DylanW Unlike other kids films such as "Toy Story", "Spongebob" is not a family movie, most likely being depicted as annoying to anyone above the age of ten. Despite this, the corny, cliché jokes in the animation half of the film manage to procure laughs and make for an entertaining first 45 minutes or so. Unfortunately, these jokes dissolve into a nonsensical story-line involving space dolphins and super powers for each of the primary characters. The film is prolonged due to a pirate ship-tank-food truck wielding pirate/cook who just wants to make a good burger. As the movie continues, the story-line is twisted and strained for no reason, thus making it more of a flop than a funny. The idea for super-powered primary characters is an obvious and unnecessary marketing ploy which falls flat on its face, adding nothing to the film.

michaelgill-07781 The movie was super awesome. And I loved it very much.I like the part where sponge bob battles burger beard. It was an awesome movie and they should not change the movie at all. It should stay the same. I still loved the movie and sponge bob is my favorite character out of all the characters in Bikini Bottom. Lol sponge bob. U rock on. Plus, it is still an awesome movie. They shouldn't change the movie at all. If only sponge bob square pants was a real person. Then, I can meet him and tell him how he is a great person he is. Plus I wish Bikini Bottom was a real place to go. I love u sponge bob. U rock. I love u. U are a great person dude.

Floated2 This Spongebob Squarepants movie appears to be based on the popular television series. Having many fans worldwide, the show was due for its second theatrical release. Ones only to wonder why it took 11 years to release the sequel (the original being released in 2004). The plot of this film is quite rehashed but a little twist is what made it enjoyable and better. Director Paul Tibbitt delivers a fish- out-of-water, post-apocalyptic, buddy, road flick with a heavy sprinkle of time-travel. Turning Bikini Bottom into a Mad Max-style dystopia, where everyone wears leather, is just one of the gleefully silly highlights on offer here.Shown in the trailer are many scenes of the crew out-of-water in live 3D, though in the film that only occurs in the very end and it is not for too long. It is possible the best part of the film, although it feels somewhat different than the first half of the movie (where that feels more like an extended episode). Overall, this film is quite entertaining, fans of the series may enjoy it, and it isn't too long which may be a good thing.

Trevor Pacelli Nine seasons and two movies and billions of dollars in merchandising later, we still can't get this optimistic sponge out of our minds. We still love the porous protagonist's contagious laughter and the dimwitted laziness of his sea star friend. We still long for days in our youth when we could venture to Bikini Bottom in our minds to eat a Krabby Patty, catch some jellyfish, annoy Squidward, play karate with an underwater squirrel, and lounge out at Goo Lagoon. Now finally, in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, these immortal friends of ours come to life in a modern meshing of computer technology and live action, rendered in colors and textures fresh enough for you to almost reach out and touch these icons you've come to love.The result of this sequel to the first SpongeBob movie is a step up from the recent seasons. However, it's still not as good as those first three seasons. Instead of quotes that we could easily generate relatable memes from, this movie relies too heavily on bland songs and unnecessary pop culture references to duplicate the same charm that made SpongeBob and his friends famous.The plot of nautical nonsense is treated like an extra-long episode of the show, starting with a pirate's quest to retrieve a magical book that tells about this Sponge's story. First, the Krusty Krab and the Chum Bucket engage in a food fight with potatoes and pickles, then all the Krabby Patties disappear along with the secret formula, then Burgerbeard the Pirate, with his trusty book of storytelling, is serving these patties as "Beard Burgers" in his ship/food truck on the beach.But all the other fish blame Plankton for this thievery, treating him way more like scum than would be socially acceptable. SpongeBob decides to clear Plankton's name, and find the Krabby Patty formula, by means of time travel, before this cyberpunk post-apocalyptic black leather Bikini Bottom turns them both over as a living sacrifice to restore the patties themselves (yes, you read that right).All of the crazy psychedelic scenarios of SpongeBob's quest stems its logic entirely by the jokes, which create both the movie's greatest strength and greatest drawback. For the most part the jokes land in laughter for audiences young and old, but they at the same time halt any personal connection with anybody. Remember in the older episodes when any moments of stupidity actually developed the drama and character? (Example: Is mayonnaise an instrument?) Here, there's nothing that quite matches that.The characters also feel much less human (or would that be "aquatic?") than they used to be. Patrick gets none of the funniest moments, but instead is just a vessel for overused jokes toward ice cream and sleep. Squidward gets no real time to shine, besides being egotistical. Mr. Krabs never has a chance to express his love for money. Sandy is just crazy here, like she was (is) in the bad phase of the show.But SpongeBob and Plankton are still plenty memorable, as they get plenty of time together to sing about teamwork (or Te-AM-work as Plankton calls it). It works because unlike the short-on-heart Plankton, SpongeBob is always so optimistic with his bubble blowing and cotton candy imagination. It's now easy for me to see why he's lasted in our media as long as he has—after all, he's the only pure soul left in a real-life world gone nuts over all things trashy.It's just too bad that this can't capture the same energy it had in the years 1999-2004. I mean, all the elements are there for a needed reboot of the series: live action, special effects, a Squidasaurus Rex, but the CGI-filled parts marketed so vigorously don't actually come up until exactly an hour into the movie. Then it's just twenty wasted minutes of exploration on the surface world, which causes us to question: why should I care if they get this Krabby Patty formula back from Burgerbeard?Maybe if the story boarders spent less time making jokes about a Claymation watcher dolphin named "Bubbles" who's held his bladder for 10,000 years (no, I'm not making this up), and more time delivering what they wanted to do in this film, then the end product would not feel like a ninety-minute commercial for the television series.