 Thanks for checking out this movie review video. So this is for the 2017 release Todd in the Book of Pure Evil the end of the End it is an animated film it's about an hour and 20 minutes long and it's the follow-up to the One in two seasons of Todd in the Book of Pure Evil TV show which unfortunately just recently left the shutter streaming service I'm putting this out without spoilers just because I Put up the show review without spoilers because that's how I do all show reviews. So in the interest of Maintaining the integrity of the story and not telling anything about it since I didn't do that in the show review I'm not gonna do that in this one Just kind of give you an idea of you know If you do watch the series which I would highly recommend seasons one and two Is it worth watching this film then as a follow-up and I would say simply put yes I would say it's worth it mainly because they had had plot kind of scripted out or just ideated out for that's not even a word a term but Kind of plotted out for a seasons three and four which obviously never ended up happening So it's just great to have everything wrapped up in the end and know where they were trying to take the story because at the end of season two there definitely is a very interesting cliffhanger because it is a show that It's mainly about the comedy and and how funny it is for me personally because I love how funny the show is It's it's a wonderful horror comedy, but You may also be interested in the underlying story and getting everything kind of wrapped up with that And that's what the animated film does that was a reason for the animated film to be done So I would recommend that just to see where they were trying to go that said it's not as good as seasons one and two But it's worth seeing this is directed by Richard Dehaney who also directed teleporting fat guy and Hatchimoles yes a show called Hatchimoles and the animated show and Craig David Wallace was also involved in it He also directed pointy teeth for pointy people and one that's coming up is called motherly So I don't I haven't seen those don't know anything about it was written by Wallace as well as Charles Pico Who both were involved in the writings for seasons one and two that makes sense? They did bring all the important characters back to do the voicing for the animated series Which is key because these are all voices that you're very much used to from seasons one and two They didn't have to really change any of the characters So they're very much the same the lines are delivered for the most part the same But I will say that one of the things that kind of sucks is Having seen it in real life like at the actual actors interacting with each other on screen it's very different to go then to an animated situation because You're missing a lot of the facial expressions that you're used to from those characters and for that reason the acting is not as good because a lot of Delivery with that show had a lot to do with the facial expressions and those aren't really put into the animation because of the style of Animation it is it's not it's kind of a Kind of simplistic animation style. It doesn't get super super detailed where it's showing like a ton of facial Expressions so that kind of sucks because you really miss that facial acting and some of the physical acting actually too And it just makes you feel kind of detached like the whole time. I was watching it I was thinking yeah, this is fine, and it's the same voice and everything, but it doesn't feel the same I'm not feeling that same connection It's like putting kind of a wall up between me and the material that I felt like wasn't there for the first two seasons of the show So maybe that's just me, but that that's how I felt about it It was mainly funded by an Indie go-go campaign apparently apparently they need to come up with a little bit extra money after that after the fact But mainly Indie go-go paid for it The animated film idea to wrap everything up was actually inspired by Jason muse the Animated film he did Jay and Silent Bob's super groovy cartoon movie which apparently only cost a hundred and fifty thousand dollars to make and Ended up turning a profit now It was inspired by that because obviously Jason muse is a plays a character in the show Jimmy the janitor which Something big happens with Jimmy in the animated series, so he's not really a janitor anymore. It's not really a spoiler, but I did like that aspect of it They give a good recap in the beginning of the film that's narrated by Jason muse to kind of get people caught up So honestly you could Just watch this movie without having seen the show if you really want to because all the most pertinent information for the story They're telling is given to you upfront, but I would say Just watch seasons one and two because there's a lot of callback jokes that show up and Also other references just like main story wise that show up in the animated movie that you don't get otherwise If you haven't seen seasons one and two so highly recommend that But if you really wanted to you could still watch just watch the movie and know what's going on There are a lot of Easter eggs in the beginning animated montage So if you've watched seasons one and two look out for those when the opening montage is happening with the narration So many Easter eggs and there are more Easter eggs that end up showing up obviously as the show goes on or the movie goes on I Wasn't a big fan of the animation style. I already talked about you know Not being able to Show facial expressions all that well. It's also just in general an animation style. That's just not my favorite It's a little too simplistic. It felt kind of rigid at times too like The bodies needed a little better movement potentially, but not bad. It's not it's not bad animation by any stretch It's just not my favorite They do musical portions of it because just like with seasons one and two of the show for each of those seasons They had a musical episode so they do have some musical pieces that end up showing up in the film So it's kind of cool that they have that kind of call back to the show and the songs are good too Especially the end songs song at the very end of the of the film that kind of wraps everything up I think is really catchy and good They cover a lot of story while also making it feel like it's kind of several episodes of the show kind of shoved together They have a way that they do the show where each episode is kind of like one main Person ends up getting the book of pure evil and something happens with that person So they have a few of those things injected into the movie So for that reason it still feels like it's a few episodes of the show kind of jammed together But the amount of story they cover is way more than they typically did in the show episodes Because you just get like a piece here and there Throughout each season of the show they were going kind of slow Obviously because if they were able to get more seasons But with this it moves a little bit fat well a lot faster because they're trying to you know shore up the story Give everyone the end of it Ultimately it is not actually as funny as the show, but it is a pretty solid follow-up I will say if you loved the show you'll still like the animated movie But I don't think you'll love it the way you liked seasons one and two of the show Unfortunately But it's we're seeing it's definitely we're seeing especially like I was saying just to see Where they were going with this whole thing because it's an interesting story And the ending is solid and the final song is great I really enjoyed the final song, but yeah, I like the way they leave it and It kind of does open it up that if they really wanted to come back if that was an option at some point They kind of could and you know fingers crossed I would love for that to happen I don't know if there's any you know talk of that online or anything. I didn't look for that unfortunately, but I Would love some more Todd in the book of period But even if they just did another animated movie, I'd be fine with that just because I love the material I love their sense of humor their mixture of horror and comedy is so good. So yeah That's my feeling on it. We'd love to hear your thoughts if you've seen this go ahead and put it down in the comments Also, you can do spoilers in the comments. That's fine. Just go ahead Also, do me a quick favor if you can and you can Because this takes no time it costs you no money and it helps me out a lot Subscribe to my channel if you're already subscribed big. Thank you. Thank you very much It really does help keep me motivated. The reason I started this channel in the first place was to connect with other Super nerdy horror fans because where I live, I really don't have anyone I can really get this nerdy With about horror. 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