Admittedly this is a lesson I should have written about a year ago, maybe sooner, but me being the opportunist that I am and with the release of The Emoji Movie upon us, I feel now is the best time to make this message known. We've known about this movie for a long time, ever since it was first announced, people lost their minds. Animation fans foamed at the mouth when they found out that the long awaited Popeye movie was shelved in lieu of The Emoji Movie thinking it'd be more relevant to kids than a time tested tale of an oddly-proportioned sailor who eats spinach. I really don't need to go into much more detail, and in fact I won't, which leads to the subject of today's blog.
If you don't like something, ignore it and move on. This is especially true for movies and TV shows where the only thing that matters are box office figures or ratings respectively. If you buy a ticket to see The Emoji Movie just to confirm your suspicion that it sucks, Sony doesn't care, they're laughing their way to the bank with the amount of money they made off of the haters and I suppose the families they duped out of a decent movie. Honestly even talking about it is giving it bad publicity, but in the business world, even bad publicity is still publicity, the only sure fire way for something to die into obscurity is if no one remembers it. I could easily say the same thing for another online whipping boy Teen Titans Go, which is Cartoon Network's highest rated show as of this writing, partly because kids are none the wiser admittedly and also there's the ones who hate it and yet still watch just so their opinions are validated, and every animation critic on YouTube keeps whinging on about how bad the show is and how embarrassed everyone involved should be and so on.
Unfortunately the damage is done with TTG, because fans of the old show wouldn't shut up about this one, prompting more people to check it out and add more ratings to Cartoon Network, making them think it's a hit. We can change that with The Emoji Movie. If you're curious on seeing it, read a review and move on, read spoilers so you don't waste your money or time watching it and as such Sony doesn't get paid. If you want to speak out against it, speak with your wallet. Part of what made last year's Ghostbusters a crock was the controversy going in which was in my mind a publicity stunt since like I said, bad press is still press, and while the film itself was mediocre and bombed in theaters, the stunt got people talking. The Emoji Movie doesn't have that, so let it fade in obscirity. Don't give anyone a reason to see it, if you really don't think it'll be good, go with that gut feeling and save yourself the money. Spend it on something you know you'll enjoy.
And with that, I promise I'll start making regular updates again as things pop in my head. I just had to get this message out. Take care and have a great day.
