The Emojis don't want to be deleted because of the mayhem Gene's stupidity has caused on the phone (another point I'll bring up momentarily), but yet if thought about logically, what happens when people upgrade to new phones? People get new phones every year and data is lost, therefore the entire idea of an individual, conscious Textopolis in every phone makes no sense, because the horrifying fact is that those emojis are going to be wiped out once people get a new phones. This brings up many questions and concerns.
Apparently, Textopolis isn't a city that every phone out there is universally connected to. What bothers me is how it doesn't even seem to realize how absurd its setup of the Emoji world is. I don't care that the emojis live in a world of their own, that they communicate, etc. Then, we have my PERSONAL favorite complaint, and it's the lack of LOGIC behind it. The people behind this couldn't even be bothered to take advantage of the social media apps to explore the kid and give us some more depth into him. We don't get past that, because they'd rather go on to yap about Spotify and other unoriginal crap. One conversation is how the phone user has so many friends and why he's so popular, and the High-Five emoji states how they're not real friends, but people who just like him. There was so much potential for this movie to also explore commentary on social media and the users, but they drop it immediately because the movie would rather focus on product placement than anything else (yeah, trust me when I say they literally make a huge emphasis on selling Candy Crush, Facebook, and Youtube Cat videos than selling a good story). Why be the same schtick when you can stand out? The different guy meets another person who's also unusually different, they try to fix his problem, and it turns out at the end he really shouldn't have to conform to what society thinks. That's as easy as I can make it for you, and you can pretty much guess how it goes from there. a "normal", one-reaction type of Emoji), and results in the corporation trying to annihilate him. The lead character is different, causing it to backfire, they are trying to force him to be like everyone else (eg. No, you get exactly what you'd expect with a movie using that storyline. Hell even garbage like Cars managed to try something "fresh" with it's fish out of water and Doc Hollywood rip off storyline (and I'm only saying Cars is better than the Emoji movie when compared, because a good movie it's not anyway). The movie doesn't even try to use its "be who you truly are" narrative and try something esh with it. The story and plot behind this are cringe and painfully unoriginal. Now we move onto story and plot.yeah, I can't keep a straight face with that one. First and foremost is the entire idea of it trying to appear hip, trendy, and every typical crap you'd expect a movie desperate to appeal to smart phone users. Well, it seems that they attempted that with The Emoji movie and Patrick Stewart-ed all over it. If they could manage to turn something as plotless as Legos into one of the best animated films of its year, as well as whole, then, hey, why not give it a go with other products that have no real story behind them? I can give movies with unusual ideas a go, and that's if I'm even interested in watching it.
#AFTER EARTH MOVIE RATED FULL#
There are some logic lapses in the movie as well: if the planet, full of tropical plants, freezes every night, uh why don’t the plants die? Why don’t the rescue beacons just activate automatically when a ship crashes? Although the cutlass is a very cool-looking weapon… at times sort of like Darth Maul’s double headed light saber, why wouldn’t such a space-traveling, advanced civilization just use laser weapons or bombs to blow up the enemy Ursa? Why is it necessary to go into “hand to pincher” combat with them? Only in order for the cool “ Ghosting” thing to be necessary.Look, I'm not saying the movie was bad because it's a movie based around Emojis, that's one of it's major problems, but at the same time one of the least you should be worrying about. Some of this might be due to the film’s director M. General Raige is just too cold and stoic forcing most of the emotion of the film on young Jaden who is fun and very impressive to watch as he gracefully moves over rocks and uses skills like Parkour to bounce off walls but when he expresses sadness or worry it’s by frowning. I’m not saying Will can’t be a “serious” actor but playing a tough, cold, almost emotionless military commander, he can’t use the usual brand of wit, charm and humor that make us enjoy his characters so much.