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My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)
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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was a show that I was quite enthralled with at an earlier time of my life, almost to an unhealthy extent. I still defend my thoughts on the show to this day, I think it still holds up as a competently put together series with cute and endearing characters that was perfect for when you had some off time on the weekend. With the writers of the shows and hand drawn animation FINALLY making a return to theaters with the My Little Pony Movie one can't help but ask: what the **** happened? The weirdest thing about this film is that I can't exactly pin point what made it such a forgettable snooze fest for me. I mean, it was predictable as all hell but I mentioned in my Incredibles 2 review that a film can be predictable and still be engaging as long as it was creative and well written enough that it can be overlooked. Looking back, I think that was the problem here: the My Little Pony Movie completely lacks creativity, it feel like it exists solely to get money out of suckers like me who liked the television series. At certain points it actively felt like it was following a checklist of criteria that had to be met in order for it to meet it's 1 hour and 40 minute run time that it honestly doesn't need in hindsight. There is a point near the end of the film where certain characters reunite with the main 6 and it feels so forced into the writing that it actively took me out of the film. I would comment specifically about other scenes in the film but I'll be honest, I don't remember the film well enough to do such a thing and I haven't felt inclined to return to it so I can so. When that's the case, what can I say? It's not a bad movie, I can't recall anything in the film that actively annoyed me and most bronies seem to happy with it. Maybe I'm just not as enthralled with technicolor ponies as I once was. If you are a brony and want to go see it I'm confident that you will be able to watch it and be satisfied, but for me, it just went on and on and on and on and on and zzzzzzzzzzz.
Incredibles 2 (2018)
Fun, creative, and engaging
The main thing (for me at least) that makes Incredibles 2 such a fun movie to watch is the dialogue between the characters, specifically Bob and Helen. I was a little concerned that the film was going to portray Bob as a stereotypical clumsy father who just can't help messing everything up due to incompetence, that simply isn't the case here. While Bob certainly makes mistakes, you can tell by his actions and his general attitude towards the kids that he is trying his best to make sure that they are happy and are getting the care that they need. When Bob struggled it isn't due to incompetence, but it's because he is dealing with something that any parent would have difficulty handling. Let's face it, any parent would be under a certain amount of pressure if they were dealing with a super powered baby. Helen's end of the story is also really fun to watch along with Bobs. While the villain is highly predictable and the motivations don't seem to make much sense (which is keeping me from giving this movie a perfect score), it was still really enjoyable to watch her deal with certain situations that were jeopardizing her and the Deavors goal of making supers legel again. Some people will call predictable sure, but predictable in my books does not equate to being bad, so long as your movie is enjoyable enough that it can be overlooked. That's something that I can certainly give this film credit for since it does a great job at utilizing each characters unique abilities to create FANTASTIC set pieces and action scenes. Combine that with the 10-10 dialogue, and you have one hell of a good time at the theater.
Sonic Mania Adventures (2018)
A very fun cartoon that's also free (refreshed)
Sonic Mania Adventures manages to tell a very fun yet simple story with no dialogue whatsoever. The animation is incredible and I can't believe that level of effort is going in to something that is free online. It's because of the animation that we are able to see Sonic and company emote in such a cute and funny way, and also allows them to tell a story without using dialogue which is quite impressive. If only all these triggered modern Sonic fans could realize this. Good job spamming IMDB with 1 star ratings and marking any positive review of this show as unhelpful. Seriously guys, go get laid.