It’s kind of clever to cast Adam Sandler as an old animal with tons of knowledge and wisdom; both jokingly and literally. I hope Adam Sandler makes a comeback after this movie and makes better films, and if he decides to retire after this film; I’d be happy he ended off with this movie.
Adam always makes the movies he wants to make. It literally doesn't matter to him if people like them or not. He has his crew of friends and he makes movies with them because he likes his friends. Not to mention he married once and hasn't divorced. The guy is living the best life even though people shit on him all the time. He has proven he can play serious roles but won't do them too often because he doesn't like them. He's an anomaly in the fake ass industry of Hollywood.
Leo was a movie a really original premise and heartfelt storytelling. Wish was a weak cash grab without anything new to say. I’ll definitely recommend Leo over Wish any day.
I love how the theme of this year (technically earlier with puss in boots 2) is how literally everyone, EVERYONE including illumination and a talking animal adam sandler movie is beating the tar out of disney who’s been content on just consistent lukewarm quality with rarely any real artistic vision or ambition behind it (makes the renaissance era seem like a happy accident ngl)
The animation Leo can be clunky and the character designs do look generic for 3D animation. However, what I enjoyed about Leo was how the kid characters were written to behave like ACTUAL children: those who have genuine problems actual kids can have (feeling left out, having to mask insecurities, etc)
Leo was such a heartwarming and funny movie. The fact that a 100 anniversary DISNEY movie did worse than a netflix Adam sandler lizard movie is shocking. 2023 really has been a year
i had low expectations for the film, and while the film didn't really prove those expectations extremely wrong, the film was a warm and wholesome story that really I wished most teachers would realise the impact of helping children other than academics and actually living up to their role as a "second parent"
When I rewatched Leo I noticed that from the very start of the movie there was a spot at the base of his tail that was gray and flaking like when reptiles shed their skin and that it's there for more or less the entire movie, so it was nice continuity, and I also loved how Leo not only channeled that grampa energy but definitely had the grandpa look to a "T" ( not including the lizard attributes ).
You know it's hilarious when a Netflix animated movie starring Adam Sandler does what Disney's Wish failed to do: making a well-written film with heart and properly focusing on the message of problem-solving through communication
Leo genuinely made me emotional, and even though it had a huge cast of characters, all of them felt fleshed out and unique in their own way. Every kid in the class was their own person. Meanwhile, I barely remember half the characters in wish aside from the horrible goat and Asha herself, and King MAGNIFICO was my favorite solely bc you can tell Chris Pine had the time of his life voicing the character
Definitely Adam Sandler is a man child, and there's zero things wrong with that! His humor is just geared towards adults who want to turn their brains off and not think about how bad things can get, adam Sandler is breaking the mold of his older films now because he's a dad and children and he even said he's making movies for his kids now and they world they live in/ the struggles his children and other kids go through I think it's sweet!
The thing about sandler is that I honestly think he's actually a very good actor, and most of his compatriots are also pretty good at their jobs too. They've just figured out that they can go to vacation destinations, goof around for a bit, then make millions while putting in no effort. But whenever they try I feel like they can do good work.
can we talk about how this move makes the kids a little bit odd looking like most kids are. unlike disney wich desings there protagonists to look absolutly perfect. great video as alwas man.
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