Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Plot synopsis:
After Flint Lockwood and his friends save the world from the food storm in the first film, super-inventor Chester V, the CEO of Live Corp and Flint's childhood idol, is tasked to clean the island. He relocates Flint, his friends, and the citizens of Swallow Falls to San Franjose, California. Unbeknownst to Flint, the FLDSMDFR survived the explosion and landed in the center of the island, and Chester is determined to find it. Chester invites Flint to work at Live Corp, where he meets Chester's assistant Barb, a talking orangutan with human intelligence. Six months later, Flint humiliates himself during a promotion ceremony when his invention, the "Celebrationator", explodes. Meanwhile, Chester is informed that his search-parties on the island have been attacked by monstrous cheeseburgers named cheespiders (a combination of a cheeseburger and a spider) which are trying to learn how to swim. Seemingly fearing the world's inevitable doom, Chester tasks Flint to find the FLDSMDFR and destroy it once and for all. Despite Chester's demands to keep the mission classified, Flint recruits his girlfriend, meteorologist Sam Sparks; her cameraman Manny; police officer Earl Devereaux; Steve, a monkey who communicates via a device on his chest; and "Chicken" Brent. Much to Flint's dismay, his father Tim joins the crew and they travel to Swallow Falls on his fishing boat.
Upon arriving back at Swallow Falls, they notice that a jungle-like environment made of food has overgrown the island. Tim stays behind while Flint and the others investigate, finding a vast habitat of living food animals called foodimals and meet a cute strawberry nicknamed Barry. Tim, searching for sardines at his abandoned tackle shop, encounters a family of humanoid pickles and bonds with them by fishing. Chester discovers that Flint allowed his friends to join him on the mission, so he travels to the island with Barb, chagrined and determined to separate them, and he arrives just in time to save them from a Cheespider. Flint then finds his old lab and invents a device to find the FLDSMDFR. After escaping a Tacodile (a mix between a taco and a crocodile) attack, Sam notices that the foodimal was protecting its family, and begins to suspect Chester is up to no good. Sam attempts to convince Flint to spare the foodimals, but Flint is intent on impressing Chester. Sam leaves in anger, and Flint's other companions go with her. In the jungle, Manny confirms Sam's suspicions when he reverses the Live Corp logo to reveal the "Live" as "Evil" spelled backwards. In addition, Sam proves that the foodimals mean no harm by taming a Cheespider. They also learn that the foodimals had known the truth about Live Corp before. Upon realizing Chester's intentions, the group is then ambushed by Evil Corp employees.
Flint finds the FLDSMDFR, but notices a family of cute, friendly marshmallows and becomes hesitant to destroy the machine. Chester immediately seizes control of the FLDSMDFR and announces his plot to make his updated line of food bars out of the foodimals. A crushed Flint is knocked into the river but rescued by the marshmallows. Flint is taken to his father, and they and the foodimals all work together to allow Flint and Barry to infiltrate the Evil Corp building that is under construction on the island. Barry frees the trapped foodimals while an enraged Flint confronts Chester, who threatens to make food bars out of his friends. Chester makes numerous holograms of himself to overwhelm Flint, but Flint uses the Celebrationator to expose the real Chester, allowing Flint to rescue his friends. An army of foodimals led by Barry arrive and fight Chester's employees. Chester tries to make off with the FLDSMDFR, but is thwarted by Barb, who has a change of heart and Chester is devoured by the Cheespider. With the island safe from Chester V and Evil Corp destroyed, Flint returns the FLDSMDFR to its place and frees it from Chester's control and the foodimals continue to live in peace as more are born. The film ends with Flint fishing with his father for the first time, finding it enjoyable. In the mid-credits scene, Barb was trying to ask Steve out and he was trying to eat a banana sandwich.

Tags: psychedelic, satire, entertaining

Review:
I found the first movie unique and fun...the second was a bit less surprising but it was saved by the puns hahaSome of course might not like the lines but for me it was funny when needed :D Everything was cute of course and was perfect for its intended audience (I watched this with at least 100 kids in the theaters...and all of them loved it..so much giggles and kid noise) I was happy they didn't put much romance on it a hint as with the first movie but not overpowering to make it romanticStoryline- hm well of course it is predictable and there aren't twist and turns you just know this will happen..it's a kids movie it should be simple with bright colors and lovable cute charactersand Cloudy 2 gave that..
