Teen Titans GO! To the Movies
0/4
Starring (voices): Scott Menville, Khary Payton, Tara Strong, Hynden Walch, Greg Cipes, Will Arnett, Kristen Bell, Nicolas Cage
Rated PG for Action and Rude Humor
This movie is awful. It's so bad that in a perfect world, it would spell doom for the entire superhero genre. But that won't happen. For starters, the only people aware of this movie (much less be willing to see it) are fans of the show, which I'm sure is primarily made up of kids who spend their days eating paste and those unfortunate souls who have undergone complete lobotomies. This movie is aggressive in its stupidity but is too inept to achieve it. It is far too obnoxious to be labeled as annoying. And it is so pointless that calling it inane would be a compliment. Plus, Hollywood and nerd culture have an addiction to superheroes. The movie acknowledges this, but not in a way that is smart or funny.
Every superhero and their butler is getting a superhero movie from the "brilliant" mind of Jade Wilson (Bell). Robin (Menville) wants one made of himself, but Jade refuses because he's just a lowly sidekick. Undaunted, Robin sets out to get one by any means possible. Meanwhile, there's a "supervillain" named Slade (Arnett) running around.
"Teen Titans GO! To the Movies" is a reprehensible motion picture. If you think about it, this is all about Robin's attempt to get something he doesn't earn. Why does he think he deserves his own movie? Simply because he's a superhero (or claims to be one...his success rate is rather dubious). His friends are in this movie only to help him achieve his goal, for which he treats them like crap. This movie is one long slog through Robin's sense of entitlement, selfishness and narcissism. Apparently in the belief that the audience is too stupid to recognize this, it completely avoids discussing the elephant in the room, only to have it wrapped up with a lesson about the importance of friendship. So in addition to making it shallow and idiotic, it's disingenuous as well.
Of course, it doesn't help that every character in this movie is either a, annoying, b, boring, or c, any other negative characteristic I haven't thought of yet. They're supposed to be hip and funny, but the amount of suckage spread across Robin and his cohorts is astonishing. They all deserve each other. The only thing that would make them more unbearable to be around is if Seth Rogen had voiced them. Hardly a minute goes by without one of them making a smart-aleck comment or an attempt at meta humor and pop culture satire, but few of them are successful. The five or so that do work would be struck down in one of Seth Rogen's far too numerous riffs. The film is also apparently stuck in the 1980's, since it's sense of style and values seem to be from the era of hi-tops and boom boxes. Considering that no one able to speak in full sentences could possibly endure this crappy attempt at cross marketing, one wonders what they were thinking. How bad does it get? The group is constantly breaking out into rap numbers that were doubtlessly written by studio executives who think they know what kids find "cool."
Visually, the movie is ugly. The film was made for cheap, and looks it. It's the same king of jarring animation seen in some of the most insipid shows on Cartoon Network. For all the movement and color, it's lacking in energy or sense of fun. It's all just mind-numbing noise. I got a headache from the rot infecting my brain.
A group of people down the aisle from me had a great time with this movie. I was wondering how they could like this crap. Then again, the MCU has been going strong for more than a decade with no signs of slowing down. They especially enjoyed the obligatory (and pointless) cameos by Stan Lee. Which proves in my mind that people now care more about shout-outs, fan service and click-bait bragging rights than actual storytelling, and even at 95, Lee is not above selling his likeness out for anyone who pays up.
At least now I can rest easy knowing that I don't have to actively seek out bad movies for my Bottom 10 list at the end of the year. I've already seen the worst, and by comparison, even crap like "Isle of Dogs" seems better.
Starring (voices): Scott Menville, Khary Payton, Tara Strong, Hynden Walch, Greg Cipes, Will Arnett, Kristen Bell, Nicolas Cage
Rated PG for Action and Rude Humor
This movie is awful. It's so bad that in a perfect world, it would spell doom for the entire superhero genre. But that won't happen. For starters, the only people aware of this movie (much less be willing to see it) are fans of the show, which I'm sure is primarily made up of kids who spend their days eating paste and those unfortunate souls who have undergone complete lobotomies. This movie is aggressive in its stupidity but is too inept to achieve it. It is far too obnoxious to be labeled as annoying. And it is so pointless that calling it inane would be a compliment. Plus, Hollywood and nerd culture have an addiction to superheroes. The movie acknowledges this, but not in a way that is smart or funny.
Every superhero and their butler is getting a superhero movie from the "brilliant" mind of Jade Wilson (Bell). Robin (Menville) wants one made of himself, but Jade refuses because he's just a lowly sidekick. Undaunted, Robin sets out to get one by any means possible. Meanwhile, there's a "supervillain" named Slade (Arnett) running around.
"Teen Titans GO! To the Movies" is a reprehensible motion picture. If you think about it, this is all about Robin's attempt to get something he doesn't earn. Why does he think he deserves his own movie? Simply because he's a superhero (or claims to be one...his success rate is rather dubious). His friends are in this movie only to help him achieve his goal, for which he treats them like crap. This movie is one long slog through Robin's sense of entitlement, selfishness and narcissism. Apparently in the belief that the audience is too stupid to recognize this, it completely avoids discussing the elephant in the room, only to have it wrapped up with a lesson about the importance of friendship. So in addition to making it shallow and idiotic, it's disingenuous as well.
Of course, it doesn't help that every character in this movie is either a, annoying, b, boring, or c, any other negative characteristic I haven't thought of yet. They're supposed to be hip and funny, but the amount of suckage spread across Robin and his cohorts is astonishing. They all deserve each other. The only thing that would make them more unbearable to be around is if Seth Rogen had voiced them. Hardly a minute goes by without one of them making a smart-aleck comment or an attempt at meta humor and pop culture satire, but few of them are successful. The five or so that do work would be struck down in one of Seth Rogen's far too numerous riffs. The film is also apparently stuck in the 1980's, since it's sense of style and values seem to be from the era of hi-tops and boom boxes. Considering that no one able to speak in full sentences could possibly endure this crappy attempt at cross marketing, one wonders what they were thinking. How bad does it get? The group is constantly breaking out into rap numbers that were doubtlessly written by studio executives who think they know what kids find "cool."
Visually, the movie is ugly. The film was made for cheap, and looks it. It's the same king of jarring animation seen in some of the most insipid shows on Cartoon Network. For all the movement and color, it's lacking in energy or sense of fun. It's all just mind-numbing noise. I got a headache from the rot infecting my brain.
A group of people down the aisle from me had a great time with this movie. I was wondering how they could like this crap. Then again, the MCU has been going strong for more than a decade with no signs of slowing down. They especially enjoyed the obligatory (and pointless) cameos by Stan Lee. Which proves in my mind that people now care more about shout-outs, fan service and click-bait bragging rights than actual storytelling, and even at 95, Lee is not above selling his likeness out for anyone who pays up.
At least now I can rest easy knowing that I don't have to actively seek out bad movies for my Bottom 10 list at the end of the year. I've already seen the worst, and by comparison, even crap like "Isle of Dogs" seems better.
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