Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

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Good movie!

Good movie!

Good movie!

Good movie!

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Honestly, it's not as bad as the first animated Diary Of A Wimpy Kid movie. The jokes weren't that funny and the animation was dull, but the ending was pretty cool. Greg and Rodrick were more likable in this movie than the live-action ones which is ok but it kinda takes away from the characters. This movie was the definition of mediocre and lazy. I still think you should watch it because it's pretty short. It's very fast-paced but I think that's fine because most of the scenes are boring. At Least The movie wasn't unwatchable unlike Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul. Also, Manny is still a menace!

I wasn't really expecting a sequel to the first animated adaptation of Diary of a Wimpy Kid after how badly it turned out to be. As expected, this animated adaptation of the second book with the same name isn't much better. This one being about Greg Heffley and his older brother Rodrick Heffley learning how to get along is only slightly better in terms of the story. I'll admit there are like three minor improvements being the fact that it's longer than its predecessor with an actual feature length runtime, the fact that it doesn't feel as tedious, and the scene with Greg's grandfather was a nice addon to the story. This is all I'm going to give this film. It still feels like a poorly written brother bond plot that tries to stretch out the story from the original book. The first movie lacked a cohesive story because it was too short, but this one lacks a cohesive story because not much is able to be added. When the live action adaptation of Rodrick Rules was made, the filmmakers also adapted the third book Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw into the picture which honestly helped structure the storyline better due to the simplicity of the second book it's based on. It may sound like a nitpick but not much really happens in this film and the characters still have trouble developing properly. Rodrick Heffley is meant to be the careless older brother who bullies Greg and his only goal is to play at a school talent show for his Loaded Diper band, unfortunately he's not very imitating here. Greg isn't really unlikable which is good but he doesn't develop either and both Heffleys are just seen arguing in a series of events that leads to mostly nothing. It also confuses me how Greg's parents Susan and Frank Heffley left them at home and went on the Heffley trip without them when neither of them have done anything wrong to deserve it. Oh wait that's because they left out the scene where Rodrick embarasses Greg at church, no wonder that feels off. Just like its predecessor the animation still looks uncanny and unfinished. I would've thought after a whole year of production Disney would let the animation team upgrade the awful 3D models but they didn't. It once again just looks like nobody cares about the visual work of this movie that needs to be polished in order to fit CGI. It's even more noticeable when some of the background characters look like disfigured shapes smooshed together. Yeah this is pretty much what you would expect from a Disney+ cashgrab sequel to a cashgrab adaptation. They had a chance to improve and they didn't. It's just telling us how worthless these newer animated movies on their streaming service aren't worth anyone's time.

This movie is such a huge insult to the live action movie and the book. This movie is better than the long haul, but come on, is that really the bar we want to be going for here? I liked that the length was longer, I thought the voice for Bill was good and how there were more stuff from the book than last time. That is everything good in the book. The relationship between Greg and Rodrick doesn't feel genuine and they don't feel like actual brothers and I don't feel sorry when Greg gets caught or when Rodrick gets sad about not performing, the animation is also bad and did not improve at all over the last movie. All the other characters are bland or annoying and don't have any real personality besides two personality traits. There's also scenes that don't add anything to the movie and just exist to pad out the runtime. I've heard some people calling this movie amazing and that the majority of people are being too harsh. No. I think we have every right to be upset with how much it fails compared to the live action movie and how poorly written it was here, Jeff Kinney is not a professional screenwriter and it shows. The live action movie is an infinitely better way to watch an adaptation of Rodrick Rules. Don't check this out, it's not good and doesn't have enough positives to outweigh the negatives.

I recently finished reading the book, and the first thing that struck me was the change in approach. Like the previous one, some scenes were cut, but the references were still present. I enjoyed this movie because it had better storytelling and still included the references. The character development was improved, and the relationship between Rodrick and Greg felt more authentic. I appreciated how Rodrick was portrayed in this movie, not as a hero or a villain, but as a regular teenager. I empathized with him during the talent show scene. As an older brother myself, I could relate to many aspects of the movie. Overall, I think Disney is on the right track with this one. "Rodrick Rules" was fantastic, and kids will love it when they watch it on Disney Plus. I have a feeling that there will be more projects related to "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" next year and beyond. The cast did an excellent job playing their characters in this movie. While live-action films will always be the best for 20th Century Studios, it's now Disney's turn to make more "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" movies. They could even release them in theaters, sell merchandise, and attract a large audience of kids who will want to see the movie repeatedly.