I was a big fan of the book series when I was younger, and I still find myself reading them now that I'm in my early twenties. When I heard that Captain Underpants was going to be made into a movie, I was ecstatic. This was something that I had wanted since I was in fourth grade and I had first read the very first book! Now that it's here, I can say that it was pretty good. Not great, but pretty good.
The movie, while very funny and entertaining in its own right, did not follow closely to what the books are. Professor Poopypants appears in this movie, but he doesn't appear in the books until book 4. This, however, is a very small detail and it really should not influence anyone, whether they are a fan of the books or they haven't even heard of Captain Underpants at all, to not watch it. It has a lot of great qualities.
The humor, for one, is what you would expect from Captain Underpants: potty humor that should only make a ten-year-old laugh. I was laughing uncontrollably throughout the movie, especially during the scene where George and Harold meet in kindergarten and their teacher tells them and the class about the giant gas planet Uranus. Yeah, I know, but I couldn't help it.
While the movie is filled with toilet humor, there are some very touching and heartfelt moments too. The one of most importance is the scene when George and Harold are finally separated from each other and forced to attend different classes. They are each sitting at their respective desks on separate islands out in the middle of the ocean and they keep saying to each other "I'm not gonna leave you" before moving away from each other and being sucked into black holes. Yeah, I was even tearing up a little bit during that scene.
All in all, this movie is good. It has themes of friendship, disrespecting authority, toilet humor, and just laughing whenever you should, because laughter is indeed the best medicine...not medicine.
The movie, while very funny and entertaining in its own right, did not follow closely to what the books are. Professor Poopypants appears in this movie, but he doesn't appear in the books until book 4. This, however, is a very small detail and it really should not influence anyone, whether they are a fan of the books or they haven't even heard of Captain Underpants at all, to not watch it. It has a lot of great qualities.
The humor, for one, is what you would expect from Captain Underpants: potty humor that should only make a ten-year-old laugh. I was laughing uncontrollably throughout the movie, especially during the scene where George and Harold meet in kindergarten and their teacher tells them and the class about the giant gas planet Uranus. Yeah, I know, but I couldn't help it.
While the movie is filled with toilet humor, there are some very touching and heartfelt moments too. The one of most importance is the scene when George and Harold are finally separated from each other and forced to attend different classes. They are each sitting at their respective desks on separate islands out in the middle of the ocean and they keep saying to each other "I'm not gonna leave you" before moving away from each other and being sucked into black holes. Yeah, I was even tearing up a little bit during that scene.
All in all, this movie is good. It has themes of friendship, disrespecting authority, toilet humor, and just laughing whenever you should, because laughter is indeed the best medicine...not medicine.