Yes, it's formulaic. Yes, it's too long. Yes, the ultimate ending is trite. BUT. I did find it largely entertaining and the messages are pretty much ones that everyone can agree on. Not those of insecure egoists trying to excuse their own crappy lifestyles.
The main characters are personable and well-acted, and while I get a bit tired of the main character's perpetual crisis of worthiness, in the end it all works out.
The CGI is decent, the scenes tight even if there are too many of them, and overall, it's one of the better DC efforts in my book.
AND, it's not full of the garbage that Disney is selling these days. Yup. Merely good is now the new entertaining because of the Mouse House. That's the 7th star.
As with many movies these days, I think it would've been much better with a half hour of pointlessness removed.
The main characters are personable and well-acted, and while I get a bit tired of the main character's perpetual crisis of worthiness, in the end it all works out.
The CGI is decent, the scenes tight even if there are too many of them, and overall, it's one of the better DC efforts in my book.
AND, it's not full of the garbage that Disney is selling these days. Yup. Merely good is now the new entertaining because of the Mouse House. That's the 7th star.
As with many movies these days, I think it would've been much better with a half hour of pointlessness removed.