Sunday, July 10, 2011

A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!

I know what you're all going to ask:  "Why are you reviewing this?"  Because ever since childhood I have watched the Fairly OddParents and is my favorite animated show on Nickelodeon.  It contains a big percent of my childhood and imagination, so to see this movie was incredible for me.  It is a live-action TV movie with some CGI starring dried-up celebrity Drake Bell as Timmy Turner.  How does this movie turn out?

It takes place in the ever-so-wonderful town of Dimmsdale, and it is Timmy's 23rd birthday; so many viewers will ask, why does he still have his fairies (Cosmo, Wanda, and Poof cast varied) if you lose them by teenage years?  Because it notes the audience that by behaving like a child, he still can keep them.  Later on in his day, he walks by the park and notices that his friend, Tootie (Daniella Monet), has become incredibly gorgeous over the years after looking like a creep.  He soon over time develops a crush on her, which is maturing, making it more possible to lose his Fairy God Parents.

This movie couldn't have made me more mixed on opinions.  There were characters I didn't appreciate seeing remade, that were unnecessary like his childhood friends Chester and A.J. (Chris Anderson and Jesse Reid), and his villainous ex-babysitter Vicky (Devon Weigel).  However, there were characters that delightful to see like the "toughest fairy in the universe", Jorgen Von Strangle (Mark Gibbon) - who, although was based off of Arnold Schwarzenegger, reminds me more of George C. Scott.

The story was immeasurably cheesy, and the CGI for the fairies was substandard, and it irked me to a degree that it just looked atrocious in the end.  There were some stand out moments that made me laugh, but most was targeted for a young audience, but that's who the show was made for, a young audience.  The acting was tolerable enough that I enjoyed it thoroughly.  I thought the dialogue would be pure stupidity, but turned out to be adequate in the end.  It seemed to be classic Butch Hartman to me, though, and i appreciated it that way.  This is a hard movie to rate, but I give it a 2/4.