Pixar's Best Sequel

Rating: 9/10 (19 June 2018)

Yes, I said it. Toy Story stans can seethe. Incredibles 2 is by far the best sequel in Pixar history. After watching Finding Dory and Monsters University I was honestly a bit worried for The Incredibles followup. It had been so long since the original and many sequels made this long after the original end up being huge disappointments, and with a movie like The Incredibles, where it's near perfect and fondly remembered by so many, it's hard to truly live up to it.
The action set pieces were more thrilling than most live action superhero films and for once I felt as though characters in a superhero film use their powers to their full potential and when appropriate. Elastigirl and Jack Jack get the most visually inventive scenes and the bulk of Incredibles 2 action scenes and screen time. The use of Helen/Elastigirl makes for an interesting gender flipped version of the first Incredibles movie and in some ways she is a more interesting protagonist because she is more conflicted about her actions.
Although Incredibles 2 was amazing and a great way to reintroduce use to the rich world the initial Incredibles introduced us to, it is the lesser of the two, but both films have their strengths and weaknesses and Incredibles 2 relies more on the smaller character moments and comedy than the overarching story like the first movie.