Anyway, here goes: If the original Cloudy was like one of those Heston Blumenthal dishes that's both outrageously odd and utterly brilliant - I don't know, perhaps fried egg with jam and Rice Krispies - then this misguided, saccharine sequel is a pointless pudding, an overly sweet dessert that makes you sick up a bit of the main course.Flint Lockwood (Bill Hader) lands a job with a shady corporation run by his childhood hero - funny how he wasn't mentioned in the first film - who decides to send Flint back to his home island for the post-first-film clean-up, whilst playing him off against his friends.
The problem, no doubt, is that Phil Lord and Chris Miller were only on hand to provide the story and exec-produce, with former South Park staffer Erica Rivinoja botching the writing job, and Cody Cameron (Shrek, Madagascar) and Cloudy contributor Kris Pearn taking care of the rest.There are a few good jokes - the fishing trip, the translation, Steve the monkey generally - but it's largely overbearing sentiment, food creatures with punny names (essentially a Twitter hashtag that got out of hand), and Steve Jobs-based villainy, a sort of Robots/Wreck-It Ralph/Jurassic Park III hybrid, with a minimum of heart, wit and invention.
Instead, I got a film that's not only aimed at kids, but doggedly conventional, and insultingly predictable, both in its re-treading of old ground and its telegraphing of old jokes.It's the most disappointing movie I've seen for a couple of years at least..
I didn't watch this with high expectations because the 1st one was just a good 7/10.As in the first film, the animation is excellent with lots of bright colours etc.
They are really well done, and also the ideas of the food-animals, or foodimals like the film said, but the story is just a 6.
2009's Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was based on a beloved book that turns out to be a really good and undeniably endearing adaptation, and that's satisfying enough for us to live without any sequel of it.
But here it is, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, a film that gives Flint Lockwood and the gang an extra journey to this whimsical world.
Ill start by saying I am 26 and I went with my 25 year old partner to watch this film, I have to review this film solely for the reason that people have been overly harsh with there assessments of this movie.No animation film bar classic Disney really goes into any great story lines or tries to really pull at your heart strings or tries to go all in to win an Oscar, so for the people giving this a low rating I am genuinely baffled as to why.These films in recent times try and do the following in my eyes: 1)Show a great imagination to capture an audience.
It is smart, funny and totally awesome for kids and adults alike.Films like this aren't ever going to be up there with all time greats!
It took great leaps away from the source material, but managed to be cute, funny, colorful, and heart-warming.Well, at least the sequel is three of these things.Cloudy 2 is filled with tongue-in-cheek puns, and honestly has some of the best 3D animation I've seen.
All the food animals are bright, creative, and adorable.The movie is just as fun as the last, perhaps even more...but, like most animated sequels, the plot and character take a nosedive.
It's like a pale imitation of the first one without any of the magic that made Cloudy With A Chance Of Meat Balls awesome for the whole family, parents and kids alike or even adults watching it alone just for fun.
But even with that it is hard to follow up such a great movie (and I must say I usually don't mind sequels but Cloudy With A Chance Of Meat Balls 2 just sounds stupid to me) and this movie is definitely worth seeing.
'CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2': Two and a Half Stars (Out of Five)Sequel to the 2009 hit animated kids' film 'CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS', which was in turn loosely based on the children's book of the same name (by Judi and Ron Barrett).
If you enjoyed the original you're bound to like this movie as well.The film picks up right where the last one ended with Flint Lockwood (Hader), Sam Sparks (Faris) and the rest of the people of Swallow Falls being relocated to San Franjose, California, so that a big corporation can clean up the food left behind in the storm (from the original movie).
Flint's friends help him on his mission as they learn Chester V may have ulterior motives.I love the imaginative world created by these movies and think they do a great job of really capturing that kids' book (and cartoon) feel.
The characters are likable but the movies aren't really that funny (there are a few good laughs, here and there, in both films though).
It goes left, right, backwards, left again, turns around, turns around one more time..My guess is that the director put the script in a blender by mistake then tried to patch everything back again.Don't forget that the characters are already being weird aliments, so adding psychedelic colors and a tornado flying objects action like really depicts a refined chaos.My suggestion, get yourself a good popcorn or something sweet to chew so you can forget what you are seeing and taste what you are eating.
