Lego friends: Girlz 4 life, has loads of issues, especially in the plot. However, it's not really that awful; it just has a lot of problems. First the positives: The animation is very on-point, and is surprisingly kind of fluid. It's not the best CGI I've seen, but it does show quality.
However, beyond the technical aspects of the movie, like the color palette and the backgrounds, the story is EXTREMELY predictable. We've all heard the 'friends over fame' story before, and Lego Friends: Girlz 4 life does NOTHING new, or interesting with it's story, or characters. The characters are paper-thin, bland, and I could barley tell them apart.
Another thing I don't like, especially in some kids movies, is that the filmmakers always think that their target audience is stupid, and only like pretty colors, bland characters, unfunny jokes, and predictable stories. Every time the filmmakers do this, they always simplify and dumb-down everything. So they don't put any effort into challenging their audience, or writing original, cliché breaking, interesting, realistic and complex issues, stories, villains and characters, that always encourage kids to think. Sure kids movies don't ALWAYS have to be complex, but they at least have to have quality control and originality.
That's just my thoughts on the movie. I don't really want to go any further, but I will say I liked the soundtrack, especially the 'Girlz' song, and I will admit despite the lackluster story, I do like how the message is indeed executed very nicely. However, this movie is just a big cliché that does ABSOLUTELY nothing new, or original.
However, beyond the technical aspects of the movie, like the color palette and the backgrounds, the story is EXTREMELY predictable. We've all heard the 'friends over fame' story before, and Lego Friends: Girlz 4 life does NOTHING new, or interesting with it's story, or characters. The characters are paper-thin, bland, and I could barley tell them apart.
Another thing I don't like, especially in some kids movies, is that the filmmakers always think that their target audience is stupid, and only like pretty colors, bland characters, unfunny jokes, and predictable stories. Every time the filmmakers do this, they always simplify and dumb-down everything. So they don't put any effort into challenging their audience, or writing original, cliché breaking, interesting, realistic and complex issues, stories, villains and characters, that always encourage kids to think. Sure kids movies don't ALWAYS have to be complex, but they at least have to have quality control and originality.
That's just my thoughts on the movie. I don't really want to go any further, but I will say I liked the soundtrack, especially the 'Girlz' song, and I will admit despite the lackluster story, I do like how the message is indeed executed very nicely. However, this movie is just a big cliché that does ABSOLUTELY nothing new, or original.