Felt like Finding Dory

Rating: 7/10 (11 October 2018)

As a kid I was a really big fan of the Incredibles, creating my own Incredibles 2, wondering how the story could progress and what went on with the Underminer. Since today I think the first entry is one of the best movies Pixar ever made. Equally excited was I, when the first trailer for the sequel dropped, but I promised myself to let the old fantasies about this movie go, to get a proper and less biased view on the film.
Incredibles 2 courageously starts, where the first movie ended, which slingshots you right back into the action, the characters and incredibly cool early 60s vibe. You feel directly connected to the first film and can look at everything like a continuation of events.
So, you can sense new traits, problems and topics about every character of the Parr family. Especially the turnaround of the parents' rolls is interesting to watch. While Helen is as Elastigirl part of a superhero image campaign and rescues the citizen of Metroville, Bob stays at home, failing to convert his incredibleness over to householding and family business. These funny and entertaining family sequences are connected with intense action scenes, which are better than ever. Still the movie can't manage to give the plot a similar weight and strong message as the first one did. The story never reaches any heights or surprises you with twists; almost everything is form the beginning on clear to everyone, who doesn't fall into the 8-year old target audience. At the end it sadly all falls with the antagonist, which has disappointing motives, without any relatable reasons as Snydrome in the original had.
And how do I connect Incredibles 2 with Finding Dory? To me both movies knew their predecessors' strengths and could continue them in their sequel. The known characters are still full of heart, the Art Direction and Soundtrack even exceed Incredibles, becoming to the best one, Pixar ever created. Unfortunately, both, Finding Dory and Incredibles 2, couldn't follow the established, extremely high cleverness of their predecessor.