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19. The Incredibles 2

Red: 9
Inviso: 17
Evillord: 19
Karo: 22
Johnbobb: 25
Ermine: 35

Total: 127

Red: One of exactly two sequel movies on the list that actually called for a sequel, dropping us in pretty much immediately where the first left off. Despite not leaving a lot of glaring holes in the first movie, The Incredibles left a mostly open super hero world to explore and in a world of super hero movies being more main stream a sequel felt inevitable and almost necessary. The family dynamic surrounding with dealing with supers and their return/shunning from the world still plays and we're given an expansion of the role supers(And villains) played in society. I wouldn't call it the most original movie out there, but still the odd welcome sequel on this list.

Inviso: I almost feel bad about ranking this film this high, because a lot of this ranking comes from the polish and prestige inherent in a lot of Pixars work. Incredibles 2 falls into a lot of the same pitfalls as other movies on this list, namely coming in as sequels and trying to spread the narrative too thin for its own good. The first movie was almost entirely about Bobs mid-life crisis and trying to prove himself. This time around, while the plot feels EXTREMELY similar (surprise villain hired the main hero to work for them the WHOLE TIME), its a little disjointed. Helen is the one trying to prove herself this time, but Bob is trying to be a stay-at-home dad, and Jack Jack is developing a vast array of powers, and Violet is struggling with her social life. To rip off Syndrome, when everyone gets a story arc, no one gets a story arc. That being said, the story is still decent, albeit inferior to the original. The characters are extremely strong and well-written, and at the very least, their multitude of arcs feel as well-crafted as they possibly can. And the overall quality of the film-making is solid as well. That puts it ahead of a lot of the field Ive watched thus far, even if its not the greatest movie ever.

Evillord: While good, I don't think this movie lived up to the first one, which is my favorite Pixar film. I liked seeing the new characters' powers, the villain's motivation was kind of interesting (more so than most Pixar villains not named Syndrome or Lotso, anyway,) and seeing Bob try to handle the kids at home was cute, but there's not really anything that wowed me like the first one did.

Karo: This starts literally right where the first movie left off, where the super family combats the Underminer with the power of teamwork and bad parenting. Half the city gets wrecked and so they aren't allowed to be superheroes anymore. Again.
They then meet a sketchy businessman who offers to pay them money for breaking the law so he can assumedly create a hero-based reality show or something. The movie then splits into two parts, Elastigirl doing some very basic and uninspired superhero stuff, and Mr. Incredible being terrible at stay at home dad stuff. Both storylines are unremarkable and rote.
The lone bright spot in the movie is the Screenslaver, a supervillain who can use any electronic screen to turn their victims into mindless puppets, which is brilliant on a number of levels. Screenslaver is a top 3 Pixar villain, by which I mean they have a rudimentary level of character complexity and some motivation beyond revenge or being a bully. Goddamn, Pixar, you really suck at making bad guys.
The original was made in an era before we had like a dozen superhero flicks every year, and it felt special. Now it is just.. why? This is not the best superhero film of the year, hell, it isnt even the best ANIMATED superhero film of the year. The reasons for the existence of this are nothing but greed and memberberries, and neither of those are good reasons.

Johnbobb: I can't quite place why this sequel didn't quite do it for me like the original did. By all means, it's MORE of everything that was good in the first one. More heroes, more Jak-Jak shenanigans, more crime-fighting, more of Mrs. Incredible's absurd cake. But something just didn't quite click with me as much. Like it's fun, but definitely not the instantly-quoteable fun of the first one. The not-so-surprising surprise villain of this one is no Syndrome, and while the action is great, it just kinda felt like a retread in a lot of ways.

Ermine: I enjoy that the movie focuses more on Elastigirl since she's probably the best character in the family, but with a twist and plot as predictable as bread turning into toast when you put it into a toaster, there really isn't much here for me to enjoy. The rest of the family is as boring as ever. No the raccoon scene with Jack-Jack isn't cute. It's dumb.

I just don't care about any of these characters and never will... I'd say this is sliiiightly better than the first due to a slightly less annoying villain but it's hard to say.