This film is about a young inventor who has to stop the machine that churns out monster food that is alive.Just like the previous film, "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2" is a cute and fun film.
Watching all the food coming alive is so much fun, and it certainly brings out the kid in everyone."Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2" is a great escape from the mundane world, where strawberries don't have big eyes.
Compared to the first movie, this film goes for a lot more attempts at getting a laugh and surprisingly misses a little more times too.
This movie is by far the quirkiest animated film I've ever seen with so many new and involving characters who each have their own hilarious persona.
They are a family that is so cute and adorable.In order for Flint and his friends save the world, they need team work, which is one big message in this film.
I like the way the story writers, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, writes a great script with such powerful messages that even young kids can understand, enjoy and put into practice in their everyday lives.
Also Will Forte (Chester V) plays a great villain and really makes it where you do not like him at all and wishes he would just go away!I recommend this film for ages 6 to 18.
But Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and it's sequel, is no Toy Story, they are just meant for pure laughs nothing more.It was enjoyable time, no Oscar winner, but I don't think it was trying to be.
The gang from the first are celebrating for beating the device(I'm not going even try to write it.) Until a new character, Chester V, A.K.A Will Forte, tells them he and his team is going to clean up all the food, while the main characters are relocated to San FranJose,(Funny Pun).
Over all an okay movie, a not original plot, but those food/animal puns were kind of funny..
Let me start by stating that I really, really liked Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - the first movie.
The design of food animals/landscapes is certainly quite cute and even imaginative at times, but (except for Berry) they serve as a mere colourful backdrop to a weak plot with predictable "twists".
Its cute, if you're into animation movies, but better watch the first part so that you appreciate the characters in here...
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 is a great movie with a well developed script and a top notch voice cast.
As far as sequels go, it is a genuinely solid one that delivers on its potential and has fun with its new concept, rather than falling down a rabbit whole that most sequels do of trying to rehash everything that worked in the predecessor.I will say that it does favour satisfying images and sequences over an actual plot on a bit too many occasions, it falls victim to forgetting the story it is trying to tell, instead it gets more invested in showcasing nice animation, which is cool but can get frustrating when we are longing for more story.The cast is all around terrific, Bill Hader in particular is a delightful return, and the new comers are also fantastic, such as Terry Crews and Will Forte, the latter of which I really loved as the film's antagonist, he had a great animated villain voice that made him consistently enjoyable to watch.A fun viewing.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 is fun, but it lacks the cleverness of the original movie.
Now I can say that while it doesn't quite live up to the quirky original, it is full of some of the most silly, most adorable food animals!Following on directly from the events of the first film we see inventor Flint Lockwood trying desperately to join a science corporation ran by a childhood idol of his, the same corporation that has stepped in to prevent consequences of Flint's "water-into-food" device.
Mostly for the fact that it seemed like Cloudy With the Chance of Meatballs wasn't a sequelable movie to me.
Usually when movie companies create a sequel to a good film, they end up ruining it.Cloudy With the Chance of Meatballs 2 was alright.
I consider Nick-inspired animated movies as merely watchable but I have to admit, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs did make me laugh and I couldn't possibly give its sequel a miss.
Get back in there TEAR!" and he pulled the tear back into his eye, THAT one scene sold me.Welcome back to the hyper active animated Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 and following a short 'Previously' things are set it motion just after the first movie.
But Chester ain't what he seems and has got some nefarious plans in the works.Every scene in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 is littered with hilarious stuff both animated and not.
The Will Forte voiced Chester made me think they took a jig at Steve Jobs.Yes its first and foremost a kids movie and I only judged it so but in the end, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 was zany, juvenile (in a good way of course), and all out odd ball but it makes for a modestly entertaining flick for adults and could be blindly suggested for kids its so colorful I could go weeand that makes it a brilliant watch if u are high too..
Basically, if you want to keep the kids quite for an hour and a half, then you should put on this movie and judging by the money that it made, I'm sure that you will be seeing a 3rd one soon.Budget: $78million Worldwide Gross: $120millionI recommend this movie to people who are into there funny animation movies about a town getting taken over by killer food.
The concept, however, worked wonderfully and some of the food animals are deemed the best part of the film, especially a little strawberry named Barry, who is just as cute as any cartoon character you've seen before.
