So, instead writing a huge paragraph bloating the film's continuity issues that will likely give me a migraine just thinking about, I refer you to the list I've set below of some of the film's most prominent embarrassments that stick out like a sore thumb. Look, maybe I'm exaggerating a bit, but it's the hard truth. To add on to the headache-inducing groan of the experience, the amount of plot holes / devices in the story that're just whizzed on by the sound and color are strikingly baffling. And each three of those films are monstrously more enjoyable in direct A to B comparison. It is a vapid, hollow shell of a film that almost feels like a low-rent knock-off of Wreck-it Ralph, Inside Out, and The LEGO Movie combined. I wouldn't be surprised if the filmmakers sat at the meeting table discussing the film with a legitimate "book of cliches" sitting right in the middle of the table just because the employees aren't paid enough to come up with smart, inventive ideas. The Emoji Movie absolutely epitomizes the generic animated feature film structure at its most bare-bones and lowest-common-denominator. goddamnit, the movie isn't even remotely interesting to recap! So Gene recruits a few pals such as the Hi-5 emoji (voiced by James Corden) and a hacker emoticon. Alex is convinced that his phone is malfunctioned and he's sending it to a nearby phone dealer to wipe out all of his data, which obviously is a threat to Textopolis. So when it's his turn to be "chosen" by his user Alex to be sent on the phone, he screws it up and all hell breaks loose. He tries to be his "meh", but he can't help it his desire to step beyond his usual purpose gets the best of him. Miller), one who's supposed to be a "meh" emoji but has a malfunction where he cannot help but express different emotions such as love, laughter, etc. (Redundant, ain't it?) Among these many emojis is Gene (voiced by T.J. For example, the crying emoji has to cry consistently, the laugher laughs, you get it. Little to his knowledge, there's a secret world inside his phone called Textopolis where emojis of all kind do their job. He's got a crush on a girl in his class named Addie (voiced by Tati Gabrielle) and believes the best way to show his feelings to her is through the "power" of emojis. Wellp, here's my attempt at a plot synopsis: A high school kid named Alex (voiced by Jake T. Oh, and don't forget to buckle the hell up. Which it is absolutely not.) So please, sit back, relax, grab your popcorn and soft drink, and revel in my colorful ranting on The Emoji Movie. (As if the movie was funny in the first place. It is so dependent on relying on the stereotypical Hollywood animated movie cliche that it practically turns itself into a Rifftrax-esque laugh-a-thon where the commentary of people making fun of the movie is funnier than the real thing. Granted, not every movie is going to be a Francis Ford Coppola-helmed masterpiece with absolutely gorgeous cinematography and artistic, deep, and memorable dialogue, but it at least has to be competent. The film is a pathetic, lazy "f-k you" to moviegoers everywhere who earn their hard-earned money so deservedly. Sure haters are going to have different points of view on why they so very much disliked the movie, but there is a damn good reason this is sitting on 10% on Rotten Tomatoes. But that's besides the point here.) When the trailer hit YouTube a good few months back, it was instantly bombarded with an unbelievable amount of dislikes to likes and hate-filled comments ranting on Sony's take on the Emoji. Because those movies are still really good. (Not that this movie makes me hate Smurfs: The Lost Village or anything like that. Hell, it could have been made by Illumination (an animation studio you all know I'm very fond of) and I still would have vented my rage out until my voice box is torn to shreds. Sony Pictures Animation has made some good movies! You know, like that new Smurfs one you loved! And even Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs! No, no, no. Apply any negative adjective fitting enough in the book, and it would fittingly apply to The Emoji Movie, a truly sad excuse to milk out the idea of Emojis existing in a motion picture before the next big Hollywood studio steals the pride.
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