Tag: Movie

Our 9 year-old loves going to the movies. He’s a lot like me in that respect, it’s a combination of the relaxation of the film, getting a snack or relaxing for a couple hours. He is almost at the age where he’s able to discern an entertaining movie from a good film. To that end he’s been really excited about seeing The Angry Birds Movie 2. It is what every elementary kid we know is talking about and the reviews have been favorable.

That is, they’ve been favorable if you look at them and then read the review all the way through. The Angry Birds Movie 2 is actually good. It’s the rare film that improves upon the original, and more quotes are out there to talk about the movie. For us this film wasn’t as bad as the first one, which was just slightly better than The Emoji Movie.

So, to that end, The Angry Birds Movie 2 does improve on the original. The film is loaded with jokes, so many jokes that it’s an eventuality that you’ll crack a smile at least once during the movie. Another thing that stuck out for us was its use of music. There dozens of instances of popular song snippets being used to set up scenes. My wife did nudge me when they played The Final Countdown, AKA, the greatest song ever. I forget what scene the song set up, but the :20 of the song was outstanding.

Adults are not the key audience for The Angry Birds Movie 2. For most people over 11 the film will be instantly forgettable. On the way back home I asked the younger son (7YO) if he liked the film. He answered yes and the prattled on about which bird was the funniest, his favorite scene and much to my chagrin, nothing about The Final Countdown. His older brother said that he liked the film, but couldn’t remember one detail about it.

That jibes with what we saw in the movie theater. Our 7YO was laughing out loud and having fun. His older brother was mildly amused and eating popcorn. I suspect that the elder one was there just for the snacks in hindsight.

The plot in The Angry Birds Movie 2 is about a newly discovered island that seeks to crush the red and the black birds. In writing this it’s hard to believe they actually made a first movie about two groups of birds who are out to destroy each other. While this sequel hints at something bigger and better, a la, Minions style, it’s more likely that all of these birds on the big screen will wind up like the Dodo.