This movie was so bad that I feel compelled to write about it-my first review. If not for the visual appeal of this movie, I would've bailed. Maybe it's one you had to see in theaters, but I don't think even a giant silver imax screen could've hypnotized me into enjoying this flat, cookie-cutter, unoriginal, and absolutely uncompelling story.

Don't get me wrong, I thought the first one was bad, too. But this was another level. And I get it, it's a PG-13 movie, pretty much made for kids, not really my demographic. But even a preteen could have guessed cliche after cliche twenty minutes before each happened. And let me tell you, this movie is rife with them.

It's important to recognize this is a Disney movie. And it feels like one. I'm not sure how involved Disney really was in the production of this movie, but everything from the acting to the lighting felt so... Disney. Fine. But here's the thing. Disney has been on their A-game with the writing for the past decade at least. Even the newer era Princess movies have some compelling arcs. This? This was a long, blue fall from that.