The Emoji Movie (Review)

Positives:

1. I like the animation. I can see kids being amused by the bright colors.
   
2. The voice acting is okay.
   
3. I like the human character designs.
   
4. I like the fact that they cast a a Latino kid to be the main antagonist.
   
5. At least the intended message was wholesome.
   
6. At least Gene and the princess never actually kiss.
   

Negatives:

1. The teenagers are either stereotypes or cliched. Alex's story is nothing new, Addie is nothing more than but a plot point. What a shame she looked liked a really good looking goth child. Like Sony's Version of Violet Parr from The Incredibles. Speaking of which...
   
2. RIP OFFS: A. Toy Story, B. Wreck It Ralph, C. Snow White, D. Inside Out, E. Lego Movie
3. Asides from ripping off other better movies, this movie treated their suckered in celebrity cameo, Christina Aguilera, as if she herself does not belong in this world. She is the only human looking character in the phone. After the Just Dance app gets deleted Akiko is seen crying in a psychologically broken manner. And I felt sadness for her. For she was probably the only female, other than Addie that really overwhelmed me. So its heartbreaking to see a very upbeat and attractive girl just innocently doing her job suddenly gets sent to the trash along with all the trolls, spam and other baddies.
4. When Hi-5 is rescued by Gene he leaves the tether line for the trolls and other to escape. But the movie took a mean spirited turn and left all of them in the trash and they are never seen again through out the rest of the film. Isn't this contradictory to the film's intended message? For young kids.
5. The product placement is everywhere. I never noticed it at first but they actual managed to slip in  YouTube descriptions in Mel's dialogue and Dropbox feature promotion in Jailbreak's dialogue.* There is even a whole paragraph about all the product placements in the end credits right after all the songs they shoehorned in during the spottily scene.
6. Can you believe that Sir Patrick Stewart, the man who recently finished LOGAN is playing a piece of ? Cause I was shocked as hell when I found out bout this? Seriously man what are you doing here?
7. Get this, here are some other voice actors who got to play a role in this movie. The Three Monkey's (Eric Bauza), Elizabeth Daily, Keith Ferguson, Nose Emoji (Phil LaMarr), Tara Strong and Fred Tatasciore. The list goes on. Thank Christ that these talented voice actors were all just playing extras.
8. There was an email found in the recycle bin that Alex had intentionally deleted but Hi-5 found and turns to to be a reminder of when he was Alex's favorite emoji. But the email just turned out to be lyrics ripped of from Rihanna - Diamonds. Yet the song was never referenced or mentioned in the end credits.
9. How does unplugging your phone from the laptop resetting it automatically restored your entire software? Plot over logic. That's how. 
10. The feminism is show ripe in Jailbreaks dialogue. I guess the writers were inspired by this:
11. It was a cringe fest to say the least. But near the end of the film Jailbreak decides to dump her ideals of being a rebel and goes back to being what she was to told to be from the beginning, a princess. This makes her whole feminist rant seem hypocritical and thus rendered null and void. Why? Because of the love she feels for Gene. And the fact that the movie contradicted it own message. Thinking that was the lesson only Gene should learn and nobody else.
12. If you think Mary Meh was a convincing character, I personally believe Maud Pie from My Little Pony can pull off a better performance than her. 
13. I guess the fact that our main character is named Gene Meh unlike his parents who are named Mel Meh and Mary Meh, was the first sign of him being the black sheep in the family.
14. The plot is done a hundred time before. Young kids who very little movie experienced will not mind but use older more experienced movie goers can predict the plot every in almost singe scene.
15. The 3D was not as impressive as I though.
16. I almost fell asleep during this movie.
17. I almost laughed and almost cried but I couldn't bring myself to it. I wanted to be as unmoved as possible. Just so that I can clarify everyone's fears.
18. If I were to pick apart every pothole in this movie I would be typing out this journal all night.
19. The adult joke about the Candy Crush game making Alex sound like pervert in from of Addie was supposed to be funny but I found it kind of...well purvey.
20. Alex's fellow high school student's are depicted as a bunch of mindless zombies addicted to their smartphones. While this is true in real life, here this is misrepresentation at its worst. The teacher asks them what hieroglyphics remind the student of but they stand there as if they drained their own brain cells of something.
    
21. Alex's friend tells him that "Word's aren't cool." Its like the movie is forcing young kids to invest in nothing but emojis.
22. Most importantly: The do not mention what happened to Akiko during the dance scene what so ever. They just left her crying in the trash heap probably never to seen again, unless they make sequel. Which, according to the box office records, do not stop Sony's chances to make a sequel.