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Ballerina (2016)
Ehhhh conflicted
Pros/Neutrals:
Nice animation, settings, and it does have a bit of charm to it which I like. Main plot isn't unique in itself of it being a competition, but it's obvious that the movie is not aiming to really be anything more. A lot of other elements were "meh" and just run-of-the-mill things you would expect in a movie with a lower budget than this. Choreography was great to watch (even if it was just animated and not being really danced to). Being a dancer myself this movie appealed to me and has biased my score to be more positive (whoops).
Cons:
The main character can be rude and underhanded, and every time she does a high-pitched squeal I had to cover my ears. The dialogue was cringy and unnatural at times. You could pretty much guess the entire plot 20 minutes into the movie. One of the love interests (Rudi) seems to be completely forgotten and we don't get any closure towards the end as to what happened to him; they practise dancing in the same building, and yet we still don't hear anything from him. Victor being the the mandatory farting and bumbling character was overused and got tiring.
Some of the soundtrack was jarring, especially when Confident by Demi Lavato came on during a ballet dancing scene. Really, pop songs in a movie about ballet? Maybe if they were somewhat appropriate for their time and/or not too obviously there to just "relate to the kids" it wouldn't be too bad. None of them were really even remotely fitting tone-wise except for some of the lyrics coinciding with the scene.
Final thoughts:
It looks as if the word count of the cons would outweigh the pros and I would be giving Ballerina a lower score, but honestly the pros were pretty good. I liked the animation, the models, the environments, the dancing, and it had a bit of charm to it. Watch and groan at times, and be pleasantly surprised in others.
The Emoji Movie (2017)
A masterpiece
By God, this is a masterpiece. An absolutely gorgeous movie about Gene, an emoji who does not fit in. Join him and his friends as they travel through the phone which does not have obvious distasteful product placements at all! Will he forever be an outsider, or fit in, like what eventually happens in all children's movies? Masterfully executed.
This movie only gets 9/10 because it ended. If only it went on evermore, it would get 10/10.
Truly, the pinnacle of human civilisation.