My Movie Review on Incredibles 2 · 4:01pm Jun 20th, 2020

Salutations, Dahlings.

This is your friendly film, TV show, and episode reporter here with another review.

Today, following my previous film analysis, I'm gonna give you guys my take of "Incredibles 2".

Here's the rundown of this adventure:

In the wake of an attack by the malicious Underminer, the Incredibles find themselves in greater hot water when their attempt to stop him outrages the government and causes the Superhero Relocation Program to be shutdown, leaving them and other supers without financial assistance.

But, the fates of the Incredibles takes an unexpected turn when they and Frozone are approached by a superhero-loving businessman named Winston Deavor and his sister Evelyn, who want to help the supers regain their rights by renewing public interest in them. To achieve this, they decide to send Elastigirl out on secret missions to fight crime, catching her on video all the while. In the midst of this, a new villain called the Screenslaver makes himself known.

Meanwhile, Bob is left with the job of taking care of the kids, and the role has become all-the-more challenging because Jack-Jack is beginning to develop superpowers.

Will Bob succeed at being a parent and not go mad in the process? Will Elastigirl find the Screenslaver, discover what he's up to, and get superhero rights back?

After previously watching the first movie, I was unable to resist reviewing this film next. I have to admit, before this movie came to theaters I hardly thought about whether I wanted to see the sequel.

When I saw the movie in theaters, though...I WAS TAKEN BY SURPRISE! From that time on, the film became something I've been deeply fond of, especially to where I got my own copy of the film and watched it more than once.

For instance, the animation was astonishing! Even though it was all done with new technology, Bird and the animators were able to literally capture the overall spirit and visual style of the first movie while also expanding on it and trying new things.

The film's story and direction by Brad Bird was quite a treat too. When I read that Bird was planning on having the movie take place immediately after the end of its predecessor, I wasn't sure it would work out well due to the long time gap between the the two films. But, when I later saw the film I was surprised by how beneficial the move turned out to be. It not only gave Bird the opportunity to further explore what's been happening with the Incredibles after Syndrome's defeat, but it helped answer whether supers were legal again or not and gave further exploration on Jack-Jack and his powers. Plus, the film's heart and emotion was nicely done, and the comedy aspect was so hilarious it made the film the funniest installment of "The Incredibles" series. Something I couldn't help but note was that the movie did contain slight similarities, references, and nostalgic elements from the first film, but yet...they were all executed and incorporated in a way that was fun, and the narrative Bird came up with was still quite fresh and different.

The themes and morals of the film were nicely worked as well. It does contain similar themes and correlations that the predecessor had, but Bird managed to expand on them and give further exploration while also incorporating new ones.

The film's mentionings and revealings about politicians trying to make supers look bad through the media in order to influence public perception is a lot like what's been going on in our world today. In this case, there are politicians out there that are trying to influence the public by making them see what they want them to see through the media. The film's themes about beliefs and perception were also interesting to explore, as it showed that individual people will interpret things differently and have different ideas on what can make the world better and what can benefit people as a whole.

The music by Michael Giacchino was as marvelous as ever, if I may add. He did use some of the same material from the first film, but the new melodies he created were so wonderful it was impossible to not take note of. The film's use of Mozart was enjoyable too, especially because of Jack-Jack dancing upon hearing it.

Finally, the vocal performances, casting, characters, and character development were awesome!

Returning to their roles after 14 years, Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Brad Bird, and Sarah Vowell were each able to remarkably prove that they owned the roles of Bob/Mr. Incredible, Helen/Elastigirl, Lucius/Frozone, Edna Mode, and Violet, giving their characters brilliant performances. Plus, Huckleberry Milner and Jonathan Banks proved to be surprisingly fitting replacements for Spencer Fox and Bud Luckey as Dash and Rick Dicker. Also, Jack-Jack was literally the best part of the whole film, as he was hysterical to watch and owned every scene he was in!

The film's new characters and cast members were quite the spot-on additions. When it came to bringing the story to the next level by coming up with new characters that were memorable and alive just like the already-made characters, Bird certainly didn't mess around. The performances of Bob Odenkirk and Catherine Keener as Winston and Evelyn Deavor, and the two characters themselves, were the particular standouts of all the new cast members and characters.

Each and every character in the film developed so well too. Bob's struggles to be a perfect parent helped him be all-the-more three-dimensional, and so did Violet being in her stage of adolescence. Helen, Winston, and Evelyn's beliefs as characters likewise helped the three develop and be undeniably alive. Now I won't lie, I'm not the biggest fan of "twist villains", really. As a matter of fact, Disney seems to be coming up with those kinds of villains for animated films a lot lately, and while I don't see anything entirely wrong with that...I can't help but long for the days when they created villains that had stronger personality and development of character. The remarkable thing about the Screenslaver, though (and I'm calling the character by that name to not spoil who the villain really is) was that Bird managed to create and execute the character as a twist villain done right, because he helped the character have personality, development, and depth.

In conclusion, "Incredibles 2" turns out to be an unexpected sequel that was worth the wait. It's hilarious and fun, the vocal performances and characters were excellent, everything!

So, I rate "Incredibles 2" five out of five stars.