Over the last year or so, I've gotten hooked on The Powerpuff Girls. When I first heard the name, I thought to myself, "Chick stuff! Ooo. Definitely not interested." My daughter began watching the television shows, and she would tell me bits and pieces, but I was never very eager to watch it myself. Then, one morning as I was eating breakfast and nothing seemed to be on TV, I found them: three cute little girls who could kick butt. It wasn't about 3 girls tiptoeing through a field of roses singing happy, girly songs. These girls were saving the world! And what's more, it was funny - hilarious even. The next thing I knew, I was watching this every morning as I ate my Froot Loops.
I have come to love these three girls, Blossom, Buttercup, and Bubbles, as well as the villians, most notably Mojo Jojo (a super-smart monkey bent on ruling the world who is always clarifying and restating things). Here is an example of Mojo Jojo speech: "I am Mojo Jojo. People shall call me Mojo Jojo. And it is I, Mojo Jojo, whom they shall be addressing when using the name, Mojo Jojo." HAHAHAHAHAHA.
So this summer, when these pint-sized superheroes hit the big screen, my daughter and I were as pumped as ever to go see them. However, I must admit that I came a way a bit disappointed. First of all, the movie is barely over an hour. That's like 2 episodes. So I felt a bit cheated there, especially at today's movie prices. We were given a short Dexter cartoon clip just before the movie began, but as I said, I still felt a bit slighted. And robbed of the length of the movie was I, and the movie seemed a bit too short, by which I mean...(sorry - got carried away there. I guess Mojo Jojo is rubbing off on me.)
I did enjoy the movie itself. We get to see how the Powerpuff Girls came to be (suger, spice, and everthing nice, PLUS...Chemical X). We also get to see the origins of Mojo Jojo (he was actually a lab monkey of the Professor who also was given some Chemical X). Furthermore, we see the three girls mature, in a sense, as they learn to harness their superpowers and use them for good rather than destruction. There is a good lesson on responsibility thrown in there as well.
And of course, there is a lot of humor. The girls. The professor. Mojo Jojo. They were all hilarious in their own ways due to their reactions to certain events (lets just say that none of them really react as any of us would). And then there is the Mayor, too. The Mayor is about as incompetent as any politician, and his childlike mental capacity contrasts with the maturity of the Powerpuff Girls (especially Blossom, the pink one. I can't really speak for Bubbles who is the blue one and who acts like any kindergartener would).
All in all, however, I feel that I really could have gotten just as many laughs and enjoyment from watching a couple of Powerpuff Girls episodes on TV. There isn't really all that much that the film version has to offer, except for the experience of going out to the movies.
I enjoyed it, but I can't really recommend it.
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