The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

there is no audience this movie isn’t for

I was on a voice call with my sweetheart and mentioned I watched this, and he asked me what it was about, and I got to the ‘plan A to Y’ part before he told me to stop, he had to watch it with me because it sounded too funny, so a ringing endorsement.

Tight, distilled SpongeBob. Everything great about this show is delivered in a perfect package. The wit, the silliness, the wry tongue in cheek awareness. It’s no wonder the show never reached these heights again: there was nowhere to go but down. Hillenberg did everything he wanted to with it, and the movie was the capstone to it all. To watch this movie is to have a constant smile for an hour and a half.

Used to be a pretty big Spongebob fan so this movie came out at the perfect time for me to enjoy it! Very funny and colourful!

Easily the best of the three movies with plenty of laughs and charm.

I'm such a goofy goober

Still great and really funny.

I'm trying to find the words to express my clouded sadness. I remember I used to have a bedroom dedicated to all things SpongeBob SquarePants. The walls were covered in stickers of the characters, I had a Sponge themed lamp, and the toys galore. I would stay up for the 24-hour marathons of the show, and I dragged my parents to the theater three times so I could see this film in theaters. I guess I'm trying to say Hillenburg's creation, his world famous show affected my childhood a lot and who I am as a person. I think it's safe to say anyone who uses the internet actually owes something to this man, for his humor, creative characters, and off the walls (yet down to Earth) storytelling. He brought happiness to many children (+ adults) every Saturday morning and left his mark on not just the animation industry or television, but our culture. The characters of SpongeBob transcend all languages because, yes, it takes place in the middle of the ocean. The show found it's way to every country and found a loving audience of goofballs, crustaceans, mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, every age group could relate to the big hearted main star. SpongeBob is a character I think we can all relate to: a child at heart with supreme passion for his pass times, but reality can come crashing down his youthful, optimistic outlook. But it's important to see the good in everything.

An absolute legend has passed away today. It hurts to see the man who created one of the biggest inspirations to my childhood go, but his work will never perish and his memory will live on. Stephen Hillenburg can take it to the grave he created one of the best cartoon shows in history; bar none. We should all take a moment of silence for such a talented man. After all, you're all Goofy Goobers, right?