My Little Pony: The Movie My Magical Princess Twilight Sparkl

As does the character interaction in general. Twilight is very well fleshed out here and feels genuine. Really loved the storytelling, which has even more intrigue and foreboding and just as many touching moments. The moral is another great and relevant one, delivered with force yet sincerity. The writing is for a vast majority of the time excellent, missing only with Pinkie Pie, with the sprinkles of humour elsewhere balancing well with the mostly mature tone. The music is typically quirky and dynamic.

Nightmare Moon's character design is genuinely creepy. The colours are gorgeous on the eyes and have a lot of atmosphere, the backgrounds have such rich attention to detail and the character designs are a good deal more refined. Always did like it throughout the show's run, but this aspect has advanced quite significantly over-time and the 'Princess Twilight Sparkle' two parter is one of the finest examples of the early seasons. Also felt that the opening was a touch over the top to a silly degree and, on a more nit-picky note, that Rainbow Dash's quick conclusion jumping occasionally felt abrupt. Still did find the writing for Pinkie Pie forced and on the irritating side, there have been worse representations of Pinkie Pie certainly but also far better. Not quite one of my favourite episodes of 'My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic' but has more than enough of the show's many great things and executes them brilliantly. While everything that worked so brilliantly in the first part is present here, 'Princess Twilight Sparkle: Part 2' is even more touching, the character interaction shines even more, the character development is deeper, the visuals are even bolder and the writing is even more mature. 'Princess Twilight Sparkle: Part 2' is even better than the first part, though it is also not quite perfect. Primarily the animation, the character development of Twilight, the emotional impact, the voice acting and Discord. Despite Zecora's unnecessary appearance and some forced humour from Pinkie Pie, it succeeded brilliantly everywhere else. The first part of Season 4's premiere 'Princess Twiight Sparkle' was a hugely impressive start to a mostly solid if not always consistent season (a general standard of pretty much all the seasons of 'My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic').

My Little Pony: The Movie My Magical Princess Twilight Sparkl