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Were people trying to create the most obnoxious female protagonist in history? Because oh my god, I can't remember the last time I watched a movie with such an irredeemable, annoying female protagonist. Okay, I did watch Catherine Called Birdy, but I found her slightly more sympathetic than this one. Maddie is a criminal, a creep, and behaves like a total self-centered brat despite being in her 30s. The movie never explains any of this and she never grows out of it. Why Percy would want to be with her and why anyone ship him with her, I don't understand. The two have no chemistry and she's been nothing but a toxic person toward him. The moment this woman made a move on me, I would cut her out of my life entirely. But no, the movie has Percy forgive her at the end and brush off all her negative behavior just because she almost died. Jennifer Lawrence looks too innocent to play such a sleazeball.

Percy is the deuteragonist, and despite being much more likeable, barely has any agency of his own. I wish the movie was about him and making his own decisions about dating instead of having all the adults dictate what he, A YOUNG ADULT should do.

This could've been a relatable and refreshing movie for the increasingly sheltered lives of Gen Z learning to get out into the real world. Instead, it's just another movie where a young person is being exploited and groomed. We deserve better.

Like the movie it is attached to, this was clearly made to appeal to kids and nothing else and also to continue its unending milking of the Despicable Me franchise. It's full of wacky humor and some banter, but Vector isn't as cool as he was in the first. HIs banter is not as memorable and he just overall feels like a shell of his former self. And because the writers are running out of ideas, yet want to continue milking the Despicable Me franchise, Vector gains a plethora of space suit abilities... somehow. But I'm sure they're going to make a bunch of sequels involving Vector trying to get out of whatever planet he's on as he ends up on another one to the point where they will start feeling repetitive.

If the original Despicable Me writer wrote this, this probably could've been a lot better than what it was.

It's just as generic and simple as the trailers make it out to be. Cute and funny and nothing else. Nothing wrong with writing a simple story, especially if it's for kids, but it's pretty much just your basic slice of life adventure film and its action scenes often felt unnecessarily forced and were resolved anticlimatically. Like, they weren't meant to be there in the first place, but the script didn't know what to do with itself so it just shoved a few action scenes there to keep the kids' attention. The side characters are useless and are only there to be funny. And the story is so bland that the characters don't really have much to work with. And it's a shame because there are some colorful characters in this.

I'm not a fan of the slice of life genre, but I can see fans of that genre and children really enjoying this. However, even slice of life fans might admit that this kind of movie would've been better off as a short than a feature length film.

If you asked kid me if she preferred this or that weird obscure Tom Thumb and Thumbelina film, she would've said this. But now? Looking back, I'd say Tom Thumb and Thumbelina is slightly better just for having a more active protagonist (can't believe I'm saying this that movie was actual torture and had a lot of the same problems as this one).

This isn't as bad as Troll in Central Park, but you can clearly see a lot of the same problems that have plagued Don Bluth films back then. Like Troll in Central Park, it's random, with weak characterization, conflict coming out of nowhere, and a sugary-sweet Disney ending.

The liveliness and quirks of some of the characters will entertain children, but that's just it. There's nothing else to these characters, this is a common thing where you can really tell it was made solely for kids. The supporting characters does jack crap to help our protagonist. The antagonists all want Thumbelina's tail, but with no rhyme or reason.

If there was any praise to give this film, it would be for the technical aspects. The animation is the weakest in this department because it can get janky and some of the designs look weird, but it's mostly competent and the movements felt natural. Thumbelina, especially, looks like how ladies looked back then.

The music is also good if you ignore the context of the story. Let Me Be Your Wings is clearly a rip-off of A Whole New World, though. And, I think the voice actors did an excellent job at bringing their characters to life, especially Jodi Benson, who has amazing range. The Beedle's voice was a bit annoying, though. I get what the actor was going for, but maybe he should've had a bit more range?

It's sad that I haven't seen any Thumbelina films (to my knowledge) that are actually great. Despite the controversy, I think the story has potential to be updated in a way that can suit modern audiences. Like, I think the original story was supposed to be more of a coming of age, where Thumbelina has to figure out who she wants and how to fit it in the world. Both this and Tom Thumb and Thumbelina clearly had potential to be something more than they were. We haven't had a Thumbelina adaptation in forever. I hope they go back to the story and give it the proper adaptation it deserves.

I don't know what all the hype is about, but as someone who has seen the original 70s classic, it has none of the zaniness or creativity of it besides some witty dialogue, special effects, and decent music.

The rest of the film just feels like a complete cash grab, with all the usual Hollywood beats and tropes and assassination of Wonka's character. He has little personality besides being creative and an idiot and the actor who plays him is just as boring. The entire plot is stupid. The conflict starts because he decided to sign a contract despite being told not to. We get the generic annoyingly cocky yet bright kid sidekick. And then he gets ostracized due to selling chocolate without a store, which I'm not for sure if that's how things worked in the 1800s but whatever.

