Trolls

Here, a movie that goes out to the optimists who have an obsession of joy & brightly colours. I really love this movie from DreamWorks - it is really engaging to me with being colourful & full of hype songs that I enjoy/make me happy. There are a few lessons that you have been taught, such as showing your soft spot when I see your true colours & that is why I love you. It also stops jealousy with the Bergens just wanting to hunt Trolls to buy them happiness when they helped them unleash the inner happiness in them. Then there is courage with Poppy wanting to not give up & take risks to save her people, she rules. BTW, I also think the acting was awesome as if the cast was having a great time.

Well it is colorful as in a tier list it would be an A but definitely not as good as 2 and 3

Why does this exist

Cons 1. The reasons why the movie is horrible and doomed from the start is there is too much cringeworthy and cheesy dialogue, especially the controversial “ But that's crazy talk. Who wouldn't wanna be with you?” dialogue from Chef, the most controversial and worst dialogues ever in a DreamWorks movie. Also there is one stupid line where Dinkles says “Oh Snap”, another corny dialogue. 2. Sometimes the movie can get way too boring, watching it over and over again with no total meaningless. Making it feel like this is DreamWorks’s first and only animated film to date. 3. The musical numbers serve no purpose no other than make the movie hit the 90-minute mark. 4. Overall, this movie is the reason why The Boss Baby franchise was horrible, thankfully Captain Underpants was the first good movie after Kung Fu Panda 3.

'Trolls' is quite enjoyable, unexpectedly so. I admit that I didn't know much about it before watching, but I did know of the troll dolls - well, just the quintessential (?) pink-haired geezer tbh - growing up so I didn't think a movie about them would move the needle at all. In actuality, it's good, light fun and suitably amusing. The film has a brisk pace to it and the (toe-tapping, I'm afraid) music is expertly chosen, all the tunes fit their respective scenes. You could argue there are a few too many songs, at least compared to the standard scenes, but I'm not even sure that's the case myself. The voice cast are also praiseworthy. Anna Kendrick is a smartly chosen lead, with Justin Timberlake, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Zooey Deschanel and Christine Baranski offering firm support. There are plenty of familiar voices behind those aforementioned actors too, including Russell Brand (eerily playing his future self?) and John Cleese. A pleasant surprise, this. I now wonder if they did as well as this with the two sequels, I plan to soon see.

Dreamworks made a good attempt at making a musical using the aspects that their known for wich makes the film more entertaining.

It’s alright, it can get too boring and cheesy at times.

‘Because singing killed my grandma’ 😭 🙏

The movie feels very Glee-like with all the reimagined pop song snippets. The musical numbers? Not super memorable, but who cares because they’re all in service of one of the best pure pop songs I’ve heard in my lifetime: "Can't Stop The Feeling". Honestly, it almost feels like the entire film exists just to get to this song and the final dance party number at the climax. And for that alone, I’ll give it three stars. That song is just too good, and it fits perfectly with the borderline obnoxious positivity running throughout the film. It’s not a very funny animated movie, but it’s cute enough, even if it’s a bit saccharine at times. And the story itself is very basic. Really, the whole thing is just a vehicle for the soundtrack, which does have some great original songs, they're just strangely only in the credits. Maybe they were supposed to be in the movie but got cut, though I don’t think that’s the case. I can't stop the feeling that this started more as a music or soundtrack concept with big names attached that clearly would sell units, and then the story came second. Capitalism at its finest.

The clipshow format still bothers me, but the animation being felt scrapbook land, and the sheer audacity of some of the plot points and such? I can't help it I get moderate enjoyment out of passively watching this in unavoidable scenarios (I've worked at summer camps most summers of my teen/young adult life) & it's a solid movie that will likely hold up for a couple decades (but then again if we keep getting movies the likes of Spiderverse, Mitchell's vs The Machines, & Mutant Mayhem? Perhaps it won't)