The two had previously worked together on the film Gulliver's Travels. In October 2013, Rob Letterman was announced as director and Nicholas Stoller as scriptwriter. In October 2011, his representatives indicated Pilkey was ready, and DreamWorks Animation won the rights in an auction. To persuade him, DreamWorks gave Pilkey a tour around the studio with everyone wearing underpants over their trousers, which made him laugh. Early pitches for an adaptation included video games, animated and live-action films, an animated series, and a live-action series. This is a big step up from the last film I looked at, and this is a must watch for any fan of Captain Underpants.ġ. DreamWorks' interest in the film rights to the Captain Underpants series dates back to when the first installment was published in 1997, but creator Dav Pilkey did not want to sell them. The story is very well written, subverts expectations with certain tropes, has a good moral, and pays great respect to the books. It even does a good job at using a variety of animation types.ġ1. Very well crafted animation that greatly transfers the designs from the books. Theodore Shapiro's score is amazingly well composed.ġ0. A lot of charm and heart just like the books.ĩ. Most of the humor is pretty well handled, and this is one of the rare examples of toilet humor done properly.Ħ. And as Krupp, he's given a lot of development compared to his one trait personality in the books.ĥ. Krupp/Captain Underpants is a pretty funny and likeable secondary lead. George and Harold are both pretty decent and likeable protagonists.Ģ. Now it's up to Captain Underpants to stop Poopypants' plans and save the town.ġ. As it turns out, Poopypants is seeking to get rid of laughter altogether due to the fact that people never took him seriously for years due to his name, and also him having a form of post-traumatic stress from when he was almost given a Nobel award, but the committee laughed at him for his silly name. Soon, Poopypants tries to take over the town with a giant version of Melvin's Turbo Toilet 2000, fueled by the school cafeteria's toxic leftovers left out by Edith, and uses Melvin's brain as the power source to a zombie-ray to turn the children into glum, humorless zombies. Krupp) hires to be the new science teacher, but George and Harold are suspicious due to his short-tempered and violent behavior. His sudden personality change even manages to attract the attention and affection of the school's shy lunch lady, Edith. Just when George and Harold believe that their troubles have ended, Jerome Horwitz Elementary School is visited by an odd and German-accented scientist named Professor Peepee Diareastein Poopypants esq., whom Captain Underpants (still disguised as Mr. Krupp under the pretense of a "secret identity", to which Captain Underpants agrees. Krupp will continue trying to separate them, they decide to settle with Captain Underpants yet insist that he be dressed up as Mr. Krupp by splashing water on him and back into Captain Underpants by snapping their fingers. There, they discover that they can turn Captain Underpants back into Mr. The boys soon learn the severity of this when Captain Underpants begins causing trouble around Piqua and thus take him to their treehouse. Krupp bears a resemblance to Captain Underpants without his toupee and command him to be so. Krupp with a 3D Hypno Ring he received out of a cereal box the boys see that Mr. Krupp a chance to put the boys in separate classes, thinking that he can destroy their friendship with it. To prevent this, George hypnotizes Mr. George and Harold's pranks come to an apparent end when they are caught tampering with a toilet invention, the Turbo Toilet 2000, made by the school's local snitch, the intellectual Melvin Sneedly. They sell these to their schoolmates through a comic company called Treehouse Comix Inc., located in their treehouse. The duo also creates comic books about a superhero named Captain Underpants, a character who has superpowers yet merely wears underwear and a cape. Benjamin "Benny" Krupp, which puts them at odds with him. In Piqua, Ohio, George Beard and Harold Hutchins are two fourth-grade friends and next-door neighbors who often bring joy to their school, Jerome Horwitz Elementary School, by excessively pranking the cruel school staff, especially their mean-spirited principal, Mr. Lets continue our DreamWorks marathon with this superhero-comedy based on the humorous children's books.
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