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[KyoZz]

On Netflix, April 30
"A quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity’s unlikeliest last hope"
Voice cast include Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Beck Bennett, Fred Armisen, Eric Andre, and Oscar winner Olivia Colman.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Finished watching it. Boring unfunny trash

 

[ape2man]

Finished watching it. Boring unfunny trash

I completely disagree,

amazingly animated, super funny, this animation studio could be the next pixar.

 

[West Texas CEO]

This movie was an absolute blast, a real rip roaring time, and really shows how much of a step forward Spiderverse was for visuals and animation. This movie just feels absolutely kinetic.

I just feel like the script is 5 years older than it should have been, they had a real chance for having an interesting deconstruction of patriarchal errors and a lot of the movie is in an apologetic tone, and I wish it was slightly more forward thinking in that familiar dynamic. [Edit - this is mostly relevant to the middle of the film, towards the end it elevates itself a bit more]

Really had a blast with the movie though - the first movie that is truly informed by new animation, such as Adventure Time, Amazing World of Gumball, and etc.

 

[Spaceman292]

Finished watching it. Boring unfunny trash

Everyone ignore this dude. Movie had some golden stuff in it. Not as funny as Lego Movie or Spiderverse, clearly aimed to a younger audience, but still funny.

 

[AgentP]

they had a real chance for having an interesting deconstruction of patriarchal errors

What now?

 

[Reality Czar]

It might only be one line in the final scene of the Netflix animated family film “The Mitchells vs. the Machines” but with it the movie embraces queer representation beyond anything Disney, the most celebrated children's programming company, has ever been willing to do in its animated movies.

“Are you and Jade official?" mom Linda Mitchell (voiced by Maya Rudolph) says to her daughter, Katie (Abbi Jacobson). "And will you bring her home for Thanksgiving?”

The child targeting propaganda continues.

 

[dem]

I thought this would be your typical netflix gaaaarbage.

It was a really good family movie. Pixar tier.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Just watched it, just amazing really, really funny too; you can instantly tell this is the spider-verse team.
First time I watched something netflix exclusive I felt I would've preferred to see in a theater.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Into The Spiderverse and The LEGO Movie were so much better

 

[Pilgrimzero]

Just finished it. Funny but the dad being tech illiterate made no sense. He's a late Gen Xer at most and would have grown up with computers etc.

 

[MisterHero]

I guess I'm old because I find these animations a little too "loud".

The story is competent and plays to the YouTube generation immensely, with a punchline or dramatic cut every 3 seconds.

The pace is brisk which is nice. However, like a lot of kids movies, logic is sacrificed to get to the exciting end.

I think it's shallow, but maybe a family watching together will have a better shared experience that way.

And they cut off the Numa Numa music at least twice

 

[DeafTourette]

I saw this maybe the weekend it came out... Or a little after. It was GREAT!

There a ton of GenXers who aren't computer literate. I'm GenX (46) and i know folks my age who aren't computer literate so I found it believable. Especially seeing what kind of man the dad is.

The two kids are very ... Modern. The daughter reminds me of my daughter. Not in what she's interested in but in her blasé weird attitude. The son reminds me of me as a kid... But with WAY MORE girl anxiety.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

I think I'll watch The Thin Red Line again instead.

 

[Pilgrimzero]

I think I'll watch The Thin Red Line again instead.

The only movie I’ve ever walked out of the theater on. So goddamn boring and never ended. And it seemed to want to have cameos instead of a plot. I hate that movie for breaking me.

Glad you like it though.

 

[Hulk_Smash]

The only movie I’ve ever walked out of the theater on. So goddamn boring and never ended. And it seemed to want to have cameos instead of a plot. I hate that movie for breaking me.

Glad you like it though.

I feel the same way. So many more good WW2 movies out at that time. Don’t watch this movie if you’ve seen Saving Private Ryan.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

This was a good movie. Sony Studio animation is making more creative endeavours than Pixar these days.

 

[MastaKiiLA]

It was a fun ride of a movie. Enjoyable start to finish. Some cliches, but very few movies can avoid them. I didn't know it was the Spiderverse team, but that makes sense in retrospect. It's a recommended watch for anyone with Netflix.

 

[Great Hair]

The only movie I’ve ever walked out of the theater on. So goddamn boring and never ended. And it seemed to want to have cameos instead of a plot. I hate that movie for breaking me.

Glad you like it though.

The Thin Red Line
Supposedly one of the best anti-war movies, have rarely been so disinterested. The film had too many cameos like you said, it may have set a new record. Everyone wanted to have their 5min with Nick Nolte.

Woody Wood Pecker loses his wiener by a baby grenade and has nothing else to say and they´re running like lemmings up a hill when they could have easily bombed the hill by helicopter or jet.

At the end George Clooney shows up, for 30 seconds.

 

[Mossybrew]

I thought it was a turd and turned it off after about a half hour. The dad was especially annoying, typical "clueless dad" trope that I am so sick of.