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[akira28]

To be fair, isn't Wyldstyle just a parody of the pixie-dream girl trope?

more of the extreme grrl of the late 90s early 00s.

grrl powah.

 

[JDMC13]

This movie is gonna make bank. Everyone uses and knows the emojis.

Is this a quote from the greenlight meeting?

 

[SArcher]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1336189

Remember this?

A source said Sony hasn't yet committed to a sale at this time, because the firm wants to see how Sony's movies perform this summer.

”They want to see how the ”Emoji Movie" movie does because they think they have a franchise and it might help them get a better price," said a source, the film, which features a poop emoji, comes out on August 4.

Hahahaha.

 

[WordAssassin]

At least angry birds is an actual IP. I haven't seen it but I'm absolutely certain it has to be better.

I think it's still on Netflix, it's definitely worth a watch, especially if you like older Simpsons. The humor and animation are fantastic. Chuck's (the yellow bird) back story is hilarious. The entire "welcome to anger management" sequence is just so good.

I don't know if it's just because my expectations for it were so low but I just really love that movie. So far everyone I've forced to watch it with agrees with me too so maybe just expect the worst and you'll be surprised? I legit think it's a good movie though. It's hard for me to really call it a kid's movie... not because it has adult humor (it does) but because it deals with a lot of adult issues. I'm kind of shocked it got made the way it did.

This year was surely a lowpoint for american animation.

Cars 3, Despicable Me 3, Emoji Movie, Smurfs.... Captain Underpants is the standout movie so far lol

Uh excuse you this year also gave us Boss Baby and Lego Batman.

I'm actually really bummed Smurfs apparently sucks. They poisoned their well with the live action bullshit though. They should have just done it all CGI from the get-go like they originally planned.

Also sad to hear Cars 3 underperformed given that it's apparently the best one of the series.

I'll never understand why the emojis in this movie don't look exactly like the emojis on my phone. There was no need to stylize them into characters, the design already exists. Design is literally all emojis are.

I'm not sure if you're aware of this but Emoji look different across different devices. Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Apple, they all have their own designs for Emoji. And I doubt Sony would want to pay to license those designs when they could just make their own.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Also sad to hear Cars 3 underperformed given that it's apparently the best one of the series.

Speaking as someone who enjoyed Cars 2, that isn't saying much.

 

[TetraGenesis]

Metacritic: 8

Omg, hahahahahaha, something about this tickled me so much.

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

This movie is gonna make bank. Everyone uses and knows the emojis.

Doesn't mean they want to watch a movie about them, especially when everything indicates that it's straight trite.

 

[TetraGenesis]

This movie is gonna make bank. Everyone uses and knows the emojis.

These emojis don't even look like any of the actual emojis. They don't capture the spirit of their respective subjects in the least.

 

[Schlorgan]

Maybe Jonathan Frakes has a cameo and they do a "number two" joke.

That's way too smart for this movie.

 

[WordAssassin]

Speaking as someone who enjoyed Cars 2, that isn't saying much.

Have you seen Cars 3? I also enjoyed Cars 2 a lot, I've been really curious about how 3 turned out. Especially since they went back to Lightning after making what was essentially Mater's Tall Tales: The Movie.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Have you seen Cars 3?

I'm not, just saying that it's a low bar.

 

[Camjo-Z]

lmao

Managed to convince my brothers to go see this trainwreck with me so we can MST3K it. Seeing it on discount ticket night to give Sony as little money as possible.

 

[Messofanego]

Going to go see it when it comes out. Looking forward to it.

How many times?

 

[Quonny]

Not shocking, but this movie could have been another Inside Out. The idea of characters being singular emotions could be hilarious.

 

[DMVfan123]

Expected lol this movie felt like one big ad anyway since it's been announced

 

[Van Bur3n]

Yes. Yeeeeeeees. Die a horrible and painful death as you deserve.

 

[oti]

I'm gonna go ahead and assume that either you didn't see it, or you don't like early Simpsons seasons. Because Angry Birds was actually really good (shockingly so, I only saw it because I thought "Hey, Lego Movie turned out good, let's give this a chance") and it's written by OG Simpsons people.

It's also absolutely beautiful to look at, the animation is incredible. Sony Animation might not have a very good track record but the animators there are talented as fuck.

Edit: In which case I guess your post could be taken as, yes, it is much worse than Angry Birds, because Angry Birds is surprisingly a good movie.

I tried to watch it and stopped after 15 minutes or so. Disliked every single minute of it.

