June 28, Hasbro has just released the trailer for My Little Pony: The Movie. I’m mildly impressed. It’s fun. Zany. Action-packed. It has great animation and it appears to have references designed for people over the age of twelve. Consider me in. Movies based on toys—scratch that—animated movies (No go, GI Joe) based on toys have come a long way in recent years. The LEGO Movie took the formula, smashed it to tiny little-hurt-so-fucking-much-to-step-on-pieces, and demonstrated that it can work and then some. Paging Hasbro, paging Hasbro! Time to get in on this shit, bros—scratch that—bronies!
Only that trailer was a lie! This sojourn into Equestria is colorful and features enhanced animation design over the television show the film is based off (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), but beyond that this seems like a mindless, or at least mind-numbing attempt at a movie. I had trouble staying awake throughout, and while your eight-year-old might trance out, zombie-like, in front of the supersaturated ponies, there was at least one dad whose snores were audible throughout my screening.
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