender
Whoops, guess I was too late posting my suggestion on your HtTYD 2 reaction a couple of days ago, about combining this with the last Christmas special 😅
The books are very different from the animated features, but entertaining in their own right. I recommend the audiobook versions because they are narrated by David Tennant and quite delightful.
25:45 Im so happy you included this scene, most reactions just cut all of it out even though its actually really important, so thanks for including it and for reacting to these movies overall, I felt genuine joy watching you get emotional, it means a lot to me seeing someone loving HTTYD as much as I do I don't think I will ever even allow another movie to get to me emotionally like HTTYD did, its just too good and special for me ❤ (There wont be a HTTYD 4, thats confirmed. But there will be a live-action remake of the first movie scheduled for 2025)
Grimmel is what Hiccup would have been if he hadn't spared Toothless. They're both geniuses at tinkering and training/manipulating dragons. They're also both leaner than the other men in the movies.
When the tag line to Dragons 3 was, "there were once Dragons" just those words broke my heart to how the 3rd film was going to end, This was not the strongest of the 3 films for me (although the animation is so good), but mostly because of the villain, the bad guy from the 2nd film was so much better character wise, and the villain kind of let me down for the 3rd film, end of the day though the trilogy is still one of my favorite animated sagas of all time, and im very excited to see what director Dean DeBlois does when he starts to shoot his live action How to train your dragon in the coming year! thanks for the reaction once again. John Powell is set to score the live action film, and im completely at ease knowing we will be getting more beautiful Dragons score in the future.
I have said it many times before, the HTTYD movies are among my absolute favorite movies of all time, regardless of genre, animated or not (and so is the Kung Fu Panda trilogy, another DreamWorks masterpiece). And Hiccup and Astrid just might be one of the best movie couples ever. As for other HTTYD related things, There's Gift of the Nightfury, a short film that Astrid referenced in this movie. There are also the series Riders of Berk and Defenders of Berk, which I have watched, and Race to the Edge, that one i haven't watched though.
You know, there WERE two seasons of HtTYD that were set up essentially "between" HtTYD 1 and 2, then between 3 and 4. There have also been a couple of "shorts," although I've seen them on TV (cable) as they were aired after and along with each movie and yet could never find them on DVD. These shorts might have been special DVD extras that maybe only some DVD's had and maybe that's why I never found them, except when each movie aired on TV. They were only 15 minute shorts and ran concurrent at the end of each movie.
SPOILER ive been waiting weeks for you to watch this.... I'm so glad they gave us the meeting at the end. "There both husbands and fathers (insert cry here) They are doing a live action!!!!!
This movie is so bittersweet, so much sadness yet so much joy. The scene that breaks my heart, to even think about, let alone watch, is how they did Hiccup and Toothless's final goodbye. It is an exact reverse of their first real hello. Their trust began when Hiccup reached out, turned his head away, and closed his eyes and Toothless came to him. Their time together ends with Hiccup closing his eyes, turning his head, and pulling his hand back as he steps away. They release their bond by reversing the actions that created it. Stunning, beautiful and devastating. And well, here I go crying again. Thank you for the reaction, Angela. It's such a joy watching things with you.
Best animated trilogy of all time. Hands down. No question. Your reactions have been amazing and touching and we have all thoroughly enjoyed watching you take this journey!
If you loved these movies then I do recommend the 3 tv shows set between movie 1+2! These shows show us how Berk and dragons adapted together, the bond between dragons and vikings, and the side characters all get so much character growth, especially Stoick! Makes his scene in Httyd 2 hit that much harder😥
Though the main plot of this movie is good and the ending is perfect, the characters, except for Hiccup and Astrid, are not themselves. Especially Snoutlout. They had a major growth in the series and the 3 movie just ignores it... And the villain is just another spin on the best villain in the series... So, I will for the last time, and, let's be fair, probably in vain, recommend Riders of Berk, Defenders of Berk and, more importantly, Race to the Edge. You definitely would like them
I am pretty stoked that you are going into Kung Fu Panda now. Prepare for awesome awesomeness (no charge!). 😂🐼❤ HTTYD is the undisputed GOAT. But KFP is also a wildly entertaining, absolute gem. I think I am in a minority in loving the first installments of both those trilogies best. But they both have absolutely banging sequels that make for wonderful trilogies. (And without giving anything away... nah. I'll leave that for when you've seen them 😊)
You are the only person I can relate to when watching HTTYD. This movie makes me crying like crazy every time I watch it. "There were dragons, when I was a boy..." this line breaks me the second I hear it.
Best live-action trilogy? Lord of the Rings hands down. Also the best score. Howard Shore is a legend. Best animated triology? HTTYD by a mile. Each movie is amazing in their own ways. John Powell is masterful as well.
12:37 if you say so... Adorable and sad. Toothless is indeed very cute. Grimmel is a great villain. Not sure if animation is more budget or skill, probably both but like one had to be a bigger contributor right? 35:15 probably shouldn't be but hey... discarded scale armor I guess. As always have a cyber-hug :)
One of the my personal most hated Dreamworks movies ever. Just like with Kung Fu Panda 3, it's just a very bad movie with very bad pacing and a very shallow villain, but it ends on a tear-jerking conclusion to the trilogy, so you won't feel like you've wasted your time.
THE best movie trilogy out there: animated or otherwise! - each more emotional than the last, & this one gave me a lump in my throat! Don't know what it is- but animated films seem to do things so much better (tugging on the heartstrings being a case in point!), & even among some great animated film company, this trilogy reigns supreme! The 4th film is actually a live-action remake.... call me a pessimist, but after recent Disney live action 'efforts', I'm not looking forward to it! - why mess with perfection??
I absolutely love these films. When I saw the northern lights I thought man the artwork is on point the the hidden world showed up and all I could do was stare in amazement. The aspect of the different dragons showing off their full colors in the caves yep not a place for humans. Please, please, please tell me you have read "His Majesty's Dragon" by Naomi Novik (as well as the rest of the Temeraire series.) A historical fiction book during the Napoleonic wars. Seen from the view point of an English captain and his best friend, Temeraire the dragon.
I love your reactions so raw and heartfelt! I am a big HTTYD fan since I have loved dragons since a very young age. I love how you are an empath and really feel things and such genuine reactions are rare! Agreed that these movies are amazing and that the score is great too!! Toothless and Hiccup have the most amazing friendship! I'd love a 4th movie with Hiccup's kids bonding and riding the new nightlight dragons! ❤❤❤
I would suggest riders/defenders of berk and race to the edge if ya havent or maybe if you're curious about the gap between 1st and 2nd movies. Im watching your reaction on another device so i can leave this, but i love your reactions! Your reactions are amazing!
You should watch and react to ‘How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming’… it takes place between Toothless leaving and the reuniting at the end of this movie!
There is an animated series by dreamworks that is a spinoff of these movies. It has hiccup and toothless and everyone. It is called Dragons: Riders of Berk and there are 4 seasons. It is set between the 2nd and 3rd movies and has the same great computer animation.
There is actually a 30 min special that took place after the 3rd movie, and it shows as well as you learn a decent amount of cool things, I would love to see you react to it, please 🙏
If you can't give them up there is the tv series which is set after the first movie. I enjoyed watching these with my nieces - some different voice actors but still more of the gang and their dragons, and lets face it we all need more toothless and hiccup.
You know there is 2 animated series of httyd first one cooled dragons defenders of berk and second dragons rise to the edge both are about what happened between 1 and 2 movies you can watch them as well
