Ferdinand (2017)

Its actually ultimately a movie about love and hate..very funny and cute. I did not expect to enjoy it so much- my 8 yo and I both enjoyed it.The commercial for it did not do it just

Ferdinand is a flower-loving bull who has a gentle frame of mind and is disinclined to participate in bullfighting until a combination of circumstances has him ending up in the bullring.This CGI feature is based on a classic kids' book, and kids are its intended audience. It is well animated, efficiently (but not especially originally) designed, and has a decent enough combination of action, humour, character to pass the time amiably.The voice cast does well enough but no-one shines especially.This, to me, was a resounding average+ - the kids will enjoy it well enough with younger ones finding more in it than older ones. Parents might nod off.

"Ferdinand" tees up the standard anthropomorphized cartoon character as you've seen in a dozen other entertainments with the obligatory dance contests, butt jokes, pathos and chases (and hey, if "Finding Dory's" octopus can drive a truck, why can't a bull?) It does these thing as passably well as necessary to appeal to the minimal age of its target demographic. So no surprises there. What is interesting are the basic production issues. Most notably is the infamous scaling problem which normally plagues creature features. The titular character weighs in at 2,000 pounds and a length markedly exceeding the average bull according to the script yet he fits through doorways, in car seats, in narrow passageways and in a china shop (the writers kinda had to do that joke) with greater or less ease. Kate McKinnon plays the Dory / Mater / Olaf / Mike Wasowski wacky friend part with in the person of a truly unattractive goat. During some scenes the character rolls around balanced on a tire presumably because the animator figured out late in the process the bull / goal scaling difference was problematic. Beyond the production shortcomings, there's also the central issue of explaining to your non-Spaniard kids about the concept that people gather in large arenas to watch a heavily armed man on foot an several others on horseback kill a bull shoved into the ring for that purpose. Next up from the studio goldfish in a fraternity house waiting for pledge week. In short, putting aside these issues, good enough for what it is.

The people that are giving bad ratings to this movie, I don't understand. Like maybe the killing part of the bull, but that's not what kids focus on. The story plot was amazing. The puns were a bit cringy, but that's what makes it funny! Their was a mix of character personalities, which made the movie good! The movie overall was great! I loved the movie and don't listen to the haters!