May 15th
While Mitchells Vs. the Macines is not a masterpiece. It is surprisingly a good enough film. And it is a far better film than Sony's other technology film, The Emoji Movie. This and Spider-Man into the Spiderverse shows that Sony can make good movies. But Spider-Man into the Spider Verse is still a millions times better than this. This is still a fun family comedy film that you can check out on Netflix if you have the chance. And if you think that this movie is 'technology bad' by just the trailers, you'd be mistaken. It's really the other way around.
Katie is about to enter a film collage, the school of her dreams. Her dad isn't a big fan of the idea and is more of a nature guy. He's not into technology at all, and accidently breaks her laptop after fighting with her over it. Katie gets mad and goes into her room.
The next morning, while Katie is about to go on a plane to California, her dad tells her that he cancelled her ticket, and is taking her, her mom, her little brother, their pug, and himself on a roadtrip there instead.
This is where it gets interesting. While they are at one of their scheduled stops, a robot uprising ensures, and now they have to deal with it and save the world as they're the only people (and dog) left.
And what's interesting about the dog is that he is actually voiced by a Internet celebrity, a real life pug, Doug the Pug. Hayley found this interesting, so did I and the rest of the family (even Roger if you can believe it). The Mitchells are also joined by two nice robots. They are the comic relief characters.
So the people behind this movie I believe are also behind The Lego Movie and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. And a guy who's involved in this project was also involved with Gravity Falls. The creator of that show voices a small role in this film.
And this is a comedy, so it's funny. It's much funnier then we anticipated. And if you grew up in the 80s or 90s, you might remember Ferbies. Yep, they make an appearance.
The villain of this story is a cell phone who grows jealous after her maker tosses her aside and introduces something bigger and better.
So if you are not too absorbed into your phones, tablets or whatever, give this film a watch. It might be better than you ever expected, although like I said before, it's no masterpiece, so don't expect it too.