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I need to make this into a youtube videoWell, I needed something to watch and something to review! My buddy on Discord would probably be mad I'm watching the 4th SpongeBob movie instead of his show he recommended, but I'll get to both I swear... I decided since I'm watching the new movie that I could review it too! This is gonna be a long review, since it's a full movie and not just an episode like I usually review.
I haven't heard a lot about this movie except from SBM and occasionally a video on YouTube will come up about it. I've been avoiding those videos since I didn't want to spoil the movie or get an opinion on it before even seeing it. But the other 3 movies were everywhere when they first were coming into theaters. To be fair, they were also all theatrically released and this one was just a Netflix release, I've heard almost nothing about this one.
But when the movie started, it started with a song. Now that I look at it 2 of the other 3 movies also started with a song. The first one started with the SpongeBob theme song by the pirates, and the third one started with It's Always Sunny in Bikini Bottom by Weezer. But I didn't personally care for this song. It really wasn't my favorite, but one thing I'll give it is that at least it's better than Sandy's Atlantis SquarePantis songs, which were both awful in my opinion. It was better but not by much.
The movies animation seemed a little... off? I don't really know how to describe it. It looks more like a Battle for Bikini Bottom for the PS4 or something than it does a SpongeBob movie. Of course, the animation isn't everything to a movie, I value a lot over animation. Though personally I think it would have been cool had they switched back to 2D for this movie. Of course that's also because I'm a huge fan of 2D animation and believe companies like Disney should return back to 2D animation. That's one thing I'll sorta give Nickelodeon, lots of their shows (even new ones) like Rock, Paper, Scissors are still 2D. Though, the animation felt a little better once SpongeBob and Sandy got on land.
I do like the Sparky character and hope he appears in the series at some point. I feel like it'd be cool to see Sandy owning a pet and having them appear in more episodes than 1. Like with Gary and Spot how they make multiple appearances, if Sparky appeared again, possibly they could make episodes with all 3 of them. Too bad he didn't really appear for long.
Also, the movie confirmed SpongeBob has streaming services on his TV... I wonder what he watches. (And it's funny how sad he gets over not being able to watch his TV... I'd be sad too if I couldn't watch my South Park anymore so I get it :( ...)
For anyone saying this was the first appearance of humans in the movies, it's not. Burger Beard was in the 2nd movie, seemed to work out pretty well. And it wasn't as shocking or scary as everyone was saying it was. And I liked the Kyle character in the beginning... he's just like me!
Tsu Nami's song was okay I guess... I don't have much to say about it.
For the rattlesnake scene with Sandy's family. Not a bad fight scene! Also it was nice seeing Sandy's family! I hope they appear in some future episodes, along with Sparky. I wish to see them animated in the better looking 2D style. That's just my opinion though. Well, I like how they did this at least. Sandy's parents have never been seen before, Sandy has only mentioned her "pa" in episodes before. It's better than how they kinda butchered Sandy's origin story in the third movie which is my main complaint about that one...
The storyline was introduced much better soon. Was this an animal welfare metaphor? While they're fictional, I could see a large company try to do something like this. Of course while I do love the concept of a cuddly little SpongeBob, that's what my little birthday hat SpongeBob plushie is for. It's kind of expanded upon on how awful the kids treat them, and it reminded me a little of how little kids treat pocket pets like hamsters because they're seen as "starter pets". And then for Plankton's line "this is like highschool all over again", it's like me but with middle school... I feel your pain, Plankton, I feel your pain. They didn't pick me up with a giant net either...
We got Squidward to say "someone kill me now" and that just sounds like something I would say. Also what was Tsu Nami's backstory scene? It reminded me of an awfully edited South Park-like clone. I think it was supposed to look awful but it was an interesting choice... And Tsu being a robot? Another interesting choice. But on question... what happened to the pug? I was worried, was the dog okay? But he was. Then we get to see a slightly disturbing scene where SpongeBob starts throwing up baby SpongeBob clones and saying he didn't even know the real him anymore... I was a little disturbed... also Tsu just wanted to cuddle fish. I mean in her defense, SpongeBob does look like he'd be nice to hug.
Well, this review was all over the place. That's also because this movie failed to keep my attention over food (i'm pretty hungry) and my adorable Kyle plushie (who I was preparing for a YouTube video). Though the Surf and Turf song wasn't the best, it was better than the other songs of this movie... and the end credits song wasn't awful either, in fact its stuck in my head now.
But can we talk about the beautiful art in the credits?? If this movie was animated in this style, that would be a cute style. Or if we reverted back to how the first SpongeBob movie had some great live action scenes (like the David Hasselhof scene) with the characters remaining in the SpongeBob style. I would like that. While I do believe this movie could have been improved, I did not find it to be bad. While I would rank it lower than the other 3, it was not awful and doesn't deserve the hate its been getting.
So for a final grade and rating i'll give it a 6/10 (C- Rank) for not being the worst but also not the best.