I don't know what else to say, it's about as generic as can be. The whole story is just "Chocolat" mixed with generic action-adventure shenanigans. I'm sure this will be forgotten fairly soon. If anything, just stick to the timeless classic and ignore this trainwreck.

Was the intention to make the most sappiest film ever? Well, you did it. And it's BAD. Not only that, but it makes The Emoji Movie look like an amazing idea. Don't get me wrong, it's also bad, but writing-wise, it's more competent in several ways than this. This film has very little in the way of themes, character development, structure, and storytelling. And I just sat there wondering why the film was even made and why I should even care. There's no point in anything in the plot. It's just visual noise, cute kids and pretty colors meant to babysit your toddlers and babies. Yet, the dark backgrounds, ugly designs, and suspenseful final act might turn them away. Again, what did this film even want?!?! What was Bluth on when making this?

Characters, just like the film, are pointless. Stanley is a creep. Gus would be high on my list of top annoying child characters ever. And I don't have anything special to say about anyone else, they're all pretty generic and lackluster.

Even the animation, which is usually beautiful in Don Bluth films, is very unpolished and unappealing here. Whether it's the puffy, freckled cheeks on all the characters or the monstrous creature designs. There's some funny expressions and Don Bluth's signature touch here in certain places, but a lot of it is still bad. The typical dark Bluth backgrounds don't even gel well with the very light-hearted story and cutesy characters.

The only points I'd give for it are the voice acting (Stanley's sounded off, tho), some of the animation, the music (when taken out of context), and a few scenes I laughed at.

I don't know what the director was thinking trying to copy HTTYD and make a more lazy version of it on top of that. His past films such as Frozen, Zootopia, and Moana all feel like their own films.

For a movie that's almost 2 hours long, the story does nothing for the first half hour. And the third act is full of things happening for no reason, including Maisie injuring herself just like Hiccup and the Captain remorselessly trying to kill his son. And then movie ends with a deus ex machina because Maisie is a God who can do no wrong.

I think there is something else they could've done with this idea to make it a bit less generic. One example would be to make the two main characters both somewhat wrong and that the creatures don't actively harm people, but they may harm the resources and/or environment of the world, which sparked the fight between them and the humans. Instead, the reason that caused the war was never explained. It also would've given our main characters some more flaws and character to work with.

Maisie gave off a lot of precocious, sassy child vibes that made me cringe. She's a bit arrogant, yet she's somehow smarter than any of the adults and takes up all of the spotlight, so she qualifies as a Mary-Sue. The only somewhat decent characters in the cast are Captain Crow and Jacob, they bounce off the more idealistic characters like Maisie well. And Blue is adorable, even though we never find out where he came from.

One thing I will praise is the animation. It's not Spiderverse levels of groundbreaking, but it did have a style to set it apart from other animated films.

In what used to be the most magical place on Earth, at some point in time, all the magic just suddenly disappeared. And it took the script's magic along with it. There is some magic buried underneath both the town and the script just begging to come out... but it never really did...

First off, the world needed some more expanding upon. We know next to nothing about the world. We don't know how it got its magic, how it lost its magic, how it got back its magic, how the elephant connects to the magic, what the point of the fortune teller was, how the elephant ended up here in the first place. Everything just happens just to happen. Instead, the story is more focused on the boy solving 99% impossible tasks to obtain the elephant to use to help find his long-lost sister. But, we don't ever see how the elephant connects between the boy and the sister in the first place. The sister gets some dreams about the elephant, but that's about it. It feels random that that is what prompts the sister to find the elephant in the first place and even worse, she somehow knows where it's at. The elephant has a nice bond with the boy, but the elephant does nothing throughout the entire film.

The tasks are pretty generic and are often solved with cop-outs. It would've been more interesting to see how our average joe main character solves more magical tasks instead of realistic tasks.

As for characters, I do think the fortune teller has a witty but weirdly mysterious personality and the king has a fun personality, but the fact that he is willing to endanger a child for no reason does not make him a good villain in my eyes. And everyone else just feels like cliches. From precocious children to magic negros to a depressed woman who never smiles. Oh yeah, and we also get some repetitive scenes of the amateur magician and an old woman arguing a couple times throughout the film.

For the animation, the backgrounds look pretty. You do get the feeling that this is a magical town and when it loses its magic, it does become drab. However, some of the character designs look a bit off for me for some reason. Like the hair and Peter's face looking like Eggs from the Boxtrolls or something. I guess it kinda fits its Victorian setting, but I think The Boxtrolls had much better designs all-around. I would say the little sister is cute, though.

Overall, it's as average as average gets for the most part. It's a fine and wholesome movie to pass the time, but don't expect a lot.

I can understand that the absurdist and childish humor may put some people off, but you can't deny that it tells a powerful and heartwarming story full of three-dimensional characters and a lot of creativity and wit. It is a cartoon after all, so the zany humor makes some sense.

There are a few unlikeable characters at the start, but they all grow and become amazing characters in their own right. This really should've been and should be a tv series to further develop all the characters. I would like to see how Leo and the kindergartners story would go.

