The film's plot is: a kid goes to a shop, and its owner tells the story of Ninjago. Which said story is about six ninjas (Lloyd, Kai, Jay, Zane, Cole and Nya) and their master, Wu, and the main bad guy, Garmadon, is Lloyd's dad, which makes Lloyd hated by everyone (except the ninjas, Wu and his mom). Oh, and he also lives with his mom (who brole up with Garmadon shortly after Lloyd was born), and has a hard time as a teen. Lloyd (I mean, Luh-loyd), in the course of the story, unleashes the Ultimate Weapon to drive Garmadon away from Ninjago once and for all. To his horror, he unleashed Meowthra, a cat that threatens to destroy Ninjago. The ninjas and Garmadon go to find the Ultimate Ultimate Weapon, the ninjas are betrayed by Garmadon, they find the power that was inside them all along, return home, Garmadon gets eaten by the cat, Lloyd apologizes to the cat and his dad and well, happy ending.
As usual, the cast (Dave Franco, Justin Theroux and Jackie Chan along the rest manage to do a great job), the visuals and music are great. Also, am I the only one who thought the ninjas' costumes looked great here?
I feel sorry for this movie being a Box Office Bomb. And this can be clearly attributed to the marketing, writing, directing and heavy competition this movie had. I hope it will manage to have a sequel, since, in my opinion, the show had an artistic overhaul to be closer in look to this film to bring the fans that were made by the film, and also it would be worthless - again, my opinion - if a sequel isn't greenlit. Man, Warner Bros. really foreshadowed the fate of this movie back in the 2014 short Enter the Ninjago.
Also, I can understand too why so many were upset with the changes. And I have watched the show since 2015 (most of its episodes, as of this writing), but I am not too angry to the changes.
As a result, a fun, but not a great movie.
P.S.: If I did something wrong in this review, please tell me.
A Fun, But Not Really Solid Movie.
Hmmm... Looks like the reviewer before me already made much of the job I was going to do right now... But I'll do it anyway.
Last year, I saw it. And while it's not as good as its predecessors nor the television series, it is still fun in its own right.
The film's plot is: a kid goes to a shop, and its owner tells the story of Ninjago. Which said story is about six ninjas (Lloyd, Kai, Jay, Zane, Cole and Nya) and their master, Wu, and the main bad guy, Garmadon, is Lloyd's dad, which makes Lloyd hated by everyone (except the ninjas, Wu and his mom). Oh, and he also lives with his mom (who brole up with Garmadon shortly after Lloyd was born), and has a hard time as a teen. Lloyd (I mean, Luh-loyd), in the course of the story, unleashes the Ultimate Weapon to drive Garmadon away from Ninjago once and for all. To his horror, he unleashed Meowthra, a cat that threatens to destroy Ninjago. The ninjas and Garmadon go to find the Ultimate Ultimate Weapon, the ninjas are betrayed by Garmadon, they find the power that was inside them all along, return home, Garmadon gets eaten by the cat, Lloyd apologizes to the cat and his dad and well, happy ending.
As usual, the cast (Dave Franco, Justin Theroux and Jackie Chan along the rest manage to do a great job), the visuals and music are great. Also, am I the only one who thought the ninjas' costumes looked great here?
I feel sorry for this movie being a Box Office Bomb. And this can be clearly attributed to the marketing, writing, directing and heavy competition this movie had. I hope it will manage to have a sequel, since, in my opinion, the show had an artistic overhaul to be closer in look to this film to bring the fans that were made by the film, and also it would be worthless - again, my opinion - if a sequel isn't greenlit. Man, Warner Bros. really foreshadowed the fate of this movie back in the 2014 short Enter the Ninjago.
Also, I can understand too why so many were upset with the changes. And I have watched the show since 2015 (most of its episodes, as of this writing), but I am not too angry to the changes.
As a result, a fun, but not a great movie.
P.S.: If I did something wrong in this review, please tell me.