Let's start with the obvious. This is a sequel, so already you go into it with diminished expectations. But I read Ebert's review and thought it was actually going to be good. Nope. Here are a few of the most annoying things about this movie.
1) Break dancing gets very tiresome after a while. It's really not that many different moves. Yes, it looks hard to do, but it also can be hard to watch after so many similar routines.
2) Kelly is not very likable. Given that she's the main character, that's a problem.
3) Why is there a secret Fight Club hidden inside the break dancing Miracles palace?
4) Why was Turbo on the ceiling redoing a routine from a Fred Astaire movie?
5) If they had just taken the father's deal Kelly could have gone to Paris and had a successful career, and they would have gotten the money they needed to save "Miracles".
6) Why are they spending $200,000 to fix a building owned by the City? Why don't they buy their own building? Then the rich dude can open his mall and there will be jobs for these broken break dancers to take when they decide they want to eat some day.
7) Why have they kidnapped Cindy Brady and forced her to join their break dancing cult?
8) In the credits they mention a Michael Jackson impersonator, who apparently was so bad I didn't even notice that there was one. Well played.
9) The rival gang is actually much cooler than the break dancing gang. They have a car. They have a cool underpass that no one is going to steal by building a mall. When asked to help with the fundraiser they defy all expectation and say no. They remain true rivals.
10) The mime.
1) Break dancing gets very tiresome after a while. It's really not that many different moves. Yes, it looks hard to do, but it also can be hard to watch after so many similar routines.
2) Kelly is not very likable. Given that she's the main character, that's a problem.
3) Why is there a secret Fight Club hidden inside the break dancing Miracles palace?
4) Why was Turbo on the ceiling redoing a routine from a Fred Astaire movie?
5) If they had just taken the father's deal Kelly could have gone to Paris and had a successful career, and they would have gotten the money they needed to save "Miracles".
6) Why are they spending $200,000 to fix a building owned by the City? Why don't they buy their own building? Then the rich dude can open his mall and there will be jobs for these broken break dancers to take when they decide they want to eat some day.
7) Why have they kidnapped Cindy Brady and forced her to join their break dancing cult?
8) In the credits they mention a Michael Jackson impersonator, who apparently was so bad I didn't even notice that there was one. Well played.
9) The rival gang is actually much cooler than the break dancing gang. They have a car. They have a cool underpass that no one is going to steal by building a mall. When asked to help with the fundraiser they defy all expectation and say no. They remain true rivals.
10) The mime.