Like it or not, I would say that this is one of those movies where the trailer didn't do it justice. The trailer made it look like a completely unfunny, generic film and failed to show off the musical segments. The musical segments aren't the catchiest or best in the world, but some are still nice to listen to. They also use it as dialogue for the interaction between Leo and the kids which is a nice twist. One of my issues with the trailer included my concerns about how they were going to mesh Leo's plot of trying to explore the world with the subplots of helping the kids. It actually works here as Leo gets closer to the kids.

As for cons, besides some of the humor being typical Adam Sandler humor, I find the designs for the goldfish and the kindergartners out of place and the antics obnoxious. And like I said, some of the characters are unlikeable at the start. I also thought the third act felt anticlimatic a lot of the time.

I may be a bit biased because I like quirky and witty things like this, but I had a lot more fun than I initially thought I would have. I wouldn't mind watching it again.

I don't want to stop you from letting your kids watch it. But, just as a warning, the movie is filled with a lot of damaging propaganda about zoos and being friends with wild animals. The plot literally gets kicked off by a crocodile getting taken away, which I don't think is how zoos deal with animal attacks, plus, the blame should've been put on the kid, not the crocodile. The villain is completely unlikeable, possibly the stupidest and most unlikeable villain I've seen in God knows how long. His whole motive is to protect the world from wild animals and he takes his son who hardly does anything but be a sidekick along. I don't mind a story about animal cruelty and how zoos exploit animals, but this is not it. No zookeeper captures animals as protection against the world. Unless this particular world is filled with people being stupid enough to encroach upon wild animal territory. In that case, why not stop people from bothering wild animals?

There are a lot of charming and hilarious moments in the film, but it unfortunately has some pretty screwed up messaging and a mean-spirited tone that bogs the experience down a lot.

As just a fun kids film, it's charming and silly enough for the under-10 crowd. Anyone older might find it less entertaining. There's practically no tension in the film since everything gets solved with a code. I would say I liked all the animals with the exception of Pretty Boy as characters as they are all unique and fun in their own way.

Because the film is supposedly a heartfelt film about caring for animals yet the story itself is safe, it's hard to know whether I'm supposed to take this seriously or not.

I think I get what Miyazaki was trying to go for here, but the movie struggles with being too ambitious. From what I'm hearing, in interviews, it seems more of a reflection on Miyazaki's worldviews rather than actually being a good film. I don't mind this being different from other Ghibli projects, but it really wasn't a good movie, Ghibli or otherwise.

About 75% of the film is a basic slice of life adventure. By the time things get interesting, the movie is almost over. Instead of spending so much time on the mundane stuff, there should've been more time spent on the symbolic, spiritual and fantasy-world aspects. There's something with these things, but I couldn't bring myself to care about anything else. There are even some important characters that don't get introduced until that 75% of the film is over. With the more complex stuff being mostly glossed over and zoomed past since the film doesn't have enough time to develop them by that point, it's hard to process them.

The characters have barely any personality because not much is done with them and they are trapped in this pretty basic story. The only characters that actually have personality are the heron and the minor characters. They were funny and quirky, design and character wise, but again, they don't really do much, or I had a hard time understanding them. For a Ghibli film, some of the characters are hardly expressive. I can kinda understand why with Mahito, but there still should've been more done with his character in terms of personality and development. He doesn't really actually progress much throughout the story and the growth he does get is very rushed. It's hard to understand what these characters represent when so much was going on so fast in so little time.

Even a couple of the character designs look straight out of other Ghibli films. Examples being Mahito and one of the old ladies that look like great value Grandma Sophia.

The only highlights I can give to this film are the music and animation. Still Ghibli-like.

The film left me bored and mostly confused, which rarely happens with a Ghibli film. For what it's worth, if you're really interested, it might be better to stream rather than to watch in all sitting. And it may require repeat viewings to get everything. Still, I wish the movie took more time to develop the world and characters.

On the surface, this film has a lot going for it. An interesting crossover premise, a compelling protagonist, some intense themes, and a heart-warming message. Unfortunately, it falls flat on all of these things.

Making Thumbelina a character who is easily abused and exploited is a refreshing take, but this was only really portrayed in the first 20 minutes and then turns into a basic kids' adventure film with conflict that's often easily overcome in like 5 minutes. There's also a lot of inconsistencies and plot holes in the story, like how Tom Thumb was originally a slave of the circus but has somehow escaped with no explanation. Thumbelina, being as headstrong as she is, never thinks to run away until another character tells her about her village.

Out of all the characters, Thumbelina is the only one with a clear arc and personality. Unfortunately, she's often inconsistent and doesn't really go through any obstacles that test her flaws and grow her as a character. She's also pretty unlikeable as she insults almost every character that she encounters on the first meeting.

On a technical level, the colorful and expressive animation will appeal to children, but there are some points where the animation looks sloppy and unfinished. The music sounds nice, but it ranges from bland (I'm All Alone) to bizarre (One Two Cha Cha Cha).

