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[more cartoons/rambling] AND THEN I PUT ON 'HOME' TO FALL ASLEEP TO but it was surprisingly charming and i stayed up to watch all of it??
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like i've been wanting to watch it all properly anyway but
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IT'S. HM.
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IT IS BY NO MEANS A MASTERPIECE oh gosh no, but it's good??
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the first half is very.................dreamworks slapstick
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just boom boom boom joke, slice away scene, joke pop culture reference
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the alien leader is pretty much king julien from madagascar but as an alien
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so at first i was like hooboy this is gonna be athing
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BUT THE SECOND HALF when 'Oh' (the alien) and Tip (the girl) start actually bonding and the film slows down??
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i was like :U
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8UUUUU
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THIS IS LEGITIMATELY CUTE AND HEARTWARMING?
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there were moments i was actually tearing up gosh
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and i started getting angry whenever they'd dive back into WACKY MADAGASCAR ANTICS style again
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because when they take their time and focus on the two learning from each other IT'S SO GOOD. like, it's typical, you know Oh is starting to learn what family is, but it feels very genuine
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I also like that Tip is straight up angry at Oh like a good chunk of it tho
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'we are friends!' 'NO YOU LITERALLY KIDNAPPED EVERY HUMAN INCLUDING MY MOTHER????'
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thank u tip
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i mean obviously she warms up to him due to SILLY ANTICS but ya know
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again it's nothing groundbreaking and i'm not shouting EVERYONE GO WATCH (tho you should, plz support and watch on netflix or buy it, put it on as background noise til the nice parts happen)
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but dang if they had just dropped their typical formula this could have been SOMETHING REALLY GREAT all the way through
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i hear it did very well in theaters regardless anyway so i'm glad for that! i mean kids and even teens would like it, the humour is very fast paced and again that dreamworks madagascar level
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which tends to be popular
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but man it could have been something way better 
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the ending is ridiculous tho hahalfdka SUDDENLY STARFISH and ofc it ends with dreamworks dance party
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the only way dreamworks knows how to end films
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and it creeped up into formulaic and NOW WE FORGIVE THIS PERSON FOR ALL THEIR FUCK UPS AND THEY SHOULD BE THE NEW LEADER for some....reason....
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but they also sort of flip it by Oh being like \
/ nnnno...this isn't going to fix the long term problem...
/ nnnno...this isn't going to fix the long term problem...
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idk i just was really super pleasantly surprised byit
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IF TIP HAD MORE SCREEN TIME AND THEY GOT RID OF KING JULIEN
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/HAND GESTURES AT DREAMWORKSSSSS
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blugh i want to draw Tip tho, she's super cute
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constantly kicking things in the face and throwing her fat cat in the air
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I GUESS I'M JUST LIKE this is a cute kids movie but jeeze dreamworks YOU DROPPED THE BALL
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THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AN AMAZING FILM, but nope you played it safe and wacky
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i mean obviously it worked out well for them but!! take more risks on ur new stories!!!
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I think i'm most annoyed that after watching Inside Out, a VERY SIMPLE PREMISE that manages to do something really great/something not shown with it!!
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and then have home just do....something so bland it's like 
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not even comparing disney to dreamworks, i'm just sad they took so long getting to Tip and Oh really starting to flesh out
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it's like 40% my gosh this is adorable and feel good ;o; and 60% I LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT
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sob oh well
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man i'm in a cartoon mood i'mma see what others i can watch in the morning
Nin is tired
aw damn, i was worried they wouldn't have that much tip :<
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Nin is tired
: Tip's in it a lot! i mean she is def the co star
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it's just that as soon as they start touching on her character it's TIME FOR ANOTHER WACKY JOKE
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it takes a bit before they calm the heck down and then she really shines
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i think i cried twice at some of her scenes 
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i am also surprised by how much i liked oh by the end
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because he comes off as a weird clumsy olaf only as an alien
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like the first 15-20 minutes are so cringeworthy, THO I'M SURE YOUNGER FOLKS LIKED IT but gooosh
Nin is tired
ooooh
🐅 its harry
I FEEL THIS... if you get the chance to read the book i would def recommend it ?
🐅 its harry
it like fills in a good amnt of the stuff the film tripped up on
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I tried to watch this but I got so bored in the first half
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The alien's way of talking and all the jokes around him were unbearable to me
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I'm glad to know it moves past I like to move it move it at some point though
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🐅 its harry
: GOOD TO KNOW i'll seek it out
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: yeah i don't blame you. if i were a parent taking my kid to see this, i would have zoned out or fallen alseep
🐅 its harry
it's called 'the true meaning of smekday', it's a good read