Homeward

Homeward is a 2020 animated adventure comedy mockbuster of mh:greatestmovies:Onward. Produced by The Asylum, it is their fourth animated movie with the others being Izzie's Way Home, Trolland, and CarGo.

Plot
A boastful elf and his prank-happy orc brother must learn to work together to stop a fiendish orc gang from retrieving a magical stone that will give them the power to take over the world.

Why It's Going Homeward (Except In A Bad Way)

 * 1) The main criticism is that it is a mockbuster/knockoff/rip-off to Disney Pixar's Onward.
 * 2) *The designs of the two main protagonists, Lloyd and Barl Lightspinner, follow the same body type shtick as Ian and Barley Lightfoot.
 * 3) * The names of the characters are suspiciously similar (Barl equals Barley and Lightspinner equals Lightfoot).
 * 4) * Both movies share the setting of a modern world inhabited by fantasy beings and have a plot point of magic being virtually replaced by technology.
 * 5) * The title names sound very similar, both ending with "ward".
 * 6) The most obvious complaint aside, it also copies other movies like Warcraft.
 * 7) *Barl's design also bears an uncanny resemblance to Wreck-It Ralph, with people jokingly calling him "Destroy-It Davey".
 * 8) *The goth girl's design looks like a rip-off brand of Mavis Dracula from Hotel Transylvania. Not to mention, she is barely in the movie and doesn't have much more screen time, which is wasted and forgettable.
 * 9) Every character is unlikable, like Lloyd and Barl.
 * 10) The movie has the elements of a misleading poster:
 * 11) * There are three characters, two frogs in the back and the goth girl (as previously stated above) on both sides, but they barely show up in the movie. Also, why the wrong female frog is t-posing?
 * 12) * Tom Green's name is on the poster, but he doesn’t voice Lloyd or Barl; instead, he voices the Principal, who is in the movie for only 5 minutes and is not an important character whatsoever.
 * 13) Awful music, especially New Orc City, compared to CarGo, apart from the credits theme.
 * 14) Atrocious dialogue that is unoriginal and bland to hear through.
 * 15) The animation, while better than The Asylum's other three disasters of animated films, is still largely mediocre. It also still suffers from errors and other goofs like model clipping, and the lip-syncing is occasionally inconsistent.
 * 16) * The character models look extremely stiff and unemotional.
 * 17) ** Speaking of the designs and animation, they are unfitting for a movie made in the 2020s, as they fit more into a late 2000s film instead.
 * 18) Voice acting that ranges from lazy to outright laughable, especially Joey Lawrence and Tom Green (wait, what?).
 * 19) Poor writing:
 * 20) * There's a major plot hole, in the beginning, orcs and elves made peace in the war, but in the present day, elves have good living conditions while the orcs have bad living conditions.
 * 21) * Lloyd, after abandoning Barl in New Orc City, suddenly changes his feelings, like he would be punished by his parents (who are never seen in the film) if he leaves Barl there. Not only does it feel like a last-minute addition, but why did Lloyd even abandon Barl if he knew he could be punished for doing so?
 * 22) Blatant product placement, such as mh:awesomegames:Nintendo Switch.
 * 23) They try to make Onward look like a rip-off by putting it before.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) This movie has its share of funny moments, such as Barl listening to radio music and then quietly saying "muuuuuuusic....!", as well as an elderly elf mishearing what other characters say to her.
 * 2) The credits theme is the only good song in the entire movie.

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