Watched the Sonic 2 movie last weekend. It was alright. The whole Hawaii marriage subplot felt weird and out of place, as if there was a contractual obligation for these actors to be in the movie; as soon as that subplot ends these characters just disappear from the plot entirely, there isn't even a slightest shout out to them at the end or anything. Some of the story beats, especially around that subplot are nonsensical. It feels like something that was clumsily grafted on to the movie, but on the other hand I'm trying to imagine it without that subplot and I think the story would be maybe too obviously barren without it.

When it focuses on Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and especially Jim Carey's Robotnik, it's a lot like the first one though; simple, unpretentious, respectful of the source material without exaggerating the pandering.

First one was a better movie, but the second one didn't fuck it all up either, it's just not as good.