A decent sequel...though could have been better.

Rating: 8/10 (16 June 2018)

I was in primary school when I watched the first movie, and I loved it. Made my mom take me on a school night and it was worth losing some sleep. When Disney/Pixar started going through their "Sequelitis" phase and started giving their movies a sequel and more, I was hoping The Incredibles would be one of them. Took over a decade to get it, but I thought it was worth it.
My concern with watching the trailer was that it would follow the Toy Story 3 route and just copy and paste the same narrative, but change the formula a bit, but it did do some interesting things.
Instead of Mr. Incredible getting the bulk of the action, it was ElasticGirl's time to shine and she had some really kicka** moments in the film. Mr. Incredible watched the kids and it started off pretty rough, but managed to get the hang of things with a little help from Frozone and Edna to become a better parent. Violet got her own story where Tony completely forgets about Violet's existence thanks to Dicker and also had some great movie moments, though I wish the same was distributed to Dash as well, as he was mostly...just there until the final act.
Plot twist in the narrative was kind of predictable, but given how overused it has become, I don't think they could do much about it.
The villains were okay, but the first movie just had a more enjoyable villain.
The animation was pretty good, though Dash's hair design from the back kind of looks weird to me.
Overall, the movie was fun to watch, had great action segments, and was pretty funny most of the time. It probably would have been better though if they aged the characters after the Underminer fight, especially the kids. It would have opened up more possibilities for the narrative that way and we can see them through a new light.