Hello All,
Sorry this took a bit, it’s been a busy couple of days. So, looking over my review scores on my master list for this month, I realize I have not given any movies for September anything higher than a 7/10. So going into this, I didn’t really have high hopes about it. Sure it was made by the same guys who did the Lego Movie, but how good could a movie about such an old idea be made relevant and interesting again in the modern era? We’ll find out shortly, but first short movie detour.
The Master Short Film Review
Plot Summary - The short film begins with The Master preparing his big entrance into the short, however, his credit sequence keeps getting interrupted by an unexpected rival: his chicken. The ii must then battle for ninja master dominance.
Pros - It’s actually pretty creative with the setup as the film is basically a five minute long title fight. The Lego animation is used to full effect and it’s pretty varied and active for a short amount of time. The narration is also pretty great as well.
Cons - It can feel really repetitive really fast.
Final Score - 9/10
It’s quite funny, and it doesn’t even feel like five minutes. It’s a great short and I definitely enjoyed it.
Storks Review
Plot Summary - After Storks have started delivering packages instead of babies, the best delivery stork Junior (Andy Samberg) is offered a promotion to become the boss, but only if he can fire the human orphan Tulip (Katie Crown). After instead moving her to the letter department, she accidentally makes a new baby for delivery. Deciding not to risk his promotion, Junior enlists Tulip to help deliver the baby.
Pros - The voice cast is pretty solid, as they manage to capture their characters perfectly. The story moves along at pretty good pace, and the humour for the most part is pretty great. It also has probably one of the funniest fight scenes I’ve seen all year.
Cons - Andy Samberg isn’t terrible as Junior, it’s just very clearly his own voice. There’s also a pigeon character whose extremely annoying, and I hate him. Some of the jokes drag out way too long.
Final Score - 8/10
Truthfully, It’s a lot better than I expected. It’s not the greatest kid’s film I’ve ever seen, but it’s definitely better than average.
Next - Deepwater Horizon, but I’m going to try and get the first suggestion box review done.
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Until next time, I’ll see you folks at the movies.
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