Purdy Davis

Just watch the original. Nothing new they add helps to elevate any plot points, and it loses a lot of the heart the original had (partly by virtue of it just being another cashgrab).

It’s really apparent corporate meddling happened during the production of the film. The jokes are no where near as good as they used to be, and while this movie is obviously a commentary on the loss of handcrafted animation VS CGI, it’s unfortunately a showcase of how they’ve also lost their charm and comedic writing, having to let Netflix interfere with their work. It’s sad such great animation was wasted. That paired with the allegations of them using AI to remaster the old episodes (very poorly, apparently), just lowers the impact of what it’s trying to portray. I feel bad for the animators. It’s not an awful film, but as an instalment of a franchise, it’s not very good.

The main love interest wanted to marry Bella before her brain developed too much, before she had the ability to speak, consent or think properly. For context, her brain is around the age of a toddler, literally. This man is not reprimanded or shown in a bad light by the movie at all. He wanted to marry someone who couldn’t consent, who was literally a toddler trapped in an adults body. The fact this movies getting praise is disgusting, it isn’t a movie about sexual liberation, it’s an abhorrent movie which has the worst usage of the “born sexy yesterday” trope I’ve ever seen.

Schools need to get this movie off the spec it’s so boring and drawn out for no reason. Could have been cut down to like 30 minutes and told the same story without wasting so much time on pointless and meaningless sht

If you wanna watch some natural disaster show just to waste time or relax, sure, this is a good watch. But the characters were so weird, and you can see what they were trying to do with them but meh. Also suspend your disbelief bc some character dies unexpectedly when all the warning signs were LITERALLY right there that could have prevented the death. Also there’s a cult subplot that does nothing for like 3 episodes, and for whatever reason they decide to have the worst rap battle I’ve ever seen, please skip it if you decide to watch this. Also the soundtrack felt so out of place at times. The intro songs really nice but like the rest of it. Also the animations pretty good, it captures emotions well.

Honestly it’s a decent pass time but like good god the dialogue and characters were bad. Also, why is Agatha so awful, like she’s presented as good for being a doormat and allowing Sophie to treat her like garbage the whole movie, and that’s meant to be a good thing? Would’ve been better if she’d dropped her. Also, like Sophie has one man tell her he can help her become stronger and drops her childhood best friend immediately for it. She wasn’t manipulated, she was just awful to begin with and just presented with an opportunity. Anyway yeah no it’s bad 1/10 only for the CGI and costume design