POPCORN-O-METER= 6.4
To be very honest it was better than I expected but it was
nowhere near perfect. As a Marvel fan I was excited to see Robert Downey Jr.’s
first major role since his MCU days. This movie was released before I really
started writing reviews and I only saw it recently because of the critical
reception it received. Also, because of how bad the critics said it was I don’t
think I would’ve seen it if not for the fact that I wanted to review it myself.
And after seeing it now I wonder why it got so much hate from the critics
because it is really not that bad, maybe I just had low expectations but it should’ve
had decent ratings.
The plot of this movie was lacking and you could see the end
of the movie from a mile away, I get that kids were the main target audience
and they probably didn’t want a very complex story but they could’ve done
better in that regard, a story can be good and simple at the same time. I don’t
want to give away much about this movie because to be honest there’s nothing
much to give away but one thing I was happy about in the story was the fact
that his wife wasn’t somehow mysteriously alive in the island. As I was
watching it I was hoping they avoided that enticing mistake because a lot of
writers would’ve taken such a lazy route.
In terms of casting I there isn’t much to talk about because
most of the cast are animals. Robert Downey Jr. did well in a role similar to
his role in his Sherlock Holmes movies but not exactly the same. He was using a
Welsh accent in this movie which drew some unwarranted criticism, I feel if
they had just instructed him to act it exactly the way he did Sherlock Holmes
it’d have been better but it’s just my opinion though. The voice actors were
great and it ought to be with such a star studded cast including Tom Holland,
Selena Gomez, John Cena to name a few. The visual effects team also did a very
good job especially with the animals who looked very realistic and with a budget
of about 175 million USD these were some of the few aspects in which they
got their money’s worth.
Downey Jr. took most of the blame for the movie flopping and
I know it’s mostly because he personally requested that he wanted a Dolittle
movie but I don’t think you can blame an actor for a movie flopping especially
if they didn’t do bad in the movie. What baffles me though is that he could’ve requested
any role in any franchise anywhere in the world and would’ve got it because
this was fresh of the back of his selfless death to save the world in what is
now the biggest Box Office movie of all time, so why this role? He could’ve taken
a role in a movie that was safer and less of an experiment, because a lot of
critics would definitely have something to say in his first movie since playing
Iron-Man but he decided to take this one anyway I don’t think he should be
blamed for the movie flopping though.
Finally, this movie isn’t all that bad and it would
definitely keep the younger ones interested, it has some funny moments and you
should definitely give it a try. Who knows? You might just like it.
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