Why are people pretending to be so offended and angry by this

Yeah, I don't really get it either. I'm not saying this movie is amazing, but understand the vehement outrage. Don't most people on this board like superhero movies? That's not exactly Andrei Tarkovsky either, is it?

>>94254438
>pretending
Unlikely. People are just tired of how animation is here in the U.S.

It's a good thing people even off of here are giving it shit.

>>94254438
It'll make money because audiences will reason it appeals to their tastes of texting culture and/or it's just a kids movie that doesn't need to be held to any standard. And if this is you, kill yourself. You're gumming up the theaters with junk that could be used to tell real stories with real creativity and not just be a shameless marketing plug.

>>94254438
>Why are people pretending to be so offended and angry
They aren't pretending dude, this is unironically one of the worst kids movies to come out in the last decade (next to Mars Needs Moms) that has been funded by a major studio. The entire things is basically an ad for smart phones and then continues to advertise other stupid shit like dropbox, wechat, candy crush, just dance, etc. It had a plot line that has been recycled countless times, Wreck It Ralph and the Lego Movie come to mind. Those two things will sink any movie but that's ignoring the fact that it is a fucking movie about fucking emojis that nobody asked for or wanted.

The entire thing was a really thinly veiled cash grab aimed at children, which is disturbing. It's a horrible horrible movie in every way possible. Sure, the substance of the movie might not be as bad as people are making it out to be, but the emoji movie represents everything that is wrong with the animation industry right now.

It's a lazy piece of shit cash grab and it should be treated like one.

>>94255522
this is unironically one of the worst kids movies to come out in the last decade (next to Mars Needs Moms)
I dunno. Norm of the North was pretty bad.

>>94254438
Is this the No Man's Sky pasta?

>>94254438
You just missed the point entirely, OP.

UNRELATED, PLEASE READ:

Does anyone know where I can watch a camrip of this POS? I refuse to give Sony any of my money and I don't want to go through the effort of driving somewhere to pay for another movie and watch this instead.

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>>94259052
Still waitin on it myself, been looking since its release and still coming up dry.

>>94254438
>why are people pretending to be so offended and angry by this thing's existence?
Autism

>>94254438
I wouldnt say Im mad, but Im annoyed it exists. Film making is dead and this movie is a good example of why that is. I dont like the fact that SONY thinks it can shit on a plate and expect people to enjoy it. Granted its not offensive or anything of the like, but it reeks of being fucking lazy, dated, and downright commercial

>>94259052
Pay for a ticket to a good movie and then sneak in. Go to a cheap theater where the employees don't give a single fuck what you do as long as they don't have to clean it up.

>>94254438
Quality wise its a far cry from kids movies from the 80's or even early 90's for that matter. Sure not all of it was great but the really good stuff had imagination, and dare I say ambition. They seemed to actually give a shit , rather than just saying " this is for kids so no need to try or anything".

It didn't feel like a cynical cash in, and as a kid I was inspired by them. They didn't try to insult me because I was underage.

>>94254438
Social Engineering. The guys at Sony know that any publicity is good publicity.

>>94260515
Ghostbusters.

>>94254438
We lost Popeye for this

>>94254438
>.99 cents have been deposited to your account

I paid to see this movie ironically. It's not good by a long shot, but it's notably better than a 6% on Rotten Tomatoes. At least give it the 20-30% it deserves

The movie itself is just trite kids garbage

The problem is everything the movie represents just as a concept for animation, maybe even film as a whole.

>>94254438
It's pandering to millenials. Plus, it's a rip off of lego movie and wreck it ralph

It's a mediocre trashy kids film but it's also working against a couple generations of "playground fads were better back in my day!".

>>94254438
it probably has something to do with the fact that the prevalence of emojis is one of the most obnoxious aspects of the generation we're currently living in. their very nature is just tasteless and annoying. I realize not everyone feels that way; my mom sends me those things all the time. but even if you like the movie, you have to be very naive not to see what a cold, lifeless and blatantly exploitative premise this is - regardless of how good the movie turns out to be. not to mention the concept of small inanimate objects living separate lives alongside but unbeknownst to humans got old like 20 years ago.