It may appeal to really young children, but some of the dark scenes might scare them or make them uncomfortable. But I think this will be too silly and safe for the preteen crowd. Personally, I think it should've just went the dark route as that's where the movie really shines while still keeping a fairly lighthearted atmosphere for the younger children.

What do you expect out of a concept about granting wishes? Now, I will say that when watching the film, I noticed that there is something there with the villain and his need for controlling who gets to have a wish and who can't. But even that was barely done with. The resolution to this sucked. Seriously, a crowd singing a random song was all you can come up with?

The characters are all pretty flat. Asha is your typical bubbly, goofy Disney heroine and her try-hard quirks felt more cringy than endearing. The seven friends are one-note and clearly a rip off of the seven dwarfs. And... all the other characters were just forgettable. I would say Luma, Goat, and Magnifico were okay. Luma and the goat had some funny lines, Luma especially itself had a fun and cute personality, Magnifico has a decent song and the over-the-top characteristic we come to expect from Disney films, but even I felt like they could've done more to develop his character. He doesn't come off as sympathetic or three-dimensional in any way, just your average Disney villain who wants power kind of guy. And... this is nitpicky, but I also wish he sang his song at the end of the film. It was uttered, so why not just sing it as a last hurrah?

None of the songs were memorable in any way. I would say the main Wish song and This is the Thanks I Get? (which also had one of the few entertaining scenes as we see Asha, Luma, and Goat sneaking around in the background while Luma is trying to cause trouble) are the only decent songs in the film, but even they aren't the best that Disney has done and aren't particularly catchy.

Most of the humor was cringy. I don't remember hardly any of it. One was even a gross out joke. There were several times I remember chuckling, but tthen again, I don't remember most of them. I would say the one butt joke they had was actually funny, and that's something I rarely say, just because it didn't feel out of left field.

And oh my god, don't get me started on the references. If you thought the Mario movie was nostalgia baiting, at least give that one credit because the references made sense. Here, the references and easter eggs come out of nowhere.

I don't even think kids would even care much for this unless they're into classic fairy-tale Disney films. I certainly wasn't as a kid and none of the kids in my theater seemed like they were laughing or enjoying themselves either. And I definitely wouldn't recommend this to those over the preteen age, where they're starting to grow out of "baby" films.

The only real highlight I can give this film is the animation, which has a refreshing style compared to other Disney films, yet still feels like a classic fairy tale Disney film. I do think they could've done a better job with the 2D-3D blend though, there were some times, like the tears that felt off for me for some reason.

They didn't even play a short before this film, at least my theater didn't. I was thinking they were going to play Once Upon a Studio, but they didn't. Just why?

Wish gets 5.4 bells out of 10.

It's a wholesome watch with a positive message, but not much to write home about. The premise is heartwarming and more of a mystery, so it will leave you on the edge of your seat, wanting to know what happens. There's also another story juxtaposed in with the contemporary setting and it's very slow-paced compared to the other story until you get to the end. I still found myself being interested in what was happening with the witches, even though I think it should've been paced a little better. It's mostly talky and not much doing until the last few episodes.

I do think the portrayal of the autistic characters were accurate, but some of the treatment I feel are outdated by 2023 standards. The portrayal of the harsh teachers and the bullying of autistic people for being different and smart were accurate to my experience, but I don't think kids in high school would insult someone for having an autistic meltdown or "not looking autistic". We are much more accepting of autism and other neurodivergent disorders than in the past.

I do like some of the characters. Addie and Maggie are the typical spunky girls, but they're good role models. They're positive people who will never give up on making a change. Frank and Audrey are nice supporting characters. I can't go in depth with Elinor since there will be spoilers. She does seem like a stiff person, but it all makes sense once you finish the season. I don't care for the twin sisters, though. Nina as a character had potential, but not much was done with her. I think more should've been done with her dealing with her arcs of the jealousy she has with her sisters and the fact that she caused her sister to get bullied by outing her autism and the strain it put on her relationship with her twin. Instead, that arc was dropped for a contrived typical teen plotline involving her trying to maintain popularity and a fallout with her boyfriend and everything with her gets resolved too quickly. Keedie doesn't really get interesting until the last two episodes, which I won't spoil. She mostly squabbles with her sister over nothing and mainly acts as a mentor for Addie. Jenny was very unlikeable until the end. She has a codependency on Emily, Addie's bully, but she wasn't sympathetic at all. I wanted to yell at her for being so attached to that wench.

I do wonder how they're gonna continue this series, though, as I don't feel like there's anything more they need to add.

This episode looks like it was written by writers who were fighting over what to put in their episode and that's why it turns out to be a complete mess. Morty is a hypocrite, he goes on his knees and begs Rick to replace him, so Rick does that and Morty the ungrateful little brat starts crying and playing the victim.

