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Once again, I gotta reiterate that I have never seen the show before but I've shockingly really enjoyed the movies. It's like the people behind these films know parents will be watching, so they put in the effort to appeal to everyone. And this is no exception, and I'll even admit, I think I liked this one a little bit more than The Mighty Movie. Now, one thing worth note is that the dogs no longer have super powers. As someone who never saw the show, I had to look into this, and sure enough, there apparently is an in-universe explanation for that. And I'm fine with that as having them without super powers makes their feats in this film a lot more impressive. It also allows the intense moments to, well, actually be intense. Yeah, I think this might be the most climactic these films have gotten so far. Now, the main reason I liked this more than The Mighty Movie is because the main character arc is given much more focus. It's still not as effective as Chase's arc in the first

For those unaware, this is a very loose adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's Princess Knight, a manga that I have actually read.  However, it was pretty clear just from the thumbnail Netflix used to promote it that this was not going to have the same story.  Though at the very least, I wondered if it would tackle the same themes, as while the manga does suffer from a few outdated stereotypes, it still tells a very engaging and at times thought-provoking story. This film doesn't even really try to do any of that.  Okay, when it dives into the main character, Sapphire's back story, it introduces little elements from the original story, but it barely focuses on them.  And this actually sums up everything wrong with the film as a whole.  It has good ideas but doesn't give any of them enough focus for me to really care. The characters all have ideas behind them.  You can see each major character undergo somewhat of an arc, but none of them feel earned as they happen too quickly.  It also doesn't

After thinking I might not get a way to legally watch this, I was very happy to find that I could in fact legally watch the newest instalment in the Avatar franchise, Avatar Aang the Last Airbender, a midquel film set between the events of the original series and Korra. Now, yes, it's clear the main reason this exists is to experience an adventure with the original cast as adults, and to be perfectly honest, I think that's great. We got hints and pieces of all of this in Korra, but not a whole lot. Anyway, if you have been living under a rock your whole life, Avatar: The Last Airbender is one of the greatest shows ever made. Not just in terms of animation but shows in general. It's seriously one of those series where it's really hard to think of anything genuinely bad about it. I've come across a few people who only watched season 1 and stopped after that, and if you seriously did that, you owe it to yourself to watch the rest of the series, because you are robbing yourself. And while

I've said time and time again that while I am sick of Illumination riding the minion train into the ground, I have greatly enjoyed the majority of the Despicable Me films. The only ones I didn't care much for were Despicable Me 3 and 4. The Minions films, on the other hand, have been very pleasantly surprising, but words cannot describe how much this one caught me off-guard. So, yeah, while there are a few Illumination films I love, the first Mario Movie was the only one I found legitimately great. Well, I found the exception. This is actually great, hands-down the best thing to come from this franchise. Not only that, it's actually one of my top 5 films I've seen this year, yes, really. A big part of that is because it doesn't feel like a Minions movie. Instead, it's more of a genuinely heartfelt love letter to Hollywood's golden age. Yeah, this movie has heart behind its constant comedy. I was fully invested in the plot and the characters' struggles. Every single newcomers

So, through some pretty fortunate happenstance, I finally got a chance to check out yet another animated film I missed out on seeing in theaters, The Pout-Pout Fish. Unlike Scarlet which I really wanted to see on the big screen, this one didn't really appeal that much to me and the reception wasn't particularly promising, plus it also came here during a pretty bad time for me, so I figured I'd wait for it to be available cheaper. After seeing it not get a Youtube release, I got a chance to see it on Prime Video. Now, speaking as someone who never read the book but is at least aware of its biggest criticism being how much they added to it, I thought this movie was fine. For the first five minutes, it was kind of testing my patience. It started off throwing some pretty cringe-worthy modern references and even got me to sympathize with Mr. Fish by making all the residents trying to cheer him up come off as extremely obnoxious, so much so that I really couldn't blame him for being

