My Little Pony

My Little Pony

Rilla Roo 10 Jan, 2018 @ 1:18pm
the simple struggles of a movie: the main reason why My little pony the movie sucks and why you shouldn't buy it. a manifesto by the average film critic
the following information comes from me as a hardcore movie fan. i never watched the MLP TV show, and i am not familiar with the toyline. i am only a hardcore movie fan and gamer, as i have been addicted to movies and games. when i was in my tween years. all negative comments will be ignored. also, if you like my little pony the movie i respect your opinion.


Hello. i know you've seen bad movies, and i know you've seen animated movies that are bad. there are many cartoons that everyone has seen in the past. Thundercats, He-Man, GI joe, teen titans, The Spongebob Squarepants movie, and even Transformers, which some have made successful movies back then. when i heard that my little pony the movie came out, i was aware about this movie that it knew it was going to suck. and this movie came out in 2017, which is the same year as the emoji movie. i watched the trailer, and i cringed at everything that i saw.


DISCLAIMER: this is all my opinion. i respect all people, and some bronies if they are nice. i don't like or hate them. this is all my opinion on the movie and i've tried to provide the info in an unbiased manner. the purpose of this discussion is to explain why the movie is bad as i have only seen the trailer.



The Story: now, where do i begin on this movie? first of all in the trailer that i saw, it was about the peaceful race of ponies in ponyland or wherever they are, living their lives normally and celebrating peace and love like hippies in the 70's do. everything is fine, but then aliens, (yes aliens) invade their world and it's up to our protagonists to save the planet, and look for any allies that would help them stop the alien empire.

OK now that we got that out of the way, what do i hate about it? first of all this movie rips off the star wars movies (either the original trilogy, the new sequels like the last jedi or the force awakens, or episode 1 the phantom menace) where they have to stop an invasion and get the help of any allies on their way. Secondly, the story doesn't feel like it's movie quality. all they do is enter a strange area, come across someone, sing a song, escape danger whenever the bad guys arrive, and the cycle repeats. it's repetitive and gets old real fast for a movie. all that they're trying to do with this problem, is to sell more toys.


The Animation: the animation according to the trailer is mediocre. nobody does hand drawn animated films anymore, as most films are CG animated. the only thing that's CG in the trailer are the backgrounds and the buildings? that's it? just stick with either 3d animation or hand drawn! all i will say while watching the trailer is that the animation is just mediocre, enough said.


The Characters: i cannot believe with what hollywood has become now with it's SJW ways. most of the characters in this move are female, especially the main protagonist who is always a jerk towards anyone who tries to get help. the other characters are also not interesting. the biggest reason is that most of the side characters are mostly MALE. and sometimes characters are used as racist stereotypes as if they were played by a non-white person. for example there's an anthropomorphic cat who looks like tom from tom and jerry, that uses ghetto speech in some of his sentences just like a modern day african american. seriously? we need movies to directly move away from identity politics and could've just come up with something original


also the "antagonists" who i will call them "aliens" aren't that interesting as "antagonists" the aliens are obviously portrayed as Asexual gorillas wearing masks that all obviously have male voices. their leader is also a gorilla and he clearly is voiced by a male. they are clearly using identity politics as an excuse for their film


to compare this with the transformers movie from 1986, there are more interesting characters.
not only do we have characters that people know when they watch the cartoon, but NEW characters were introduced in this movie to not only sell more toys, but to have a newer cast for seasons 3 & 4 to come after the movie.


the soundtrack: i also forgot to mention that there's songs in the movie. really? why is there any need to put songs in your movie. disney did the idea better than you! i can tell when an animated movie has songs in it, it's trying way to hard to be disney. i guarantee this movie is cringier than the emoji movie. in fact, It's WORSE than the emoji movie.
but the biggest complaint that i have for this movie is that it's not even a kids movie, as the trailer shows a lot of action adventure movie cliches

in conclusion this movie is absolute garbage. give this movie a pass and watch a more entertaining movie based on a cartoon like the G1 transformers movie, the spongebob squarepants movie, or maybe even shrek or some animated disney movies that have a GOOD story. if little kids could watch this movie that's OK, but it's not reccomended for adults.


remember this is all my opinion. i respect all people, and some who are bronies if i assume they are nice. it's just that i don't give a damn. i only do NOT like the crazily obsessed bronies. the crazily obsessed fans are the real problem, the only ones who i assume to be nice, are the sophisticated normal kind. i'm just a normal person who has their opinions on movies and tell if they are good or not.