Morty seems more like Season 1 Morty now. Naive and desperate for Rick's approval. It's like the writers didn't even watch seasons 3-4 to know how much more rebellious and hateful he acts towards Rick. His story also crosses over with predictable and stupidity and goes against his whole character development. Why would Morty help somebody break out of a mental asylum? Did he de-age 10 years? How did Morty get so OP with zero training this season as well? Clearly Beth got into the body of this kid because he's now a complete 180 from how he was when Rick turned himself in. Morty, while sad, accepted it, here, he's bawling his eyes out and clinging to him not to leave. Morty spent this entire series bemoaning about how bad Rick is and how he ruined his life and here, he's acting like he's the best thing ever, like whaaaaat???

Speaking of OP, Rick is also OP because he somehow all of a sudden can use wires that come out of his arm. This is not science anymore, Rick and Morty is fantasy confirmed. The crow idea is fine on paper but it could've been executed much better.

There are so many problems with the ending. First of all, it was way too short to even be emotional. Rick didn't say goodbye to the rest of his family and how would loved ones break apart without a hug or kiss? That could've been so heart-warming to watch. It just reminds you that this whole season was rushed and needed more time in the oven. It was emotionally manipulative just to fake break up Rick and Morty, the premise the whole show is based around. After seeing Rick and Morty break up so many times even though this was done in a more emotional way, it still is tiresome to watch by this point.

This episode was sooo disappointing. It wasn't really that funny, relying more on soap opera ish drama than humor. The crows could've been played as a tongue in cheek joke like it seemed like they were going for but the whole episode is played for drama instead. It had the opportunity to dive into the complicated relationship between Rick and Morty but instead, is just another one of those episodes where they fight and break up no big deal and then go on stupid adventures.

Okay how is this getting high ratings? I know that there was a lot of depth to it but come onnnn... this is a complete mess. This episode ain't make no sense. There was way too much action and exposition going on with childhood Rick and his weird relationship with a babysitter, Rick's arguments with his younger self and all the action especially in the second half, like what was the point in all that?

Who allowed child! Rick to dye his hair? How was Tammy able to revive BP? How is BP and Tammy's child able to kick butt? Isn't she like 3 at the oldest? Why would Rick and BP pee in Jerry's plant? How was Rick's glass able to float in the cold open? And eww... BP had a child with a high-schooler?

I really don't care if Rick's dead daughter changed the whole game. This episode was bonkers with its convoluted plotting Its premise could've been better streamlined and. Probably the worst Rick-centric episode since Old Man and the Seat.

I will give this a 5 out of 10 because we got more depth to Rick, seeing a 35-year-old friendlier Rick was nice and a couple of the jokes were a tad funny.

This gave me some of the vibes of the pilot episode with its cringeness and messy plotting but with several more flaws.

The plot was a huge mess. The cold opening has no connection to the main plot and it shows Rick and Morty wounded and then they survive by plot armor syndrome. Rick tells Morty to go get wine for Mr. Nimbus when Rick could've gotten the wine himself knowing darn well that Morty was busy with his date, then it goes to Jessica wants wine so Morty goes through all that trouble just to impress his girl knowing darn well that getting a minor a drink is a horrible thing.

The characters didn't feel like themselves. Rick and Jessica in particular. Rick implies that he has put suicide capsules in his family's teeth when we've seen how protective Rick is of his family so I don't know if he was just playing around as a way to seem cold or what but why Rick would do that to even his own daughter is beyond me. Jessica's characterization has always bit wonky but this episode made me absolutely hate her. She manipulates Morty into getting her something she shouldn't be drinking as well as playing with his horny feelings. Jessica has been nothing short of nice to Morty in previous episodes and here, she was a little jerk to him. What's even worse is that Morty complies with her selfish wishes. We've seen Jessica around drinks before but I don't think she's ever requested one?

The epilogue with Beth and Jerry I can't say what they were doing with Nimbus here but it was really forced.

I did give this a 5 stars because I did appreciate that the episode went a bit more in depth with Rick and there were a few times I laughed. The Narnia-like premise was also cool but could've been executed better. I do wonder where the Time God thing is going to go with Jessica...🤔

Rick and Morty was a very unique show for its time. It explored a lot of different topics regarding the universe and science. It forced you to think without shoving things down your throat but sometimes overly complicated. And it featured some out of this world and hilarious plots. Its main character, Rick Sanchez may be unlikeable but he's got a depth to him that most Adult Swim shows can't come close to. You could say he's on the level of an anime character.

The character side, however, wasn't ever its strong suit. It has a lot of hateful characters and insulting which makes them very unbearable. Rick does however have a depth to him that makes you understand his motivations and perspective a bit more than the rest. None of the characters ever really grow in a positive way at least. Rick drops some hints of showing his more caring side but it doesn't feel like an arc. The secondary characters in the Smith family also don't contribute much to the series. They do a few times and they have some funny subplots but that's all.

On the humor side, it's random but most of the time is done without being contrived and forced. The voice actors really deliver in timing and their lines. Though, I do have to say it does often get too cringey.

