Nice fun animated movie but not as good as the first in my opinion.

Rating: 8/10 (17 July 2018)

This movie was great fun and I thoroughly enjoyed it despite not being in the target market. The first one was one of my favourite movies as a child and I watched it a lot, and this one did not disappoint but also did not exceed my expectations. The animation expectedly has improved drastically and looks amazing, some of the best lighting I've seen in from a Pixar movie. The voice acting is strong again, with the main cast sounding very similar to what they did 14 years ago (I think the dash voice actor changed and they used sound clips from the first one for jack jack), and it blends very well seeming like it picks right after the first one. I liked the parr family again, as well as frozen. None of the new characters really stood out for me. The main downside I have with the film is the villain, it was incredibly predictable from the start and is not a scratch on the first villain, syndrome. I could also pick up on the underlying agenda that is forced throughout, in wake of me too etc and that can be a bit forced and not to my personal liking, but it is not excessive to the point of ruining the quality of the film. I think the pacing was good and the action is significantly better and more memorable, leading to some clever sequence involving heroes' powers. I think the highlight of the film was jack jack and his variety of powers and his charade with mr incredible. That provided the best laughs and uncontrollable smiles. I think a little more could have been done with mr incredible as he was a bit too much on the sideline and wasn't given much to do, same with dash. Overall I highly recommend this film, especially if you enjoyed the first. This will be great fun for kids, but for adults as well as it has some interesting debates about politics and jokes about parenthood etc which should keep the parents entertained as well. Good film, but not as iconic and as memorable as the first. I hope there's a third one, and we don't have to wait another 14 years!!