Had to suffer through Smurfs (2025), Minecraft, and "AI-Lookalike-Slopfest" Snow White (2025) previews to see the first major western theatrical 2D animated film since probably Winnie the Poo (2011).
Warner Bros continues to blow me away with this having zero marketing, the smallest auditorium at my theater on debut weekend! It's almost like they want it to fail.
Holy fuck, Warner Bros CEO Zaslav is so frustrating. He might be winning the contest between execs at Sony Pictures and Warner…
I was expecting this to learn from what worked in Sonic Movie 2 and blow me away, and see it twice this weekend. But instead I'm typing this and honestly feel apprehensive about recommending it to others. It's not offensive, just mid. And perhaps that missed potential is all the more bitter than an outright flop?
Go watch Dark Beginnings again (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZK8bse3Quo). I'm just here for the ride until we get fully-animated Sonic films so he can have his Spiderverse-style…
Brilliant film with an art direction that cured my Erectile Dysfunction & continues to push the pleasant trend w/ stylized CGI popularized since Spider-Verse 1 (2018)!
Too bad the marketing department was hella cringe & insecure and decided to spoil the ENTIRE 3rd Act in the trailer. Like goddamn, I expect that dumb shit only from Warner Bros ever since Batman v Superman (2016)'s masterclass in terrible trailer cuts. (3rd Act =/= Ending)
It's another production from director Chris Sanders who delivered…
