How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World or How to Train Your Dragon 3, is a 2019 computer animated film that serves as a sequel to both How to Train Your Dragon 1 and 2. Voice talent such as Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett and Gerard Butler return as their characters from the first two films.
Following the events of the first two films, humans and dragons continue to live in harmony with one another. To start the film off, Hiccup, played by Baruchel, and his dragon Toothless, along with some other humans and dragons, set out to rescue other dragons who have been captured.
While doing so, Toothless meets another female dragon of his breed, light fury, and begins to fall for her. On top of all of that, there is another person out there who is hunting the dragons. Hiccup and his friends must find a way to keep the dragons safe. In doing so, the gang stumbles upon the hidden world, a place where dragons can live in peace, and must make some decisions that could change how humans and dragons interact forever.
There are a lot of things that worked with this film and a few things that missed the mark.
Starting with the things that didn’t work, I would say that from an overall perspective that this was the weakest of the film trilogy. Seeing the same type of villain, a villain trying to rid the world of dragons, just gets a little bit old after a while. As for the things that did work, I liked how Hiccup had to deal with Toothless meeting a new dragon and spending more time with her.
The idea of having to adapt to losing friends who are moving on to bigger things in life really hit the mark. The first film in this trilogy came out way back in 2010, so the people who grew up with this series when they were younger are having to deal with this.
Personally, I have a lot of friends who are graduating college and moving to different cities across the United States. I felt like I could relate to Hiccup throughout the film with that and a lot of other people who grew up with this trilogy will be able to also.
The last ten minutes of this movie might be the best in the whole trilogy. All in all, while this film is not quite as good as its predecessors, it is still a good movie and marks the end of a truly great adventure. I would highly recommend checking it out if given the chance.
Score: 75/100
