PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie

This movie is the sequel to the Nickelodeon movie Paw Patrol: The Movie (2021) that is based on the 2013 show Paw Patrol that is still going to this day; I know what the show is about, even though I have not seen much of it, and this movie is based on something that does happen in the show. The sequel Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (2023) is as good and enjoyable enough as the first movie, with it having great animation and good voice acting for these characters that kids will know because of the show, but also it has fun action and entertaining enough villains where you can have some fun with it. Plus, even if you have not seen the show before, or if you have seen some of it but not too much, you might question some things that happen but will like it despite it being aimed at kids.

The whole cast voicing the Paw Patrol pups and the owner Ryder all do a respectable job voicing these characters, along with side characters having well-known actors voicing them, even in exceedingly small roles that do not make a difference. Unlike the first movie where it focused on the police pup Chase, this movie focuses on the pup named Skye finding out how she was found by Ryder, and her proving to herself that she is not a weak small pup by taking this power crystal, gives herself superpowers, and uses them to save the day from the many threats to Adventure City involving meteors, Mayor Humdinger, and Victoria Vance. There is not much to say about the main characters other than that the way they save people from incidents/accidents is entertaining to watch, and them using their powers from the crystals is cool with the nice-looking animation.

The villain is Victoria Vance who makes a machine to drag meteors from space to come down and crash on Earth where Adventure City is, along with her saying she is not a mad scientist, even though she acts crazy and over the top; the other villain is the return of Mayor Humdinger, but he does not do much other than break out of prison, help Victoria steal the crystals, and have one sequence around the end of the second act leading to the third act/third act climax. The animation is well done and nice to look at, with it being bright and colorful, along with the look and colors from the crystals, the Paw Patrol equipment, how they use their powers, and what the powers look like when they use them; also, the action sequences in the movie were fun and entertaining to watch, even in the third act climax.

If you have kids who are fans of the Paw Patrol show, or if you like the show yourself, along with liking the first movie, then you will have fun or will be entertained with this sequel movie; the movie sequel Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (2023) is clearly not for me, but I was entertained by it and some fun with it, even though I have not seen much of the show. Not a perfect animated movie, but it is not trying to be, it is just trying to be fun and entertaining.

It is a very fun movie for kids, I think almost any child will have a wonderfull time, a very charming story with cute characters, with cool vehicles. At the same time it is an obvious commercial to sell the toys of what you see in the movie. The story accomplishes to be entertaining with a basic structure. I think despite to be a franchise made for little kids, unlike the show, the writers tried to make an story decent enough to entratain the adults in the audience what makes it more a family move than just for little kids as the show. Telling us about the emotional insecurity of Skye for being the tiniest and weakest member of the team and trying to overcome it while using superpowers to defeat the crazy scientist with similar insecurities as Skye.

Visually is decent, the vehicles have cool concepts the characters are adorable, I am not sure if it is the movie or a problem with the theater I went, but there were some scenes where the frame rate of the animtion changed, like if most of the movie the animations where made 24 fps and then few scenes there was a character moving like 12 fps, or like sometimes they forgot to add motion blur to the animation.

I would say is a charming and fun family movie perfect for kids or even and adult looking for a relaxing carefree movie.

All those familiar pups are back, except with (mostly) different voices which is an automatic point off for me. Another point off is the overall visual look of the film. It looks more like a video game than what the 2021 film looked like, which I prefer over this instalment. My 3rd point off is the plot, which I feel is slightly heavy for the age group we're going for. Again, I felt the 2021 plot was great, while keeping it super light and fun. That being said, this movie moves at a good pace, is quite entertaining, has many laughs for all ages, and does have some return voices which helps. My kids enjoyed it and want to see it again, we'll see if it gets viewed as many times as the 2021 version, which I'm guessing I've seen about 50 times lol!

This is not a bad movie, don't get me wrong. Even compared to most garbage that gets thrown at us adults for entertainment purposes.

The mighty movie has all the characters we know (and like or even love) from the tv show. And that's about it. Except for the pups and the other characters we already know, this movie has nothing to do with the Paw Patrol we're used to.

It's the mighty movie, I got this. But even their super powers are different from the tv show (if these episodes were fan favorites, I also get the reason behind this movie and I can blind guess the next installment could be about dinosaurs).

There's more action, more shooting stuff, fighting, explosions and (more real) threat than in all tv show seasons together. It's not innocent anymore - and I guess that's why I feel this is not a Paw Patrol movie.

The kids liked it (because of the characters they know?). The movie has its moments, it has a good portion of fun and the story is not too bad for what it is; entertainment for kids aged 5 or 6 and up. Visually, the movie feels like a tiny step back from the first installment (imho the fur looks weird at times). But, I repeat, this has nothing to do with Paw Patrol from the tv show.

I liked the film. It was energetic and spirited. A few adult themes centred around confidence, family and friendship which was still simple for children to digest made for a simple and straight forward story. The added theme of superpowers made it fun but also questionable. For me, if they have these powers then why would they need their vehicles still? Hmm. My kids on the other couldn't care less. They were happy to see a super powered Skye that can now fly still get into her jet ha-ha. My favourite characters were the newly added pup recruits. Too cute, cuddly and funny. The movie moves away from the innocence of the tv show. There's a lot more action, destruction, shooting, explosions etc. In other words, if this happens to be your first experience of the Paw Patrol then going to tv shows from this? You're going to really struggle. Compared to the tv show this movie is on steroids with action. My kids loved the film and I feel if it had the marketing budget of the Super Mario film it would have done a lot better. It's a really good family movie which will definitely be repeated a few times in my home.