The Emoji Movie was always a bad idea according to the Internet. People mostly saw the announcement as Hollywood running out of new and original ideas and were anyway not expecting much from Sony Pictures Entertainment’s animation flick. The production house went ahead with the movie anyway, and dropped its first international trailer on May 16.
A still from the new The Emoji Movie trailer. (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Within just a few hours since release, the trailer got quite a lot of attention, but one cannot really say that it was a good thing. While some social media users did approve of it and thought that it could be a great movie, many bashed it for being boring and lacking imagination. What was the nail in the coffin? Many even noticed similarities between the movie and three of the most popular animated flicks of recent times — Inside Out, Wreck It Ralph and The Lego Movie. Have a look at the trailer below:
Well, now that you have watched the trailer, here is a look at some of the best (and worst) reactions the internet had for it.
THE GOOD
THE BAD
THE UGLY
What do you think about the trailer? Tell us in the comments below.
Aditya Dogra writes on art, culture and campus, for the daily Entertainment & Lifestyle supplement, HT City.
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