Here’s an hour
and thirty minutes of my life that I will not get back. What a horrible movie,
totally ruined the franchise.
This movie was
not all-out fun like its predecessor. There were no surprises in the area of
inventions like we saw in the first one. All we have is a colorful yet dull
movie that just went on and on until it ended. This computer-animated sci-fi
film is the 9th animation produced by Sony Pictures Animation.
One thing you
might like about this sequel to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is
that the movie actually picks up right where the first one left off.
In the prequel,
Flint and his friends finally put the FLDSMDFR ("Flint Lockwood Diatonic
Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator") out of commission after the
machine went haywire, sending down large chunks of food nonstop. This chaos was
caused by the greed of the town’s mayor, who saw the town becoming a tourist
attraction. Flint and his friends—Sam, her cameraman Manny, Steve, and
Brent—had to jet out to the FLDSMDFR in the sky to shut it down.
In this sequel,
Flint’s idol, Chester V, is contracted to clean up the mess the FLDSMDFR made.
Chester V then invites Flint to join him at his company, The Live Corp, a place
where all the best inventors reside.
While there,
Chester V asks Flint to help him find the FLDSMDFR so they can deactivate it
for good. Flint and his crew from the previous movie head back to town, only to
discover that the food created by the FLDSMDFR has now mutated and developed a
life of its own.
Like its
predecessor, the movie is loosely based on Judi and Ron Barrett’s book of the
same name, and most of the previous cast—except Mr. T—reprise their roles.
By the end of
the movie, I was left wondering why Sony decided to make this sequel in the
first place. Not every “good” movie (good in the sense that it made money for
the studio) deserves a sequel. It wasn’t as captivating as the first, and the
thrill I felt experiencing the characters’ behaviors in the original was
watered down by too much dialogue between Flint and Chester V.
I don’t see how an adult could enjoy this movie. It was just too darn colorful and full of moments that would only thrill kids.
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