6/25/2023 0 Comments Spongebob tumbleweed gifSay what you will about Sponge Out of Water, but it introduced a ton of memorable jokes - ones that poked fun at the apocalyptic setting before Mad Max: Fury Road was even released. It was a silly, irreverent romp that boldly stuck to its 2D animation roots, especially when the animation industry was solely making CGI movies. This brings us to 2015’s The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, the standalone sequel that represented the end of the Paul Tibbitt era. Then, because of greed and popularity, Nickelodeon demanded more Spongebob but Hillenberg wanted to move on and pursue other opportunities, so he enlisted Paul Tibbitt –– one of the original storyboard directors on the series –– to run the series, which he did from 2005-2015. It encapsulated everything seasons 1 through 4 built towards and wrapped up Hillenburg’s series with a perfect little bow. In the eyes of many OG Spongebob fans, it was the definitive end to the series. It was his passionate, personal sendoff to his baby, which was initially supposed to be the bookend to Spongebob Squarepants. Visually, it’s a beautiful piece of work that should definitely be commended.Īnd… that’s the only redeemable quality from this offensive turd of a movie.Ģ004’s The Spongebob Squarepants Movie represented the end of the Stephen Hillenburg era. I want to make this abundantly clear: The only positive comments I have about this film solely go to the animators who worked tirelessly on it. The film prospers from its bright, colorful art direction, especially when Spongebob and Patrick hit the film’s major set piece, The Lost City of Atlantic City, which is pretty much just an underwater version of Atlantic City. You can see Spongebob’s pores, Sandy’s fur, Poseidon’s scales, etc. The close-up character shots reveal great attention to detail regarding textures. I admire the bold and experimental decision to have the film move more like a cartoonish stop-motion project than your standard CG-animated movie… you know… like Scoob. From the character designs, set designs, and even the cartoonish expressions, the Mikros team did a fantastic job making Spongebob’s world 3D while maintaining the show’s signature style. Sponge on the Run adopts that same aesthetic. It’s the same style that Blue Sky Studios incorporated into The Peanuts Movie. This is the same animation studio that did Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie a few years back, which benefited from an art style that translated the 2D-based designs of the source material into a 3D world. It goes without saying, Canadian-based animation studio Mikros Image poured their heart and soul into this production.
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