Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 is a movie starring Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Terry Crews and Will Forte. Flint Lockwood now works at The Live Corp Company for his idol Chester V. But he's forced to leave his post when he learns that his most infamous machine is still operational, and is churning out menacing food-animal hybrids. If you enjoyed a little film called 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' back in 2009 you're going to love this terrific sequel full of adventure as well. Sure not everyone gets enough screen time this time around but it's still just as fresh and fun like the original movie was and i would be down for a 3rd one as well if it ever happens of course. (10/10)

I know I'm too late to review this film, but I decided to do it anyway. Cloudy 2 didn't really interest me all that much from the previews, and I initially wanted to decline this before I saw it(I was actually more interested in Despicable Me 2, which was too cheesy in my opinion). But then, the weekend it came out, I was dealing with school and things like that until my mom asked: "Wanna go watch Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2?". I said yes because I haven't seen my mom much because she was always working, so I decided to spend time with her. It turns out that Cloudy 2 was actually really good! The visual effects are dazzling(water, sparks, fire, other textures) and the 3 of us were laughing out loud a lot(my brother and my mom), along with the rest of the audience erupting with laughter throughout the show. The characters are love-able and hilarious, the humor is sharp and witty, the animation is detailed and crisp and the food animals are adorable. What's not to love? Also, one thing to note is that I saw it in 3D, and it actually really makes the special FX work and it did make me flinch at times. So make sure you see it in the added dimension for more depth. Note that I saw it first release.

P.S I you have not seen Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs 1, don't read this review. You have been warned.Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs 2. The sequel to the movie that is basically a rip off Jurassic Park II, and not decent one at that. Although I can give the movie credit, the acting was decent, the animation is good, and the screenplay is also decent, but my main complaint is the story. It was ripped straight out of Jurassic Park II. The comparisons are obvious, the story is similar, though altered slightly to fit the pervious film's canon. Although the cast has change a bit, Mr T. A.K.A Earl from the first movie has been replaced. That's really it.Now let's get to the plot, taking place right after the first movie takes place. The Island has been left in ruin after the first movie with food absolutely everywhere. The gang from the first are celebrating for beating the device(I'm not going even try to write it.) Until a new character, Chester V, A.K.A Will Forte, tells them he and his team is going to clean up all the food, while the main characters are relocated to San FranJose,(Funny Pun). We'll his crew, "Cleans up". Over all an okay movie, a not original plot, but those food/animal puns were kind of funny.

After the first one, there was no sequels needed. But those die hard fans enforced a sequel, making this a franchise.Lets just start of with fact that the writing is just awful. It feel like it was only made for fans, with not much heart and charm. The jokes aren't funny anymore, now they're just stale, annoying, and repetitive. Did I mention how pointless the plot is?SPOILERS AHEAD!!OK, in this film, Flint is sent back to Swallow falls because his hero Chester V wants him to shut off his invention that survived the explosion from the first one using a chip. When Flint puts in the chip, it reveals Chester was using his thing to make food animals (Which were created by the machine) into a food bar. Why couldn't Chester use his technology to put the food animals down without telling Flint? This film also has an environmental message to save animals. Environmental messages only films aren't very deep and I prefer messages about having a better life.END OF SPOILERS!!The animation, like the first one has generic back-rounds, but the character design is very mediocre and the humans just don't look beautiful or good. DreamWorks and Pixar do their animation well with humans but not this film.For the characters, on the middle of this pointless adventure, Flint brings his friends even though Chester told him not to. These characters are completely useless, stupid, and unfunny during the adventure. The character that brings the (SPOILER) environmental message to life is Sam. Flint was completely stupid to bring his friends on this trip and there's not much character development.This film is pretty bad. So this film is about Flint getting a job at Live corp. to work for his idol. He has to go back to his home island to save it from food-animals. This film has awful writing , useless characters, and mediocre animation. This film relates to Jurassic park 3 because of the plot. Story: 3/10 Animation: 4/10 Characters: 3/103/10