>>94254438
The problem is that it is a shameless advertisement. It states that you don't have to put any effort into making a film, just throw up some blatant advertising messages and people will pay YOU to go and see it.

Tackling the status quo? Challenging audiences? Messing with expectations?! Pshaw! Put some flashing colors on screen and people will come and see it!

It kind of undoes any post-Reagen-era progress the medium had accomplished as far as being taken seriously in the world of film.

>>94254438
>>94254788
Same thing happened 2 years ago with Pixels. People like being outraged, and watching Youtubers go on half-hour rants about how awful something is.

Absolutely no one expected this to be good.

>>94260515
>Sony
>good marketing

Pick one.

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>>94264535
People also got mad at Angry Birds, Trolls, and LEGO Movie.

And I'm not saying Emoji Movie will surprise people, but if you think this is the symbol of "the death of animation/cinema/whatever", you haven't been paying attention.

>>94264620
When will Sony make the Marketing Sony Products and Entertainment Properties Movie? Is that next in line?

>>94254438
It's being monitored because Sony's film studio is on thin ice, and for good reason. The Japanese aren't pleased with the film division.

>>94265737
I don't. I agree with you that getting outraged over Emoji is stupid.
Shoutout to based Rubik

Just give us the rip you faggot

>>94255522
>A popular thing is in a movie so it's clearly an advertisement

I bet if you saw someone eating a budget in a movie you'd think it was an ad for McDonald's. Are you too stupid to not be able to distinguish the difference between an ad and a pop culture reference

>>94266666
Checked

>>94254438

>whacky

It's "wacky", you imbecile.

And we are offended and angry because the money and time and effort spent on this film could've been used to make something far better than this. "The Emoji Movie" is pandering garbage that doesn't know who it wants to pander to - a film lacking anything resembling a reason to exist beyond tax write-offs. It was an attempt to capitalize upon a cultural fad and replicate the success of "The Lego Movie", but without any of the charm or wit or quality. If 4chan actually supported emojis, I would put the middle finger emoji right here.

>>94265805
That'd be cool to see. I love disaster movies.

>>94266811

>A popular thing is in a movie so it's clearly an advertisement

Yes, that is how product placement works.

Any full camrip yet

>>94267084
Really now? You're going to tell me that a movie about smartphone culture clearly shouldn't have references to the most popular aspects of it? Once again, do you know the difference between a pop culture reference and an ad? Think a little bit harder this time

>>94267229

>You're going to tell me that a movie about smartphone culture clearly shouldn't have references to the most popular aspects of it?

Should it have references? Yes. Should it have outright advertisements for services like Snapchat? Fuck no.

And why the fuck do we need an entire movie about "smartphone culture", anyway?

>>94265805
Walk-Man

Coming summer 2020.

>>94254438
It's just so blatantly an ad for a bunch of different products, which was typical in the 80s (shameless ads/corporate garbage with no effort or care put in pretending to be cartoons) but we've gotten away from a little bit. It's obnoxious to constantly have brands shoved in your face to take your money, see "native advertising." It leads to a feeling of shallowness, meaninglessness, and cynical selfishness. Some people are reacting against this on a gut level now and are pissed off about the whole corporate culture. So it's not just about a bad movie.

>>94267767
Someone needs a helicopter ride

Can't be worse than Sausage Party

t. David Manning

>>94264535
I don't remember it being this bad with pixels.
Granted I liked pixels. Right down to the implied three way with the old lady.

>>94263074
Rotten tomatos is a measure of how many people gave it positive reviews, 6% of reviewers thought it was a good film.
For an average score you want metacritic which places the film at 10%
Which is better then the 9% it had eariler

>>94266553
I sometimes forget it's a gook company

>>94254438
People just really hate sony pictures and want to see them fail.

