Movies: The Spongebob Movie: Sponge out of Water

Movies: The Spongebob Movie: Sponge out of Water

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....... who lives in a pineapple under the sea?!?!?!?! Absorbent and porous and yellow is he............ If you do not get what I am saying here... then you do not know the infamous Spongebob and his annoying laughter! And you are probably from a different generation then me... But what generation does Spongebob actually appeal to? That is the big question that you got to ask to see if you can enjoy this movie. So who is spongebob? A bathing sponge?? You ain't all that wrong. Here he is in all his yellow glory!!

Wow! he is hunky!!

Actually no. This is the real spongebob. If you seen this before, then most likely you have seen and grown with the spongebob cartoons that sadly, have not had much new episodes in the past few days. However, spongebob and its cartoons are known for its overall silliness humor as well as the occasional dark and gory kind of humor.. Yes it is that strange....

Look at him and his pinky friend!!

So what does this spongebob have to do with the hunky one above? How did they even match all these together?? Is all that even worth seeing? Read on to find out more.

Storyline 3/5

The storyline is actually something quite similar to what you have from a traditional 20 mins spongebob episode, only about 5 times longer. They writers are smart to create two distinct portions of the movie, one being the cartoon world and the other being the real world, and linking them seamlessly to keep the audience interesting.

However, that is all there is to the show and it is a simple storyline in its entirety. One problem however, is that it is not entirely clear at what is happening at all times and they do use words such as apocalypse and other difficult words. This, is not your usual kids show and if your english is not that great, you will miss out what is happening.

The entire link at what exactly is happening throughout the show is also not very clear cut especially for children to understand. Personally I was confused about what was happening at times but maybe kids these days are smarter and more able to understand.

Character 3.5/5

The main characters as well as the villain/s in the movie are well represented as well as their distinct personalities that you will get from the cartoon shows. The problem here however is that the writers expect that their audience would have already seen the movie and hence they will know why the characters do the things they do but it would get pretty heavy for a new viewer with questions such as why is a squirrel living in the water and other big questions.

Cinematography 3.5/5

The movie is done in a relatively creative way as its cartoon and real life mix keeps things interesting and fresh even after 40 minutes into the show. It's not an action show however but it does try to make things exaggerated and exciting at whatever action parts there are.

Music 3.5/5

Ahhhh, music... spongebob's favorite hobby... ok its probably not his favorite hobby but it is not the first time he sings also. The movie makes use of music at a certain juncture of the movie as a throwback to what was done in his previous cartoons. It made the movie fun although the singing is horrible as usual (that's the way the character sings anyway.) Overall, it added some fun value to the movie.

Spectacle 2.5/5 (3 for spongebob fans)

I would say that this is where the movie takes the biggest hit. Let me now justify the 2.5 score to you. First of all, this movie expects u to have quite a lot of background information on Spongebob and his friends to really enjoy everything. Without it, you will miss out on a lot of the jokes and not be entertained by what is happening. Spongebob cartoons also take pride in going out of the box and being unbelievable at times. However, this movie takes it to really the next level and it might have gone too far away from its cartoon to the extent that even I, a fan of the movie, was confused at what was happening. Action wise it is normal, nothing too exciting and storyline is simply just ok, passable and merely just sufficient for a entertaining movie. Comedy wise, it is also mostly only funny for those who are aware of the spongebob story and if you are a person completely new, it won't be as entertaining for you. In light of all these, I could only afford a passable score for non-spongebob fans and perhaps a 3 for spongebob fans because even as a fan, you won't be able to catch everything.

Overall

Storyline: 3 (It is kept somewhat interesting with the two different worlds and a out of the world story, but it is not particularly easy to follow)
Characters: 3.5 (A lot of characters from the spongebob cartoons appear, but only those fans can appreciate most of them and the non-fans will be confused)
Cinematography: 3.5 (Things are exaggerated, you will see many strange colors and it is creative, but not all of these things that are done added to the enjoyment of the movie)
Music: 3.5 (Music is fun, singing and stuff is bad, but that's spongebob for ya)
Spectacle: 2.5 (The deciding factor, there is entertainment factor but only the most informed of fans can fully enjoy. For the storyline, action and comedy aspects however, it's only just passable)

Overall: 3.2 (A pretty realistic score if you ask me. If you are an extreme fan, you should be able to like it. A normal fan however, you might not be able to follow everything but at least u get to see your favorite characters. Non-fans however, you gonna need to keep an open mind. In fact a very very very open mind and just accept everything the way it is. If not, nothing will make sense and the whole movie will just be.... nonsense. If you really feel the need to see the movie, then perhaps you should take a look at some of the cartoons first so that you can better appreciate the movie. If not, don't worry if you give this movie a skip because you ain't really missing too much. For those with kids, the above advice also applies. Young kids may only enjoy the color and cute characters but like the cartoons, spongebob content and jokes was always the more adult kind (not sexually, just more complex).