I saw the Incredibles 2 today and was rather underwhelmed.
I wanted to really like it, but maybe I’m so far past my superhero movie quota that there wasn’t any hope. It definitely didn’t feel fresh. The fact that the plot was entirely recycled probably didn’t help. The fact that the character development was mostly recycled as well probably didn’t help. Many of the gags were too, though there’s a pretty fun scene with a raccoon.
They made Mr Incredible really hard to like.
It was common to accuse the first movie of a Randian message. I don’t really agree with that though its message was definitely confused. What does seem to be a running theme is genius tech people with childhood trauma are bad people. So, maybe the films a sneaky smack at Silicon Valley tech jerks?
The villain is really wasted before even being fleshed out.
It was watchable, though the kids in the audience didn’t seem that entertained.
It was probably marginally better than Ocean’s Eight which won the most bonkers tech bullshit award (for a cubic zirconia 3D printer which was wrong in almost every way). Both films were watchable but immediately forgettable.
Mitigated Frenzy 