After reading the title of this week’s blog post and considering the content of my post a few weeks about about Ted Lasso, you may be wondering if I’m altering my path and veering into the business of writing entertainment reviews. I’ll help you set that curiosity aside by saying, no, I’m not adding yet another branch to my authorpreneurship. But what I am in the business of doing, is writing about what motivates and inspires me (and potentially other writers) and Sing 2, definitely left me feeling inspired.

My family and I attended the movie as a part of our annual Christmas Crawl festivities. (Read: an afternoon and evening of surprise holiday activities around our town of La Crosse. To see the rest of our stops on this year’s trek across town, head over to this Facebook post… rhyming clues are included… written, but yours truly.)

As a life long singer, I already loved this movie’s original, an animated tale about a little koala who lived to DREAM BIG, who refused to quit, and who ultimately found success by lifting others. Plus, the characters sang… really, really well. Seriously, what’s not to love?!?! The second installment didn’t disappoint. In fact, in my opinion, it not only lived up to the hype of the first, but surpassed it. If you have kids, if you love music, if your heart is itching for a feel-good movie, you gotta go see Sing 2.

Part of what I loved about this movie is that characters kept telling Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) that because he was a little guy from a “po-dunk” town, he’d never amount to anything. They told him that his show was good, really good in fact, for his small town theater, but would never be good enough for the big stage in the Vegas-like equivalent entertainment capital in the movie. Instead of feeling defeated, Buster used these comments, critiques and challenges as fuel to propel his BIG DREAMS forward. I fricken love it. As a self-published author, who cannot sell her books at a national bookstore chain or Target, I really identify with the limitations people are putting on Buster. I also relate to his “well, forget that” attitude, refusing to let others tell him what he and his BIG DREAMS are capable of. To iterate my point and perhaps inspire you a bit too, here are a few quotes from the movie.

(No spoilers included, I promise.)

I realize that on their own and out of context, these quotes might seem trite, but I guess that just means you’ll have to go see the movie. ;) Afterward, let me know your favorite quote, part, character or song in the comments below.

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