The Emoji Movie (2017)

Hi fellow animation fans, welcome to my review of The Emoji Movie.

Synopsis: The Emoji Movie reveals a hidden world inside your smartphone. Within the messaging app lies Textopolis, a vibrant city where all your beloved emojis reside, each eager to be chosen by the phone's user. Every emoji has only one facial expression, except for Gene, a lively emoji with a plethora of expressions due to the absence of a filter. Aiming to become "normal" like his counterparts, Gene seeks the assistance of his best friend Hi-5 and Jailbreak, a renowned code breaker. They set off on an adventurous journey across the phone's apps, each a unique and exciting universe, to discover the Code that will repair Gene. However, as a greater threat looms over the phone, the destiny of all emojis rests in the hands of these three unexpected heroes who must rescue their world before it vanishes forever.

Likes:

* The animation is quite well done with a lot of little detail in the colorful backgrounds.

Dislikes:

* That the tone is all wrong, the movie is bright, cheerful and has such a basic script that only those who are young enough not to have a phone will actually deride any enjoyment out of it.
* The horrific and in your face product placement, especially the 5-minute scene all about Just Dance, I seriously would have nodded off if my cat hadn't chosen that moment to jump on my lap.

* None of the jokes made me laugh at all.

                              IMDB 2.5/10       Rotten Tomatoes 10%            Me 1/10

It starts with a poop joke and doesn't get any better.

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Despicable Me 3 (2017)

Hi fellow animation fans, welcome to my review of Despicable Me 3.

Synopsis: After being dismissed from the Anti-Villain League for not capturing the newest threat to humanity, Gru (Steve Carell) faces a significant identity crisis. However, when a mysterious stranger reveals that Gru has a long-lost twin brother who yearns to emulate his twin's nefarious ways, this ex-supervillain will reawaken to the thrill of villainy.

The Good:

* The movie soundtrack is awesome, featuring songs such as Bad -Michael Jackson, Take on Me - A-ha and many more thanks to a villain who is stuck in the past.
* The movie will entertain young children for 90 minutes giving you time to clean, have a nap, or anything else you may want to do while the little one is amused, which is what you want from a children's movie.

* Some of the jokes are really funny, which outweighs the ones that fall flat.

The Bad:

* Unlike the previous outings this movie is less family oriented and more aimed directly at children, so as an adult I found some moments to be less exciting than the previous Despicable Me movies.
* There are too many plots so the movie flits from character to character, which is great for the kids as it will keep their attention, but I found the lack of character building to be more annoying than anything else.
* The bad guy really lacked any kind of threat, and his very short back story didn't really feel like motivation enough to become a villain.

                              IMDB 6.3/10              Rotten Tomatoes 61%           Me 5/10

Gru in a mankini, nightmare inducing.

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South Park Bigger Longer and Uncut (1999)

Hi fellow animation fans, welcome to my review of South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut.

Synopsis : In the feature film inspired by the popular animated series, South Park's third graders covertly watch an R-rated movie by the notoriously crude Canadian TV stars Terrance (Matt Stone) and Phillip (Trey Parker) and come out with enriched vocabularies that shock their parents and teachers. The South Park parent's attempt to ban the film sparks a contentious battle with Canada, leading to Terrance and Phillip's imprisonment on death row, leaving it up to the children to rescue them.

The Good: 

* Beneath all the dirty language and potty humor there is quite an astute message about censorship in the media plus my favorite message, about family relationships with a subtle dig at parents who ignore their children then blame others when something happens.

* I also really enjoyed a few of the new songs, they were quite catchy, even though they were expletive ridden.  

* I also really enjoyed the part near the end where Cartman discovers the power of the V-chip, sure it's rude and immature but it always cracks me up, and honestly where's the fun in life when we can't act like immature children once in a while?

The Bad:

* Fans of the show will notice this but one of the songs is recycled from either season one or two, it fits in well with the movie but something new would have been nice.

* The show loves to lampoon celebrities, so fans of those celebrities may not find things that funny.

                           IMDB 7.8/10                         Rotten Tomatoes 81%           Me 8/10

Barbara Streisaaannddd.