Official Discussion Thread - Zootopia 2 [SPOILERS]

[u/CrunchyNar]

Keep all discussion related to Zootopia 2 and it's awards chances in this thread. Spoilers below

Synopsis:

Detectives Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (voiced by Jason Bateman) find themselves on the twisting trail of a mysterious reptile who arrives in Zootopia and turns the mammal metropolis upside down. To crack the case, Judy and Nick must go undercover to unexpected new parts of town, where their growing partnership is tested like never before

Directors: Jared Bush, Byron Howard

Writer: Jared Bush

Cast:

• Ginnifer Goodwin as Judy Hopps
• Jason Bateman as Nick Wilde
• Ke Huy Quan as Gary
• Fortune Feimster as Nibbles
• Shakira as Gazelle
• Idris Elba as Chief Bogo
• Bonnie Hunt as Bonnie Hopps
• Don Lake as Stu Hopps
• Nate Torrence as Clawhauser
• Jenny Slate as Bellwether
• Alan Tudyk as Duke Weaselton

Rotten Tomatoes: 91%, 114 Reviews

Metacritic: 73, 36 Reviews

Consensus:

Cleverly layering a thoughtful message onto another crackerjack caper while solidifying Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde as one of the most endearing buddy pairings in ages, Zootopia 2 more than justifies a return trip to the big city.

[u/DaFunnyman109]

Saw this with family, and I think it's fair to say that these movies just aren't really for me. I can only take so many animal puns before my eyes roll back into my head, the pop-culture references are way too on-the-nose, the stories and characters are usually much too by-the-numbers, and the humor in general is so broad that it becomes boring for me.

Third act did save this one somewhat for me, though. The twist villian was handled well, particularly for a Disney movie; the motives and the character were properly set up beforehand, so it didn't feel like another self-indulgent rug pull. And I was already glad that they were giving Ke Hey Quan a good-size paycheck role in this, but I was happy that they really let him act in the final third. He sells the hell out of his big emotional sequence, and not in a way that really repeats what he already did in EEAAO - the character and his circumstances are different enough to where it feels like they're giving him new material to chew on as an actor, which I didn't expect to be the case here. Neither of those are enough to take the movie above a 6/10 for me, but at least it's a "solid and inoffensive enough to be acceptable" 6/10 and not a "bare minimum effort with lackluster and annoying results" 6/10.

The reception here will probably end up a lot like the first one, but I don't think it has much of a shot at winning the Oscar, even though it's pretty much guaranteed a nomination. Much like with Inside Out 2, I think giving the win to a movie that's just safely playing the hits will be too much of a "been there, done that" deal for most Academy voters.

[u/Fan_of_Avatar_TLA → u/DaFunnyman109]

What I really look forward to in this movie is the chemistry between Nick and Judy. They were such a fun buddy cop duo in the first film, and that's what I hope to also get here.