Review of Rio 2 Full Movie

Review of Rio 2 Full Movie: This is not as good as the first, especially the soundtrack. There are a couple decent songs, but most of it is the suck. In the special features, they go on and on about how the soundtrack is so awesome and how much better it is than the first. Uhh...I guess I got a bad copy of the Blu-ray. What was just as good is the beautiful animation. 

I was saddened, however, to witness Claira the capybara being swallowed whole by a black panther right in the middle of her big chance, but the jungle can be a cruel bitch. The rapping sloth was a nice surprise, although I prefer that sloths stick to something a bit more melodic. One big extra half star for the capoeira turtles! Oh, and, thank the old gods and the new, ***SPOILER ALERT*** Claira survived!!! Rio was an original film that bolstered lots of witty songs and colorful designs. It was no masterpiece, but it was enjoyable. Rio 2 does not have this in common with the first. The sequel trades style and scenery over substance and is bloated with Hollywood's general line-up of sequel clichés. I did not like this film overly. In fact, I was waiting for it to end. The screenplay is laugh-inducing and the way the narrative juggles the two sub-plots is not well done. This film, like many, did not need to be done.

This film has no cinematic or thematic purpose. Its purpose lies more in box-office than anything else. Please, Hollywood, stop making unnecessary sequels. Nine out of ten times, especially with animated films, they are worse than the original. And much less original. Expectedly colorful, playful and exotic, Rio 2 is a painfully predictable cartoon which could serve as a perfect example of a less entertaining, less original and less successful animated sequel. Overcrowded with characters, songs and hectic story-development, this Amazonian adventure could easily satisfy the youngest among the viewers, but the rest would be disappointed with the fact that the movie only exploits the successful formula developed in the first installment.

After settling down with Jewel, Blu is enjoying a fine family life with three kids in Rio. After hearing that there might be other Blue Aras living in the Amazonia region, Blu and Jewel decide to embark on a trip and find them. With a lot of luck and not without some adventures, Jewel gets reunited with her long-lost Ara family in the depths of Amazonia. This is where Blu's nightmare starts as he unsuccessfully tries to fit in this new environment and to please his newly discovered father-in-law. That is not all as their habitat becomes endangered and the whole Ara population is threatened with extinction. Overloaded with sub-plots and by trying to be as colorful, cheerful and adventurous as possible, director Carlos Saldanha totally misses the main issue of his delivery.

The predictability of the story is simply painful when it comes to the two main stories: the relationship Blu-Jewel and the saving of the Aras' habitat. A viewer would know what is going to happen minutes before it actually is shown on the screen. Neither the songs nor the good humor could actually save Rio 2 from being an overstuffed and nearly boring cartoon. In conclusion, Rio 2 is no doubt a much lesser achievement than its predecessor. Weaker in every possible comparison to Rio, the sequel might have booked excellent box office results, but its level of mediocrity is nothing but an unexpected disappointment.