The Pebble and the Penguin was a pretty easy movie to watch, it has a cute story and a light narrative. I can't say I enjoyed myself that much while watching it, but there were things I managed to find rather sweet.
I liked the music, the beginning sequence was adorable and the visuals had charm, the songs helped with following the story very well, there were silent sequences with great animation that the music supported greatly. Amazing backgrounds, too.
The animation, by the way, was solid and even though it had some moments where it looked wanky, it still didn't take too much of my attention out of the story, there were parts better animated than others, but still, I didn't mind it. (Just did not like the boat song, bad song)
The character design was a bit silly, but not fundamentally bad! Marina looked weird to me, but sure, she's a cute squishy-looking character, as well as the rest of the cast. But regardless of character design, I still liked the character's personalities and dynamics, Marina was a good love interest to Hubie, found it cute.
Rocko was lowkey the best character, he wasn't all that funny of a co-protagonist, but he managed to be entertaining! And needless to say, I was not expecting the twist of him actually flying at the end, but I loved it, it was funny in its own silly way!
Hubie was cute! I liked that at the end, he got to beat up the bad guy but still ended up as a soft, kind guy, he had some character development that wasn't too hard to follow, and yeah I feel like that's okay for a kids movie, and that's really all i have to say.
Hubie works best in his dynamic with Rocko more than alone. Honestly, their interactions were funny to me and I did like the friendship they developed. So, here's my unpopular opinion, Hubie should've ended up with Rocko instead of Marina, and no, I will not elaborate on it (queer penguins, dude!)
The villain Drake was meh, he wasn't interesting, it felt like he didn't even have that much of importance to the movie, not too solid of a character. His song was the weakest of the movie.
Another thing I didn't like was how the movie lost me at the end, I barely remember what exactly happened in the fight sequence because of that, it was a little boring, the movie is short but it still felt like it was dragging on for too long with that ending. The pacing was weird at times.
But alas, I don't think that this movie takes itself too seriously, and that's actually a good thing, it's a cheesy movie with easy characters, I think I would've really enjoyed watching this as a kid, too bad I've never heard of it before this year! Honestly I do feel a bit sad that it isn't too popular.
Solid movie, had fun, don't think I'll ever be watching it again but not bad.
I liked the music, the beginning sequence was adorable and the visuals had charm, the songs helped with following the story very well, there were silent sequences with great animation that the music supported greatly. Amazing backgrounds, too.
The animation, by the way, was solid and even though it had some moments where it looked wanky, it still didn't take too much of my attention out of the story, there were parts better animated than others, but still, I didn't mind it. (Just did not like the boat song, bad song)
The character design was a bit silly, but not fundamentally bad! Marina looked weird to me, but sure, she's a cute squishy-looking character, as well as the rest of the cast. But regardless of character design, I still liked the character's personalities and dynamics, Marina was a good love interest to Hubie, found it cute.
Rocko was lowkey the best character, he wasn't all that funny of a co-protagonist, but he managed to be entertaining! And needless to say, I was not expecting the twist of him actually flying at the end, but I loved it, it was funny in its own silly way!
Hubie was cute! I liked that at the end, he got to beat up the bad guy but still ended up as a soft, kind guy, he had some character development that wasn't too hard to follow, and yeah I feel like that's okay for a kids movie, and that's really all i have to say.
Hubie works best in his dynamic with Rocko more than alone. Honestly, their interactions were funny to me and I did like the friendship they developed. So, here's my unpopular opinion, Hubie should've ended up with Rocko instead of Marina, and no, I will not elaborate on it (queer penguins, dude!)
The villain Drake was meh, he wasn't interesting, it felt like he didn't even have that much of importance to the movie, not too solid of a character. His song was the weakest of the movie.
Another thing I didn't like was how the movie lost me at the end, I barely remember what exactly happened in the fight sequence because of that, it was a little boring, the movie is short but it still felt like it was dragging on for too long with that ending. The pacing was weird at times.
But alas, I don't think that this movie takes itself too seriously, and that's actually a good thing, it's a cheesy movie with easy characters, I think I would've really enjoyed watching this as a kid, too bad I've never heard of it before this year! Honestly I do feel a bit sad that it isn't too popular.
Solid movie, had fun, don't think I'll ever be watching it again but not bad.