I loved the first "The Incredibles" and remember wondering why a follow-up hadn't been made soon after its success. Better late than never you might say but personally after watching this 14-years later sequel, I'm tending to better never than late. Somehow, for me, the movie just fell flat and didn't please me to anything like the degree of its predecessor.

Don't get me wrong, the Pixar animation is fantastic as always, but somewhere along the line, the story, characters and humour lack something. The outlawed super-heroes / aliens / mutants theme has been done to death, from the X-Men to the Marvel Civil War right up to the current Supergirl TV series, likewise the husband and wife role-reversal with Mr Incredible's turn as three super-babies and a super-dad again seemed old-hat while Elastigirl's elevation to solo superstardom also felt a little like a forced and belated concession to PC-dom.

I'm trying now to remember a really funny, laugh-out-loud line or memorable eye-popping sequence and I find I can't. The sub-plot of Violet and her young beau reminded me of any number of "Married With Children" episodes with like I said, a lack of good gags, plus Dash's characterisation was just irritating and new shape-shifting baby Jack-Jack (what kind of name is that?) even more so.

For me, I found the film really dragged in places with its too predictable villain and unmemorable climax which no amount of flashy graphics could disguise. In truth I think that this sort of thing was done way better in "Megamind", "Despicable Me" and of course the first Incredibles feature.

At leat I can't accuse it of being a quick cash-in but really this is one set of retired super-heroes which should have remained on the shelf.

I thought the opening scenes were going to lead to something great. The Underminer is where they left off fourteen years ago, but it is a short lived event. The script slips in to the old "supers are bad" again which happened the last time. Huh? WTF? We already knew that "supers" were disliked but that was all supposed to change at the end of the 1st movie. Now you are going backwards again? That doesn't make sense.

The villain in this movie is terrible, it could have been amazing, but they made the motivation less than admirable. A good villain needs to have a complete hate of the Super and must have a personal connection. Take Batman and Joker? Flash and Zoom? Superman and Lex? Instead they come up with The Screenslaver? Who hates them why? Because they are Supers?

The Screenslaver hates Supers because their father and mother was killed when Supers disappeared. Supers disappeared why? Because the Government get rid of them, so why the hatred against Supers and not the Government? It was the Government which made them illegal. Doh! Stupid script.

I'm sorry, but this movie sucks. This is an example of terrible writing from people who don't get it. The movie could have been so much more but they lack the ability to tell a good story This is why Hollowood sucks these days. Everyone is a writer and no one seems to know what the hell they are doing.

Thumbs down and BARF on this movie.

The only good thing is the animation. The graphics are as good as they get from PIXAR. I do not like Jack Jack who ends up being filler and a deus ex machina to push the movie along and fix all the plot holes. Sure Jack Jack could have been a great character but when you give a baby all these super powers, then you lose motivation.

I hate most sequels and don't think most of them are necessary...they are just an excuse to squeeze money out of the popularity of the first film. This is especially true to kids' films in recent years an it seems like a bazillion cartoons and CGI movies have been made and remade in a cynical attempt to make money. Are they any good? For most, I'd say no. However, I am happy I saw "Incredibles 2" as it was worthy of the franchise and offers enough new content to make it worth your time.

In this follow-up, super-heroes have been banned and the Incredibles family is not about to break the law. However, when an eccentric billionaire offers to help the family rehabilitate the image of heroes in an effort to get them unbanned, bad things are in store. It's not that he is evil....but someone around him has an agenda of their own. In the meantime, Mr. Incredible is forced to become a house husband...and he struggles with learning to parent effectively and live without using his super skills. Ultimately, however, the entire family is forced into action to not only save the day but Mrs. Incredible.

Of all the recent kids films, I must say that "Incredibles 2" has the strongest feminist message. This is NOT a complaint. I liked seeing Mrs. Incredible become the family breadwinner and Mr. Incredible learn to be tender and a caregiver. There are also other feminist aspects of the story...but I'll say no more since it would spoil the plot!

Overall, an incredibly well animated and thoroughly enjoyable film. Not exactly original (hence a score that isn't higher),but well worth seeing....unlike the countless "Ice Age" sequels and the like.