The general consensus on this film is: "oh this film isn't bad per say but it's middle of the road for a Pixar film nothing groundbreaking." I have to say I agree. I was pleasantly surprised to see the film to be pretty entertaining for around two thirds of the film. The first 20 minutes was Cars 2 level of bad the world looked boring and fantasy driven. The same stuff you've seen hundreds of times but wait guys there's a twist. The world it's set in with a weird cross between fantasy and the modern world (sarcastically claps). With the big brother Barley trying to reinvigorate the past but almost everyone wants to live with technology which makes no sense given that magic is... magic nevermind ignore the plot holes, let's just focus on the rest of the film. They lost their dad (not a spoiler it happened before the film even starts) before Ian Lightfoot (the little brother) was born. Moving on we get introduced to the actual magic of the film magic staff brings bad half the dad (it's in the trailer) yada yada yada our Boys are on a journey to a Manticore cavern that's basically the Chuck E Cheese of Pixar's universe. Our shy protagonist goes full Morgan Freeman and tells her that she needs to go back to the good old days the uncivilized ways (It's like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn except Ian isn't a lying prick). We get our EPIC location for the film's Ravenpoint, side note Ocatavia Spencer is the best actress in the film she was funny while bringing life to a manticore.
Alright we got the basic premise down. I think it was alright so far, but by Pixar's standards it was as bad as the Cars franchise and The Good Dinosaur but luckily for us the film turns into a Buddy Brothers film. The dragon at the end of the film was horrific (not in a good way), the way it was designed made me think that Pixar wasted it's entire budget on the rest of the film and by hiring Chris Pratt and Tom Holland as the main characters (must've cost 50 million). It knocked down my rating of the film but the Pixi Bikers, dancing and walking on an invisible bridge scene were great with the invisible bridge being the best scene in the film well apart from the ending (which I won't spoil). I kinda wish there was a romance in the film because I could've seen a hot blue alien chick. Onward isn't even close to the top of the Pixar ladder but it's nowhere near the bottom. I liked the film and there's something in it for anyone with a sibling like me (I'm the older brother by the way). My recommendation is watching Coco then Soul then Onward if you're binging Pixar films about dealing with death.
Alright we got the basic premise down. I think it was alright so far, but by Pixar's standards it was as bad as the Cars franchise and The Good Dinosaur but luckily for us the film turns into a Buddy Brothers film. The dragon at the end of the film was horrific (not in a good way), the way it was designed made me think that Pixar wasted it's entire budget on the rest of the film and by hiring Chris Pratt and Tom Holland as the main characters (must've cost 50 million). It knocked down my rating of the film but the Pixi Bikers, dancing and walking on an invisible bridge scene were great with the invisible bridge being the best scene in the film well apart from the ending (which I won't spoil). I kinda wish there was a romance in the film because I could've seen a hot blue alien chick. Onward isn't even close to the top of the Pixar ladder but it's nowhere near the bottom. I liked the film and there's something in it for anyone with a sibling like me (I'm the older brother by the way). My recommendation is watching Coco then Soul then Onward if you're binging Pixar films about dealing with death.