>>94267326
I get where he is coming from.
I know everybody in hotel transylvaina having the same phone was a sony ad but it makes sense that they would all have the same phone when they were all introduced to tech by the same guy. I also genuinly believe no changed to fit in phones.

Not going to give this film any of the same forgivness and benifit of the doubt though.

>>94268767
Once they have wrung every possible piece of content from the hotel transvania franchiese then and only then do they have my permision to die

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>>94254438
Popeye movie got canceled for this piece of shit

>>94268767
Because Sony pictures has done everything to deserve that hatred, anon.

>>94268850
Of course they deserve it. I nevar said that they don't.

There will be a tv series

>>94254438
It openly encourages children to use images to speak rather than words and celebrates their short attention spans. It is corporate filth of the worst kind.

>>94256227
>newfags don't even know what meme arrows are
Isn't there a 4chan subreddit? Have you learned nothing there?

>>94268767
How did they go from Superbad and Moneyball to this shit? Is their a new Jew CEO now or something who's been pushing all of these shitty movies?

>>94264535

Pixels was a waste of a perfectly good idea, and worse yet, it was wasted on Adam Sandler.

>>94269084
sony pictures and sony pictures animation aren't quite the same thing

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>>94254438
Why are people pretending to be so offended and angry by this thing's existence...?
Its literally a whacky family show, its not supposed to be taken seriously jesus christ.
No one cares that you manchildren have invented reasons to dislike this show, its probably going to make enough money to warrant a sequel from its target audience. Ya know kids?????

>>94269040
He probably just forgot his arrow. People do it all the time.

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>>94260477
wouldn't it make more sense to buy a ticket for a good movie and then actually watch the good movie?

>>94254438
Same as always, people grab the latest movie> The moment it was announced I thought "why?" because it seemed like a stupid idea from the get-go but it is just a stupid kids movie and that is all. But this is 4chan, people on & off this site and other parts of the internet love exaggerating.

>Kids afraid to send a emoji to a girl he likes
>already went through the trouble of getting her number

who writes this shit.

>>94254438
Maybe I want a studio to spend their time and resources making something good instead of a soulless cash-grab.

>>94255522
>an ad for smart phones

what does that even mean? smart phones isn't a brand, that's like saying you're sick of car chase movies because they're just advertising for The Car Company

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>>94262803
>doesn't care enough to be mad that a kids movie is shitty
>must be a shill


>>94269384
Yeah, adults being booty blasted over shows for kids is pretty sad

>>94272625

>adults being booty blasted over shows for kids is pretty sad

It is entirely possible for an adult to think a show aimed at children is also insulting to children. Look at TTG: It panders to the kind of kids who love WACKY RANDOM COLORS EVERYWHERE bullshit and offers nothing else.

>>94270564

It would, yes, but we live in a world where "ironic" "hatewatching" is a thing, which means people would rather watch a horrible movie for the "irony" than watch a good movie and be sincerely entertained.

>>94272625
Where do you think we are?

>>94273097
No, people watch bad things so that their criticisms can be made valid. Otherwise you get people accusing you of not even watching the movie so any comments you have are invalid. It's the same thing with vidya, you can't criticize a game you've never played

>>94273068
So fucking what, you watched that shit when you were a kid too. Let them have their cartoons

>>94273133

>people watch bad things so that their criticisms can be made valid

I don't need to watch a piece of shit like "The Emoji Movie" to know that it is a piece of shit. The trailers and TV ads alone tell me that. I would only need to watch it to discuss it in any depth beyond the generalized criticisms I have levelled at it -- and I am not going to watch that movie just so I can have deep, thoughtful discussions about it with random fuckheads on an anonymous imageboard that does more to spread bile, hatred, and disgust with humanity than it has ever done to spread intelligence, robust debate, and a sense that humanity is pretty okay in small doses.

>>94273179

Why shouldn't we want better for our kids? Why should we want them to like complete bullshit? We can -- and should -- expose them to content that has at least some value beyond "IT KEEPS THEM QUIET FOR A WHILE, THANK GOD".

>>94254438
No kidding. It's today's Space Jam. Search your feelings. You know it to be true.

