I re-watched the first one just hours before seeing the second one, and went to the cinema with no expectations whatsoever.

As for the first movie, the visuals are simply stunning.

And that's pretty much the only good thing.

The plot is filled with holes (the final battle where the tribe just disappear, pretty much everyone has a flying beast, when this was a warrior rite passage in the first movie, etc)
Dumb ideas (choking people underwater... I mean yes, you are already not breathing, why not?)


Overall, the 2/3 of the movie are just plain boring, with no ending because there is obviously a third movie coming.