So last we left off on my endeavor to watch The Emoji Movie... I said I couldn't do it after about 30 minutes I just kind of shut down... I wasn't even all that tired... I just kind of shut down- couldn't take any more, forgot I had watched it and then the entire movie came flooding back at me.
Well after that... I tried explaining this experience to my friends. I even told them some of the weirder parts of the movie like the fact that the Eggplant Emoji was in it... it almost became an obsession... I was the only person who had seen this movie and I could dictate it to my friends. It was amazing.
Then I watched the second half... and I was going in thinking "This is going to be terrible." I knew that most of the second half of the movie was a commercial. And the fact that they could make a horrible, horrible movie just to do a few commercials for apps just seems like a bad idea.
But then I watched the second half of the movie... and I thought it was fun. Maybe because I waited a week that gave me time to process a little better so that I could prepare for the scene where they just play candy crush followed by the scene where they play just dance... but I kind of think I would rather watch them playing Candy Crush for the whole movie than the entire first half of the movie.
There was still some bad writing... some terrible jokes and the kid that's phone they all live in just isn't endearing. There are also several times in the movie where something happens and it sort of gets resolved but it isn't really necessary, explained or there for a reason. Like Gene's Dad being able to express emotions other than "Meh." What was that about? I think it was possibly one of my favorite scenes from the movie seeing Gene's parents in Paris... but it was there for like... no reason and they didn't explain much of it.
And I don't remember if Gene and Jailbreak got together at the end... if she went back to being a Jailbreak Emoji or a princess emoji... what the whole point of the poop emoji is... why this kid had the dropbox app on his phone... There was just a lot and although the ending wasn't terrible and I kind of have a guilty pleasure for this movie... it is a really bad movie and I wouldn't recommend watching it. I can't imagine kids liking it very much and there is not a lot for grown ups... at all. Sooooo... yeah. Just not my number 1 recommendation... but I liked it because I thought it was kind of fun.
Byeee!
-Shannon
Well after that... I tried explaining this experience to my friends. I even told them some of the weirder parts of the movie like the fact that the Eggplant Emoji was in it... it almost became an obsession... I was the only person who had seen this movie and I could dictate it to my friends. It was amazing.
Then I watched the second half... and I was going in thinking "This is going to be terrible." I knew that most of the second half of the movie was a commercial. And the fact that they could make a horrible, horrible movie just to do a few commercials for apps just seems like a bad idea.
But then I watched the second half of the movie... and I thought it was fun. Maybe because I waited a week that gave me time to process a little better so that I could prepare for the scene where they just play candy crush followed by the scene where they play just dance... but I kind of think I would rather watch them playing Candy Crush for the whole movie than the entire first half of the movie.
There was still some bad writing... some terrible jokes and the kid that's phone they all live in just isn't endearing. There are also several times in the movie where something happens and it sort of gets resolved but it isn't really necessary, explained or there for a reason. Like Gene's Dad being able to express emotions other than "Meh." What was that about? I think it was possibly one of my favorite scenes from the movie seeing Gene's parents in Paris... but it was there for like... no reason and they didn't explain much of it.
And I don't remember if Gene and Jailbreak got together at the end... if she went back to being a Jailbreak Emoji or a princess emoji... what the whole point of the poop emoji is... why this kid had the dropbox app on his phone... There was just a lot and although the ending wasn't terrible and I kind of have a guilty pleasure for this movie... it is a really bad movie and I wouldn't recommend watching it. I can't imagine kids liking it very much and there is not a lot for grown ups... at all. Sooooo... yeah. Just not my number 1 recommendation... but I liked it because I thought it was kind of fun.
Byeee!
-Shannon
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