 

[WordAssassin]

I'm not, just saying that it's a low bar.

Right I wasn't trying to challenge you or anything, and yes it is a low bar, I was more wondering like how much they cleared that bar by. Like is it WAY better, or is it just a little better, does it knick its toe on the bar, that kind of a thing.

I tried to watch it and stopped after 15 minutes or so. Disliked every single minute of it.

Did you at least make it to the first anger management meeting? (I can't remember how far in it is but it's definitely near the beginning) I feel like if you get there and you're not into it by then you just won't like it. But damn did it hook me.

Speaking of the Angry Bird's movie the creative team for the sequel consists of Thurop Van Orman (Misadventures of Flapjack creator, worked a lot on Adventure Time too) directing and John Rice (Rick and Morty Season 1, King of the Hill) co-directing, and will be written by Peter Ackerman (The Americans, the two good Ice Age movies). So I have hope it'll be just as good if not better than the first one. Maybe if you didn't like the first one this'll be different enough but still good? I have a lot of faith in Thurop.

 

[mreddie]

Genndy Tartakovsky's Popeye and Lauren Faust's Medusa was cancelled for this.

Think about that.

 

[Wanderer5]

This year was surely a lowpoint for american animation.

Cars 3, Despicable Me 3, Emoji Movie, Smurfs.... Captain Underpants is the standout movie so far lol

Cars 3 was good.:| Captain Underpants is the standout indeed however (and there was Lego Batman too).

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Doesn't mean they want to watch a movie about them, especially when everything indicates that it's straight trite.

There isn't any other kids movie coming out any soon. Unless Spider-Man gets a magical boost it looks like it'll make it's money back.

 

[PingPongvonLaserstein]

This movie is gonna make bank. Everyone uses and knows the emojis.

I've never used an emoji.

 

[WordAssassin]

Cars 3 was good.:| Captain Underpants is the standout indeed however (and there was Lego Batman too).

Ugh I gotta see Captain Underpants. After being blown away by Boss Baby I was really excited to see it but I just haven't had a chance to get to the theater lately. Soooo many movies I need to see ;__;

 

[DMVfan123]

This year was surely a lowpoint for american animation.

Cars 3, Despicable Me 3, Emoji Movie, Smurfs.... Captain Underpants is the standout movie so far lol

The Lego Batman Movie came out in February tho

 

[foxuzamaki]

I mean, I knew it wouldn't be great, but....

 

[Messofanego]

Genndy Tartakovsky's Popeye and Lauren Faust's Medusa was cancelled for this.

Think about that.

Stop reminding me

 

[Suntory]

After seeing that trailer I immediately thought 'cheap Inside Out ripoff', glad to see I'm not alone. As everybody new, this movie was doomed from the start and a quick cash grab.

 

[oti]

Right I wasn't trying to challenge you or anything, and yes it is a low bar, I was more wondering like how much they cleared that bar by. Like is it WAY better, or is it just a little better, does it knick its toe on the bar, that kind of a thing.



Did you at least make it to the first anger management meeting? (I can't remember how far in it is but it's definitely near the beginning) I feel like if you get there and you're not into it by then you just won't like it. But damn did it hook me.

Speaking of the Angry Bird's movie the creative team for the sequel consists of Thurop Van Orman (Misadventures of Flapjack creator, worked a lot on Adventure Time too) directing and John Rice (Rick and Morty Season 1, King of the Hill) co-directing, and will be written by Peter Ackerman (The Americans, the two good Ice Age movies). So I have hope it'll be just as good if not better than the first one. Maybe if you didn't like the first one this'll be different enough but still good? I have a lot of faith in Thurop.

You know what. I'll give that movie a second try and report back. Maybe now that I know it's not your typical Disney kind of beginning to a movie I'll like it better.

 

[PillarEN]

Secretly hoped it would be a fresh tomato for the sake of getting a few laughs here. 0% is pretty funny too.

 

[Eusis]

Genndy Tartakovsky's Popeye and Lauren Faust's Medusa was cancelled for this.

Think about that.

This movie is the encapsulation of everything wrong about modern execs trying to chase the youth, isn't it?

 

[Zyrox]

Can't believe someone thought this was a good idea and greenlit it in the first place.

 

[daviyoung]

The Lego Batman Movie came out in February tho

You can add that to the pile.

 

[ZoddGutts]

Looks like Disney is going to buy Sony's movie division on the cheap.

