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It's been a while, but I'm watching HTTYD again. This time I'm just seeing Toothless and Hiccup as best buds — ignore species, they are just two young guys hanging out and keeping each other company. (Of course, Toothless doesn't have much choice if he doesn't want to be grounded…)
As usual, the bit where Toothless lets Hiccup touch for the first time makes a lump in my throat. Astrid's first flight is still good too. The whole thing's still bloody good.
I have a deep love of the music of those films. John Powell did a stunning job.
The intro fantastically introduces the leitmotif's for each character and it spends the rest of the film leaning on that and reinforcing each characters theme.
Right up until Test Drive.
Charles Cornell explains it better than I can https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k87EZ5hm_BM
How to Train Your Dragon is a MASTERCLASS in Theme Writing
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