I was really looking forward to this movie, but sadly I left the theater quite disappointed.
The good things first: Visually, this movie is stunning. The attention to detail is breathtaking and it really draws into the movie. The music is also very good. I wouldn't say better than the music of the first movie, but especially the main theme (which is HEAVILY inspired by Michael Jacksons "Earth Song") was really something special.
But this also brings me to my biggest problems with the movie: Predictability due to being HEAVILY INSPIRED by so many other things.
Additionally to MJs Earth Song, probably the most obvious inspiration: Any Avatar: The Last Airbender fan will instantly see the connection to this movie. It really takes alot from that show, which sadly, in many ways, makes it really predictable. As soon as I heard about the "5th spirit" I instantly knew it was Elsa, AKA The Avatar (yeah, I know she can't control all Elements, but I'm sure they would've liked to do that aswell, wouldn't it retcon the first movie).
Also, the main story of "We thought our ancestor (or whoever) were good people, but they were actually bad" is also something we've seen SO MANY TIMES before, so that part was very predicatable too. Basically from the first scene on you can tell that that's the twist.
So we have two "twists" that are utterly predictable, and sadly, those are the only two twists. (If you want to tell me that you thought Elsa was actually dead, you're a liar.)
One additional nitpick: The whole "water has a memory" thing was really overused and quite stupid.
Aaand one more: That love and friendship is important is always a good message for the kids, but please, don't abuse and overuse it like that future filmmakers.
To sum it up: Ultimately, what you get is this: A beautifully sounding and visually stunning movie that is so predictable that it's really quite hard to enjoy the good things.
The good things first: Visually, this movie is stunning. The attention to detail is breathtaking and it really draws into the movie. The music is also very good. I wouldn't say better than the music of the first movie, but especially the main theme (which is HEAVILY inspired by Michael Jacksons "Earth Song") was really something special.
But this also brings me to my biggest problems with the movie: Predictability due to being HEAVILY INSPIRED by so many other things.
Additionally to MJs Earth Song, probably the most obvious inspiration: Any Avatar: The Last Airbender fan will instantly see the connection to this movie. It really takes alot from that show, which sadly, in many ways, makes it really predictable. As soon as I heard about the "5th spirit" I instantly knew it was Elsa, AKA The Avatar (yeah, I know she can't control all Elements, but I'm sure they would've liked to do that aswell, wouldn't it retcon the first movie).
Also, the main story of "We thought our ancestor (or whoever) were good people, but they were actually bad" is also something we've seen SO MANY TIMES before, so that part was very predicatable too. Basically from the first scene on you can tell that that's the twist.
So we have two "twists" that are utterly predictable, and sadly, those are the only two twists. (If you want to tell me that you thought Elsa was actually dead, you're a liar.)
One additional nitpick: The whole "water has a memory" thing was really overused and quite stupid.
Aaand one more: That love and friendship is important is always a good message for the kids, but please, don't abuse and overuse it like that future filmmakers.
To sum it up: Ultimately, what you get is this: A beautifully sounding and visually stunning movie that is so predictable that it's really quite hard to enjoy the good things.