# The Emoji Movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 31, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475 "2017-07-31T02:07:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/21 "2017-07-31T22:16:39Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I take it you haven’t seen the [poo emojii hats](https://www.google.com/search?q=poop+emoji+hats&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiv04C48LPVAhVJyoMKHYJoCMoQ_AUICygC&biw=1834&bih=1076), which well pre-date the movie, have you? The poo emoji has been being celebrated/endorsed in pop culture for a little bit now. [Here’s a whole line of poo emoji products](http://www.mysanantonio.com/lifestyle/article/A-poo-emoji-load-of-products-9284473.php), from pillows to cups to flasks to batteries. > > Enjoy! This child wanted, and got, a poop-themed birthday party. :smack: > **[Spunky little girl insists on poop-themed birthday party](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spunky-3-year-old-girl-insists-on-poop-themed-birthday-party/)** > > This 3 year old from Missouri didn't want a princess party. She wanted a party filled with poop emojis. And she wouldn't take no for an answer. I suspect that this movie’s idea would have worked as a short subject, but as a full-length movie? No way. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/22 "2017-07-31T22:21:40Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UPD0srSiOFE/maxresdefault.jpg "Our bright future: "And the Nr.1 movie in the country was called "Ass"..."") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPD0srSiOFE) Soon… Soon… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/23 "2017-07-31T22:44:48Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > This child wanted, and got, a poop-themed birthday party. :smack: > > [Spunky little girl insists on poop-themed birthday - CBS News](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/spunky-3-year-old-girl-insists-on-poop-themed-birthday-party/) IM(limited)E, they are a bit fixated on poop at that age. ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/24 "2017-07-31T22:47:35Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > \*Sir \*Patrick Stewart? No. No, not anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/25 "2017-08-01T08:24:04Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > \*Sir \*Patrick Stewart? … it just keeps getting worse. :smack: > [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I assume Stewart took the job to make a quick buck so he can continue to drink beers and pal around with Ian McKellen. Indeed, I assume he did it for 1) laughs and 2) a six-figure sum in return for an afternoon’s work. And it was still likely more tasteful than some of the things he’s said on _American Dad_. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/26 "2017-08-01T18:54:10Z")
I saw the movie this weekend. It was actually better than I expected, but that is a more the result of my severely lowered expectations than any significant merit. However, the 6, 7 and 8-year olds I saw it with loved it. It was actually sort of cute in its own way, with a few tiny bits aimed at higher than a grade school level. The music was also really good. The story is about a young “meh” emoji who can’t simply remain meh, but needs to be himself by expressing a range of emotions. The “you’re free to be yourself, despite others’ expectations” message is not presented with subtlety, but it is a good theme to present to young kids. The poop emoji was there for comic relief, and the basis of a few bodily function jokes that the kids liked (though many fewer than in Captain Underpants, another cinematic masterpiece I got to see this summer). In other words, if you need to take your kids someplace to get out of the heat for a couple of hours, you could do worse. The Hotel Transylvania short at the beginning was, frankly, just stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/27 "2017-08-01T18:58:08Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Can somebody who’s subjected themselves to this thing please give me a quick overview of the Hotel Transylvania short that plays in front of it? I’d almost had myself convinced to go see the Emoji Movie because I love Hotel Transylvania, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it. I’ll just have to hope the short shows up on YouTube one of these days… Don’t bother. Without giving away spoilers (not that there is really anything to spoil), the kids want a puppy, get one, and hijinks ensue. Unfortunately, they are not very creative or interesting hijinks. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/28 "2017-08-01T19:21:56Z")
> [@Billdo](#): > > Don’t bother. Without giving away spoilers (not that there is really anything to spoil), the kids want a puppy, get one, and hijinks ensue. Unfortunately, they are not very creative or interesting hijinks. Oh. Okay, maybe I’ll pass. I tried watching a couple episodes of the HT animated series and had to turn them off–they were awful. I guess I’ll wait for HT 3. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475/29 "2017-08-01T21:30:47Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > The [Weekend Box Office](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/) (for 7/31/2017) has it earning $24.5 million dollars, coming in second for the weekend. I thought the weekend estimates for it being number 2 was going to be wrong despite the $2+M gap. And indeed the actuals have _Dunkirk_ dropping $1.5M. But _TEM_ lost $1.1+M rather than gained in the actuals so it still finished number 2. It has a bad multiplier for an animated kids movie. That means a tiny bit of good news: it’s going to drop fast. (A lot of the Sunday estimates turned out to be fairly high this past weekend. Wonder why so many were wrong.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emoji-movie/792475.md?page=1)