I'll admit, I wasn't too excited about a sequel to Equestrian Girls, because I didn't really bother with it, but decided to give it a chance based on the trailers and previews.
In short? Wow. Just...how come the first movie wasn't like this? The animation has greatly improved, with the facial expressions being much more...well, expressive. And as for that climax...if any other Bronies can find something with the Bass Cannon, lasers, rainbows, Vinyl Scratch, Sunset Shimmer, and such an epic song, I'd like to see it.
While it might not be everyone's favourite, and a lot of people might not like it, I think it's a great improvement over the first in that it actually felt like a movie this time. It wasn't a cliché storm of boring characters, boring animation, boring plot holes and subplots that went absolutely nowhere. No, this time around there was an actual threat from the villains, character development, better songs, better animation, an actual storyline that was straightforward and had no subplots, and more fan favourite characters like Octavia, Derpy, Bulk Biceps and especially Vinyl Scratch getting a bigger role.
All in all, it was much better than the first, and if you haven't checked it out yet, then GO, give it a chance, you might find that you'll start to understand.