![]() The Emoji Movie Didn’t Deserve Christina AguileraĪt one point, the characters all get stuck in a game of Candy Crush, while the movie plays the sound effects from Candy Crush and everyone says “Candy Crush” dozens of times. One wonders whether Hi-5 - as the character voiced by James Corden is stylized - would be a Trump voter, sympathizing with an oppressive class losing its privileges. ![]() ![]() “Racial subtext abounds,” as Emily Yoshida put it. Much of the high-five emoji’s motivation comes from the fact that he has been displaced from the popular lounge by the fist bump and believes he deserves attention again. (At one point, the film reveals the eggplant is one of the least popular emoji - just wait a few years, and then it’s gonna be ruled by aubergine.) The emoji operate under a vicious class system, wherein the most popular emoji enjoy their own club and amenities denied to the rest of the emoji.Įmoji basically live in high school all the time, a horror compounded by the fact that the phone they live in is owned by a 14-year-old boy. This is but a taste of what’s to come, but I strongly believe that you should only change studio and production-company logos for films that are actually good. The film places an emoji over the Columbia Pictures logo. Here are 17 of the most upsetting, weirdest moments from The Emoji Movie, which will haunt me for the rest of my days. The moment you begin thinking too hard about any aspect of the film, it becomes apparent that it is nothing less than an existential horror show. But as a disturbing example of what happens when you try to turn a brand into a movie, it’s darkly fascinating. On a surface level, it tells a story of self-empowerment so bland and meaningless it was once literally titled EmojiMovie: Express Yourself. Photo: Sony Pictures Animation/CTMG, Inc.Īs an attempt to turn the available intellectual property of text-message glyphs into a coherent narrative, The Emoji Movie is a failure.
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