While the show was pretty decent for its first few seasons, its last two seasons have took it down a rough spot. It seems like Rick has lost his depth and now like the other characters, is a shallow funny jerk. Morty, Summer, and Beth have gotten progressively more obnoxious. And Rick seems to always get out of sticky situations by some random cloning device he has in his house or a bunch of fighting equipment he has stuffed in his labcoat when he used to slowly progress through obstacles using his wits and even rarely but still, needed help. Also, I feel that the show has been writing off Evil Morty and the world-building it was building up to originally.

What the hell was adult swim doing ordering 70 episodes of this thing? This kind of order puts a lot of strain on the creators, which explains why seasons 3 and 4 feel so rushed and half-baked. And they didn't even think about whether or not they wanted 10 seasons. It was originally developed to be a bit more linear so ordering 7 seasons is ridiculous.

I really hope season 5 can save this show but I'm not getting my hopes up.

None of the problems from season 3 are fixed here. The science is still convoluted, cringier humor, Rick is still way too powerful, and the characters (Morty and Summer especially) continue to get progressively worse. No sign of Evil Morty here which has me worried if they abandoned him entirely, which I hope is not the case. The family seems to be a lot more hateful of each other and not a lot of the wholesome moments that were there in seasons 1 and 2 are to be found either.

And that's not all, this season somehow manages to be worse than the previous one. Rick is not only an untouchable God who can overcome anything, he's also missing some of the depth he had in previous seasons. Now he is one of those unlikeable jerks who are jerks to be jerks and it's not funny. He does however get a couple of deep scenes involving him in the toilet episode and the space Beth episode but not as much as say, season 2.

I'm giving this a 5 because like I said, there is some more depth added to Rick and a couple of funny episodes. Please Season 5, please be better this time around.

Rick was a complete jerk in this episode. Who in the right mind would go through so much pain just to get revenge on whoever went stinky on their toilet that they didn't even know was theirs? Tony was a good character that could've started one of the most special relationships with Rick only to be resented and killed off all because of a stupid toilet. There's even a scene where Rick imprisoned a bunch of people in Matrix-like simulations of their dreams for probably petty reasons too.

The app with Morty and Jerry felt so shallow and what Morty said to Jerry was so mean. Jerry didn't even know whether or not to trust Rick. Rick never said what was going to happen with the app so why did Morty become a little salty brat? There's also another subplot where Summer is simping men too old for her age again that I also didn't care for.

It's sad because this is actually one of Rick's most poignant episodes. The underlying theme is about friendship and being afraid to get close to people and it really taps into the character's psyche while also hinting at past trauma. Rick wanted to kill Tony yet he was afraid to because he was one of the few people to show him genuine empathy while also being relatable to him. His behavior leads to some tragic consequences that leads him to remorsefully reflect on his actions.

It was such a waste of a good concept. I think if the episode revolved around Rick being upset for a more complex reason than just a superficial toilet or having him act more cold rather than evil toward someone trying to get close to him, it could've been a more tolerable episode.

Like most Rick and Morty episodes, the story is very interesting. Particularly when you get to the end where Rick reveals that Morty was going through different dimensions, killing another Morty and taking the place of them by resetting his save device. So, this episode does have some classic Rick and Morty themes. I also like the subplot with the girlfriend that ends tragically. But the one problem is that this episode focuses on one of the worst characters in the series, Morty. He is incredibly annoying and even sociopathic in this episode. Any person with a heart would feel some sort of guilt pushing old men off of wheelchairs and causing chaos while driving even if it gets reset. And this is Morty we're talking about, which suggests that he's becoming more and more Ricker and it's sad to see.

Sure the acid idea may have been uncomfortable and crazy but the way Morty went about it made me want to see Rick slap him but you know what? The good thing is that this episode is all about the consequences he got for his jerkish words. One wonders if he was more polite in his dislike for the acid, Rick probably would've been more kinder to him.

Okay first off, why does this show exist? How could you make something as simple as going to the bathroom a freaking story/adventure? Every episode is the exact same thing just in different locations. Like child, who cares if the animals watch you? They pee in the forest all the flipping time. Who cares if people are in your way, just GO AROUND THEM? Why do you have to call Miss Godly Nana who's basically the show's deus-ex-machina, too fit for her old age every time you need to go? Her family should just take their child to the bathroom before they get in line/on a car ride/at a race/camping. Plus Nina lies all the time about not needing to go, why can't her family see through her after 12 episodes of her lying?

Even worse, parents have reported that their children have started holding in their pee thinking Nana might come and take them on a grand adventure! Not to mention all the thrill rides Nina goes on would cause her to pee, why is she ok with this?

This show is the Caillou of modern tv!

It's unfunny, boring, random, and stupid. The only positive is the voice acting is decent though Nina's may have sounded unfitting at times.

For the 45 minutes or so, I was like, eh... it's okay. There were a lot of questions and interesting things coming up that made me want to watch more. Still I felt confused as to what was going on.

