1st watched 4/20/2024 - 4 out of 10(Dir-Paul Tibbett, Mike Mitchell & Virginie Mery)
Fair 2nd entry in the Spongebob movie franchise that just isn't enough like the TV show to be enjoyed completely.
And just a little too much bloated action-fare for me. It starts with Antonio Banderas(playing a pirate) retrieving a book from skeletons that allows him to alter the storyline for Spongebob and Bikini Bottom. Some cute animated birds become the listener's to the tale. We than head down to Bikini Bottom with Plankton playing hardball in trying to get the formula for the coveted Krabby Patty. In a weird twist, Plankton and Spongebob team up to get the formula after it mysteriously disappears. The journey takes them from time traveler to land and ends there. I watched the movie originally in French with English subtitles because the first place in theaters it played was in Belgium, but knowing it loses it's luster - I watched again with the English-language original voice actors but it didn't help much. No matter what --- there is too much action and twisted plots, and not enough Spongebob humor in this over-the-top second movie attempt.
And just a little too much bloated action-fare for me. It starts with Antonio Banderas(playing a pirate) retrieving a book from skeletons that allows him to alter the storyline for Spongebob and Bikini Bottom. Some cute animated birds become the listener's to the tale. We than head down to Bikini Bottom with Plankton playing hardball in trying to get the formula for the coveted Krabby Patty. In a weird twist, Plankton and Spongebob team up to get the formula after it mysteriously disappears. The journey takes them from time traveler to land and ends there. I watched the movie originally in French with English subtitles because the first place in theaters it played was in Belgium, but knowing it loses it's luster - I watched again with the English-language original voice actors but it didn't help much. No matter what --- there is too much action and twisted plots, and not enough Spongebob humor in this over-the-top second movie attempt.