Well, you know, I'm not very long in the Fandom and had join the Community somewhere after the Show ended , but I'm still a big Fan of it.
Actual I watch the Show an secont Time with 2 Episodes every Saturday.
I have see the Movie yesterday on Netflix and it was great.
Great Humor, good Songs, and emotional Moments.
Was it worth the Wait?
Absolutly
Is it a good Story?
Yes.
Has it fulfill the Expectations of the Fans?
Well, not realy...
The Movie is great and the Ponys, created by the wonderfull ImalouArt are beautyfull.
The Movie is perfect for new MLP Fans and I love the Character of Izzy, who are so much like Pinkie Pie.
But there are still many things the movie not made good.
It is nearly the same lenght as the G4 Movie (91 & 100 Min.), but it feel like it could need some more Time to tell us more, give us Anwers.
The Question was, will the Mane 6 apear in the Movie?
Well it is not a Spoiler if I say, yes they have, but not as actual 3D Ponys,
just as Toon Fantasy of Sunny directly at the Begin of the Movie and as hand made Wood Figures in her Room.
We as older Bronys have live the World of Equestria in Generation 4, who was the first realy successfull Generation of the Franchise.
So we had certail Expectations for the Movie and hoped to get Infos about the Time between the Generations:
How much Time has pass between G4 and G5?
Are there Alicorns in the World?
Why is the World back in the Mistrust like in the Time of Equestrias Founding?
Are the Main 5 Decendants of the Mane 6?
And more.
I hoped to see any of the G4 Ponys in the Movie, in Flashbacks or as actual Ponys in the Movie, maybe Time Travel like Twilight has done it.
We think Alicorns are immortal, so where are they?
Wheres Discord?
Why there are just Ponys and no Dragons, Yak or Gryphons?
After all, the Movie tell us nothing about the Past.
So what made the Movie not perfect for Hardcore Fans?
It has nothing left of the Ideals of G4, who has teach us many important Things.
Everything Celestia and Twilight have teach the World is gone.
The World is modern, like our own World and look more like Zootopia as the Fantasy World of Equestria.
I'm sure you all have your own Idea, how the new Generation could look like.
My idea was a World like in the Anime Boruto.
The next Generation of Naruto play around 15 Years after Naruto Shippuden and the new main Cast are the Children of the old Cast.
The World is a bit more progressive as in the old Show, with electronic Devices and a bigger Village.
I wish G5 would be similar.
With a new Cast of Ponys in Equestria, but like in Boruto the old Cast is still there, but only as Side Figures and not longer in the main Focus of the Story.
I think Hasbro has made this, without the Mane 6, to push their Sales in the new G5 Toys.
If there are G4 Char like Twilight in it, the Main 5 would always be in her Shaddow.
Many Fans already see G5 as a alternate Universe or Timeline.
Maybe the Movie would be better with Lauren Faust in the Story Team.
I think the Movie is mostly a Intro into the new Show, like the first Eppisodes of FiM Season 1 and the real Content will maybe in the Show later.
We will see how the story will go and if it will be successful.
I stay in my beloved FiM Time and watch S2E15 and 16 today.