Product: Spongebob Squarepants: Movie
Rating: 3.0
Sure as hell didn't feel like Spongebob
I can understand the average review being a 4/5 since you should be lenient considering it's a cartoon movie. However, if it were to stand on its own, I would probably give it a 1/5.There are basically three main problems I have with the movie: Unoriginal, plot is a horrible ripoff of Odyssey, and worst of all, Squidward is missing from the main plot.By unoriginal, I mean it lacks any unique humor and instead bases the whole comedy aspect on randomness with a touch of the typical Spongebob humor. In addition, all the jokes are horribly lame. For example, at one point in the movie, Plankton comments on how lucky he is to have Karen as his wife, she retorts with she never agreed to the marriage. Aside from that, though, the usual Spongebob plot holes which you could easily ignore on the show becomes overbearing in the movie.As for the plot being a bad ripoff of the Odyssey, well, that's obvious. There was NOTHING in their journey. The most dangerous situation they faced was at Shell City. In the other parts, they passed incredibly easily. They literally had helped from the things that were supposed to make their journey dangerous and epic.The last and worst problem is immediately noticeable when Squidward refuses to join Spongebob and Patrick on their journey. Patrick is incredibly funny, but his random acts of stupidity simply does not hold a candle to Squidward's stoicism. He's the best freaking character in the whole show! Without him, I wouldn't even watch the show! I couldn't believe the creators of the movie decided to leave him out! They must have been on some type of hallucinogen to think that the movie would be better without him.Finally, this is a small problem, but it's a problem that occurs frequently and eventually ruins the movie too. The creator cops out far too often. By "cop out", I mean they take the easy way out. Rather than thinking up unique approaches, they take the easy path and be unimaginative. For example, in one situation where Spongebob and Patrick faced danger, instead of imaginatively thinking an approach to how Spongebob and Patrick may get out unharmed. The creators decides that the duo entrances the danger and the danger helps them escape. THAT is horrible! The same problem occur at the end too! Instead of thinking up something unique, the creators employs the worst ending ever!Overall, you may want to see this movie if you're a huge fan, but if you're not, then I wouldn't recommend it at all.