Review of My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) by Gamzguy17 — 21 Aug 2021

Having known the huge reboot hit 2010 television series this film is spun-off from, I was expecting the film's crew to deliver something that had the same high-quality care in writing and animation that has helped the series break the doors down in gender/age groups (i.

E. it appeals to everybody despite the subject matter). However, I am very disappointed to say that "The Movie" fails to capture any essence of what makes the series so popular with viewers of all kind.

"The Movie" falls victim to just about every other film based off a young children's franchise in that the plot is too simple and the songs are padding. Knowing the plots that occur in the film's T.

V. series, the film falls woefully short and proves that the writers can only write 22-minute-long plots and not one 100-minute plot. No amount of style and art can make up for its lack of substance. Honestly, fans, non-fans, and the business would have been better off seeing music videos of the tunes online (or on television) instead of them all investing their time into a full-length feature.

That way the fans will dig it, the non-fans will have a choice to see them or not, and the business will still get away with selling more merchandise to the kids. It's a missed opportunity for a win-win-win! Now we all have to suffer with another flop of a film where the money and talent could have been used for my above suggestion or something else entirely.