bgar-80932
I watched the movie because when I was younger I enjoyed the books. The premise is two best friends who like playing pranks and drawing comics have a horrible principal. When the principal is going to separate what class they were in one of the kids hypnotized him and got him to believe he's the super hero of their comic book, Captain Underpants. They can switch him back and forth by snapping and eventually they have an evil villain who's the science teacher of the class and he wants to stop laughter all together. The kids and Captain Underpants have to stop him. Not a horrible premise for a kids movies but there are no laughs to be had. It's all fart jokes. I've seen a lot of good kids movies that adults can watch but for me this wasn't one of them. That's probably my own faults because I knew what it would be like and I gave it a go anyways. I did like the animation so for that reason I gave it a better score than I would have.
Samiellovesmovies
Captain Underpants was a pleasant suprise of last year. This is a pretty funny movie which is why I'm rating it atleast a 6, but other than that there isn't much to this movie to see. It's intereting enough, and has good visuals but, it lacks plot, dialogue, and character development. Overall it is a decently fun movie. 6/10
invisibleunicornninja
The only reason I went to see this movie in theaters was because my little brother dragged me along with him. I was looking forward to hating this movie and complaining about it afterwards. Instead, I found myself sticking around to watch the end credits scene. Humor - If you ignore all the potty humor (the established audience is immature little kids, the title character is "Captain Underpants," the main characters are elementary-school boys, and it was produced by Dreamworks - of course there's going to be tons of potty humor) its actually pretty funny. This movie is full of sight gags, meta humor, and absurdist concepts. I was laughing at pretty much every joke that didn't involve some kind of bodily fluids. This movie actually gets pretty creative in the humor department. Logic - One thing that I especially liked about this movie is how consistent it is. No matter how crazy it gets, none of the established rules are broken. There aren't plot holes. Some suspension of disbelief is required, but this movie sticks to its own logic pretty closely. Plot - This plot is simple and coherent. Its funny and overall quite enjoyable.Animation - This movie clearly had a high budget. The animation is done incredibly well. These stylized characters are brought to life with amazingly detailed simplicity. There is a lot of continuity, and everything looks great. There are several sequences with other forms of animation such as puppets, and they are all hilarious. The art department did a good job. Audio - The only thing that really bugged me about the sound of this thing was that the main characters sounded older than they are. Its not necessarily a bad thing as the voice acting is otherwise very good, but it kinda reminds you that these characters are being voiced by some adults in a recording room. Villan - A lot of times the villain sucks in superhero movies. This was not necessarily the case here. Though the villain's motivation was a bit simple and cartoonish - he is a cartoon. His plotline is easy to follow, and funny. He's an enjoyable villain. The Message - This movie actually has a bit of a message (I think). That message is that American public schools are underfunded and crappy. There are jokes about this messed up system all throughout the movie, adding to the hilarity. I don't know if this was really the message but its just an obvious aspect that I noticed and thought was especially funny.Overall this movie was hilarious. There are a few jokes that are clearly inspired by other movies, but you know what? That's fine. What matters is that overall this movie is funny and coherent. This film is worth watching if you like stupid cartoons and a good laugh. There is a fair amount of cringeworthy potty humor. If there was less of that I'd probably give this movie more stars. If you're easily annoyed by jokes about peeing in your pajamas then probably skip this movie, but know that you'll be missing out on a lot of actual jokes.
