I just got back from seeing this, and it is (in my opinion) the worst Laika film so far.
Spoilers ahead if you care.
Firstly, I feel like one of Laika's consistent weaknesses is their writing, but they tend to make up for it with really fantastic visuals. Originally, Boxtrolls was my least favorite because I didn't like the designs of the trolls and didn't enjoy the story very much, but that movie at least still had some visual appeal. With Missing Link I didn't find any of the characters to be visually appealing aside from the Yeti people, at least not up to par with the rest of Laika's films. The fight scenes went on for way too long and made me bored after a while, and whenever they attempted to inject humor into a situation it just plain sucked. They did that awful trope with Mr. Link way too much where he's super literal and does stupid shit because he doesn't know any better. This was used throughout the entire film, and got old as soon as it started. None of the characters were likeable, I didn't believe their motivations at all. Laika films definitely still look good, but I feel like the technology has gotten so advanced that the movies have lost some of their charm along the way. I dunno, I still appreciate the amount of work that goes into these films, but it gets hard to still appreciate it when they put out something as boring and uninspired as this.
No dateon my country has been confirmed and I'm frustrated
Colton Garcia
Fuuuuuck. Worse than Kubo?
Aaron Jenkins
Were there hawt chix
Carter Sullivan
Personally, Kubo is my favorite Laika film so I'm biased towards it, but yeah, way worse than Kubo. Kubo's writing may not have been the best, but at least it's visuals made up for it, and they made up for it in a really great way.
Gavin Richardson
The trailers I've seen for it don't look too great.
Christian Carter
Just got out of the theater as well. Very dissapointing, not as good as I wanted it to be. The problem is they tried to jam waaaaay too much into this movie. Like half the side plots could have been cut entirely.
Hugh Jackmans character being a dick was a terrible move. The weird awkward romantic subplot made me physically uncomfortable. Which is a shame because the female character was my favorite other than Link himself. Dialogue was either incredibly hamfisted or characters didnt explain anything at all (the female character just being like "I changed my mind I'm coming with you now :)". Plus the final fight scene was AWFUL. Good god it went on too long and the ending was trash.
All in I'm really dissapointed. Kubo was a masterpeice so this feels like a letdown.
Justin Hill
Wait this is a Laika film? I saw it on tv commercials and thought it was made by some typical big name studio that doesn't give a shit about art. It looks pretty crappy.
Yess, that final fight scene dragged on and on, and when it finally ended and they were acting like they defeated the big bad I couldn't believe that that was supposed to be the big end fight considering how terrible it was. Completely agree on all your points, especially with the girls sudden change of heart.
The way they left it open for a sequel made me very worried, there's no way I want anymore from this storyline of all storylines that Laika has to offer.
