Winx Club: The Mystery of the Abyss

Winx Club: Mystery of the Abyss is an Italian film first released on September 2, 2014. The movie was directed and produced by Ingrinio Straffi at Rainbow Productions, in collaboration with Rainbow CGI Animation Studio. Joanne Lee executive producer. The one-hour and thirty-eight-minute film is a part of the Winx Club franchise and set to take place between the fifth and sixth seasons. However, by the time this was released, Nick was wrapping up the sixth season whose final episode would air a month after the movie. Due to this, there are obvious contradictions (I've seen up to season 6; episode 14, and a few episodes from season 7), but I'm willing to let those go. At this point, the series was a mainly American production under Winx starring Molly Quinn as Bloom. Meanwhile, this movie was first released in Italy with Letizia Campia in Bloom's place. I doubt these two production companies worked too closely together.
This particular movie has decent graphics that deserve praise for. Despite the occasional oops in animation, it makes for a very scenic start. It gives way for us to see the Trix who are monologuing about their latest evil plan. Though, something about them makes them so not intimidating. Sure, their dialogue is choppy, but everyone's is. Their characters as a whole are just so...weak. They don't even know much of anything about the throne they're after.
We then cut to the Winx and Stella's degrading entrance. In the main series' first few seasons, Stella proves herself to be so much more than just a fashionista. Sure, her obsessions are a bit ill-timed every once in a while, but she isn't unsympathetic. Here, she's introduced by holding up the freshmen's orientation to look for a pair of hideous glasses then proceeds to turn said orientation into a spectacle. I went through the script and she has fourteen whole lines that refer to shopping/fashion/clothing. Including her power calls and one-liners, she only has seventy lines total--most of which aren't more than seven words. Ridiculous.
Not only were a few of their personalities messed up, but their voices are wildly different. Again, the American/Italian differences are shining through. After a while, they all become manageable except for Aisha. In so many Winx Club movies, Aisha/Layla's actress tends to try and make her southern. It's terrible.
Back to the story. After the orientation, Bloom runs off to go meet up with Sky, who is now a king and apparently too busy for day-dates. (The orientation makes it very clear that the Winx are in their mid-twenties. Stella says that they're no longer students and have graduated from Alfea. So they're around twenty-two or twenty-three? Where do they live? Where do they work?) The Trix come and ruin the date because royalty is needed to activate the throne. Why is never really explained. Sky doesn't even have powers, but whatever. They take him underwater, secure him in a magical oxygen thing to secure Trittannus' rescue from the oblivion. And the Trittannus is so easily fooled with nothing but a fork and Icy's lame seduction skills.  He goes on long speeches almost comparable to Bloom's ridiculous white knighting. Honestly, she knows the team's coming no matter what, this is just irritating.
They jump into the portal, which defeats the whole "all connections have been cut off" point they made just a minute prior. They transform (Musa's is the coolest)(the cutouts are weird) and have their metal psyche's beaten at. Of course, Bloom is the strongest and the only one able to break free on her own. They leave this area and enter the infinite ocean, where they meet the silkies--who are all but defenseless. Stella makes another off comment and they go to fight off the Trix and the villain whose character is so unmemorable she's not even worth naming. The team goes in circles due to not realizing they had to work together sooner and ignoring Sky--who has most likely been listening to the Trix's entire plan.
I zoned out a bit here. I was distracted and somewhat disinterested and didn't tune in until Sky convinces Bloom to just listen and get the villain to attack the tower he's trapped in. Despite it being established that the tower is connected to his lifeline(why they haven't already busted him out), he's perfectly fine when the whole thing is destroyed. A little hazy and unconscious, yes, but fully alive. Also, he was underwater with zero medical assistance for up to a minute after being knocked unconscious--how is he okay? We then skip to a moment between Sky and Bloom in his recovery room. And, honestly, Nick could never. Her leaning on him? His hands on her waist? Season 8 is quaking. The movie ends with cliche collective laughter to honestly a joke that arrived too soon. "I could die for it!" (In reference to ice cream.) Bro, you just got out of the hospital, chill.