Review of Sing (2016) by Delwolf — 02 Jul 2017

You won't know this about me, but I have problems with Illumination. The fact that their main goal while producing movies is to make some sweet, sweet cash is insulting to me. I guess they don't make the absolute worst animated movies, like 'Norm of the North'.

Maybe the fact that my expectations were pretty low before watching this is the reason I found it semi-decent. Some of the songs I enjoyed. I mean, I was having a blast once Johnny was busting the keys for 'I'm Still Standing', but the final number was easily my least favourite.

And I'm not a big 'Shake it off' fan either. However, I definitely enjoyed this more than 'The Secret Life of Pets', the animation is pretty good, and some of the characters are relatable, even if it feels like Illumination was trying to force some relatability with them.

There's some talented voice actors in there, and it's funny enough, overall leading it to be a decent kill of 90 minutes. But I have many problems with this movie. Firstly, why are they animals? They could just as easily be people and the plot would not be different in any way.

At least with Zootopia the plot was heavily dependant on the fact that they were all animals, but not here. I also found Buster Moon's financial problems uninteresting, and a lot of the character arks are predictable and mundane.

It's also hard to flesh them out given the amount of them there are, with little to no character interaction. It's probably one of the best movies we've seen from this company, but let it be known that that is hardly an achievement.