I saw "Captain Underpants:The First Epic Movie", starring the voices of Kevin Hart-The Ride Along movies, Meet Dave; Ed Helms-Vacation_2015, Meet Dave; Nick Kroll-Vacation_2015, Get Him to the Greek and Thomas Middleditch-The Bronze, Fun Size.
This is an animated movie based on the books written by Dav Pilkey-the first one was published in 1997 and no, I don't know exactly how many books there are. FYI:In 1997, when the first book came out, Dav Pilkey wanted Chris Farley to play Captain Underpants in a live action movie or TV series but unfortunately, Chris passed away and plans were dropped. For those unfamiliar with the books-like me-the premise is about 2 kids, voiced by Kevin and Thomas, that are best friends. They collaborate on their own comic book, with Kevin writing it and Thomas doing the art. Their favorite subject is a super hero called Captain Underpants, voiced by Ed. Ed also voices their principal at the school that is tired of the mischievous pranks that the 2 boys are always playing on him and other teachers, so he decides to separate them into different classes, thus destroying their friendship. That is when the boys, in a last ditch effort to stop the separation, whip out their hypnotizing ring that puts Ed under their commands. They try several things-act like a chicken, etc.-before settling on making Ed think that he is their hero, Captain Underpants. The animation has a low budget look to it but it works and it is funny. I must warn you though, there is a lot of potty humor-the kids will probably laugh more than the adults-but hey, there is nothing wrong with a little potty humor every once in a while. In fact, Nick plays a teacher named Professor Poopypants and there is a giant robot that is an actual walking, stomping toilet. As the end credits begin, there is a scene, but there is not one at the very end. The theme song is by Weird Al. It may not be for everyone but if you are looking for a good babysitter to pass some time for an hour or so, it should do the job. It's rated "PG" for some rude humor and has a running time of 1 hour & 29 minutes. I would probably buy it on DVD.
This is an animated movie based on the books written by Dav Pilkey-the first one was published in 1997 and no, I don't know exactly how many books there are. FYI:In 1997, when the first book came out, Dav Pilkey wanted Chris Farley to play Captain Underpants in a live action movie or TV series but unfortunately, Chris passed away and plans were dropped. For those unfamiliar with the books-like me-the premise is about 2 kids, voiced by Kevin and Thomas, that are best friends. They collaborate on their own comic book, with Kevin writing it and Thomas doing the art. Their favorite subject is a super hero called Captain Underpants, voiced by Ed. Ed also voices their principal at the school that is tired of the mischievous pranks that the 2 boys are always playing on him and other teachers, so he decides to separate them into different classes, thus destroying their friendship. That is when the boys, in a last ditch effort to stop the separation, whip out their hypnotizing ring that puts Ed under their commands. They try several things-act like a chicken, etc.-before settling on making Ed think that he is their hero, Captain Underpants. The animation has a low budget look to it but it works and it is funny. I must warn you though, there is a lot of potty humor-the kids will probably laugh more than the adults-but hey, there is nothing wrong with a little potty humor every once in a while. In fact, Nick plays a teacher named Professor Poopypants and there is a giant robot that is an actual walking, stomping toilet. As the end credits begin, there is a scene, but there is not one at the very end. The theme song is by Weird Al. It may not be for everyone but if you are looking for a good babysitter to pass some time for an hour or so, it should do the job. It's rated "PG" for some rude humor and has a running time of 1 hour & 29 minutes. I would probably buy it on DVD.