Incredibles 2 (2018)

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

A Major Disappointment

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

I was THRILLED when I found out a sequel was finally being made. I was so excited! But when I saw this, I was really disappointed. The villain was telegraphed so much there wasn't any mystery to who it was. The same gags from the first one were used in this one, so there was no mystery, no surprise. The special effects for Frozone were fantastic, but.... yay. There wasn't anything different or even additional to his character. Jack-Jack was funny, but in a 2-plus-hour movie, there needed to be more laughs. Slow, boring, and nothing new. Maybe it's because I was expecting so much that I was so disappointed.

I mean it's great besides the fact than people who get seizures form flashing lights can't watch all of it. I think people expected too much from this movie. Sure some things were similar to the first movie, but I thought this movie was lit. The short, oh man the intro short was really cute to me.

For whatever reason, I haven't really revisited the first "Incredibles" film since the first time I saw it. I didn't dislike it, but I also haven't felt the need to watch it again since. Having seen "Incredibles 2", to be honest I largely feel the same way. In a plot that's overall pretty similar to the first one, this time Holly Hunter's Elastigirl goes back to work as a "super" leaving Craig T Nelson's Mr Incredible at home to look after their three kids. The return is inspired by brother and sister combination Winston and Evelyn Deavor (Bob Odenkirk and Catherine Keener) who are attempting to reverse the laws prohibiting superhero activity. Their plans are thrown into chaos though when a new villain "Screenslaver" makes their presence and their mind control abilities known. Predictability and repetition is what really does for "Incredibles 2" for me. The villain reveal at the end is pretty easy to see coming but it's the repeated plot points and scenes from the first film that lost me, the kids saving the day again, another visit to Edna Mode - it's pretty much the same film as the original. That's is not to say that it doesn't look great, it does - particularly in some amazing portal work when the character of Voyd. The Vocal work is good too, though nobody is particularly outstanding.It passed a couple of hours in a reasonably entertaining fashion, but it'll be a long time before I decide to watch it again.

Not a patch on the original. Very disappointed. Avoid at all costs.