Are ya ready kids? Because a new SpongeBob movie surfed into theaters on February 6 with the title, “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water.”
Several trailers were released in late 2014, showing viewers the new type of animation that will be incorporated into the movie. Rather than the traditional 2D animation that is used in all of the television episodes of SpongeBob, the movie makers decided to change it up and make the lovable characters we know, completely 3-D. Not everyone is a fan of the sudden change of atmosphere.
“The 3-D animation makes them look weird,” said freshman Awad Shahadat.
In the trailer, SpongeBob and his usual crew (consisting of Patrick, Squidward, Sandy and Mr. Krabs) travel out of the water in order to save the secret Krabby Patty formula that was mysteriously stolen by a human pirate.
According to the pirate, the formula is the last page to a magical book that allows anything that is written in it to become true. The only way that SpongeBob and his crew can retrieve the formula and save Bikini Bottom from eternal doom is to defeat the bearded pirate who goes by the name of “Alameda Jack”, played by award-winning actor Antonio Banderas.
Along with a change in animation, the makers introduced a new side of the SpongeBob characters. The trailer shows a mini montage of each character showing off their new superhero powers and costumes as they battle Alameda Jack. Since the book allows anything that is written in it to come true, SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, and even Plankton all give themselves their own unique super powers, each relating to their quirky personalities.
“I think the concept of the story is too unrealistic,” said freshman Marcelo Villavicencio.
Talking sea creatures that constantly go on eccentric adventures seems to be the limit of stretching reality for some viewers; many people are criticizing the newer versions of SpongeBob, debating that it will never be as good as it once was.
“They’ve overdone the series,” said junior Gus Gossett.
Avid SpongeBob fans that were alive to witness the original episodes tend to argue that the newer episodes will never be as good as the old ones. Many viewers believe that the newer episodes overdue SpongeBob’s happy and flamboyant personality, making it into a show that mostly appeals to kids below the age of 5 rather than older ages, as the original episodes did.
Despite the criticism, “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water” will still be a great production about the yellow sea sponge everyone loves.
“I’m glad there is a new movie, it makes me happy because I love SpongeBob,” said freshman Aaron Kim.