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Monster High (2022)
So generic I couldn't even finish it
I love fantasy movies and musicals, so the wombo combo of "Monster High: The Movie" should have been the perfect film for me, right? Wrong, I couldn't even finish watching it. It was so blandly generic it became boring 5 minutes in and no matter how I tried I just could not enjoy it.
This takes the old motto of the franchise "be unique be a monster" and spits on it. The changes are awful and the representation aspects are so poorly done it's not even funny.
This latest attempt at rebooting is even less interesting then the last one. Mattel is obsessed with changing their characters over and over again rather employing creativity and creating new ones. While they desperately try to appeal to new fans with every single reboot attempt they actually lose old ones.
Monster High: Welcome to Monster High (2016)
An overly saturated soul sucking reboot
Were the old movies the pinnacle of animation and story telling? No of course not, they could have been improved in various places. But in comparison to this? They feel far better in every way that matters. The reboot takes everything from the original Monster High and erases it. The entire original storyline and everything you learned about the world? Gone.
Instead it is replaced by a cheap and boring not to mention overly saturated version. The characters somehow lose all personality in this reboot and are replaced with dismal clones. Especially Dracula, the sophisticated Vampire everyone expects is replaced by some sort of generic timid sweater vest wearing version.
The plot is poorly done as were the graphics, feeling like a cross between clay and 3D. Even the 3D for season one of Sailor Moon Crystal was better than the one used for Welcome to monster high.