Didn't find a topic for this one, only the original.
INSIDE OUT 2 (2024) – Truth be told, I wasn't the biggest fan of the original. The 'mechanics' of how the emotions worked overwhelmed the human story of Riley (voiced byKensington Tallman). INSIDE OUT 2 not only doesn't alter that, it seems to double down on it.
The one potentially major shift is Riley's puberty kicking in. Unfortunately, by setting the entire movie in 3 or 4 days, there is little time to explore or expand on it. Instead, a few new Emotions get introduced including a frenzied Anxiety (Maya Hawke) and goofy Pouchy (James Austen Johnson). The overall effects is that parts of INSIDE OUT 2 play as even more juvenile than the first.
The animation is good, as is most of the voice work, but, it's a missed opportunity. It's merely a direct sequel set two years after the initial movie. That it became the biggest animated feature in box office history (not inflation adjusted) says more about how current audiences crave the familiar comforts of sequels than anything else.
Once all the chatter and clutter is set aside and Riley and her two closest friends, Grace (Grace Lu) and Bree (Sumayyah Nuriddin-Green), actually get a chance to have a scene together, it's a touching and heart-warming one. It's too bad, that the Emotions get the bulk of the screen time. Maybe, Part III will correct that imbalance.
INSIDE OUT 2 (2024) – Truth be told, I wasn't the biggest fan of the original. The 'mechanics' of how the emotions worked overwhelmed the human story of Riley (voiced byKensington Tallman). INSIDE OUT 2 not only doesn't alter that, it seems to double down on it.
The one potentially major shift is Riley's puberty kicking in. Unfortunately, by setting the entire movie in 3 or 4 days, there is little time to explore or expand on it. Instead, a few new Emotions get introduced including a frenzied Anxiety (Maya Hawke) and goofy Pouchy (James Austen Johnson). The overall effects is that parts of INSIDE OUT 2 play as even more juvenile than the first.
The animation is good, as is most of the voice work, but, it's a missed opportunity. It's merely a direct sequel set two years after the initial movie. That it became the biggest animated feature in box office history (not inflation adjusted) says more about how current audiences crave the familiar comforts of sequels than anything else.
Once all the chatter and clutter is set aside and Riley and her two closest friends, Grace (Grace Lu) and Bree (Sumayyah Nuriddin-Green), actually get a chance to have a scene together, it's a touching and heart-warming one. It's too bad, that the Emotions get the bulk of the screen time. Maybe, Part III will correct that imbalance.
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