Movie Review: Migration

Movie Review: Migration                                                                                                                 7-14-24

This review has been requested by my mom.

This movie is about a family of ducks: Mack, Pam, and their kids Dax and Gwen. Mack, the father of the flock, is afraid of everything, and he refuses his wife and kids to ever leave the pond. One day, when all the other ducks start migrating, Mack decides to migrate along with his family and Uncle Dan to journey to Jamaica to avoid the winter cold. During this adventure, the ducks have to endure all sorts of dangers, including hungry catfish, cars, and a chef who loves to cook birds.

Migration is a rare occasion in which an Illumination film is actually better than a Disney film: The film stands out as Illumination’s best original film since Despicable Me with a colorful cast of characters, impressive animation for a small 70 million dollar budget, and a good score from John Powell.

Another thing to point out about Migration is the fact that there are fewer pop-culture references, toilet jokes, and needle drops than your previous Illumination film. With Ernest and Celestine director Benjamin Reiner helming the project, Migration is a nice departure from the Minion studio.

If I were to complain about one thing, I don’t think the movie needed a villain: If animated films in recent years like Smallfoot, Encanto, and Elemental proved anything, you don’t have to have a villain in your movie to tell a compelling story. But then again, this is Illumination; All but two of their films have villains.

In conclusion, Migration is a surprise film that is better than Disney’s feature from 2023, Wish. Sorry Disney, but this is what happens when you focus more than profit than quality. Hopefully, Moana 2 will redeem the Mouse House.

Rating: 3.55 stars out of 5

I know I was harsh on Illumination in the past, but this video lifted my grudge against the company. Maybe it will lift yours, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96CAl08ZSFM&list=PLY885DMgJgDkjeVed2z_Ty_uCem7PApDB&index=14

New Pokemon Story Announcement

Hi, everyone! As some of you Social Media users already know, I have a new Pokemon project in the works! It's a China-themed Pokemon Region called Pinghei, and just like Chuso, it won't have as many new Pokemon as other Fakemon Regions, but there will be a story centered around it called 'Louise vs the Equalites'. It will be about a big-boned 16-year-old Johtonian girl named Louise, as she is trained by Professor Ping Gingko from Pinghei to defeat the Equalites, an evil organization that wants to force everyone in Pinghei to use Poison, Electric, and Dark-Type Pokemon just like them. Their leader is Gong Shen, who is not afraid to get dirty when it comes to overthrowing Ping.

Just like before, Emmy Pflugh will design the new characters, human and Pokemon alike. While my previous Pokemon stories featuring Joe focused on battling, Louise vs the Equalites will focus more on character development.

Chapter 1 of Louise vs. the Equalites will be published on August 10th.