Review #5 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, 2013

Synopsis: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 picks up where Sony Pictures Animation's hit comedy left off. Inventor Flint Lockwood's genius is finally being recognized as he's invited by his idol Chester V to join The Live Corp Company, where the best and brightest inventors in the world create technologies for the betterment of mankind. Chester's right-hand-gal - and one of his greatest inventions - is Barb (a highly evolved orangutan with a human brain, who is also devious, manipulative and likes to wear lipstick). It's always been Flint's dream to be recognized as a great inventor, but everything changes when he discovers that his most infamous machine (which turns water into food) is still operating and is now creating food-animal hybrids - "foodimals!" With the fate of humanity in his hands, Chester sends Flint and his friends on a dangerously delicious mission, battling hungry tacodiles, shrimpanzees, apple pie-thons, double bacon cheespiders and other food creatures to save the world again!

It feels as though the animators at cake and then ordered another one. Eating two cakes may make your tummy disgusted, I guess. That's how I felt watching 'Cloudy 2', they haven't improved on anything with this sequel, but made it more dull, and focused too much making and naming food like creatures instead of making the story delightful.

Like the first movie it starts with Flint introducing himself, except this time we all know what happened, so why did he have to summarize the first movie? The pace of the movie is so fast that I can see behind the scenes, the 'Cloudy' crew rushing through the script, animation, and what not.

Exploring and creating the world is great, but they could have done better putting more character development; what if they improved the relationship of Flint and his dad? What about Sam Sparks?  I didn't see much of that.

Animation style with the fist 'Cloudy' was cartoony in a good way but the sequel has more cartoony animation than the first, and now it doesn't feel believable at all. You can do whatever you want with animation, but you don't add ketchup to your cake.

Inside Outside Rating: 57%