Surprisingly, the my little pony franchise became super popular during the last decade thanks to the friendship is magic series. But all good things must come to an end, and since the show ended in 2019, a new generation came along 2 years later. And it began with a feature film, which I'm going to discuss today.
At first, the plot may seem generic, since it's too similar to Pixar's Onward and Disney's Raya and the last dragon by having 3 nations being divided in a modernized world and the main character trying to find a magical artifact to unite them together. But what makes the film stand out from others is probably the Pony theme. It's a follow up to the 2010 series, where Sunny Starscout still believes that Pegasi, Unicorns and Earth ponies can still be together. And when she meets one of the unicorns named Izzy Moonbow, she actually got excited to see her. And both go to a quest. The movie definitely has some good humour. Especially when the characters enter the unicorn village, where it has a set of cursed words like Magic and surprisingly mayonnaise. And the creatures perform a funny ritual where they say bing bong. Or the scene where Hitch has to agree with Pipp on her thoughts on unicorns. But it's not just the humour that makes the film worth it.
Like the previous generation, it tries it's best to add songs to entertain the viewer. All of them sound great. Probably the makeover song one was the best one, it was pretty catchy in my opinion. I'd also like to mention the villain song, that is similar to the "How bad can I be" from the Lorax, which sounds epic and menacing, where the antagonist tells the citizens that they should mob against the pegasi and unicorns. The last song I wanted to mention is glowing up performed by Sofia Carson and James Marsden. It may sound like a typical pop song with a rap number, which may disappoint some viewers, but for me, it was a good one.
The characters were likeable too. Starting with Sunny, she's the optimistic believer who has a goal of finding the crystals in order to restore peace. I liked her personality a lot, although the citizens found her annoying for her positive outlook. Izzy was the comic relief who's a very fun pony who likes playing games. She's a lot similar to Pinkie pie. She's honestly my favourite for her fun personality! Zipp and Pipp were the pegasi royality twins who are complete opposites with the former being a tomboy and the latter being the popstar diva. Both have a small secret that they hide from the public. I thought that both were pretty interesting for having interesting characteristics. There are also 2 male characters including Hitch who's the sheriff who takes care of the Maretime bay and Sprout, who is the bully that makes fun of ponies like Sunny. All of them were memorable and enjoyable, even though they were similar to the previous generation ponies. I'd also like to mention that the voice actors putted a lot of effort to voice these ponies. All of them sound like they are having lot's of fun.
Lastly, the animation looks so amazing, that it's pixar worthy. The updated cgi looks of the ponies definitely looks interesting by being both new and familiar. The backgrounds also look immersive with Maretime bay looking like a simple town compared to the modern city of pegasi. Each location looks unique from each other.
In my opinion, My little pony a new generation is a good movie for both newcomers and long time fans like myself. It introduces us to a brand new world that is also familiar. Definitely worth the watch to people who are curious about My little pony or those who enjoyed friendship is magic a lot. It's also a treat for animation fans too. It was a fun movie for me, and I recommend it.
At first, the plot may seem generic, since it's too similar to Pixar's Onward and Disney's Raya and the last dragon by having 3 nations being divided in a modernized world and the main character trying to find a magical artifact to unite them together. But what makes the film stand out from others is probably the Pony theme. It's a follow up to the 2010 series, where Sunny Starscout still believes that Pegasi, Unicorns and Earth ponies can still be together. And when she meets one of the unicorns named Izzy Moonbow, she actually got excited to see her. And both go to a quest. The movie definitely has some good humour. Especially when the characters enter the unicorn village, where it has a set of cursed words like Magic and surprisingly mayonnaise. And the creatures perform a funny ritual where they say bing bong. Or the scene where Hitch has to agree with Pipp on her thoughts on unicorns. But it's not just the humour that makes the film worth it.
Like the previous generation, it tries it's best to add songs to entertain the viewer. All of them sound great. Probably the makeover song one was the best one, it was pretty catchy in my opinion. I'd also like to mention the villain song, that is similar to the "How bad can I be" from the Lorax, which sounds epic and menacing, where the antagonist tells the citizens that they should mob against the pegasi and unicorns. The last song I wanted to mention is glowing up performed by Sofia Carson and James Marsden. It may sound like a typical pop song with a rap number, which may disappoint some viewers, but for me, it was a good one.
The characters were likeable too. Starting with Sunny, she's the optimistic believer who has a goal of finding the crystals in order to restore peace. I liked her personality a lot, although the citizens found her annoying for her positive outlook. Izzy was the comic relief who's a very fun pony who likes playing games. She's a lot similar to Pinkie pie. She's honestly my favourite for her fun personality! Zipp and Pipp were the pegasi royality twins who are complete opposites with the former being a tomboy and the latter being the popstar diva. Both have a small secret that they hide from the public. I thought that both were pretty interesting for having interesting characteristics. There are also 2 male characters including Hitch who's the sheriff who takes care of the Maretime bay and Sprout, who is the bully that makes fun of ponies like Sunny. All of them were memorable and enjoyable, even though they were similar to the previous generation ponies. I'd also like to mention that the voice actors putted a lot of effort to voice these ponies. All of them sound like they are having lot's of fun.
Lastly, the animation looks so amazing, that it's pixar worthy. The updated cgi looks of the ponies definitely looks interesting by being both new and familiar. The backgrounds also look immersive with Maretime bay looking like a simple town compared to the modern city of pegasi. Each location looks unique from each other.
In my opinion, My little pony a new generation is a good movie for both newcomers and long time fans like myself. It introduces us to a brand new world that is also familiar. Definitely worth the watch to people who are curious about My little pony or those who enjoyed friendship is magic a lot. It's also a treat for animation fans too. It was a fun movie for me, and I recommend it.