Product: Spongebob Squarepants: Movie
Rating: 2.0
Who Lives in a Pineapple Under the Sea?
Designed for the kid at heart, this movie is an animated feature film starring the man who lives under the sea, Spongebob Squarepants. In this movie, Spongebob volunteers to travel to Shell City to retrieve the missing crown of King Neptune. The king has falsely accused Mr. Krab- Songebob's boss where he works- of steeling the crown and has threatened to execute him immediately if Spongebob doesn't find the real thief of his prized possession.This movie is aimed at the younger crowd, ages one to eight. As far as cartoon movies go, this one doesn't rank very high on my critically acclaimed list. The reason is that the movie is mostly stupid with very few laughs. I realize this is a kid's film, but there are other animated feature films with many more laughs and something for everyone in the family to enjoy. With this movie, the only ones laughing are gong to be those under eight years of age.Even when this movie isn't attempting to be funny, it is still pretty lame. Most every scene is predictable, including the ending, which you already know about ten minutes into the film. The singing scenes are also pretty weak, especially the song "Now That We're Men", sung by Spongebob and his friend Patrick, the starfish. The lyrics of this song are silly and even juveniles will roll their eyes when they listen to it. The only good song in this movie comes near the end when Spongebob starts to sing a heavy metal- type tune. It's not something you expect, and it is at least mildly amusing.David Hasselhoff makes a cameo appearance in this film and, once again, his part is rather silly and forgettable. And that sums up my feelings toward this movie very well. Youngsters will enjoy it very much, but it will put adults and teenagers to sleep with its goofiness, lack of good humor, and complete predictability.