Also let me say that after a rewatch I now can lower my rating to a 4/10 - 3.5/10Well, I needed something to watch and something to review! My buddy on Discord would probably be mad I'm watching the 4th SpongeBob movie instead of his show he recommended, but I'll get to both I swear... I decided since I'm watching the new movie that I could review it too! This is gonna be a long review, since it's a full movie and not just an episode like I usually review.
I haven't heard a lot about this movie except from SBM and occasionally a video on YouTube will come up about it. I've been avoiding those videos since I didn't want to spoil the movie or get an opinion on it before even seeing it. But the other 3 movies were everywhere when they first were coming into theaters. To be fair, they were also all theatrically released and this one was just a Netflix release, I've heard almost nothing about this one.
But when the movie started, it started with a song. Now that I look at it 2 of the other 3 movies also started with a song. The first one started with the SpongeBob theme song by the pirates, and the third one started with It's Always Sunny in Bikini Bottom by Weezer. But I didn't personally care for this song. It really wasn't my favorite, but one thing I'll give it is that at least it's better than Sandy's Atlantis SquarePantis songs, which were both awful in my opinion. It was better but not by much.
The movies animation seemed a little... off? I don't really know how to describe it. It looks more like a Battle for Bikini Bottom for the PS4 or something than it does a SpongeBob movie. Of course, the animation isn't everything to a movie, I value a lot over animation. Though personally I think it would have been cool had they switched back to 2D for this movie. Of course that's also because I'm a huge fan of 2D animation and believe companies like Disney should return back to 2D animation. That's one thing I'll sorta give Nickelodeon, lots of their shows (even new ones) like Rock, Paper, Scissors are still 2D. Though, the animation felt a little better once SpongeBob and Sandy got on land.
I do like the Sparky character and hope he appears in the series at some point. I feel like it'd be cool to see Sandy owning a pet and having them appear in more episodes than 1. Like with Gary and Spot how they make multiple appearances, if Sparky appeared again, possibly they could make episodes with all 3 of them. Too bad he didn't really appear for long.
Also, the movie confirmed SpongeBob has streaming services on his TV... I wonder what he watches. (And it's funny how sad he gets over not being able to watch his TV... I'd be sad too if I couldn't watch my South Park anymore so I get it :( ...)
For anyone saying this was the first appearance of humans in the movies, it's not. Burger Beard was in the 2nd movie, seemed to work out pretty well. And it wasn't as shocking or scary as everyone was saying it was. And I liked the Kyle character in the beginning... he's just like me!
Tsu Nami's song was okay I guess... I don't have much to say about it.
For the rattlesnake scene with Sandy's family. Not a bad fight scene! Also it was nice seeing Sandy's family! I hope they appear in some future episodes, along with Sparky. I wish to see them animated in the better looking 2D style. That's just my opinion though. Well, I like how they did this at least. Sandy's parents have never been seen before, Sandy has only mentioned her "pa" in episodes before. It's better than how they kinda butchered Sandy's origin story in the third movie which is my main complaint about that one...
The storyline was introduced much better soon. Was this an animal welfare metaphor? While they're fictional, I could see a large company try to do something like this. Of course while I do love the concept of a cuddly little SpongeBob, that's what my little birthday hat SpongeBob plushie is for. It's kind of expanded upon on how awful the kids treat them, and it reminded me a little of how little kids treat pocket pets like hamsters because they're seen as "starter pets". And then for Plankton's line "this is like highschool all over again", it's like me but with middle school... I feel your pain, Plankton, I feel your pain. They didn't pick me up with a giant net either...
We got Squidward to say "someone kill me now" and that just sounds like something I would say. Also what was Tsu Nami's backstory scene? It reminded me of an awfully edited South Park-like clone. I think it was supposed to look awful but it was an interesting choice... And Tsu being a robot? Another interesting choice. But on question... what happened to the pug? I was worried, was the dog okay? But he was. Then we get to see a slightly disturbing scene where SpongeBob starts throwing up baby SpongeBob clones and saying he didn't even know the real him anymore... I was a little disturbed... also Tsu just wanted to cuddle fish. I mean in her defense, SpongeBob does look like he'd be nice to hug.
Well, this review was all over the place. That's also because this movie failed to keep my attention over food (i'm pretty hungry) and my adorable Kyle plushie (who I was preparing for a YouTube video). Though the Surf and Turf song wasn't the best, it was better than the other songs of this movie... and the end credits song wasn't awful either, in fact its stuck in my head now.
But can we talk about the beautiful art in the credits?? If this movie was animated in this style, that would be a cute style. Or if we reverted back to how the first SpongeBob movie had some great live action scenes (like the David Hasselhof scene) with the characters remaining in the SpongeBob style. I would like that. While I do believe this movie could have been improved, I did not find it to be bad. While I would rank it lower than the other 3, it was not awful and doesn't deserve the hate its been getting.
So for a final grade and rating i'll give it a 6/10 (C- Rank) for not being the worst but also not the best.