Movie Review: The Angry Birds Movie (2016)

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Hello All,

    Another month, another video game movie, and truthfully I think this might be the closest two of these film have ever been released together (feel free to correct me.) If you might recall, I actually enjoyed the previous film Ratchet and Clank, and was deeply saddened to see that it got quite a lot of negative feedback. Sure it was a touch on the basic side, but sometimes simplistic works quite well. I would also like to take this opportunity to remind people that sometimes, it’s better to save your hate for the films that really deserve. What am I talking about exactly? Let’s find out together shall we?

Plot Summary - On an island filled with flightless birds, outcast Red (Jason Sudeikis) is on the outs with the community after a group of pigs arrive at the island. When he is proven correct after all their eggs are stolen, Red must rally his community together and get them back.

Pros - The voice cast actually does a pretty good job in this one, as they do feel very true to their characters. The animation is also quite good as well, as it manages to be quite colourful and creative with the look of the world. The soundtrack is also quite decent…..

Cons - ….Even though it feels completely out of place every single time. I swear at one point it plays Sound of Da Police by Krs-One. I know right? The film has 2 really big problems:

1. At 90 minutes, it suffers from an incredible amount of padding: There are so many jokes that go on way too long, there are musical montages, there are random references to so many goddamn things that I lost count, there are way too many adult jokes for a G rated movie, and the last third of the movie feels like just a better animated version of a round of the fucking game.
2. It is such a blatant fucking cash grab: All those jokes are just there to pad it to ninety minutes while the rest of the movie is there to promote the soundtrack (so much so they mention the new music on the fucking posters for the movie), the inevitable flood of toys, and the also inevitable angry birds the movie the game.

At least Ratchet and Clank kept the jokes in universe, Angry Birds takes the approach of throw everything at the wall and hope something sticks. You know what the other half of that tactic usually leaves you as well? A whole lot of shit to stink it up.

Final Score - 3/10

I was going to give it a 2 for the cast and the animation, but I cannot deny the rather great soundtrack, despite the out of placeness of it. If you haven't seen Zootopia or Captain America yet, watch them instead.

Next: Neighbors 2 or Sing Street.

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