Here is my unaltered review
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The thirteenth sequel was not totally up to my expectations. It had a different “feel” than the other sequels. The “yellow belly” creatures were a bit much. The beginning song was okay. I’d give it a 6/10 score. The end song was pretty good. I’d give it an 8.5/10. The funny level was mild at best, making me laugh 2 times in the entire film. This is not a trend I wish Universal to repeat. The animation is better than in other sequels, but it has a rushed look to it. I did not like Loofa’s voice at all. It reminded me of a show I saw that was pretty lame. This was the first time we’ve ever seen a sharptooth use conductive reasoning by fallowing the “foot holes”. The adaptations or “wisdoms” that the yellow bellies had didn’t have much thought put into it and to be honest, it seemed like it was targeted at a much younger audience (like 3 years younger than LBT 12 was). The grass animation is something we’ve never seen before. It was done rather nicely. There were too many “Oh S***!” instances included in the film for my taste. Cera’s behavior in this sequel was moderately over-exaggerated. The film seriously lacked substance. I wouldn’t rate it as low as a tv episode, but it was not very good. I think it’s my second least favorite sequel, LBT 6 being my worst. The middle song sort of made me sick to be honest. One good thing though is that the gang wasn’t acting this way until they interacted with the yellow bellies, which makes me believe that the lack of seriousness and substance is mostly to blame on the odd creatures and not the way that the gang is developing (which is more than I can say for the tv series). Overall, it wasn’t very good, but it was entertaining nonetheless and therefore it was worth the hefty $23.99 I had to pay for it. I do hope Universal plans better next time though and puts more effort into the storyline in future sequels. I give this entire movie a 7.2/10, while I give LBT 6 a 6.5/10. They’re not very far apart in my book. So far, I have watched each sequel at least a hundred times (several hundreds on the older ones), but I think this sequel will be lucky if I watch it more than 20 times in it’s lifetime. I don’t think I’ll be able to use any clips in here for a music vid because the thing lacked substance and meaningful emotion so much. Final note to Universal:
Next time, don’t spend all the time with the animation…get a decent story first! You don’t frost the cake before you bake it!
Oh, and I'm crossing my fingers that it was the yellow bellies that made the sequel the way it was, not the development of the main characters. Perhaps I'm being too hard on the sequel, but it's not what I expected at all. I might change my mind after watching it again.