Story: F
Animation: D
Characters: F
Soundtrack: F-

Overall Rating: F-
Last edited by Rilla Roo; 18 Apr, 2022 @ 2:42pm
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PortalDiver 11 Jan, 2018 @ 8:10am 
And why are you even here then you :steamsalty:
Rilla Roo 11 Jan, 2018 @ 12:25pm 
Originally posted by PortalDiver:
And why are you even here then you :steamsalty:
read the edit in the beginning :steamfacepalm:
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GameZard 15 Jan, 2018 @ 4:48am 
The movie is crap the end.
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Rilla Roo 15 Jan, 2018 @ 6:43am 
Originally posted by GameZard:
The movie is crap the end.
preach into the choir friend! :steamhappy::Autobot::zombiethumbsup:
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Rilla Roo 23 Mar, 2018 @ 3:23pm 
this movie is bad, if not worse AND cringier than the emoji movie
tabeticchip118 24 Mar, 2018 @ 8:47pm 
Originally posted by Stitches:
this movie is bad, if not worse AND cringier than the emoji movie
Objectively, not at all. Also remember that blind hatred thing I mentioned that you claimed to not be guilty of, despite your actions telling another story? This is another example of that.
Last edited by tabeticchip118; 24 Mar, 2018 @ 8:52pm
Rilla Roo 25 Mar, 2018 @ 5:16am 
Originally posted by Shelby~:
Originally posted by Stitches:
this movie is bad, if not worse AND cringier than the emoji movie
Objectively, not at all. Also remember that blind hatred thing I mentioned that you claimed to not be guilty of, despite your actions telling another story? This is another example of that.
you might be right, but this is just my opinion. i said in the editor's note that i put this in a unbaised/baised manner
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Rainy days. 27 Mar, 2018 @ 6:17pm 
I'm not surprised you said the MLP movie was a ripoff of the 80's Transformer movie, since it follows the same premise of a groupe of friends banding together to beat some bigbad whos out to destroy everything.
The TF movie itself is also a ripoff of Starwars, to an extent.
Rilla Roo 28 Mar, 2018 @ 12:14pm 
Originally posted by Jay Der:
I'm not surprised you said the MLP movie was a ripoff of the 80's Transformer movie, since it follows the same premise of a groupe of friends banding together to beat some bigbad whos out to destroy everything.
The TF movie itself is also a ripoff of Starwars, to an extent.
thanks for the comment. i didn't say that the MLP movie ripped it off, but there ARE some similarities to the 80's transformers movie and star wars. btw i'm not sure if you are being honest if you don't like the MLP movie or not?
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tabeticchip118 30 Mar, 2018 @ 6:31am 
Originally posted by Jay Der:
I'm not surprised you said the MLP movie was a ripoff of the 80's Transformer movie, since it follows the same premise of a groupe of friends banding together to beat some bigbad whos out to destroy everything.
The TF movie itself is also a ripoff of Starwars, to an extent.
Star Wars was directly "inspired" by The Hidden Fortress. "A group of friends defeating the bad guy" is a very basic plot. It's been done time and time again. Star Wars and Transformer are not the birthers of the idea. Not everything that has a similiar premise is a "rip-off" of something that did it earlier.
Rilla Roo 30 Mar, 2018 @ 12:14pm 
Originally posted by Bootleg Skystar:
Originally posted by Jay Der:
I'm not surprised you said the MLP movie was a ripoff of the 80's Transformer movie, since it follows the same premise of a groupe of friends banding together to beat some bigbad whos out to destroy everything.
The TF movie itself is also a ripoff of Starwars, to an extent.
Star Wars was directly "inspired" by The Hidden Fortress. "A group of friends defeating the bad guy" is a very basic plot. It's been done time and time again. Star Wars and Transformer are not the birthers of the idea. Not everything that has a similiar premise is a "rip-off" of something that did it earlier.
you may have a point, but i'm trying to say the movie isn't that good, and how there are some similarities to star wars. it's not a ripoff, but similar to star wars.
Last edited by Rilla Roo; 7 Jun, 2018 @ 12:01pm
Im thinking Miku 2 Oct, 2018 @ 6:17pm 
the soundtrack: i also forgot to mention that there's songs in the movie. really? why is there any need to put songs in your movie. disney did the idea better than you! i can tell when an animated movie has songs in it, it's trying way to hard to be disney. i guarantee this movie is cringier than the emoji movie. in fact, It's WORSE than the emoji movie.
but the biggest complaint that i have for this movie is that it's not even a kids movie, as the trailer shows a lot of action adventure movie cliches

ITS AN MLP MOVIE. HAVE YOU NEVER WATCHED MLP BEFORE???

