Mara Hankins

Some people hated it. Some people loved it. At first, it felt like a recap of where Star Wars has been, especially the scene with Yoda, and I know a lot of people who were baffled at how it came out, but after watching it two or three times, it really is a decent, pretty good movie. I think people just expected so much after the great Force Awakens, but really, it was good.

I really enjoyed this movie because it was scary, but not so scary I couldn't show it to my little sister. While my little sister will always and forever be scared and hide the DVD, I love this one. I'm always up for a scare, but I don't think it's as fun when you are too scared to think. Laika studios used its eerie animation style to captivate all that watched it.

Not to be a hater, but I hate this movie. Hey, maybe that's why I'm the first to write a review. All the other movies were pretty good, with the original cast and the original Greg Heffley. The movie was poorly executed and while I understand that the cast grew up, it was awful. Greg and Rowley looked like kindergarteners and Rodrick looked like he was out of a horror movie. Okay, so some things were funny, and a little of the trademark humor remained, but overall, things were terrible, and I expected more.

It had a cute concept and cute characters, but they failed to bring things together and the story really lacked a strong plot. While I liked the reference to many things on the phone, I felt that some comments and parts of the movie were downright pessimistic.

I loved this movie, though I will say it wasn't as good as some of the others they have cooked up. The visual effects were breathtaking, but I think this film being the first plunge into the series of movies, a lot of it was dialogue and ricocheting around to set things up for future brilliant movies. The critics were harsh on this one, so I believe it deserves more, but not much more as it could have been better. Love the characters though.