12/5/2023 0 Comments Spongebob not lameSuffice it to say that, par for the course, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water mostly nails what has always made the character, and his brightly coloured underwater world, so endearing: the abundant innocence, the welcome lack of cynicism and the out-and-out stupidity. Plenty has been made about the vitalizing naivety and unhipness of the SpongeBob franchise, which barely needs repeating some 15-plus years in. Despite a few nods here and there – such as David Hasselhoff showing up in full Baywatch regalia in 2004's The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie – SpongeBob is unequivocally for kids (or, yes, stoned adults). There's an expectation that a film, in tone if not in content alone, has to offer "something for everyone." From that fateful shot that left Bambi orphaned, to the playthings in Toy Story 3 resigning themselves to their own demise with an air of quiet dignity as they're trundled towards a blazing incinerator, there's a sense that kids' movies have to be ballasted by some element of heaviness to be taken seriously. There's a long, grim history of "family entertainment" (read: children's movies) buying pedigree by simultaneously playing to both children and adults. What's most admirable about SpongeBob SquarePants – the Nickelodeon TV show, the movies, the character himself – is how perfectly un-Pixar it is.
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