If you love films like Shrek and you've seen the first Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, be sure to check out this hilarious follow up.
The story is set after the first one, where Flint (Bill Hader) is now working for his Idol, however he soon discovers that his machine he created in the first movie, is still operational and is producing menacing food-animal hybrids.
The story is half-baked and reads of predictable left-overs; Bill Hader's voice acting can sound over-compensated; the drama can get a little too sentimental at times- especially when getting its well-intended but a mite heavy-handed messaging across- which can bog down the film; and it lacks the spontaneity and very razor-sharp timing of the original(though not entirely devoid of those qualities) with some hit-and-miss puns, most are very enjoyably daft but others are too obvious and hastily timed.
However the animation is great, the bright vibrant colours, inventive visuals of the food and food machines, colourful landscapes and well-designed characters are lovely to watch.
The story of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 is that Flint Lockwoods childhood hero Chester V.
It just makes it so easy to watch, I just love this film as much as I'm allowed to like a U rated animation.
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs was a pleasant surprise back in 2009, with directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord - before they hit the big-time with 21 Jump Street (2012), it's sequel 22 Jump Street (2014) and The Lego Movie (2014) - taking a rather ridiculous premise based on a slim children's story and making it both hilarious and supremely inventive.
Miller and Lord lampooned the whole idea of sequels with 22 Jump Street, but decided against helming the next chapter in Flint Lockwood's eccentric world, which makes it all the more surprising that Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 is even more delightful than the first.With the town of Swallow Falls engulfed by giant food as a result of the events from the first film, Flint Lockwood (Bill Hader), his girlfriend Sam (Anna Faris), his father Tim (James Caan), and the rest of his fellow townsfolk are relocated to California by inventor and TV personality Chester V (Will Forte) while the place is cleaned up.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 is a cute and funny movie that does its best to appeal to adults as well as kids.
In the first "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," young scientist Flint Lockwood invents a wondrous machine he called the Flint Lockwood Diatonic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator, or FLDSMDFR, that turned water into gigantic pieces of food which later rained on and destroyed their island town of Swallow Falls.In this sequel, Flint gets conscripted by his idol Chester V, the CEO of Live Corp Company, for a mission to locate the FLDSMDFR and insert a "BS-USB" to deactivate it before newly-evolved vicious creatures on the island learn to swim out and destroy the rest of the world.When Flint and his friends get there, they discover that the FLDSMDFR now creates "Foodnimals", food turned animals with eyes, arms and legs.
I was so excited for this sequel because I love Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs especially Flint and I didn't like any of the characters very much in this film.
While I admit I didn't laugh as much or as hard as I did the first one (seriously, I thought I was going to pass out in the first one), I still laughed a lot and had a great time in the theater watching it.My favorite part of the film, and this may sound strange, was the way the animators crafted the backgrounds when the story heads to the now food dominated Swallow Falls.
Environmental messages only films aren't very deep and I prefer messages about having a better life.END OF SPOILERS!!The animation, like the first one has generic back-rounds, but the character design is very mediocre and the humans just don't look beautiful or good.
DreamWorks and Pixar do their animation well with humans but not this film.For the characters, on the middle of this pointless adventure, Flint brings his friends even though Chester told him not to.
The voices are fine, Hader still being the incompetent but likable geek, Faris being silly, and Forte being mean, the special effects to create tasty looking living food animals are fantastic, there are many easy to laugh at daft puns ("There's a leek in my boat!") and plenty of slapstick, it isn't quite as delightful as the original, but adults and children alike will have fun, a colourful animated comedy fantasy.
The story is fun and it was great to see the characters from the original film back in a new adventure.
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013): Dir: Cody Cameron, Kris Pearn / Voices: Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Will Forte, Andy Samberg: Creative animation sequel that opens with a review of the events of the first film where Flint Lockwood's food machine run amuck creating weird weather involving food.
They help make Flint and his friends realise that Live Corp is bad, and they find a way to save all the food-imals.Overall, I give this movie a 9 out of 10..
The visuals are as colourful and imaginative as those in the original, especially the cleverly-named food monsters/animals (Tacodiles, Shrimpanzees and Flamangos to name but a few) that Flint's machine from the first film churned out due to having unknowingly survived.