So we start off with a 7-year-old girl named Chloe, who wants to go outside and get ice cream but is disallowed by her father, who for some reason wants to keep her locked in and warns her of the dangers of outside. It turns out later, that he's keeping her in hiding due to his family having superpowers that label them as "freaks" and are hunted down for it. Nice page turner huh? Well, you're in for disappointment.

So, one of my problems start near the beginning of the film. Even though the old man out of nowhere turns out to be her grandfather, it's still creepy to see a young girl riding an ice cream truck with her old man. Like for a man as protective as the dad was, he never taught her stranger danger? Like did she ever get that into her thick skull that he could be a danger or was she too selfish to care?

Anyway, when she gets to the park, all of a sudden, she gets scared of the old man and says she wants to go home. Then WHY DID YOU EVEN GET IN THE TRUCK ANYWAY, KID?!?!

That night, the movie starts to play tricks on the audience where Chloe meets a ghost who turns out to be the same woman in the picture her grandfather gave her, her mother. Chloe tries to tell her mom that it's her even though she hadn't met her since she was a baby. Her mom still doesn't recognize her yells "GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE I RIP YOUR THROAT OUT!" This part led me to think that the mom was crazy too, only to find out that she actually isn't crazy when her daughter comes into her closet the next day and gets her to realize that she IS her actual daughter. So... why was she saying that anyway? Why was she threatening a little girl, saying she wants to rip her throat out? Like that part was just pointless then. She's not a villain, she's a good guy.

She also tells her that she needs a new mom. Well, spoiler alert, she turns out to not be a ghost and has been alive all this time so why does she need to tell her that she needs a new mom? Like I really don't even know what is going on in this movie anymore.

But don't worry, it gets much much worse. The next morning, the movie starts going into a completely different direction. So before that night, I believe, Chloe starts yelling at her dad, saying that there's no bad people outside and saying she wants to kill him. At first, I thought "Ah, she's just a little girl. She doesn't actually mean that. Still, my jaw dropped. And then THAT NEXT MORNING! The girl gives her father juice to make up for her argument the other day. When the dad is about to drink it, he realizes that there's poison in it. So he chases after her, trying to attack her but she stands out the front door, yelling "Go to sleep" multiple times until her dad passes out.

And no, these aren't the only awful things she does, oh no. The things that she does to her father? She does to EVERY SINGLE PERSON who doesn't give her what she wants. She mentally (and when I say mentally, I mean MENTALLY) attacks her neighbors, her dad and her grandfather to do what she wants them to do. She crashes another little girl's slumber party. She almost killed her dad by giving him a cup of poison juice. She manipulates her young neighbor's mom to act like a mother to her and this is where she becomes so unbearable to watch. She's the epitome of a selfish brat but over-exaggerated in movie form to be more creepy and powerful. Yeah yeah you want a mom and you want to go outside but why are you trying to kill your parents and show off your powers to people who are AFRAID of you and want you DEAD?!

After these scenes, I stopped watching the movie. There is too much needless melodrama and an unbearable child character for me to go on. I felt with some more drafting, cutting scenes out, and more focus on trying to become "normal" while being a freak plot, it would be a more enjoyable film. Like I would've loved to known if there were other freaks besides this family.

What is there to say about this movie? It's just an awful mess. First minute it's a thriller/horror movie about a group called "Freaks" being hunted down and then the next, becomes a cliche family drama where a girl wants a new mom. I advise you not to watch it. Don't let the interesting storyline fool you, it's a terribly executed movie. I mean, if you're the type of person who will eat up any superhero, thought-provoking, and mystery stories then by all means, go watch it. It might be a good time-waster for you. Just be warned there is convoluted plotting and an annoying child character in there who btw is played amazingly by Lexy Kolker as well as the other actors.

The first season is decent enough. Myne was okay. I get confused with her connection with Urano, why did Urano travel from a present time to the past? This kind of time paradox situation could've been decent I guess if it were explained more but the series never got into that. Nor did they explain how she was able to take over Myne's body. I'm guessing it's just a Freaky Friday sort of situation that never got explained. I'm still waiting for her catchphrase "Darn those lucky nobles" to become a meme though. But she has a strong personality that makes it hard not to root for her to succeed and feel sorry for her when her fever overpowers her and how she can't even express emotions such as anger or excitement due to her illness. Lutz and Tuli are sweet characters. Almost all of the male characters such as Gunther and Benno are too obnoxious to like, though. With Gunther being a possessive father who gets angry whenever his daughter Myne starts getting friendly with males and Benno frequently attacking Myne whenever she accidentally makes a mistake. None of the characters were amazing though since none of them go through any development.

The story of how Myne fights her sickness to become a successful writer was compelling. Though, there were times where it started meandering off and became boring possibly due to it trying to stick to the conventions of a slice of life. I also loved the worldbuilding. The idea of Myne's magic powers being some sort of illness, it made me more and more intrigued by the series the more we see what her illness can do.

I rate the first season a 6.5 out of 10.

