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Even though Moshi Monsters was my childhood, I definitely expected this movie to be utter garbage watching it for the first time in 2022, but I was pretty surprised. While it's not outstanding, for what it is, it was enjoyable! Definitely could have been worse. *spoilers if you care lol* For one, it's really cool to see the world come to life–seeing Monsters and Moshlings roam Monstro City made my younger self burst out in joy. The main Monsters' personalities were fitting and meshed well. I like how Poppet's revolves around loving Moshlings, brings me back to that old music video. The limbo scene with Zommer caught me off-guard and was a clever situation to show his strengths (prob my fav scene tbh). I enjoyed the candy chase with Sweet Tooth and the classic switching the train path thing. Mr. Snoodle was a good pick to be the Moshling mascot of the movie, gives him something to be memorable for and the spotlight on him made me genuinely like him. Also fitting that Mrs. Snoodle hatched from the egg (but it was weird they were kinda set up to be love interests even though she just hatched???). The songs ranged from meh to yeah pretty good. Strangeglove's song's a banger. The plot's a mediocre MacGuffin fetch quest, Katsuma's egotistic guy learns the magic of friendship arc was standard, Strangeglove is honestly kind of underwhelming (I thought he was super mysterious? Felt kinda like a waste to have him just be an idiotic narcissist but I did find him funny, and loved his relationship with Fish Lips), but eh, I had fun regardless. Wish there was a Club Penguin movie too!! I feel like the lore is so much stronger for CP, would've prob made a better movie than Moshi Monsters haha

Barbie: The Pearl Princess is a mermaid Rapunzel AU. (SPOILERS AHEAD! if u care lol) I love the ocean imagery and all the blue, pink, and purple. The plot with the stonefish genuinely subverted my expectations and I was so glad to see the ugly guy get appreciated in the city. I'm happy that the marine biology nerd wasn't just treated as cringy comic relief, but actually got a love interest and had a part in confronting the villains. But kinda torn with the messages here.. The Aunt...should be a villain lol. It's a bit unclear whether she had previously poisoned and killed people or Lumina was her first task, but I'm assuming the former because it seems like she has a lot of history with the main villain guy. Not only that, she literally kidnapped the princess and kept her locked away in their little ocean home, but yeah that was to spare her, sure. I guess almost dying could be considered her punishment, but the fact that Lumina's parents don't seem to even care that she stole their daughter and even offer her a place in their home is just weird.. Villain's plot was also kinda dumb..He just wanted to poison the King?? Guess they live in a patriarchal society where the Queen couldn't rule on her own? Although, I do have to say I loved the gag with him getting confused by reverse-reverse-psychology lol Also, was a bit disappointed with the lack of songs in this one! I only remember that one song from the makeover scene Overall, I prefer Barbie In A Mermaid Tale and Tangled, but this is a fine movie for the kiddos of today.

Objectively the best Barbie movie.

This movie is so fun, and I KNOW the creators found it just as fun to make. The songs are so addicting, with amazing harmonies everywhere!! It's so fun to jam out with friends to this busting soundtrack! Sometimes it feels like the characters' personalities have just been cranked up to 11 and things like Rainbow stealing the spotlight and completely dismissing Fluttershy feel a little off to someone who watches MLP: FiM (why is Rainbow even the element of loyalty), but it doesn't really take away from my enjoyment of the film. The humour can be a bit "lol randum!! dumb character says dumb thing" but I personally liked it. I loved the Dazzlings and how such a grand magical evil scheme is solved with a high school battle of the bands lol it's so fun.

Gorgeous characters, pretty scenery, and beautiful music!!!!! The serpents looked good in both human and snake forms! And I LOVED the fox spirit such fun imagery, yes! But! Xiao Bai's eyes are a little too big. It's jarring to see her stand beside Ah Xuan who has more realistic proportions imo. And maybe I just don't like romance, but Ah Xuan and Xiao Bai's relationship progressed way too fast, I didn't find it very believable. Also irked me that Xiao Bai seemed pathetically weak at times for someone who's supposed to be a super-strong demon.. And while I thought the art style was stunning, at times the animation held the visuals back (particularly when Xiao Bai was flying, it looked very stiff and awkward).

So much fun!! The characters are great! The world is vivid and beautiful! The drama is hot and angsty! my fav sea monster boyfriends

I think the movie did a great job starting off the N E W G E N E R A T I O N and I definitely want to see more of the series, but as a movie, I felt it was unsatisfying. The first third/half set up the worldbuilding excellently and I was super engaged meeting the characters (especially IZZY MY FAV!!!) and seeing new locations. But eventually, I couldn't stop myself from wondering what fuelled Sunny so much, like sure there's her dad's philosophy that everypony can be friends again but how can she believe that so staunchly when it would be so much easier for her not to, especially since she has no real evidence that the pegasi and unicorns are friendly? Why is she so eager to restore magic when she herself as an earth pony would be unaffected by it, the issue doesn't affect her personally so why does it matter so much to her? And this disbelief makes the fake-out endings even more annoying. Them putting the crystals and it not working once so they get mega sad :( I can get. But twice? It's just annoying. I was just waiting for them to hurry up and put it together/join forces whatever! Though I can understand why some questions were left unanswered (what happened to Sunny's dad, why the ponies only have one parent if any), but not explaining why magic disappeared and how the ponies became separated made the movie feel unsatisfying. The music still slaps tho

Great characters, fun plot, a satisfying movie. Be aware that there are some scenes that are pretty inappropriate for kids..

Pretty visually but painfully predictable and cliché..

Compared to new Barbie movies, this one's unique. The friend characters have more personality, and though it is a bit gimmicky, it's great to see for once that Barbie isn't so completely elevated above them, not so special compared to them. Aramina is my personal favourite, with her genuine and quirky personality and love of poetry and roses (such a pretty aesthetic!). A thing I love from this movie is its feminism message. It can be a bit on-the-nose with the discrimination (which as a kid's film, it makes sense), but it also catches you completely off-guard with (SPOILERS) even the supposed love interest, the Prince, turning out to be a bit of a sexist jerk! It's genuinely shocking when they're having a beautiful moment in the hot air balloon and you're starting to see some sparks fly, he's sharing his dreams, which he wants to persue despite others' doubts, just like her, so she reveals her hopes to become a musketeer, and then the Prince literally makes fun of Barbie's dream (even though he was just saved by her)! It feels so natural, maybe even more so than him banding up with her to help her become a musketeer, and only makes it sweeter when she's able to prove everyone wrong, along with her three friends.