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It’s just that when they were going on, I wanted them to move on. They don’t ruin the film nor are they THAT bad. It was cool seeing other visual styles like sock puppets, comic panels, and of course Flip-O-Rama too.Īs for what didn’t work for me, the song and dance numbers. What captivated me this time were some of the facial expressions.

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I learned from the credits to this movie there are specific people who work on animating hair and other things that I thought were lumped together. The style and designs reminded me of The Peanuts Movie and I recall commenting on how captivated I was by how they animated hair there. She does know his alter ego so that’s something. Perhaps as a love interest it’d be nice if there was more to her. It’s just that she’s there for no reason otherwise.

The teachers were relegated to cameos so I suppose as another school employee it’s fair. She only has three scenes so she’s perhaps less important than I’d like. I thought that scene was great, made sense, and made him less one-dimensional. One change I like is that there’s a scene where George and Harold discover why Mr. Also, no Photo-Atomic Trans-Somgobulating Yectofantriplutoniczanziptomiser. So for all the hardcore Captain Underpants purists, this may not be for you. Other villains were skipped over and were easter eggs or references in the credits.

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Not to mention they changed his full name for no reason. This villain was introduced in the fourth book and his plan, while fitting for the film, is completely different from his plan in the book. This might be the first time I’m reviewing a film adaptation where I’m familiar with the original source material. Seeing best friends George and Harold hanging out in their treehouse creating comics surrounded by their toys and drawings it certainly reminded me of a simpler time… Now I run a site alone surrounded by toys and despair over the industry. Like the books, there are moments that show that the film understands kids. From dealing with teachers who also don’t want to be there and the doom and gloom of having to spend almost all your time awake there, there’s no way you’ve never felt that at some point. For kids who don’t like school and find it both monotonous and boring, that’s captured quite well. I think a lot of this film does the books justice especially in being relatable no matter what age you are. From what I’ve read on Dav Pilkey, the non-fictional parts of these books seem like an autobiography of his childhood and school life. They were funny, creative, clever, and felt like they were written by a kid. I stopped somewhere past the fifth book, but looking at them again, they still hold up. I was a big fan of the Captain Underpants books when they came out. Regarding this movie, one of those three things is a lie.ĭid I see two new superhero movies in less than a week?