However, the second season made me go "What were they thinking?" when they came up with this story? This story is awful. I believe this part was in the book but that doesn't make this premise any less awful. Why did they recruit bullies to babysit this kid in the first place? Like are all the other kids in the orphanage brats? Because that is just unprofessional and they should've been fired right away. I also felt the orphan aspect was unnecessary and I don't know why they particularly need orphans to work at this church. It's just so mean-spirited. I watched up to episode 3 so I know that they grow out of it but still, this type of story makes no sense to me. Maybe they are doing this to try and find some way to give Myne character growth because the character went through no growth in the first season but for whatever reason, they could've came up with something better than this.

Not to mention, the only new character I liked out of this was Fran because he was the ONLY one that wasn't a jackass. The OP and ED weren't near as good as the ones in the first season.

I rate the second season a 4.1 out of 10

Kris Pearn disappoints again. After the very mediocre Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, he releases his second major film The Willoughbys. Like Cloudy 2, I thought this looked interesting from the trailer. It had a quirky art style, premise and characters. The only problem I had with the art was why are some of the characters purple? While this one was a lot more imaginative than Cloudy 2, thankfully... it's still not devoid of much familiarity that drags the film down and can be so weird that it comes off as contrived at times.

The animation, while fine, especially in its unique art style, is excessively over-the-top, reminiscent of a mediocre Sony film (not surprising considering this is the director of Cloudy 2). I think this film should've been a hand-drawn Nickelodeon show since surprisingly, this kind of animation works for shows such as Spongebob Squarepants. The wacky animation was fine back in the 20th century when we had Looney Tunes and Animaniacs cartoons but it's a product of its time now and doesn't work for a CGI animated feature film as technology has gotten better and we now have more realistic and grounded animation.

The story, well... the story is mostly guided by the characters so I'll let them do the explaining. But I'll say this: one thing I don't like about the story was that cop-out ending that you've seen in many other kids films where you think the heroes are about to die but they end up getting rescued for some weird reason. Like, how would you be able to hear soft singing from however far away you are?

Tim as the main protagonist was obnoxious to the point of causing the melodrama in the film. He and Kris's other character Sequel!Flint Lockwood (and no, I refuse to see that trash of a movie as canon or with the same incarnations of characters) are the worst anti-heroes that I have seen. And it's weird because antiheroes are usually some of the best characters like the other kids for example were better. I can see that Kris tried to complexify him. He has a reason for not trusting the nanny but he was so mean to the nanny, like when she tried to feed him, he was just being mean for no reason. He's a kid so you'd probably expect for him to warm up to his nanny after a little while like the other kids but what does he do? HE CALLS THE ORPHAN SERVICES! They get rid of the nanny but this ends up causing he and his siblings to go to foster care. I don't know how old this character is but considering Jane is probably like 10-12 years old, I'm pretty sure he's like at least 13 and consider his age and the fact that he's a big brother, he should know that he and his siblings need caretakers because they're too young to take care of themselves. That was a moronic and cynical decision of him and it led me to hate the character. The theme of "You Don't Know What You Got Til it's Gone" is an interesting message to send to kids and is different from most other kids films but I've seen it done better in stories such as Conker's Bad Fur Day.

The parents were darkly humorous but they're defining trait is their love for each other. When they're in the room alone, they love, when they freeze in the cold, they love, over the top of a volcano they love, jumping over an acidic lake, they love, taking a shower they love, they love, tying their shoes they love, they love, they love, they love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!!!! How could you not POSSIBLY take off those lovey-dovey eyes, and worry that you're being taken to all these dangerous locations? Baby Ruth also had an overly zany nature to her that was really annoying and unfunny. I applaud Kris for trying to give a baby personality (that's hard to do without making them talk) but she was just so contrived. Sunny Baudelaire was a better non-talking baby character for still having personality while also feeling like a real human being. Like how is a baby able to survive fire, crawl so fast, jump, and be this all over the place? She should've been a huge, fat, diabetic pig from eating all that candy.

The only characters I liked out of this were Jane, the nanny, and the Lemony Snicket cat. Jane carries the movie and its themes with her catchy, touching song sung beautifully by Alessia Cara. The Barnabys had a lot of quirks but their overly zany animation ruined them. The cat reminded me of Lemony Snicket, having some sardonic but also provided some good commentary on the movie while also being part of the cast, which was a nice touch. Characters like the Nanny and Willy Wonka provided some heart-warming moments for the film but they were kind of a let-down because we really don't see them that much. Especially Willy Wonka. He could've been an interesting character but the kids don't get much of a chance to bond with him throughout the film because we've seen him like once and then they throw him out the window until the end.

What I realize is that this is the same director who made Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 and unfortunately, it doesn't seem like he learned much from the problems of that movie. The over-the-top zany nature, his handling of the tragic hero trope, having few jokes that are actually funny, and contrived storyline are all problems that exist in both of his movies.

The keyword is, I've seen this type of film done a lot better. It's fine for a time-waster especially with this quarantine but I recommend watching something else like Klaus.