Hop Trailer: Did he just crap candy?

Santa Claus has dozens of movies and TV specials. The easter bunny has what…two? Maybe three? Guess he’s not the most popular holiday icon. I think there’ve been more movies about a leprechaun, though not nearly as innocent as Hop, an upcoming live action/animated crossover all the kids are talking about these days.

I’m not entirely sure why; maybe it’s that there are so few Easter bunny flics or because it comes to us from the makers of Despicable Me (which I thoroughly enjoyed), but I want this movie to do well. Trouble is when the trailer is packed with as much cliche jokes as this is, those hopes get a little dashed. The rabbits live on Easter Island. The main character’s name are E.B. and he’s not yet the Easter bunny. He actually poops jelly beans. I can forgive the plot being basically a rehash of a Looney Tunes short from 1947, but rehashing a ‘you ate poop’ joke already used in Alvin and The Chipmunks is just lazy.

Hop from Universal Studios opens in theaters this April.

Christopher Kirkman

Christopher is an old school nerd: designer, animator, code monkey, writer, gamer and Star Wars geek. As owner and Editor-In-Chief of Media Geeks, he takes playing games and watching movies very seriously. You know, in between naps.

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