>>94272319
Not him but it's basically an ad for all the wonderful apps you can have on your phone.

>>94273179
>It's ok to expose our children to shit because that's the way it's been!
Fuck you, why the fuck shouldn't we want better for our children? Why should we be content with exposing the next generation to mediocrity just because we had to deal with it sometimes ourselves? That's a horseshit excuse for laziness and nothing else.

>>94273195
>>94273254

> please think of the children

Fuck off. Just because they watch one cartoon you think is bad doesn't mean they're not watching other shit. You're no better than those shitty soccer moms when you try pulling that stunt on harmless cartoons

>>94273306

>harmless

TTG teaches kids that it's okay to be an asshole to your friends because it's funny.

Fuck that.

>>94273306
That attitude is exactly what got animation into its rut in the 70's. "Hurr it's just for kids who gives a shit about quality they'll watch something else anyway" resulted in one of the darkest periods in the history of western animation. And it's a natural to want better for your kids, letting them wallow in mediocrity just because you did is shit parenting.

>>94273367
>>94273400
>I let cartoons teach my kids

Guess what, you're already shitty parents

>>94273367
and somehow the thousands of prank videos in the internet is exempt?

4chan is in an edgy anti-cap commie phase

>>94273445

All media sends a message to kids, regardless of what that message is or whether you agree with it. A parent should be aware of what messages are being taught to their kids through the media they watch.

>>94273452

No. No, they are not.

>>94273445
The fuck did I say anything about teaching? Cartoons are primarily entertainment, that's not an excuse for them to be shit, and it's certainly not an excuse to let your kids be exposed to shit just because you were. Quit moving the goalpost.

>>94270971
I don't think the kid asked for it.

Probably the writters think all preteens put their number on their social network's profiles.

Where's my fucking Emoji porn parody?

>>94255522
>a move that no one wanted
>yet its still pulling in audiences let and right

>>94273462
Quite the opposite, with /pol/ and trumptards running rampant on every board without any check it's a golden age for conservashits.

>>94273534
No porn studio would lower themselves that low.

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>>94273574
Wood Rocket would.
I mean, they fucking did Strokemon.

>>94273474
Don't give me that shit, I know watched Looney Tunes. Did Elmer Fudd make you want to shoot people in the face?


>>94273482
YOU think it's shit. The keyword is YOU. You're just mad some kids enjoy something you don't.

You faggots fall for the most obvious bait.
Just report this shit.
Sage.

>>94273625

Little kids enjoy eating mud. They are hardly arbiters of good taste.

>>94273557
every post has both retards neonazis and comunist fighting for who is less retarded

>>94273731
I'm sure you're an authority on good taste

>>94273748

Obviously, you are the retard.

>>94273806

I'm more of one than a kid who watches eight hours of TTG a day.

>>94273827
Yep, you sure showed that hypothetical kid

>>94273973

Now now, that's no way to talk about the fetus your underage girlfriend miscarried.

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It could be worse.
>Even Tom & Jerry and Willy Wonka & the the Chocolate Factory is better then this.

>>94254438
Sony axed the Popeye movie they had in development in favor of this tripe, which is my personal beef with it existing. Otherwise it's just generally trash.

>>94273534
"The Eggplant Movie"

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Tacos and burritos bitch

>>94254438
I'm not "offended" or anything, I just think it's ridiculous the amount of shit studios are willing to give movies to just to cash in on whatever is popular at the time.

I hope it fails in every way possible. I hope Sony Pictures goes bankrupt

>>94254438
I KNEW /co/ would defend this movie
Oh boy, you people really have no standards do you?

>>94275659
There's a difference between defending it and not sperging out about its existence

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>>94273400
The average adult has more important things to spend their time on than worry about the quality of the cartoon shows their children watch. Your problem is a personal one

I hate it because it has no reason to exist like the minion movie. It also shows that companies can make terrible movies and still get away with making a profit.

