Top 10 Animated Movies that Nobody Asked For

Before it was released, before we even saw any trailers, this film was backlashed the second it was announced. The concept alone of a movie about emojis serves as a prime example of how Hollywood is running out of ideas. There was just no way that it ever stood a chance of being good and the trailers did nothing but reinforce our extremely low expectations. Then the movie came out and it was just as bad as everyone had expected, if not worse. One of the things that bothers me the most about it though is that it really shows how out of touch Hollywood is with the general public. The thought behind this film is that young people are always on their smartphones these days and like using emojis, so we're going to try to connect with them because we're with it, we're hip, we're cool! It's so obvious that the film is trying to pander to younger generations, but the thing is, no one wanted this movie. No one. Not even the target demographic, which I guess is pre-teens/teenagers, but I don't know why any teenager would want to watch this except to poke fun at it. This film has so many things wrong with it that I wouldn't even know where to start, but everyone and their mother has torn apart this movie by now so I don't think I need to go into all of it. Overall though, this "movie" is little more than a giant advertisement that lacks any kind of creativity and did not need to exist.

The crossover that no one asked for, Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory has absolutely no reason to exist. From what little I've actually seen of the film, it seems to be the exact same thing as the Gene Wilder movie, just with Tom and Jerry shoehorned in as well as an Oompa Loompa mouse. I really just don't understand the point. Has there ever been anyone out there who, whilst watching Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, thought to themselves, "You know what would make this better? Adding Tom and Jerry into the mix! " While it would still be unnecessary, I think it would have been better if they had done a completely different adaptation of the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory book instead of doing an adaptation of another adaptation. At least then it wouldn't feel AS pointless. Why would anyone want to watch this over the original? I seriously just don't understand why this needed to be a thing.

I understand that the Ice Age movies make lots of money internationally, but this franchise seriously just needs to die already! I think this is the last one, but you never know with Blue Sky Studios. It should have ended after the third one, but nope, they just had to milk it for all it's worth, quality be darned. You can use the "it's just a kids movie" excuse all you like, but when there are so many better children's films out there, why would you waste your time with this garbage? You can tell just by watching the trailers for this movie that they were scraping the absolute bottom of the barrel, and it's just not something anyone needs in their lives. Dear Blue Sky Studios, please for the love of all that's good do not make a sixth film. Sincerely, everyone.

THIS, ladies and gentlemen, THIS very movie is ultimate proof that "it's just a kids movie" is nowhere near an excuse for a movie being a total trainwreck.

I swear if we get another Ice Age...!
This series has long lived past its welcome

Ice Age is about as buried as the real Ice Age.

Making the annoying comic relief characters the stars of a movie. What could go wrong? Well, if the reactions of reviewers everywhere are any indication, a lot went wrong with this Despicable Me spinoff. I'll admit it, I'm not really a fan of the Despicable Me movies, but I can see why people like them. This on the other hand is nothing more than a cashgrab, and it feels like the "it's just for kids" mentality was put in full force in its creation. It's really weak in terms of story and humor and is proof that the minions cannot carry a movie by themselves. If you didn't already think they were annoying prior to this film, you will after watching this movie. I've personally never found them funny and am sick of seeing them everywhere, but that's just me and I know a lot of people love them. Whether you like the minions or not though, I think most people can agree that this film was a mistake.

What surprised me was people actually liked it. I hate Illumination Entertainment and their agonizingly mediocre and harmless movies...

Man those minions are sure weird... I know! Make an entire MOVIE only staring them with absolutely NO PLOT

Minions are not worthy of being a main character in a movie. It suffers the same problem as Cars 2

No one asked for a sequel of one of the worst animated films of all time.

Who really wanted a bunch of talking animals making social commentary and terrible animal related puns? And why was "Bojack Horseman" not enough for those people?

Even though it's among Pixar's weaker films, I like the first Cars movie, not as much as other Pixar films, but I enjoy it well enough. However, I don't think many people were really clamoring for a sequel, it wasn't like Toy Story. The sequel decided to go a completely different direction than the first film with it being a spy movie and having Mater be the main character. It ended up being the worst received Pixar film to date, putting a blemish on the studio's reputation. It's not that the film is horrible necessarily, but it heavily pales in comparison to the studio's previous efforts and I personally don't think a Cars sequel was necessary. This film is a go-to example of why you shouldn't make the comedy relief character the main character, it just doesn't work out here with Mater. The biggest crime this movie commits though is being downright forgettable, which I can't really say about every other Pixar movie I've seen. It's not terrible, it's just weak.

This is basically Cars + James Bond or Mission Impossible

This is the epitome of a sequel no one asked for. The original Surf's Up came out how long ago and it wasn't until last year that they decided to make a sequel. I mean, technically the same could be said for something like The Incredibles, in which the sequel is coming out 14 years after the original, but the difference is that The Incredibles is an incredibly popular film that people actually WANTED a sequel to! Does anyone even remember the first Surf's Up? Even the target audience probably wouldn't be interested since the first one came out so long ago and has lost it's relevance. On top of that, this was a straight-to-DVD release, so it probably doesn't have much going for it in terms of quality either. This is one that just absolutely baffles me with it's existence.

Hoodwinked was a pretty decent little film, albeit with subpar animation, but was anyone really clamoring for a sequel? Apparently not, given this film's abysmal box office gross, making just about 10 million domestically. On top of that, the animation quality is even worse than the first one. I can't say much else given I haven't seen the film, but why would anyone want to put themselves through that kind of torture? Without a doubt one of the most unneeded and unwanted animated movie sequels of all time.

I didn't even like the first one.

Pretty much the same circumstance as Cars 2, though I think people were a bit more fed up when Cars 3 was announced given the poor reception Cars 2 received as well as the Planes spinoffs. Generally, people didn't want a third film for this franchise, especially when more loved properties such as the Incredibles hadn't even had a second film yet. I suppose it was made as an apology of sorts for Cars 2, and it is for sure an improvement from the second film (though that isn't too hard to do), but overall, I think the Cars franchise has worn out its welcome and I don't think many people really wanted this film given it's the second-lowest grossing Pixar film to date (behind the Good Dinosaur). Hopefully this is the last Cars film.

I actually thought this sequel was actually pretty good not as good a sequel as Toy Story 3 but still a lot better than Cars 2.

This feels like the actual Cars 2 even though it’s the 3rd movie. I think the Cars franchise should end now. Nobody really wanted this movie after the Cars 2 disaster

We wanted a *sequel* to "Wreck It Ralph", not a bunch of dead memes, shameless self-promotion, and radfem pandering.

I liked this better then the first one.

It is not a rip off. It is a spin off. Some people may have that confused.

This is barely memorable but more memorable than the original