Concerning this video, I really don't have anything against crossdressers or furries, you do you. But when you get so detached from reality that you genuinely believe that you're a woman, or a dog, that's pretty fucked up.
The Rodfellows Movie is a 2020 animated comedy-action film based on the Dan P. Lyons-created web series The Rodfellows, which stars characters from The Data Crew by Alexander V.A. Mortensen.
The film was supposed to receive an edited remake with the working title The Jungle Forest Movie that would use the modernized visuals from season 9 of The Rodfellows, remove the original's plagiarized material and copyright violations, recast the voices of some characters, and add new material. The remake has been canceled, nevertheless, because of the controversy surrounding the producers, particularly Darren Alexander Nichols.
PLOT
When Zander and Zayden, two chipmunk twins, launch a perilous prank war with the Rodfellows/Jungle Forest Gang, their lives are turned upside down. The Jungle Forest Gang must put a stop to them before things become worse.
WHY IT HAD NO FUN ANYWAY
- Even for a movie that is almost two hours long, the tempo and plot of the movie are excessively slow. Action doesn't start until an hour into the movie!
- The original theatrical edit of the movie was almost 2 hours lengthy, so it is literally stuffed with fluff. Thankfully, it has been shortened to 1:57:00 in later versions and the DVD version.
- The animation, especially the poor lip-syncing, can go from being quite nice to being very sloppy. Regarding the animation, it resembles a show episode more so than modernizing it for a more theatrical effect. This is demonstrated by the animation's fluidity, lack of shadows, lack of ray tracing, gradient effects (despite the poster's use of gradients with the buildings), and lack of gradient effects.
- Some of the characters, such Bunty Roo with her enormous belly and Samantha with her exposed breasts (yep, we mean it), look simply too improper for a children's movie.
- The characters themselves are uninteresting, stupid, and unlikable.
- The characters are incredibly one-dimensional and clichéd, just like in As Aventuras de Gui & Estopa, but The Rodfellows fared considerably worse than Gui & Estopa. A southern Australian cliché is Bunty Roo. Kody embodies the stereotype of the obese, gluttonous, and food-obsessed person. Finto is a Gary Stu and the actual self-insert of its creator. He might also be considered as Reader Rabbit's copycat. Widenar has the personality of a regular smart kid, but Jimmy's single distinguishing characteristic is his use of technology. The person who frequently gets angry is Alex's self-insert.
- Additionally, it makes unlicensed use of copyrighted characters and references, including Sylvester the Cat in one scene and Nature Cat in another, as well as a reference to Fortnite that includes audio from the game (even though it may or may not be copyrighted, it still counts). Widenar and Jimmy in particular are blatant imitations of PaRappa the Rapper.
- The voice acting is terrible, with some lines recorded on high-quality microphones and some on low-quality ones.
- Especially with Finto, some of the characters' speech can be difficult to understand.
- What's worse, three of the film's staff members—Dan P. Lyons, the show's creator, Darren A. Nichols, and Alex V.A. Mortensen—were found to have engaged in pedophilia, grooming, bigotry against homosexuals, homophobia, and racism, as well as bullying, abuse, and harassment.
- A sex scene for a 15-year-old crew member working on the movie was originally planned as a follow-up to WIS#10, which is actually incredibly offensive and pedophilic to consider. But happily, it was discarded.
- The conclusion is illogical, hastily written, and "ops" for a simple Deus Ex Machina, which is essentially everyone inserting themselves and employing powerful methods and weapons to beat Zander and Zayden. Snickers bars are used as a pacifier during the attacks, and Alex references Gurren Lagann by drilling a random background character, throwing them into the air, and then setting off a huge explosion. The movie also ends with a dance party scene, which is lazy in and of itself.
- Some parts in the movie take too long to wrap up because of the slow pacing, such the medal scene near the conclusion. Given how sluggish the movie is, it is STRONGLY advised to view it at 1.25 times the normal speed.
- It frequently makes unlicensed use of copyrighted songs, including Aquarella by Alain Morisod in Hashbrown's dream sequence and Baby by Pitbull in the dance party scene at the conclusion.
- The DVD for the film is especially awful since it not only contains fraudulent advertising (it teased the happily aborted short film "Life of Danny Cat") but also because it is a plain DVD with no subtitles and simply the introductions to The Rodfellows: Back Again and Comix Minis.
REDEEMING QUALITIES
- The animation has improved from earlier series and can occasionally look passable.
- Unintentional humor can result from the abysmally bad voice acting and occasionally shoddy animation. If you watch it with pals, it's even better.
- Despite the vast bulk of the songs being plagiarized, the soundtrack is nonetheless quite good.
RECEPTION
Audience reactions to this movie's animation, plot, voice acting, very slow pacing, and scriptwriting ranged from mixed to overwhelmingly unfavorable. The majority of those who saw the movie and thought it was terrible remarked that The Emoji Movie seemed like an Oscar winner in comparison. On IMDB, it presently has a 2.2 out of 10 rating.
The picture was described as "vile, disgusting, evil, demonic, putrid, and just plain terrible" in Nick Fischer's severely critical review. The majority of the movie lacked sound effects or even music to indicate the tone of each character, which Nakiebra "Keebie" Palmer (Mr. 64) regarded to be quite absurd.
Many rumors and controversies were spread among Harmonic Entertainment's "employees" and moviegoers soon after the movie's debut. The Rodfellows Movie was cited by several former Harmonic personnel, particularly its own "employees" and admirers, as "the film that is responsible for Harmonic's shutdown."