 

[DiscoJer]

The “plot” is really an excuse to hop from one app to another; there are stops in the lands of Candy Crush, WeChat, Just Dance, Instagram, Spotify, and (for the kids!) Dropbox. That last one proves crucial, saving the fugitive trio from a pursuing robot. “Don’t worry, it can’t get in,” Jailbreak helpfully notes. “It’s illegal malware and this app is secure.” At the climax, a Twitter bird comes to the rescue.

So we've finally arrived at the cyberpunk future where corporate identity and allegiance is all important

 

[Violet_0]

You can add that to the pile.

how well was that one received? I watched it for maybe 20 minutes or so but I really wasn't in the mood at the time, and it didn't do anything for me. And I loved The Lego Movie

 

[Kneefoil]

Stop reminding me

I will never not want this.

 

[RBelong2Us]

This won't hit 100m in the states .

Angry Birds barely squeaked that number.

 

[Oersted]

Cars 3 was good.:| Captain Underpants is the standout indeed however (and there was Lego Batman too).

Sequels, kinda parodies and garbage. Its rather obvious they are running low on ideas.

 

[WordAssassin]

You know what. I'll give that movie a second try and report back. Maybe now that I know it's not your typical Disney kind of beginning to a movie I'll like it better.

The very beginning of the movie is actually my least favorite part. They have to set everything up (they're flightless birds, Red has a bad temper) and it's a little weird, I'm not super into the altercation that lands Red in anger management. The "public hearing" has a couple good sight gags in it, but for me it's all about the anger management scene. Once you get there you should be able to tell pretty quickly it's not a normal Disney-esque kid's movie for sure, and get an idea if you'll like the rest of it or not.

 

[Zeyphersan]

The “plot” is really an excuse to hop from one app to another; there are stops in the lands of Candy Crush, WeChat, Just Dance, Instagram, Spotify, and (for the kids!) Dropbox. That last one proves crucial, saving the fugitive trio from a pursuing robot. “Don’t worry, it can’t get in,” Jailbreak helpfully notes. “It’s illegal malware and this app is secure.” At the climax, a Twitter bird comes to the rescue.

This actually makes me irate

 

[sems4arsenal]

I've seen worse attempts at money laundering

 

[Very Berry Sunday]

Emoji Movie is probably going to make bank, despite its low reviews.

This movie will be enjoyed by the common people. You know: Morons.

 

[Bronx-Man]

After seeing that trailer I immediately thought 'cheap Inside Out ripoff', glad to see I'm not alone. As everybody new, this movie was doomed from the start and a quick cash grab.

It's Inside Out, The Lego Movie, & Wreck-it Ralph put into a blender and the end result is some inedible blobby mess.

 

[daviyoung]

how well was that one received? I watched it for maybe 20 minutes or so but I really wasn't in the mood at the time, and it didn't do anything for me. And I loved The Lego Movie

Wasn't very well received by me. A bunch of references and that 'carry on talking after music stops' humour with a boring teamwork subplot plastered on for the kiddies. You missed that part. It was popular because The Lego Movie generated good will but it made less.

 

[PhazonBlazer]

its not just about the ticket sales, think of all the merchandise they'll sale for this.

 

[Leynos]

Also sad to hear Cars 3 underperformed given that it's apparently the best one of the series.

Yikes, the best one? I watched Cars 3 with my daughter, and found it completely forgettable. Then again, I am most definitely not the target demographic, as I do not care about NASCAR, racing, cars, country music, etc.

 

[charpunk]

This actually makes me irate

Is...is this real?

 

[0ptimusPayne]

💩

Came here for this to be the 1st post. Leaving disappointed.

 

[TheDinoman]

I knew it was gonna be bad, as in it would probably have a 30 or 40% on RT bad, but holy shit, 0% so far? This movie is getting utterly demolished and man is it glorious.

Sony Pictures has to go under. Almost everything they produce is liquid shit.

 

[Busty]

its not just about the ticket sales, think of all the merchandise they'll sale for this.

Problem is they don't own the rights to Emojis, they just own the rights to their specific interpretation of the Emoji designs. Which means if this film is a hit they'll be competing with the cheaper knock-offs of Emoji merch featuring poop etc.

Looks like Verizon or some faceless hedge fund is going to buy Sony's movie division on the cheap.

Fixed.

Either that or the whole thing will be sold off piece by piece and Columbia Pictures will become nothing but a filing cabinet in the basement of WB Home Video.