The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Movie Review
Reagan Gavin Rasquinha, TNN, May 7, 2015, 12.40PM IST
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Cast: Antonio
Banderas, [Voices] Tom Kenny, Bill, Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy
Brown, Mr Lawrence, Paul Tibbitt, Matt Berry, Carolyn Lawrence
Direction: Paul Tibbitt
Genre: Animation
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes
Story: Bikini
Bottom is turned into a post-apocalyptic nightmare and its dwellers run
amok when the secret recipe for their beloved Krabby Patties is stolen.
SpongeBob (Kenny) forms an unlikely team with Plankton to recover the
recipe, restore Bikini Bottom to normalcy and sate the appetites of its
ravenous dwellers.
Review: If there are two words that best describe this often surreal serving of a movie, those would be - playfully deranged. All of Bikini Bottom is hooked on to whatever it is that comprises the stolen Krabby Patty's secret formula. Everyone thinks the thief is Plankton, who has a history of having his one (and only) eye on the formula. But SpongeBob teaches Plankton the importance of working together to achieve their common goal. After a few hits and misses, however, they get their friends Patrick (Fagerbakke), Mr Krabs (Brown), Squidward (Bumpass) and Sandy (Carolyn Lawrence) involved.
The biggest surprise is however, Antonio Banderas' live action pirate sequences as Captain BurgerBeard. They are a riot. Rather, bonkers would be the right word. Where else would you see a bearded pirate who is also the writer of a magical destiny re-creating book, beach his 'boat' (which is actually a food truck), on land and proceed to grill up a storm? Particularly surreal is the time travel sequence where SpongeBob and Plankton meet an intergalactic dolphin named Bubbles (Berry) who is quite literally described as a guardian of the galaxy. Bubbles takes a bathroom break and entrusts his job to SpongeBob for a few minutes, with disastrous results.
Clearly, the screenwriters were having a ball as the film is full of unexplained randomness, like SpongeBob and friends morphing into superheroes. It all works, more so because of the tight editing and economical run-time. Kids might not necessarily get the message about pooling in resources to solve a big problem but then you don't watch SpongeBob for social messages. We could have done without 3D, for it seems wholly unnecessary. The best way to enjoy this one is to just sit back and enjoy the crazy ride.
Review: If there are two words that best describe this often surreal serving of a movie, those would be - playfully deranged. All of Bikini Bottom is hooked on to whatever it is that comprises the stolen Krabby Patty's secret formula. Everyone thinks the thief is Plankton, who has a history of having his one (and only) eye on the formula. But SpongeBob teaches Plankton the importance of working together to achieve their common goal. After a few hits and misses, however, they get their friends Patrick (Fagerbakke), Mr Krabs (Brown), Squidward (Bumpass) and Sandy (Carolyn Lawrence) involved.
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The biggest surprise is however, Antonio Banderas' live action pirate sequences as Captain BurgerBeard. They are a riot. Rather, bonkers would be the right word. Where else would you see a bearded pirate who is also the writer of a magical destiny re-creating book, beach his 'boat' (which is actually a food truck), on land and proceed to grill up a storm? Particularly surreal is the time travel sequence where SpongeBob and Plankton meet an intergalactic dolphin named Bubbles (Berry) who is quite literally described as a guardian of the galaxy. Bubbles takes a bathroom break and entrusts his job to SpongeBob for a few minutes, with disastrous results.
Clearly, the screenwriters were having a ball as the film is full of unexplained randomness, like SpongeBob and friends morphing into superheroes. It all works, more so because of the tight editing and economical run-time. Kids might not necessarily get the message about pooling in resources to solve a big problem but then you don't watch SpongeBob for social messages. We could have done without 3D, for it seems wholly unnecessary. The best way to enjoy this one is to just sit back and enjoy the crazy ride.
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