Uchenna, Writer, Engineering Student

Friday, June 28, 2019

Fairly Odd Movie Review

Okay so.

(Spoilers.)

Originally, I was going to review Tough Puppy. But, my resources are very limited and I wasn't able to find a full episode of it. So, I did the Fairly Odd Movie. Which is why this is a day late. I'll still put up Friday Facts, just a little bit later than usual.
So anyhow, onto the movie.
Released July 9, 2011, and directed by Savage Steve Holland, the movie is set 13 years after the main series, in which Timmy is 10. Which, should set the movie in 2015/2016 as Timmy's official birthday is March 21st, 1992. The main series, taking place in 2002/2003, Timmy is a fifth grader with fairy god parents because the authority figures in his life either cannot care for him or don't try to. The rules state that once Timmy grows up, he will forget his god parents and they'll return to Fairy World. Alright, makes sense. But then Timmy decides, what if he never grows up? Physically and legally, impossible. So you'd think the rules would be based off of when he's physically/legally an adult. Instead, they decide "when he grows up, moves out, or experiences love." Okay, I can get behind the second one. He'd be on his own and free from the people in his life who made it miserable for him to need to fairies. The last one, no, I cannot. If they mean, dating-for-five-years-and-truly-trust-each-other-love, okay, maybe. But this guy meets a girl who he used to loathe and two days later(I counted), the love meter's high enough for him to lose his fairies. By that logic, kids could lose their fairies at like twelve years old, break up, and then suffer for another six years. What about Trixie??? And then "when he grows up"? He's a twenty-three-year old man! Unless they mean mentally, because that's dumb as hell.
Moving onto the actual movie, we start on Timmy's birthday. We learn he's still in school and hasn't changed at all in thirteen years. I'll let the school thing slide as he probably wished to stay in fifth grade forever. But, Poof has definitely spoken during the series, and the voice they give him at the end is just cringe worthy. No one in his life talks with that kind of dialect so why does he???? Also in this scene we receive a sexual joke, a Beyonce reference, and Timmy's parents desperately trying to get him to leave. By the way, I love the parents' constant pleas and attempts to make him grow up. However, none of the adults have changed in thirteen years? Like, they all just feel like exact live-action versions.
Continuing on, Hugh J. Magnate Jr. is giving a speech in the park, letting us all know of his obviously harmful plans for the future. And Timmy follows because, I dunno, he saw a cute girl? Even though he's set on not falling love, he just blindly chases one? Even though he's twenty-three and has definitely seen a cute girl before??? Anyways, when Tootie speaks up, the security guards go after her? It's not like she attacked him or even got up on stage, she just spoke up. And the flip, sooooo unnecessary.
Tootie then continues to chain herself to a tree to protest Magnate's plans, which is just, sigh. And Magnate orders his workers to cut down the tree anyways. A construction site must be cleared before work is to even begin! This man even alludes to having previously killed someone like this! He's insane!
Also the fairies are just out in the open way to often. I'm surprised Crocker hasn't captured them yet.
So after Timmy uses magic to help out Tootie, Magnate then gets a call from Crocker. Or rather, a clearly mentally disturbed man who tries and fails to use a voice disguiser and asks him to meet up. And he agrees. And in literal seconds, Crocker convinces an experienced businessman that fairies are what's keeping him down. And then he suddenly has time to stalk Timmy and Tootie on their date. Wasn't the plan for Magnate to pay Crocker to do this? Why's he now there? Which, by the way, I'm surprised the date even happened. This dude was obviously running away and she chased him until he finally gave in. Um...okay? Also, why exactly are Chester and AJ so hateful of Timmy. Especially AJ, he has so much potential and is so much smarter than this.
Quick notes about their date: The kite is ripped and Timmy shouldn't have been able to hold on that long. Cosmo and Wanda have been human before. And we've seen their leg/armpit hair as fairies. Timmy repeatedly uses magic in front of her. Cosmo and Wanda are strangely selfish. Why is Tootie so quick on her feet? And "Grow up, Timmy Turner!" was such a cheesy, god awful line.
Right after, Tootie continues to wear Timmy's jacket, while ranting about him. She's distracted by a bunny, which I believe turns out to be Crocker, and is then kidnapped in broad daylight. By Magnate. He takes her down to his lair and shows off his evil and insane side. There's even a little neglected child backstory sprinkled in here. Honestly, I kinda like it. But they don't go deep enough into it for me to truly enjoy it.
With Tootie and his fairies gone, Timmy now has to save everyone on his own. He admits to Chester and AJ that they exist, which should mean the end of his fairies if I correctly recall. He gets into the lair entirely way too easily, and we cut back to Magnate. He wishes his guard was in a dress to which Poof's eyes light up and his parents frantically try to cover his eyes, but he's too into it. Gay Poof??? Also, Tootie is literally the best character in this movie, I kinda hate how Timmy still has to save her from the bottomless pit. Which, Crocker is now falling in because Magnate wished him in there. Why???? You have no idea how to operate this machine, one wrong move and it's all gone and you can't fix it. Janice wisely quits her job--surprisingly without Magnate intervening, but without helping Tootie? She is going to alert the police though, right? Right?
So Timmy comes in, admits his love for Tootie, kisses her, the love meter goes off and his fairies just disappear. In what world does love make you an adult? Shouldn't Timmy immediately forget the fairies? Doesn't Jorgan have to appear to take them away??? Wouldn't he be notified about this and thus return to Fairy World and escape Vicky? Why then, is he still here? And why does Tootie tag along when Timmy is given back his fairies? By the way, bullshit on the Timmy Turner Loophole. And why is Tootie included? And she keeps calling him Timmy Turner in a weird voice, it bugs me.
The story ends with Timmy presenting their new business to Tootie. Which is just, flying around the world and granting wishes. How do they make money? Did Tootie not have a job? Will Timmy ever finish school? The van flew away in the middle of the park and no one said anything.
End scene quick notes: AJ and Chester have identical average-looking girlfriends. Timmy played them both. The parents are still amazing. Why did Crocker land in the Turners' front yard? Timmy and his fairies aren't even there anymore. If the magic disappeared then either, there should be a bottom to land on and he'd have to climb out. Or, he appears in the lair and the pit is gone. And where's his pink eye?
Ontop of everything I said, I could nitpick this even further by using information from the actual series, especially the newer series. But for now.
Sigh.
Just, sigh.

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