Line #35 Narm/TheEmojiMovie


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4	It says a lot about the film's quality when the [[{{Narm}} overly dramatic moments]] tend to end up being far more entertaining than its ''actual attempts at comedy'':
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7	* A lot of the film's dialogue (other than the terrible jokes) becomes hard to take seriously due to how embarrassingly [[{{Anvilicious}} unsubtle]] and/or [[TotallyRadical cringeworthy]] it is. To wit:
8	** The entirety of Gene's {{opening monologue}}, due to trying [[MeaninglessMeaningfulWords (and failing)]] to make ''smartphones'' of all things—simple, accessible, everyday conveniences—feel magical, and also for blatantly ripping off ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'''s opening monologue: "The world we live in, it's so wondrous, mysterious, even magical. No, n-n-not that world...I meant this one: the smartphone. Each system and programmed app is its own little planet of perfect technology. All providing services so necessary, so crucial, so unbelievably profound.". This ends with the absolutely ridiculous [[BlatantLies "Emojis are the most important tool of communication"]]. Much like the film's tagline, it neatly (and unintentionally) lets the audience know [[TotallyRadical what they're in for]] with the film.
9	** "Words aren't cool!", claims Alex's friend while Alex is deciding on how he should communicate with his crush. Reportedly, audiences laughed uproariously at this line during press screenings, thanks to [[ViewersAreMorons the apparent belief of the writers that teenagers actually act this way]].
10	** The climax of the ''entire movie'' hinges on the line "[[TotallyRadical That's one super-cool emoji,]]" a sentence never previously or since uttered without any hint of irony.
11	** Not to mention Addie saying that she's glad that Alex is "one of those guys who's open about his feelings"...''because he sent her an emoji.''
12	* The fact that the plot revolves around Alex trying to figure out how to communicate with his crush ''when he already has her number'', and that he can't figure out ''the correct emoji to send to her''. Much like the "Words aren't cool!" example above, this is another blatant indication that the writers have no idea how actual teenagers act.
13	** The film's real-world conflict is then resolved with pure plot convenience by Addie asking Alex to the dance ''[[EasilyImpressed because his phone sent an emoji]]'', which apparently makes him different from the other teenagers who are constantly using their phones.
14	** The film's seeming insistence on never giving Alex a personality ''at all'', as an extension of this. We don't even see him send Addie an actual text with words - when Hi-5 digs it up, it's ''the lyrics to [[Music/{{Rihanna}} "Diamonds"]]''.
15	* Jailbreak is a difficult character to take seriously:
16	** The reveal that Jailbreak's entire motivation is [[spoiler:about her status as a princess emoji, and that apparently female emojis were only ever allowed to be princesses or brides.]] It's supposed to be a touching revelation... that's so absurd it's laughable. Made worse if viewers apply the slightest amount of thought to the situation and remember that the leader of the emojis, Smiler, is female. Even if viewers didn’t do so, they’d realize this when the movie cuts back to Textopolis.
17	** Creator/AnnaFaris' cutesy voice is [[VocalDissonance the last thing you'd at least try to expect]] to accompany with the [[RealWomenDontWearDresses tough-girl personality]] Jailbreak is supposed to have, but it's too hard to take her very seriously with that.
18	* The movie's desperate attempts to show that Smiler is the bad guy become unintentionally laughable due to how [[ObviouslyEvil ridiculously over-the-top and unsubtle they are]], particularly as she's actually [[DesignatedVillain well-justified]] in going after [[DesignatedHero Gene and his friends]].
19	* The movie's [[ProductPlacement blatant shilling]] repeated use of Dropbox as being plot-relevant is already inherently funny, as sections of the plot hinging upon a shilled app come across as laughably awkward in scenes supposed to be tense or action-y. This is exacerbated by when considering that it's [[https://www.dropbox.com/help/security/viruses-malware far from being completely immune to malware]] like the film tries to imply.

Context Narm / TheEmojiMovie