New York City bandits hurrah! Speaking of purity, I was initially skeptical of the idea of continuing the cartoon, so I preferred not to read, not to watch, not to learn anything about the sequel, in order to hope until the very last moment that the epic “Madagascar” will be on a par with the successful (in my opinion, there are still such).
In terms of plot, the cartoon upset me literally from the beginning. Perhaps no one noticed, but I would like to quote the slogan of the first picture: “They were not born in the wilderness...” They were transported there ...” It is a shame that the creators themselves forgot about it in their zeal to either show their favorite characters in a new environment, or, more truthfully, to make money on the transfer of the beloved cartoon to a new way. This is the first and, admittedly, a minor minus, however, pretty spoiled my mood.
The second drawback of the cartoon for me is perhaps its overload of morality and all sorts of lyrical scenes. Because of this, lost that sparkle and liveliness of the first cartoon and “Escape to Africa” in places was boring to watch, even boring.
I was also dissatisfied with the fact that the cartoon inserted moments with a bright sexual color and a lot of different hints. Take at least a hippo song that, for some reason, many liked. As it seems to me, this is not entirely correct, since the first cartoon was watched by young children and I think they would be interested to see its continuation, but I am not sure how and how they will understand certain episodes.
And perhaps the biggest drawback for me is digging dirty laundry of familiar heroes. I was far from thrilled, for example, with entering two love lines. I was upset by “Auntie,” which reminded me of the Bondian, or rather, the series “The Man with the Golden Gun”, where a “terrible funny” police officer from the United States appeared for the second time. Personally, I see a resemblance. Especially since the copying of the most unsuccessful, in my opinion, episodes of the film “Bald Nanny: Special Mission” is clearly traced.
Fortunately, there are not only disadvantages in this project. Jokes, although not always successful and memorable, make you laugh, some moments are references to the original cartoon. And, perhaps most importantly, the actions and decisions clearly recognize the main characters + penguins, unfortunately, lemurs, apparently ignored.
I think we should not talk about the schedule, since it has not changed at least for the sake of recognizability of the cartoon. The music, again reminiscent of its predecessor, is well listened to and sometimes remembered, perhaps not liked, as it seemed to me, our treatment of “I like to move it!”.
In general, this is quite a good cartoon, but as for me, it does not reach the level of the first Madagascar and slightly spoils the impression of it. I realized for myself that it would be better if I did not know so many personal details of the main characters, I would not only sleep more calmly, but also watch my favorite animated cartoon.
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