User blog:IAmBagel/Bagel Reviews: The PowerPuff Girls Movie

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I freaking love the PowerPuff Girls. I watched it all the time when I was younger, and I still watch it to this day. I also remember watching the movie in theaters when I was 2 (Well, not really. But I remember seeing the Dexter's Lab short that involved chickens or something that was shown before it). When I was younger, I thought the movie kicked a**! I had the VHS of the movie back at my old house and I would watch it all the time. Sadly, when I moved, I could no longer find the VHS tape of the movie. But thanks to the power of YouTube, I was able to watch it again. And it still kicks a**.

The Story
The story of the movie is actually the origins of the Powerpuff Girls, which shows how they first saved Townsville from Mojo Jojo (who's origins are actually revealed in the movie, too.)

Opinions about stuff in the movie
Humor: There were plenty of funny moments in the movie, my favorite joke is when Mojo (who saves the girls before he turns evil) calls himself a monster, and Bubble says "You're not a monster, mister. You're just really dirty."

Action: Awww yeah. Action is basically the same as the show...but there's MOAR.

Story: I thought the story was great. It reveals the girl's origins for the first time, becasue the closest thing we got for an origin story before the movie was the show's theme song.

Overall
It kicks a**. The story is great, humor is great. I personally love this film. I don't understand how Ebert and Roeper bashed on this movie and call it a "nasty little film" just because of the violence. Ooohhh, violence in a kid's movie. How spooky.

It's also a shame that this film bombed at the box office, even though Cartoon Network promoted the hell out of it. But I think I know why it bombed: It opened the same day as Men in Black 2, which grossed higher than the PPG Movie. Becasue of this, CN decided that they would not be releasing any more films based off their television shows in theaters.

Overall Grade: 8.7/10. If you like the PPG, then you'll LOVE  the movie.