Reviews

I originally did not want to watch this movie since I thought it looked and sounded pretty lame and I was right. In fact for some reason it reminded of another movie called The Star which came out years ago, not sure why but it may be because they both have a donkey that's part of the main cast? Anyways the movie starts out pretty mid and ends the same way. I barely cared for any of the songs, except for maybe two or three of 'em, the one I found particularly annoying was the one where the animals started singing (I literally rolled my eyes when that happened). The characters are also boring, the only ones I liked were Dahlia and the skinny one with blond hair. Magnifico is easily one of the worst written Disney villains, seriously we went from having great villains like Frollo and Hades to this guy, smh. The only thing I really liked from this movie was the end credits.

First of all I believe The Ugly Truth would've been a better book to adapt into a movie since it is the fifth book in the series that comes after Dog Days and because The Ugly Truth is a better book overall in my opinion so I cannot understand why The Long Haul was chosen over other books like Hard Luck and The Third Wheel. Anyway despite what I said before the movie itself isn't that bad, the only real issue I had with it was the whole 'Diaper Hand" part of the movie like I get their trying to make the movie unique like the other films but they could have done better. A lot of people hated the new cast for the Heffley family since they weren't as good as the original cast (especially Rodrick), however I thought they were pretty decent and funny at times, a particular moment that I liked in the movie was when they were all singing a song together in the van, a moment that I believe not even the original movies had. So yeah The Long Haul is a pretty solid movie but it could've used more work.

I wasn't expecting much from this movie and being honest I thought it was weird that Barbie of all things was getting a live action movie nonetheless I still wanted to give this movie a chance since i used to watch the animated movies as a kid with my sister. Upon finally getting to watch it I would have to say it's pretty boring.

Barbie starts off fairly well but like nearly half way through I loose interest in watching it. The idea of Barbie having an existential crisis is a great idea and I think the first half of the movie did a good job at that however it kind of lost its edge the longer the movie went on. Margot Robbie plays Barbie wonderfully and is honestly the best thing about the movie (second being Michael Cera and third being John Cena). I some what liked Ken too because he had a fair share of good moments in the movie.

Overall Barbie is a fairly okay movie but honestly it doesn't live up to the hype.

Even though it has been seven years since I first watched Kappa Mikey, after rewatching it I still believe it is a great cartoon. I really enjoyed nearly every episode of Kappa Mikey however I would say that season one started off pretty bland but becomes good after a while but season two on the other hand has some banger episodes like Back to School, Mitsuki Vanishes, Script Assassin, and The Karaoke Episode (which is my favorite by the way).

I know I said that some of the episodes themselves are amazing but the characters are what make Kappa Mikey really shine. Mikey himself is pretty funny and has a fair share of good moments but sometimes I couldn't stand how idiotic he was or how he treated Mitsuki at times. Guano was good too though he cries a little too much and is practically a wimp who gets pushed around most of the time. Gonard is just the lovable airhead who likes to eat food (mainly sandwiches) but still entertaining all around. Mitsuki and Lily are both interesting in their own right but I somewhat like Lily more though she's a bit of a jerk at times. Ozu is my favorite character cause whenever he gets angry it always cracks me up (most especially when he yells at Mikey and the others), he also seems like a precursor to Benson from Regular Show but less nicer.

There was a time when I wanted Kappa Mikey to make a comeback but now I believe it's better to leave it as it is, a relic of the past, because honestly I believe its better this way than for it to return as a bottom of the barrel remake or god forbid a cringe adult cartoon similar to the pilot.

Btw, the theme song is also a banger.

This is a pretty good show with an interesting premise about a boy who can wear a ring that his aunt previously owned which in turn is able to turn him into a superhero however the catch is that since it was his aunt's powers before he is thus a female superhero named SheZow even though he's a guy (which is funny since at first I initially thought Guy would become female once he transformed but honestly once you watch it the other way around makes more sense).

Another reason why I think SheZow is a unique superhero is because of how her powers work and that there are rules that the wearer must abide by, though some of the powers themselves aren't really original the equipment however is what really makes SheZow shine since its (mostly) all weapons I've never seen a superhero use before.

The characters (well at least the main ones) were entertaining, Guy himself is a decent protagonist but still fun to watch, his sister Kelly was a little naggy but still enjoyable as well, Maz was entertaining and felt like someone I'd want to hangout with and I especially like how he wore different outfits each time he was with Guy (though some of them were pretty average). The villians were dogwater except for a few of them like Mega Monkey, Tattoozala, and Dr. Frankenweather (though admittedly I also kinda liked Candy Rapper).

There are also some references that I noticed like CatDog in that weird dream episode, a scene from episode 13 which reminded me of an episode from early Spongebob, and the episode that referenced Stan Lee's catchphrase "Excelsior" which made me like SheZow even more.

The animation was decent and could've been better at times but if anything I felt like some of the action was lackluster I mean come on it's a superhero show. The toilet humor is another thing I wasn't a fan of.

Overall SheZow is a good cartoon and its a darn a shame it only got 26 episodes, maybe if it was picked up by a big children's network like Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon it probably would've had a chance of sticking around a little while longer. Personally I think SheZow should have been on Nickelodeon since CN already had a lot of quality shows during that time.

High Guardian Spice has been a show that was on my mind for months and now that I've finally watched it I've gotta say it's pretty decent I was fully expecting this show to suck hard right at the first episode since people were making such a big deal out of it but as I watched it to me it felt more like an ordinary cartoon you'd see on Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon but more on that later. I personally really like the idea about young girls going to an academy so they can become strong guardians however it could've been better told but I guess there's only so much you can do with just 12 episodes. The characters are pretty entertaining especially the main ones, though I especially like the relationship between Rosemary and Sage. The voices for some of the characters seem out of place like was Crunchyroll too lazy to hire voice actors who could properly voice the appropriate ages? The early episodes aren't really that good but around episode 7 is when I was starting to enjoy it but episode 9 in particular is my favorite. I especially appreciate how violent HGS is though I never expected it considering how lighthearted it was in the beginning. Going back to what I said earlier I think this is more of a cartoon than an anime an if it were just that maybe it wouldn't get dragged on so much. Honestly I want to see HGS return for a second season especially after that end credits scene of the last episode of season one hopefully this time it'll have a better writing team that's not sexist....but who am I kidding this show's reputation has been driven into the ground thanks to constant hate it got but hey I could dream at least.