I feel like I should be more excited for How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. Both the original movie and the sequel were some of the best movies Dreamworks have ever put out, but I’m just not feeling that spark for the third movie. Everything about the How to Train Your Dragon panel just seemed lacking. The panel had a reduced time, barely anyone was on stage, and most of the comments from them were just general “I’m so happy to be here, OMG!” It just felt like they were going through the motions.
But the actual movie looks fine. Just… fine. We were able to see some scenes from the movie, like a raid on a ship full of caged dragons that made Hiccup look like an absolute badass, a beautiful trip through the eponymous Hidden World that reminded me a lot of seeing the Land of the Dead from Coco, and a fun little scene watching Toothless the dragon woo and impress a female dragon, who has the ability to turn herself invisible. All of the scenes looked great, but man that panel was lacking that spark it deserved.
Source: Destructoid NYCC: How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World releases one week early