So, for those unaware, this is Mamoru Hosoda's latest film, and surprisingly to me, it's a very loose retelling of Hamlet. (Kinda like how his last film, Belle, was Beauty and the Beast but in modern times) I've mentioned before that I'm a pretty big fan of this guy's work. Even his weakest films I've still wound up loving to a degree. As such, I definitely wanted to see this on the big screen but I missed my chances. But, thankfully, I finally have a way to see it, so there you go. Now, before going into this, I have noticed to date, this is his most polarizing film. It's not insanely hated, but its reception hasn't been the most positive. It's not just seen as his weakest film like Mirai was back when it was released. It's been generally seen as a mess. Even those who like it have called it a beautiful mess while detractors have gone so far as to call it boring, something even Mirai is not typically referred to as. It also doesn't help that people weren't exactly welcoming

Wow, what a pleasant surprise this was. Okay, it's worth noting this film's reception from casual filmgoers is very polarizing to say the least. It seems like there are just as many people who either hate this film or find it average as those who like it. And I'm not gonna lie, I was not expecting much from this. Not only was this far less interesting than the concept Tom Hanks came up with, but it also looked like the film was going to present technology as the villain. But what ultimately got me a little more interested was when the latest trailer revealed that the film is not anti-technology and was going to be a lot more nuanced. And yeah, that is actually completely right. Rather than telling kids they shouldn't use iPads or other such things, it's more about excess and how negatively that can effect people's lives. You know, moderation, and I really respect that. As it so happens, quite a few questionable scenes from the trailers are not in this film, but also, Lily

So, for starters, I am a huge fan of the animation studio, Glitch Productions. And as such, I am among the many fans of their hit series, The Amazing Digital Circus. What looks like a whacky, zany comedy is really a deep, philosophical dive into people's psyche. Why am I posting about this? Because the finale dropped on Youtube yesterday, and yes, I am counting this towards films to review since while it's just a few minutes under feature length, it was released to theaters fifteen days prior to its Youtube/Netflix release. I'm just saying, if Yu-Gi-Oh Bonds Beyond Time can qualify as a movie, so can this. Anyway, as a direct finale to a story-driven series, naturally, you do have to watch the show first. Luckily, the series only has nine episodes, including this one, so it's not like it would take you a long time to get through it. Though I will say, reviewing this is gonna be difficult, because literally every single plot point revealed here is a massive spoiler. I can only

For those unaware, this is a prequel to a Mexican TV anthology series called Frankelda's Book of Spooks. When I heard of this film, I sought out of the show in preparation for this film's inevitable English release, and I really liked it. It's not so much scary as much as it's more along the lines of shows like Freaky Stories and Grizzly Tales, telling delightfully creepy tales that teach life lessons in a more harsh manner than most children's entertainment. By that I mean none of the stories have happy endings. The show only really has one major problem. It only has five episodes. In fact, when I heard this film was a prequel, I was kinda surprised considering the series finale tells this very story. But obviously the idea is very similar to the concept of the Powerpuff Girls movie, taking a story fans of the show already know and greatly expanding upon it. Plus, because it's a prequel, you don't have to have seen the show first. This is mainly an origin story for the

I've said this before, but when I go into a movie expecting to hate it, I don't want to be right.  But this was sending off so many red flags.  From the very first clip they showed to promote the film right down to the trailer, it was painfully obvious they weren't even trying to honor the source material with this.  It's already bad enough that this is a family film, you know, instead of an adult film, but the fact that it's also a comedy with very typical humor certainly didn't do it any favors.  And the fact that Andy Serkis insists that this is what George Orwell would have wanted, oh, I had a feeling this film would get a lot of negative emotions out of me.  Because of this, I had to at least try and judge this as a film on its own. Well, on the upside, it didn't make me angry.  If anything, I just felt nothing watching this.  As an adaptation, it fails on just about every level.  And even as a standalone, it's still not good.  It contains the basic plot points (Save for them