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>>94276760
>It also shows that companies can make terrible movies and still get away with making a profit.
>this is something new

>>94267958
Yes, if there's no way to rebuttal, drown them. Okay

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>>94273588
>that pikachu
please tell me that's a girl that gets fucked

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>>94277486
>that fucking Brock

The movie literally contains a bit where it bashes reading and writing as being for losers that can't express themselves with emojis.

It's not just that it's a shitty cynical cashgrab movie "for kids", it's not just that it's a shitty cynical cashgrab movie "for kids" that caused other better ideas to not get made, it's a shitty cynical movie cashgrab movie "for kids" that caused other better ideas to not get made and also sent genuinely harmful messages to kids.

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>>94254438
Something for you http://vocaroo.com/
From the last thread
link to someone else who also vocarood it.
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0be1qBcRSVQ

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Hey /co/ is there any worth reading from post NOW Marvel made by /co/?

From the top of my head I can only think of Superior Foes, Fractions Hawkeye and The Vision, is there any more?

>>94267084
Companies paid a lot of money for their specific apps to be featured in the film. Yes that is product placement.

>>94277486
Yes. She even yells stays in character by moaning Dickachu onlu.
Now you know why there must be a porn parody.

>>94254438
Counter culture and 30 something dudes that don't want to be reminded that they are dying and time is taking them

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>>94273133
People watch bad things because it boosts their ego. You ever notice how some people can write paragraphs about movies they dislike and how shitty they are, but can't say anything other than a couple of sentences about movies the like? That's because they don't watch movies for entertainment, they watch cinema to boost their ego. If they can't make themselves feel better by hating on a shitty movie (i.e. subconsciously reminding themselves that they're not the ones that made a shitty movie and therefore they're a better person), they don't get anything out of the film. Enjoy your post-millenial film critics.

>>94278220
You /tv/ crossposters sure are committed to propping up shit like Emoji Movie and Snyder flicks as peak Kino.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4310&p=.htm

Dunkirk took the weekend and Emoji movie only made half it's (initial) budget as opposed to everyone storming the theater and it making its budget or twice that in the first weekend like usual high marketed affairs go. This is a good start

>>94278573
inb4 it makes big money in China

>>94278573
I think bad word of mouth is starting to actually become a thing these days. It used to be "critical reception doesn't really matter, people will see it if they're hyped or it's stupid enough" but between Transformers 5 and Pirates 5 and the Mummy all being underperformers or flops domestically, there might be something changing these days

>>94278655
either that or they're just banking on the overseas market to carry them through. transformers 6 is still a thing after all

>>94254438
You see, OP. This is a board that talks about comic books (and not about the ones that can be considered real literature, for the most time) and watches (and usually enjoys) superhero movies.
And this board thinks that this movie is a terrible pile of steming shit that is beyond salvation. That alone should give you an impression about how fucking bad this movie is.

>>94278750
Transformers 6 was a thing like an entire year and a half before T5 came out and they were riding high on that 1 billion gross

>>94278268
What? Literally nothing in my post suggests that I like Emoji movie or BvS.

all kids movies are products, guys

>>94278873
Oh look, obnoxious /lit/ards are here.
As if this shit thread couldn't get any shittier.

>>94278573

The international market will probably save it, or at least not make it a huge flop.

>>94279120
When was the last time the international market saved anything? Not Transformers.

>>94279193
Warcraft movie

>>94278584
It advertises WeChat. Our Chinese overlords are coming.

>>94279210
Ah yes, and where is that Warcraft sequel and cinematic universe that was supposed to happen again?

>>94279453
the international market saved it money wise, don't move the goalposts
if you really want an example there's pacific rim

>>94279649
>the international market saved it money wise, don't move the goalposts
Any movie can "make it's budget back" and had Warcraft not been planned for that cinematic universe, I would wholeheartedly agree with you but since they clearly planned for it to be this long spanning thing and it's own movie universe, it's clear it didn't save shit. With your logic, the new Ghostbusters movie was "saved" as well but that ended up costing Sony big time

Pacific Rim is an anomaly, not even remotely normal or common.