You Can Do Better!

Rating: 7/10 (17 June 2018)

Director Brad Bird has admitted that we may be super-hero'd out which was his explanation as to why it took 14 years to launch this to screen. I agree with him. This movie takes every trope and...well, it does the best it can.
Funny how not a single reviewer has mentioned the opening starts the same as "Batman v. Superman" We are thrusted back into where the last one ended. But this time from a different perspective. And much like the Warner Bros. tentpole film, the destruction of the city has created a ban of superhero once again.
It seems many people had forgotten the first film. Where superhero become...domesticated. They do so as both a ban and as a remedy for decades of fighting the bad guys. The Parr Family...is now homeless and desperate for any work. Bob HATES the thought of going back to insurance work. He understands the monotony but also...because he got a taste for heroism again. A topic that isn't tackled or mined as you would hope. Instead, a mysterious corporation led by a brother and sister duo (think "Rampage" here) want to bring back superheroes. Yawn.
Yes, we're back to where we started. BUT, to give the new movement a prettier face, they elect Elastigirl to be the new face of heroism. Now 60, Holly Hunter ("Batman v. Superman") has lost some pep in her step as a mother of a teenage daughter, son and baby. At one point blaming the curse of superpowers but nearly seconds later, embracing the idea that it's a better option than Bob going back to the drudgery of regular employment at something he hates.
The rest of the movie seems...flat. Fun at points, a few laughs, but it seemed like a thinner, slightly less joy of the first one. Even Frozone (Samuel L. Jackson) is given so little moments of being Mr. Incredible's friend, it just seemed we're going over very tired ground.
Is it fun? Yes. For the most part. But it feels like a diversion or worse, something done because Brad Bird had nothing better to do. I sincerely hope they make a third one. Because I feel like a teacher who thinks they have so much potential and not enough execution. You can do better!