Not that i am supporting the upper people in the studio. But it seems to a misconception out there that animators and such don't get fired after a movies is done. This is a very common thing and they will all be rehired on to different projects as they pop up. Have a family member who is an Animator out west. Said this is very common and most likely none of the animators are upset about it.
I have always enjoyed mediocrity but this is decent. Not perfect, but it was a good movie and even though it does cater to a younger demographic, it at least is sensible and self contained (ish) with a plot that doesn't force 100 things into it. Simple, to the point, and broad enough to where you can expect more, without being forced to have more. The other reason I've been telling people to go see it is because we're now at a point where video game movies are being done by people who care. We need to celebrate this. We need to encourage it. If we continue to have shit movies, no one will want to do them, and no one will want to see them. Let this be the example to show how to do a proper video game movie. Not far from the source material, but not retreading old ground to establish what we already know.
@OniZonda side note, this is very much a B-movie. Everything fits perfectly about it being such so I'm absolutely not surprised that the critics were harsh with it. I tend to not listen to them anyway because half the time they disagree, and the other half of the time, we agree on the decision, but have gone very different routes to get to that conclusion.