Topic: Movie thread.

@Sunsy I actually haven't seen that movie, but I'm glad you enjoyed it! 😀 I think there are times where a movie is just dragged for no reason, like it may not be the best movie, but that doesn't mean it can't be enjoyable either!
That being said, The Emoji Movie is the absolute test of that limit... I personally could not watch more than five minutes, but if somebody enjoys it, then I'm not going to criticize them for it either...

@SlashFuture I don't watch Star Wars, so unfortunately I can't rightfully judge you.

@HotGoomba Yay I don't have to listen about how better it would have been if Kylo hadn't been redeemed or something like that...
I understand if there is valid criticism with the movies to call it out, but it honestly felt to me that people got their expectations WAY up and when it was different how they wanted it to be they decided to criticize ANY aspect of it...

@Sunsy because of How well Puss in boots 2 is doing in the box office currently we could definitely be expecting a Shrek Renaissance a Shrenaissance if you will. And if Piretto isn’t a part of it we riot

@SlashFuture the only sequel trilogy movie I really enjoyed at least conceptually is Last Jedi. I didn’t care for Rise of skywalker too many things came out of nowhere however I do believe the right tv show could fix it

The thing about the emoji movie though at least for me is there is absolutely no joy or artistic integrity behind it. This isn’t an okay movie people actually tried on its a bunch of adds stapled together and made into a childrens movie. The plot drags the mc’s from sponsored content to sponsored content it’s bad.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika to me the sequel trilogy never happened...

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika Okay so I understand people about The Force Awakens as A New Hope copy, which I do agree with, but given how good A New Hope was, is that really a bad thing? (Also I said good, I know that Empire Strikes Back is generally people's favorite "Best" movie...)
The Last Jedi... Now I don't HATE the movie, it had some very cool parts! Yet I'm not high on the movie like some are either. I understand what people say about having JJ then switching over to Rian, how some potential threads were mishandled (Like Finn had the lightsaber, he could have been trained alongside Rey... More fallout from Ben killing HAN SOLO, etc...), and I know Rian did the best he could, but honestly I'm just Meh on The Last Jedi.
Finally, The Rise of Skywalker. So, Rian changed some things, then it gets handed back to JJ. (I know that Colin Trevvorow's Duel of the Fates script leaked a while ago, concept art too... I'd kinda be interested if it got redone into a miniseries, but I'm not quite sure about it as a Final movie for the trilogy...) Then JJ tries to put his ideas back into it... Is it messy? Yes. Do I feel like it's made more of a deal than it really is? Also yes. At any rate, it keeps it open for the characters to return somehow... (Animated Sequel series when?)

Sorry for this long rant, just nice to get my feelings about them out there...
But TLDR: I have varying opinions on the Sequel trilogy movies.

@SlashFuture Indeed, I've seen people dislike UglyDolls and Trolls. While people have their reasons, I have my reasons to why I enjoy them, or in Trolls case, I love those movies and consider them my favorites.

In UglyDolls case, similar to Trolls, it's the craft-like world of Uglyville and cute cast of characters (even if the point is they're "ugly"), and as someone who found comfort over the years from plushies, the idea of a "doll for every child" hit home with me (even though I'm not a kid anymore). Also, loved the songs.

There could be lots of reasons to like a movie could be liked by someone, not everyone has that critic mindset when watching movies (or playing video games, reading a book, and so on).

I've watched the Emoji Movie once, that's one of the few animated movies I didn't like. If I had one thing good from it, Jailbreak. The idea of a computer hacker that's an emoji seemed kind of cool to me.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika The pun is perfect!

@Sunsy Yeah that's something I've loved learning about media over the years is how there's central ideas that you may not realize are there until later...
Also I agree, a computer hacker emoji is a cool idea... But unfortunately I'm not sure how much the movie lived up to the idea...

@SlashFuture that’s a pretty accurate summary of how the sequel trilogy was behind the scenes.

I enjoyedike the concept of the last jedi. But for me it failed to use what was right in front of it. If it wanted to argue that the Jedi were corrupt it shouldn’t have ignored the bible of jedi corruption clone wars. They could have mentioned ventress, Offe, Kreel, Dooku, Anakin, the pirate I forget the name of ect. It just felt like it could have been a stronger movie by properly using fan service

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika Yeah, fan service like that done the right way could have been amazing...

@SlashFuture maybe fanscervice isn’t even the right word. Just use the building blocks you’ve been given so you can better argue your point. And also CW fans would have lost thier minds if luke said something along the line of “traitors like krell”

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika Yeah true... Was Krell the one who imprisoned his Clone army?

@SlashFuture betrayed and tricked into killing each other

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika Ohhh... Gotcha! Thanks!

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika Don't worry, I'm sure #PerritoForShrek5 will trend somewhere in this world.

@SlashFuture Indeed. Also, I feel it's important to remember, even though it can be really hard since I think we all would like our favorites to be acknowledged, that critics and most movie-going people look for different things in movies. In the end, it's all subjective really.

It's only one character, and I don't think being an emoji that hacked was the main plot point of the movie since it was about Meh not wanting to be a meh emoji anymore.

@Sunsy Yeah, that's true... A lot of things really are subjective! Yeah I understand the idea behind The Emoji Movie, but it maybe would've been a little cooler if the stories were flipped and it was mainly about a Hacker emoji and a sidekick Meh emoji realizing he can be different...

@SlashFuture I think that would have been more interesting to see, given Jailbreak's concept was an Emoji who's a hacker. IMO, she was the one interesting character.

@Sunsy You know, it's interesting how much movies can change if you slightly change the plot like that...

@Sunsy Thanks for the reassurance but I don’t want to talk about shreck at the moment because of the whole Shafrillis incident I mentioned in the chit chst thread

@SlashFuture Not to get into it or anything, but it would have been better had Kylo not been redeemed for two reasons:

a) It kind of came out of left field. I get that he'd had his doubts, but he pretty well shoved them down Snoke's (and the audience's) throats by offing both his current and former Masters (at least he was the cause of Luke's death anyhow) and rejecting Rey's offer. Whatever his feelings might have been, he cast them aside and committed to the Dark Side, so it seems really convenient that he happens to come back to the Light just in time for the final duel.

b) It's been done before, and as you might have guessed from how I detailed it above, far better imho with Vader.

I wasn't interested to see another redemption arc, and certainly not the hot mess we got.