Pros:
-Animation. My god was the animation fantastic! The sheer amount of camera pans, cinematic shots, and background movements made this movie easily one of the most impressive animations in MLP history. Seriously watch it again (you were going to anyway), and just pay attention to the animation.
-Writing. This has always been a hallmark of the My Little Pony series. The characters felt so real. Remember when Twilight was crying during the archery segment, because her friends were yelling at her? Or when Sunset #rekt Twilight when she said she didn't know anything? I bet you Sunset was really yelling at herself, but unleashed it on Twilight. Those are Everest levels of writing, writing that you won't find in many other places.
-The ending. Remember when Sunset used Deus Ex Machina to defeat Twilight? Me neither, because it didn't happen. Far are we away from the times of yelling "friendship" and the problems go away. Sunset picked up that device, sucked in energy, threw it down like a grenade, then actually fought Twilight, Harry Potter Style. Sunset came full circle. She used to be on the other side, but now she finally understood friendship and wielded it like a complete bada**. She finally fulfilled what Celestia saw in her all those years ago.
Cons:
-Explanation Pinkie. This was a problem in the first EQG. Pinkie would just spout out everything everybody needed to know, and everybody would just accept it as fact. There's really nothing else I can out, it's just annoying.
-Crystal Prep. The students were advertised so heavily pre-premiere, but they were reduced to minor speaking roles, and basic bully personalities in the actual movie. Principal Cinch got a lot of the attention, but the students hardly felt like characters at all. The only exceptional thing they did was sick burn Principal Cinch at the end of the movie.
-Pacing. This, again, was a problem in the previous movies as well, even the show proper. The show creators have such ambitious ideas, but that 90 minute period really constricts them. It felt like some scenes just jumped from one to the next. I'm glad it didn't turn into a songfest like MMC, but unless they can get an extra 30 minutes, I don't think this issue will ever be resolved.
Final Thoughts:
I have a super heavy bias, becuase I love everything Equestria Girls, and am tempted to give the movie a 1000/10 IGN, but I will refrain.
I think this movie deserves respectable: 8.3/10.
The cons weren't as serious as they could have been, and the pros were quite powerful. EQG: Friendship Games had great writing, superb animation, the perfect combo of songs, but with a few cons holding it back, mainly pacing.
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