Product: Spongebob Squarepants: Movie
Rating: 5.0
One of my new favorite movies! And I'm twenty-eight!
Let me say that I have always been a big kid. Cartoons are some of my favorite movies. The Emperor's New Groove is the standard to which I hold all animation up to.Well, today I watched Spongebob Square Pants the Movie and I have to say that it was just great. From the dialog, witty and surprisingly smart (many things that your children won't get will have you rolling), to the flow of the plot. It follows Spongebob as he looses the manger job to the new Krusty Krab to Squidward. In the aftermath, Plankton, Krusty Krabs fast-food rival (despite never having one customer) devises a plan to put the Krusty Krab out of business. I won't ruin it for you. I'll just say it involves stealing the kings crown and blaming it on the owner of the Krusty Krab. Needless to say, it is up to Spongebob and his trusty pal to journey to the Forbidden Shell City to recover it. Along the way they run into, among others: redneck gas station attendents, underwater carjackers, legions of nasty crevas dwelling monsters, Dennis (Plankton's hitman), a mysterious giant cyclops and David Hasselhoffe (doing a spot on impersonation of himself on baywatch- the part spotlighting his pectoral muscles was the best!).Never once did I realize what the Shell city was! Maybe I'm an idiot...ok I am an idiot but, this twist was truly a surprise to me and if you can guess then you're a better man than I.AlsoTo heck with the musical ending of The Forty Year Old Virgin! Be gone with you pathetic excuse for an exit song, What About Marry? And don't even go there Shrek or Shrek Two.As I watched the finally of Spongebob all past in-movie musical break-downs were wiped from my mind, leaving only Twisted Sisters refrain burned into my brain. Awesome; the only word fit to be associated with a flying Spongebob wielding a two handled flaming electrified guitar, nay, ax! Shooting bolts of lightning from its heads. Destroying the evil mind control buckets from the heads of Bikini Bottom's citizenry. Althewhile, "I wanna rock!" blasting from his lungs- stopping only for the most hellacious guitar solo this side of Pink Floyd.In the immortal words of Spongebob's nemesis, Plankton, as he watched in dismay, "I cannot resist him! His chops are to righteous!"My only caveat is that Spongebob, after all his soul searching, still takes the managers job. Is he trying to say that after all that it still makes him feel good to "manage" others?Perhaps I'm being to hard on him; maybe he was only excited to full-fill his dream and ultimate wish. However, the film doesn't show the forty year old Spongebob working 80 hours a week mopping up after jerk-offs and their kids while his wife is at home cheating on him with the neighbor.