I was going to write my Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 review the other day, but my computer has crashed at least once each day since then, which is really annoying. I don't know what's wrong with it, and it's quite unjust, because I decided to buy the most expensive, advanced computer on the market that Best Buy told me wouldn't have all of these problems. I figured that this computer would last me about six years, but now I'm no longer sure about that. Wow, what a waste of money.

Anyway, speaking of total wastes, Home was a waste of my time. Perhaps you're a fan of Jim Parsons, but when I recognized his voice, which sounded exactly like his Sheldon Cooper voice, I groaned. This was going to be an interesting ride.

Here's some context on why I watched this: I and someone else were trying to figure out a movie to show some kids. The other person really thought that this would be the perfect movie. I figured that you can't go wrong with good animation, but since the kids were high schoolers, I figured that something like Kubo and the Two Strings would be better. I could vouch personally for how good the film is. You can see my review of it elsewhere on this blog. As always, my input on what film to watch was ignored. That's what you get when you make group decisions about which movies to watch and you have a preference for genuine works of art. The B movie wins every time. In fact, I believe once we even chose to watch "Bee Movie." While supervising the kids, I just ignored the film and just kept an eye on them to make sure that everyone was behaving.

Anyway, Home is one of those movies that a studio pooped out because they knew that if they made a toy deal with McDonald's, they could get enough kids to go watch it to make a return on their investment. I remember the McDonald's toys because I worked there during my college years, and this period of my life overlapped with the release of Home.

Anyway, yes, it had to appeal to kids who haven't seen enough movies to realize that they can have higher standards. It had to be cute. It had to be silly. It had to have an inoffensive moral. You had to never truly fear for the characters or feel that anything was at stake. You just enough of that.

Otherwise, when you think about it, those cute characters don't have a lot of depth. They're all one-dimensional, and if you're high school or older, rather annoying. They're defined by a couple of quirks, and that's about it.

The story between O and the girl is done to death.

And to top it all off, all of their dramatic scenes are played to pop songs by Jennifer Lopez, making it impossible to take them seriously. The music never creates a deeper sense of atmosphere. Basically, it's all a bunch of contemporary songs that are either by Lopez or cut from the same cloth as her. Perhaps someone will look back at this and say "Ah, the 2010's. How nostalgic!" in the same way that we look back at The Legend of Billie Jean. Maybe. But I don't think too many people will be watching this in the 2020's or 2030's. It will be forgotten, and it darn well should. This was ultimately just something that some studio pushed out to make a quick buck. Entertaining, but only on a superficial level. With a moral about being brave and not betraying family and friends so that you don't feel too guilty for watching it.

By the way, I'm not even a hater of Rihanna. Yes, she played the main female protagonist. Honestly, she was the best part of Battleship, when it should have been Liam Neeson. But that doesn't change the fact that her inclusion in a movie is usually an indication of its quality. It shows that the film producers are thinking like music producers, who engineer art according to a formula and don't take any risks.