When I watched this sequel, I thought... no, I hoped - that NOTHING can really be worse than the original. But there is a good line from one writer: "If you go down... you gotta go all the way". Seems like the "Lot of people" who made this film shared the idea.
I don't know where to start... Perhaps with the basis - child cartoon. Unlike the original, this can actually be viewed by a child. Perhaps some toddler around 5 years old. There is plenty of smiling berries, marshmallows and the likes that serve a better cuteness dish than Fight the Power cats of the original. And there is actually morale. Again, I thought Avatar was the worst example of twisted logic. No. Let's promote fishing and save all the cute living food, just so that kids could grow up and find out... That food isn't magically pooped out of a Santa's rear. It's cooked from living animals, from killed and served plants... it's fished with hooks that kill you painfully. But no - that's a cartoon. Living is good, cooking(yeah, that was the main enemy) - is bad. Either way - again, for a child that wants cute and cuddly, kind and caring - that is a fitting cartoon. Perhaps he will be drawing with a brown crayon after watching it, but that's a side-effect. That's why it's 2, not 1 out of 10.
As for the rest of you people, who haplessly paid for it... Well, you can always get stoned hard. There are many movies that are supposed to be watched that way, and I bet this LSD-addict scripwriter's creation should do the trick.
If I had to put it in more organized manner, it would probably be like this: 1. Crazier than original. Overkill. 2. Twisted morale. About half of the story could be wrapped inside-out, it would still be a good cartoon... except it would make sense. 3. More predictability than the original. You know how it's going to end the first time you see Chester. Oh, well, kids are dumb, right? No need to stay true to the rules of cinema, to give the watcher at least the hope of something unusual.
Conclusion: Everyone wants to be unique. Even cartoons. And, as usually, when you just can't imagine a good way to be unique... You do something crazy. Like flinging your poo. Sure, you will stand out. You might even get top-views on YouTube! But unfortunately, for any logical person out there... You would still be just flinging the poo.
And that's how I see this franchise. It is unique, granted. But it's not worth "being" unique.
I don't know where to start... Perhaps with the basis - child cartoon. Unlike the original, this can actually be viewed by a child. Perhaps some toddler around 5 years old. There is plenty of smiling berries, marshmallows and the likes that serve a better cuteness dish than Fight the Power cats of the original. And there is actually morale. Again, I thought Avatar was the worst example of twisted logic. No. Let's promote fishing and save all the cute living food, just so that kids could grow up and find out... That food isn't magically pooped out of a Santa's rear. It's cooked from living animals, from killed and served plants... it's fished with hooks that kill you painfully. But no - that's a cartoon. Living is good, cooking(yeah, that was the main enemy) - is bad. Either way - again, for a child that wants cute and cuddly, kind and caring - that is a fitting cartoon. Perhaps he will be drawing with a brown crayon after watching it, but that's a side-effect. That's why it's 2, not 1 out of 10.
As for the rest of you people, who haplessly paid for it... Well, you can always get stoned hard. There are many movies that are supposed to be watched that way, and I bet this LSD-addict scripwriter's creation should do the trick.
If I had to put it in more organized manner, it would probably be like this: 1. Crazier than original. Overkill. 2. Twisted morale. About half of the story could be wrapped inside-out, it would still be a good cartoon... except it would make sense. 3. More predictability than the original. You know how it's going to end the first time you see Chester. Oh, well, kids are dumb, right? No need to stay true to the rules of cinema, to give the watcher at least the hope of something unusual.
Conclusion: Everyone wants to be unique. Even cartoons. And, as usually, when you just can't imagine a good way to be unique... You do something crazy. Like flinging your poo. Sure, you will stand out. You might even get top-views on YouTube! But unfortunately, for any logical person out there... You would still be just flinging the poo.
And that's how I see this franchise. It is unique, granted. But it's not worth "being" unique.