The movie's rating on IMDB.

[CastletonSnob 3,074]

The movie currently has a 6.2 rating on IMDB.

Is the stigma or MLP still that strong? Or do you feel the rating is fair?

[O-78 28,607]

You know what? I personally do not give a fat shit what IMDB says!

[Black Sabbath 2,486]

Honestly, the movie is fairly mediocre so I'd say a 6.2 rating is pretty fair. 

[Literatel 144]

Honestly, I have no idea what IMDB is, but if it is one of those movie rating sites that does not accept negative opinions, then I don't care. If not, then I agree with them; I give the movie a 6.2 out of 10.

And is it just me, but were the pirates in the movie completely meaningless? Like, if they had never been introduced, I'm pretty sure the Mane 6 would have done just fine.

[Misty Shadow 7,902]

What IMDB thinks...

No, I'm not trying to be nasty, I just really don't care and don't understand the cause for concern. I kind of already went over this in another topic, it's understandable to me why the movie's critical reception was mixed. Also taking account into the fact that critics have their biases, many fans agree that the movie was good, but could've been better. I like loads of movies that are poorly rated on sites like IMDB/Rotten Tomatoes/Metacritic/whatever because I acknowledge that reviews are just opinions that don't affect my own judgement.

[Twilight Luna 31,402]

Don't listen to ratings from critics or IMDB scores. Make your own judgements about what you watch. Case in point. The Last Jedi has a 7.2/10 rating even though the movie was a failure for Disney and hated by most fans.

Edited August 22, 2018 by Twilight Luna

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,597]

I actually think that is a tad high, as I wouldn't give the movie anything higher than a 5. It had many problems in my view. The sea ponies being introduced, out of character moments, the animation being hit and miss for me, and the biggest bit, it actually didn't feel enough like the show it is based on. That could all just be personal preferences coming into effect, but that score isn't one I disagree with.

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,161]

I think in general it's fair. The movie and the show are mainly there to sell toys, and to a general audience...it kinda shows. The general feeling of it I get from the collective is that "it's fine, but my taste, there are better movies out there, but there are far worse."

[Ganondorf8 11,318]

Hmmm... 6.2 does sound about right. I know that a lot of people feel that the MLP Movie is a fantastic film but it's far from perfect. In fact, I'd say the more times you watch it, the more likely you'll discover the flaws which will then affect your opinion.

[Cash In 22,366]

I would probably rank it higher than that myself, but it seems fair. Although I suggest taking that rating with a pinch of salt. One review doesn't account for every single person's overall opinion. 

[Nightfall Gloam 18,260]

I don't really care about the rating from some website I never use. I'd rather come to my own opinion after watching a movie. 

Anyway, I personally think the movie was good, but definitely could have been better. 

[Twilight Luna 31,402]

If I had to rate the movie, I would give it a 5 or 5.5/10. Not bad, not great. Some good songs but the villain was terrible.

[Jordan D 149]

I guess my big problem on the movie is it felt like it existed to set up a lot of stuff. It had to expand the universe of the world to sell lots of toys so it didn't really have time to explore the stuff it established. Seaponies/Aris, Klugetown and the Sky Pirates all could've carried the movie on their own, but instead they were relatively glossed over. Personally, I loved the villain and all the characters it introduced (except for Grubber, but he got basically nothing to do) and especially loved the lore, locations and art style. I think a 7/10 is where I'd put the film, I thought it was a ton of fun, but flawed. 

That said, reading through the artbook, I realized the movie could've been a lot weirder, a lot more metal. I recommend the artbook if you haven't read it yet, gives some interesting insight on what could've been with scrapped locations and characters.

[Krashface 534]

Bah, the rating to me sims fair enough.
It was a good movie, but nothing more.

[jorge123esp 912]

I would say the rate is quite fair.

The movie is fine, but there's some flaws that could be improved, yet is still an enjoyable film. Anyway, is just a very subjective number. Maybe for one person is a 10, and another one is just a 0. 

[Shadowfax 68]

As much as I really enjoyed the film, it was far from perfect.  But then again, it was made for the MLP crowd, instead of a general audience (edit: or I should say many of the errors are because much of the film assumes you are a fan of the show; there are some serious flaws that are independent of how much you knew about MLP:FiM before you came into the theater).

