and we need to do it louder, and we need to do it more spectacular, we need to have more stars, and as a result, it s kind of lost some of the oddball charm of the original. and, you know, ifound myself watching it thinking. i was surprised by how much i liked the original because the idea didn t sound great at all, because it s garthjennings, who s a very interesting film maker and has made good stuff like son of rambow. but in the case of this, it s like, when you said yeah, no wonder we have another one , it did feel like a numbers game no wonder we have another one , it did feel like a numbers game and it s not to say that i don t think kids seeing it won t enjoy it because there s lots to distract you, but what there isn t is any of that sense of timelessness, any of that sense of old fashioned charm, solid storytelling. i mean, this sounds like a weird thing to say about a film which features flying elephants in space, but it doesn t make much sense emotional sense. you k
of stuff, lots of star names, lots of spectacular stuff on screen, i mean, it s a digimation, it s from illumination the people that gave us the minions movies. the thing is, the first film had a weirdly, kind of, old fashioned, you know, judy garland mickey rooney let s do the show in a barn kind of feel, and that s what i liked about it. this feels like, we ve had a huge success, we need to do it bigger, and we need to do it louder, and we need to do it more spectacular, we need to have more stars, and as a result, it s kind of lost some of the oddball charm of the original. and, you know, ifound myself watching it thinking. i was surprised by how much i liked the original because the idea didn t sound great at all, because it s garthjennings, who s a very interesting film maker and has made good stuff like son of rambow. but in the case of this, it s like, when you said yeah, no wonder we have another one , it did feel like a numbers game