Still, it was a good movie. I only have one weird thing to point out about it though: In a movie about tollerance, one character is alluded to being gay without actually coming out.
Seriously, every part of this moive is about accepting others. The hero even goes so far as to doom his entire village and his father just so he can try and reason with the bad guy. After the first movie, all the Vikings have fully accepted dragons, their former mortal enemies into theri lives, and it's all for the better. The hero wants to keep that going and expand that message to other lands.
Then there's one scene where a character says to the hero, "That's why I never married. Well... that and one other reason." Meaning: he's gay. He's gay and he can't even come out to one of his closest and most trusted friends. He lives in a world where literal monsters are accepted, but he can't like other men. He's followed the hero all the way through this change, but he can't even reveal himself, because it's a kids movie.
The hero might even be gay. He has a very obvious love interest, but he's not as into her as she's into him. He brushes off most of her advances, as if they make him uncomfortable. It could be because he's too distracted, or it could be because he likes the D. Who knows?
Anyway, it's kind of telling when we live in a world where characters in a kid's cartoon can only be alluded to as gay, and not openly gay. Rights and understanding haven't come that far.
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