{"id":25340,"date":"2017-05-24T03:51:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T07:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=25340"},"modified":"2017-05-24T03:51:41","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T07:51:41","slug":"sing-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/24\/sing-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Sing (2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u201cSing\u201d is a lot like many of the other movies from Illumination Studios. It\u2019s basically a moving greeting card. It\u2019s cute for a few minutes, and then you\u2019ll eventually find yourself tucking it away and looking for something more stimulating. As per most of the films from Illumination, \u201cSing\u201d is just a middle of the road film that barely gets by because of the neat animation. \u201cSing\u201d is cute. And that\u2019s about it. It\u2019s cute. And it packs a humongous soundtrack filled with pop songs both old and new that are meant to basically distract from the fact that it\u2019s a very barebones animated movie with a paper thin narrative, that does little to convey to its audience something more meaningful.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s nothing wrong with escapism every now and then, but \u201cSing\u201d builds this idea that it\u2019s passing over this important message when there\u2019s not a lot to \u201cSing\u201d beyond animals singing. It sports an array of sub-plots involving various animals, all of whom are experiencing their own woes, and find a way to cope through singing. Koala Buster Moon owns a theater that is about to close down and is willing to do whatever it takes to keep it up and in business. He hopes to bring the theater back to its original glory, as well as convince the former owner to give him the deed, by staging a huge singing competition he hopes will attract a crowd. So basically, he\u2019s Kermit, and we get to meet some CGI muppets. Except, you know, none of these CGI creations have much personality of individuality.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re also shockingly safe, despite being modeled after animals like porcupines and elephants. The only character who is given room to have fun with their model is Mike the Mouse, a miniature crooner who is in big trouble with the mafia. Beyond that, \u201cSing\u201d just goes along with a rote, and mediocre musical that\u2019s slim on laughs but has a great time exercising the rights to the songs its acquired. \u201cSing\u201d lacks a real protagonist, as well as an antagonist, thus is just chugs along taking us through the motions until we find someone<\/em><\/strong> we want to root for. For all intents and purposes, the music is fine, but it doesn\u2019t do much except to remind us of the limited scope that the movie lives on. The music isn\u2019t so much a character like other musicals, it\u2019s just there as an aside.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t compliment the narrative and characters, so much as act as a way of reminding us that these songs were performed by better artists at one time. Never<\/em><\/strong> in my life did I ever guess we\u2019d hear \u201cI Like Big Butts\u201d in a kids film. I assume there will be two more sequels for \u201cSing\u201d somewhere down the road, I\u2019m just baffled as to how they\u2019ll approach it. No characters stand out as unique or original, the narrative is humdrum, and there really isn\u2019t much of a message to take away from it all. It\u2019s just going through the motions just to make you laugh at a pig in a sequin jump suit. I\u2019m going to go watch \u201cKubo\u201d again.<\/p>\n