The ONLY thing I appreciated about this movie was bringing back the original cast. Other than that, I hated the entire movie! I hated that it was a musical. I hated that there was so much spanish dub overs, subtitles, and then singing in spanish. Why?! And the choices of songs throughout the movie, hard ! Missed the generation of its core audience big time! The Hated that they crammed SO much into one movie making it feel rushed, cluttered, and pointless. I hated ALL the extra characters that were added for filler. It justcompletely overloaded the movie. Too much "filler" and not enough story. Plot. Movie! It lacked substance! The funeral, the wedding, Delias death, escaping the netherworld ALL on halloween night? Seriously? Bad taste that didnt fit the characters. I hated everything about the soul train! There wasn't enough time to relate, empathize, or enjoy the characters because too much was going on. We were rushed through the netherworld instead of it being intriguing. It was a far stretch from the 1st incredibly stunning movie and was a huge missed opportunity! They should've had the story/plot being the ghost boy, delving deeper into the relationship w/Astrid and his tricking her into the netherworld. Forget the loser trying to marry Lydia entirely, Charles mindlessly lurking around (literally), Astrid's father, the soul sucker, and Dafoes character. Just cut them ALL out! Argh! I was just SO utterly let down and incredibly disappointed! Tim Burton has never failed, but this was just an epic dumpster fire!! IMO