*ahem*

sorry, but this is just absurd. you clearly had no clue what you were getting into. this movie was made for MLP FANS, we would be upset if there WERENT SONGS.

that paragraph is where you lost all credibility for me. good day
Rilla Roo 3 Oct, 2018 @ 4:58am 
Originally posted by Marcy:
the soundtrack: i also forgot to mention that there's songs in the movie. really? why is there any need to put songs in your movie. disney did the idea better than you! i can tell when an animated movie has songs in it, it's trying way to hard to be disney. i guarantee this movie is cringier than the emoji movie. in fact, It's WORSE than the emoji movie.
but the biggest complaint that i have for this movie is that it's not even a kids movie, as the trailer shows a lot of action adventure movie cliches

ITS AN MLP MOVIE. HAVE YOU NEVER WATCHED MLP BEFORE???

*ahem*

sorry, but this is just absurd. you clearly had no clue what you were getting into. this movie was made for MLP FANS, we would be upset if there WERENT SONGS.

that paragraph is where you lost all credibility for me. good day

what i'm trying to say is that if they take out all of the musical numbers in their movie, it would be a lot shorter of a movie. for background music, they could've had at least have songs by famous artists in their trailer or the movie itself, just like how the 80's transformers movie did. for example, whenever a fight scene happens, at least have "dont stop me now" by Queen, or have "Babba O'Reiley" by The Who for trailer music. The Emoji Movie at LEAST has songs by famous artists during the Just Dance app scene.

i have a feeling that the songs in THIS movie feel rushed and poorly written. and to clear your word, no it is NOT made for MLP fans. it is mostly made for CHILDREN, mostly little girls. it is NOT made specifically made for grown men who watch this specific cartoon and run around in anime conventions screaming that the MLP fandom is better than everyone else.
BTW this is all my opinion if you HAVEN'T read the disclamer :steamfacepalm:
Last edited by Rilla Roo; 3 Oct, 2018 @ 5:31am
Im thinking Miku 3 Oct, 2018 @ 5:30am 
Originally posted by The Keeper:
Originally posted by Marcy:
the soundtrack: i also forgot to mention that there's songs in the movie. really? why is there any need to put songs in your movie. disney did the idea better than you! i can tell when an animated movie has songs in it, it's trying way to hard to be disney. i guarantee this movie is cringier than the emoji movie. in fact, It's WORSE than the emoji movie.
but the biggest complaint that i have for this movie is that it's not even a kids movie, as the trailer shows a lot of action adventure movie cliches

ITS AN MLP MOVIE. HAVE YOU NEVER WATCHED MLP BEFORE???

*ahem*

sorry, but this is just absurd. you clearly had no clue what you were getting into. this movie was made for MLP FANS, we would be upset if there WERENT SONGS.

that paragraph is where you lost all credibility for me. good day

what i'm trying to say is that if they take out all of the musical numbers in their movie, it would be a lot shorter of a movie. for background music, they could've had at least have songs by famous artists in their trailer or the movie itself, just like how the 80's transformers movie did. for example, whenever a fight scene happens, at least have "dont stop me now" by Queen, or have "Babba O'Reiley" by The Who for trailer music. The Emoji Movie at LEAST has songs by famous artists during the Just Dance app scene.

i have a feeling that the songs in THIS movie feel rushed and poorly written. and to clear your word, no it is NOT made for MLP fans. it is mostly made for CHILDREN, mostly little girls. it is NOT made specifically made for grown men who watch this specific cartoon and run around in anime conventions screaming that the fandom is better than everyone else.
little girls arent MLP fans? are you retarded? I didn't say bronies, I said MLP fans.

checkmate atheist
Rilla Roo 3 Oct, 2018 @ 5:49am 
Originally posted by Marcy:
Originally posted by The Keeper:

what i'm trying to say is that if they take out all of the musical numbers in their movie, it would be a lot shorter of a movie. for background music, they could've had at least have songs by famous artists in their trailer or the movie itself, just like how the 80's transformers movie did. for example, whenever a fight scene happens, at least have "dont stop me now" by Queen, or have "Babba O'Reiley" by The Who for trailer music. The Emoji Movie at LEAST has songs by famous artists during the Just Dance app scene.

i have a feeling that the songs in THIS movie feel rushed and poorly written. and to clear your word, no it is NOT made for MLP fans. it is mostly made for CHILDREN, mostly little girls. it is NOT made specifically made for grown men who watch this specific cartoon and run around in anime conventions screaming that the fandom is better than everyone else.
little girls arent MLP fans? are you retarded? I didn't say bronies, I said MLP fans.

checkmate atheist
MLP fans are all the same.:steamfacepalm: and if your referring to MLP fans does that include male AND female? also, I’m not an atheist. I’m not trying to start an argument I’m only asking
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