I went into this thing expecting the worst but with A bit of hope that it would be good. Overall it's just an extra long very basic double episode with some very out of character moments from the Mane Six with two or three good songs and some upgraded animation. Some parts I enjoyed, some parts I did not enjoy, if you've come to the end of season seven I'd say just give it A watch, it's flawed but it's not A war crime.
Songs In total its got 5 songs not counting Rainbow by Sia. Two songs are rather drab but passable, two songs are above average when ranked amongst the songs from the show and Time To Be Awesome is A banger but is still overshadowed by the best songs from the show. Most of the songs just happen and the movie is very much aware of this and even makes A joke about it. The BGM is alright nothing really stood out however the title card music is one of the most hype things to ever accompany A title and that leads into a nice quick and simple intro song.
Miscellaneous Positives The start of the movie is pretty good with tons of nods to characters from the show, it's got some very feel good vibes and feels very My Little Pony. The exploration of settings outside Equestria was pretty good and made the movie feel A bit more significant, these new places are pretty average but do feel very different from any of the other locations seen in the show as of Season 7. The animation looks great although it does get A bit janky when it's mashed with CG environments in some scenes.
Villains The villains are probably the film's greatest flaw. Tempest is alright but her backstory is lazy and uninteresting, it would have been much better if it was left alone. Storm king's henchmen look pretty interesting but do nothing but stand around. Storm King himself is just utter garbage, the hostile winds surrounding the Crystal Empire are A better villain than him. He is shown very little, shoots lightning at A wall and falls over. Overall the militaristic appearance of the villains is intriguing but is not utilised at all resulting in them feeling like the least threatening and most underwhelming villains in the series. They are treated like the greatest threat to ever face Equestria which feels very forced, I believe they had the potential to be A great threat and A movie worthy set of villains but they weren't properly developed.
New Characters And The Mane Six New characters aren't given enough time to be made memorable and they don't do much in the grand scheme of things, they feel more like scenery and don't really serve much of A purpose. The Mane Six have some pretty out of character moments and in some scenes are treated like they are much younger than they are in the show, the conflict that arises among them feels very forced, has very little significance and is resolved very quickly.
The Plot The plot is very standard. Bad guy comes, bad guy wants power, bad guy gets 75% of the power, bad guy hunts remaining 25% of power as that power flees. The climax is very basic and proves that the entire journey the Mane Six go was entirely unnecessary and pointless.
I'd probably watch it again tho, I'd rate it A 6.5 if I could. Flawed but not A war crime.
Songs In total its got 5 songs not counting Rainbow by Sia. Two songs are rather drab but passable, two songs are above average when ranked amongst the songs from the show and Time To Be Awesome is A banger but is still overshadowed by the best songs from the show. Most of the songs just happen and the movie is very much aware of this and even makes A joke about it. The BGM is alright nothing really stood out however the title card music is one of the most hype things to ever accompany A title and that leads into a nice quick and simple intro song.
Miscellaneous Positives The start of the movie is pretty good with tons of nods to characters from the show, it's got some very feel good vibes and feels very My Little Pony. The exploration of settings outside Equestria was pretty good and made the movie feel A bit more significant, these new places are pretty average but do feel very different from any of the other locations seen in the show as of Season 7. The animation looks great although it does get A bit janky when it's mashed with CG environments in some scenes.
Villains The villains are probably the film's greatest flaw. Tempest is alright but her backstory is lazy and uninteresting, it would have been much better if it was left alone. Storm king's henchmen look pretty interesting but do nothing but stand around. Storm King himself is just utter garbage, the hostile winds surrounding the Crystal Empire are A better villain than him. He is shown very little, shoots lightning at A wall and falls over. Overall the militaristic appearance of the villains is intriguing but is not utilised at all resulting in them feeling like the least threatening and most underwhelming villains in the series. They are treated like the greatest threat to ever face Equestria which feels very forced, I believe they had the potential to be A great threat and A movie worthy set of villains but they weren't properly developed.
New Characters And The Mane Six New characters aren't given enough time to be made memorable and they don't do much in the grand scheme of things, they feel more like scenery and don't really serve much of A purpose. The Mane Six have some pretty out of character moments and in some scenes are treated like they are much younger than they are in the show, the conflict that arises among them feels very forced, has very little significance and is resolved very quickly.
The Plot The plot is very standard. Bad guy comes, bad guy wants power, bad guy gets 75% of the power, bad guy hunts remaining 25% of power as that power flees. The climax is very basic and proves that the entire journey the Mane Six go was entirely unnecessary and pointless.
I'd probably watch it again tho, I'd rate it A 6.5 if I could. Flawed but not A war crime.