Reviews WesternAnimation / The Peanuts Movie

It's...Good?

I was genuinely surprised by this movie. It's already grown to be one of my favorites in such a short time. The main reason being that it doesn't try to modernize it like a fair amount of other movies such as Alvin and the Chipmunks and others. It keeps it rather traditional to the typical Peanuts writing, humor and traditions along with some clever references that will make any Peanuts fan be crushed by a grand piano of nostalgia (the stinger is a friggin' whole new dimension of nostalgia for die-hard fans.)

This so obviously could of backfired and turned into a case of "Charlie Brown get's an iphone and has to learn how to use emoji's and modern pop culture and everything!"...Well, okay, that kinda happened in the previews, but that doesn't count. The only real time they kind of modernize it is with a few pop songs that appear as background music in some scenes. But fortunately, those pop songs are pretty catchy for what they are! There not like the usual pop songs where there's a gangster rap about Charlie Brown, it's just a simple, mellow, original collection of songs. It's very much a good case of relaxing music, depending on your taste of course.

My only gripe is the sequences with Snoopy's love story, which aren't bad but feel like a totally different movie. It should of more or less been an extra short on the DVD or Blu-Ray then an actual B plot in the movie.

But, that's just one problem. It's like having a spelling error in the world's greatest book (Which according to a certain nerdy young girl is something called "Leo's Toy Store" by Warren Peace...huh...). So, I'd say check it out for what it is.

Oh, and one last thing. There was a different Blue Sky Studios logo and short during the beginning of the film. It's nothing terrible, but I just wanna take the time to say the following. *clears throat*

YES!!! WE GET IT!!! YOU MADE ICE AGE!!! CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING ELSE TO ANIMATION WON'T YOU!!!

That is all.