Edited August 23, 2018 by Shadowfax

[TBD 17,254]

yeh seems about right. 

[PacificGreen 1,163]

On 8/21/2018 at 6:19 PM, Twilight Luna said:

Don't listen to ratings from critics or IMDB scores.

I don't mean to be confrontational, but honestly, I think this mentality can be kinda a hindrance. People post their opinions on sites to be heard after all. I mean by all means form your own opinions on stuff but that doesn't mean critics should be ignored.

I personally liked TLJ btw, but then again, for non-kids movies I have pretty low standards.  

[Nsxile 27,066]

That's pretty much due to the lingering presence of anti-bronies and it's worth mentioning that the average audience rating on rotten tomatoes is 4/5 with 77% of the audience giving it a 3.5/5 or higher, so this narrative that the 'movie sucked' or 'was average', is very much untrue.

[Auroralicious 8]

Honestly, I really liked the movie! Kids' movies tend to get the lower rankings because they're usually very predictable, but that's just how it is with kids' movies. Either way, I enjoyed it!

[ggg-2 3,553]

One reviewer on Rotten Tomatoes called The My Little Pony Movie as bad as The Emoji Movie. I mean, it was mediocre with a few OOC moments, but nowhere near that bad.

[MangoFoalix 24,961]

16 minutes ago, ggg-2 said:

One reviewer on Rotten Tomatoes called The My Little Pony Movie as bad as The Emoji Movie. I mean, it was mediocre with a few OOC moments, but nowhere near that bad.

The thing with reviewers is that most of them would be biased. I rather take someone who has a credible opinion and possibly base my own opinion off of that. Going into something expecting to hate it will just make you hate it regardless.

[Acons 43]

The movie is not a masterpiece, but I think it deserves a bit higher rating. Despite this, other websites gives even lower rating to this movie.

[Dethde 20]

To me, the movie felt mediocre, they've done wonders with EG, however this movie felt flat, a blatant piece of advertisement, Villain was a cringier tirek rip off (His previous designs were much better imo.), plot felt cliche in many ways, many characters were completely irrelevant, however other than that it felt likeable?

I could see how bronies and non bronies alike could have seen the art style in the Movie to be hard to get used to and unlikable, i personally didn't have too much of an issue with it.

To be honest i feel like they were anticipating a fantastic work of film featuring heavy lore patching and fantastic, enjoyable moments, and the movie disappointed them.

 

[PacificGreen 1,163]

On 8/21/2018 at 6:17 PM, CloudMistDragon said:

What IMDB thinks...

No, I'm not trying to be nasty, I just really don't care and don't understand the cause for concern. I kind of already went over this in another topic, it's understandable to me why the movie's critical reception was mixed. Also taking account into the fact that critics have their biases, many fans agree that the movie was good, but could've been better. I like loads of movies that are poorly rated on sites like IMDB/Rotten Tomatoes/Metacritic/whatever because I acknowledge that reviews are just opinions that don't affect my own judgement.

To be fair, people often look at these sites to determine whether or not they should spend their money to see these movies. Yes, it does NOT give them the right to judge a movie prematurely, but I woudn't say that "nobody cares" because honestly, people, myself included, do take the time to research this stuff to determine whether or not to spend their hard-earned money to watch a certain flick. I applaud you for not letting others' opinions get in the way of your own enjoyment of the movie, but I'd think carefully about dismissing others' opinions of movies if I were you.

Sorry if that sounds harsh. I just see a lot of people getting defensive about the movie on this site and I just believe people should be more aware of their own biases before trashing others for having their own biases. Glass houses,  you know. :/ But who knows, maybe I'm just being a hypocrite and scolding others for having biases when I myself have my own.

Anyways, to answer the original question, unpopular opinion here, but I think it's a fair assessment. The movie was decent, but it kinda played it safe- maybe a little too safe- in "kid movie territory" and didn't really do anything exceptional. Probably just a case of "awesomeness withdrawal" as I've seen stuff like the S4 finale (which IMO probably would've made a better movie), so for a hyped-up big screen release the movie kinda felt tame.