Touches You

Fantastic!

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Most people who down-vote this movie do so because of songs they don't like, the cuteness and other stuff like that - I want to focus on another aspect that I believe damaged this movie greatly, and that is the ponies themselves.They are not the main characters of this movie.Let's take a step back here - we know the plot of the antagonists, the witches. It was explained that they lost the land when the ponies came in and made everything green, and just want it back. Hydia also wants to give her girls a bad upbringing and has failed that, and the two daughters don't know how to deal with this. Their story is well understood.The Grundles, under the lead of their king played by Danny DeVito, also have a subplot that they want their land back that the witches took from them. Their story is also well understood.But the ponies really don't have anything. They were just enjoying themselves in that spring festival of theirs and were just minding their own business. They only got a plot halfway-through because the Smooze came in to eat everything! And the only thing they do is run for help to the Williams siblings (Megan, Molly and Danny) and later on the Flutter ponies. Both of these groups really have no reason to do anything, and I really don't understand why the ponies gave Megan the Rainbow of Light since they needed it and Megan didn't need it at all. It could have worked out though - the ponies have some skilled folks at their possession. The movie could have a subplot with Magic Star, an Earthling/Earth pony who was known for her magical abilities and here finally could prove herself. Or Wind Whistler with her intelligence and 'Spock' attitude, or Mimic who is the most powerful unicorn in all the land, or perhaps even Shady or Sundance who could use this situation to get over their respective self-esteem issues.But no, the focus is on Baby Lickety-Split. Why you may ask? For no reason; the only thing she does is being a freaky annoyance and then the Smooze locks her up, so she got nothing to do with anything, and thus is only a waste of time with really bad songs to boot where she is more yelling than singing. And thus, no pony actually got some time to shine.And the way the plot gets resolved is completely stupid. First off, earlier on the ponies think they lost their home (Dream Castle) so a new home, Paradise Estate, is introduced. Then it turns out the Smooze didn't destroy the castle, so they now got two homes... and that issue doesn't get resolved. The second is the Grundles; they still haven't got their home back, and only get a ham-fisted moral that one should not judge them based on their looks. That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard, since their entire plot didn't revolve around that.So, when it comes down to it, this movie should have been called "Hydia, Reeka and Draggel; a witches adventure", since this is all their story. If you want to see something that actually focuses on specific ponies, watch the G1 series or Friendship is Magic.

Spring has arrived and the My Little Ponies are having a gay old time! But after screwing up a dance recital, Baby Lickety-Split feels unwanted and runs away from home. Oh no! While the ponies go in search of her, the evil witch Hydia and her two ne'er-do-well children are determined to destroy the pony's home with a nastiness known as The Smooze.Many of the cartoons of my childhood are truly awful when I go back and look at them again. This was not one of those. It was a decent story, appropriate for children and decently animated. Granted, the songs were sort of weak and didn't really have the lyrical genius an adult might like. I wonder how much crap my mom had to sit through with me as a child.But the messages are good. First, we learn that families are important and that parents should love their children and children should love their parents. The evil witch Hydia won't let her kids call her "mom" and makes them do horrible things to those innocent little ponies. Mothers, love your babies, and don't let them grow up to be cowboys. Kids, love your parents, and know they're (probably) doing the best they can. Unless they're like Hydia, then your parents are bad and you should get new ones.We also learn that running away is not the answer to feeling unwanted. Someone out there probably loves you, unless you're a really awful person. But even then you can probably find someone. Baby Lickety-Split was cute and everyone loved her, she was just too focused on being the star of the show, rather than working as a team. It's important to put in your best effort, but don't step on other people's toes.I really loved the Smooze... and the song that goes with it, because nothing can stop the Smooze. I really cannot describe this, so you may as well see it. If you get the DVD, you can jump to any song you want. Go ahead and jump to this song before you even watch the movie, it's not going to ruin anything and really sets up the greatness of the film.Danny DeVito gets top billing for this film. Don't be fooled by that. He doesn't show up until much later and plays a minor character, the Grundle King, with few lines. Those lines, by the way, are in broken English. So he doesn't even really have a full sentence in his script. Mr. DeVito, you lucky man... getting such credit for such little work.Mike Joens is the director. Joens has done a fair amount of work with the art department of "The Muppet Babies", another great cartoon, so you know this one is in good hands. The writer is George Arthur Bloom, who has been involved in a great many pony projects. If anyone knows the mythology of My Little Pony, it's Bloom.Whether you have kids or not, I think this is a winner of a film. I don't have my own kids, but still I loved it. If I did, I would show this to them because it's better than much of the current kid stuff out there. Not all, but much of it. (It's hard to beat things like "Shrek", but not so hard to beat many of the television cartoons.) Go to your local Family Video, where kids movies are free, and pick this one up today.

I used to watch this movie everyday between the hours of 2-4pm when i was younger! AND I MEAN EVERYDAY! It was the best thing i ever watched. and it was the only thing i would watch. I went to garage sales upon garage sales collecting the little ponies. I wish i could find my collection again! :( If anyone has this movie and wants to like give it to a good home i would so take it off your hands. Or the ponies, I would love to get those again. Childhood memories are the best thing. :P I have to write 10 lines and this is going to take forever. Since i don't know what else to talk about except how much this movie makes me laugh now that i look back to it. It is pretty ridiculous but i love it anyways! Well, that is my 10 lines!

Spike is a cute dragon & the Smoose is funny. (Reminds me of Grimer from the Pokemon series.) Danny DeVito (Taxi) & Rhea Perlman (Cheers)are interesting casting. The intro with the animals is adorable. I like the Smoose song; the rest range from sugared to painful. It is aimed to sell toys & isn't subtle, but if you look past it, you've got a likeable movie. The witches are adequate villains, more comic than scary. Og, the Flume plant & the Evil Forest are entertaining, but the Smoose beats them all. If you've collected the toys, you'll enjoy this. I still have a few, including Spike & Wind Whistler, who both appear. Each type of pony, Pegasus, Unicorn, Earthling, Sea, Baby & Flutter is represented, as are some of the buildings. It'll take you back. 6/10