![]() ![]() That synopsis takes longer to read than to play out, meaning first-time feature director Thurop Van Orman (creator of the beloved Cartoon Network series “The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack”) and his three screenwriters have to pad a lot. Red and Silver instantly annoy each other - which even the youngest audience members can see is a precursor to friendship and maybe romance. Red also has issues with the team’s newest and smartest member, the engineering wizard Silver (voiced by Rachel Bloom), Chuck’s sister. Red and Leonard agree to team up to stop Zeta, but each has trouble agreeing on who should command the team, which includes Chuck, Bomb and the not-so-heroic Mighty Eagle (voiced by Peter Dinklage). Leonard and his experts report that there is a previously unknown third island, Eagle Island, whose evil leader Zeta (voiced by Leslie Jones) is shooting balls of ice and plotting to shoot lava-filled ice balls at both islands. (Eric Carmen’s “All By Myself” plays in Red’s imaginings, the first of many obvious and supposedly humorous needle-drops.) That’s why Red is suspicious when the pig leader, Leonard (voiced by Bill Hader), approaches the birds with a request for a truce. Inside, he fears people will forget his past heroics and leave him as lonely as before. The sequel starts with Red as Bird Island’s resident hero, but a nervous one. After the piggies kidnapped the birds’ eggs, Red led a team that included boomerang-shaped Chuck (voiced by Josh Gad) and volatile Bomb (voiced by Danny McBride) to slingshot to Piggy Island and save the day. The lead, the hot-tempered Red (voiced by Jason Sudeikis), was the only one of the inhabitants of Bird Island to think the green piggies visiting the island were up to no good. The first movie in this franchise, you may recall, brought the mobile-phone game to the screen, turning the avian projectiles into characters - though that’s a generous word for two-dimensional stereotypes with names. Where’s a good slingshot to knock me out and erase my memory of seeing “The Angry Birds Movie 2”? ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |