It was ok. My kids (ages 4 and 7) lost focus many times while watching. The music was pretty good, but nowhere near as good as the first Trolls movie.
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amyfrazier-4405516 April 2020
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jesusfreak-0088115 September 2020I wanted this to be cute like the first film, but it just didn't quite cut it. First, if you're going to have rock music, have a rock musician be Barb. There's nothing wrong with Rachel Bloom, but she can't sing Ozzy Osborne or Heart songs. She doesn't have the power. Get someone who can. Next, I hated that the final song was pop. Pop fixes everything? I thought pop was the problem? It felt very inconsistent. Finally, why have Branch have a moment saying all music needs to survive and do something about it if he's just going to fail the moment he shows up so Poppy can save the day? Let Branch save the day - he's the one doing the work.
All in all it was...fine...and the message of being different was actually super timely, but the story fell flat in ways that just can't be forgiven. Music isn't enough to save bad or lazy writing. -
Initially I thought this film would be just cute characters singing pop songs all the time. In fact there is a plot which touches heartstrings too. The colour scheme is kaleidoscopic, and the music is infectiously catchy. It is one big party, but it also has a message for adults to think about. I enjoyed this way more than I thought I would.
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I like it love it love it!!! I have watched this movie 3 times and I never felt bored. I love it because there's Red Velvet in this movie. I was dancing and singing throughout the movie.
The animation was good beautiful to see and it's kinda detail in the trolls body, and the visual too, the song in this film was good to and easy going fun to hearing
I was enjoyed the movie and this movie is good if you watching it with your family or a little kids. It's not a special sequel or movie who need sequel it just ok, and there's a lot of song in this film. -
SnoopyStyle1 May 2020There are more trolls in the world. In ancient times, the trolls divided into six different tribes, each celebrating different genre of music and each with their own music string. The Rock trolls led by Queen Barb (Rachel Bloom) intends to unite the trolls by taking the other tribes' music strings. Queen Poopy (Anna Kendrick) receives an invitation from Barb but Branch (Justin Timberlake) is much more suspicious.
This Trolls franchise has a specific audience. It's young kids who love bright colors and pop music. This one will appeal to that audience. It's very bright, and sparkly. Kendrick continues to be a great voice for Poppy. I didn't really recognize Bloom and Timberlake is not that distinctive. It does have great voices like Ron Funches. As for the story, it has a good concept. The ending theme is fitting. It's a simple sequel which works well. I do wonder if the next sequel should include a true villain. Barb never struck me as a true villain and her eventual conversion was never in doubt. Overall, this is a brightly colored movie safe for the whole family in the time of pandemic. -
lbrewer-5424311 April 2020What should have been a fun romp of trolls through various styles of music ended up being a little bland. There is some genuinely good (older) music in there but the new original songs are not really worth remembering. It's funny in a few places but just kind of rolls along from the half point to the end with a not all that fun of an ending. I think if it had focused more on the fun and less on the "make a point about how everyone is equal" it would have been a much better movie. In my opinion, they really wasted the "different music" troll ideas. They talk so much about how every music is good but when they travel to each world, the songs are poorly picked (with the exception of the rock trolls.) Country Land... what a great opportunity to show country trolls having fun with their own music. But instead, they sing a slow country song that Poppy and friends both say "sounds so sad". Classical Land? You barely hear any classical music. Finally, (SLIGHT SPOILER) when they all unite at the end of the movie, they have an OK song that just sounds mostly like Pop Land. What a wasted opportunity. They could have made a small melody that is copied across all genres of music, each showing unique ways to emphasize the melody. (SPOILER) HERE'S A BETTER IDEA! At one point at the end, after they've all lost the music, one of the trolls has a heart beat and they realize they are all the same. :( They SHOULD have had that heart beat get stronger across all trolls and say "the one thing that unites us is the BEAT!" Using that same beat across all types of music while showing it pulsing in their chests would have been amazing.
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purrfectfire1 August 2020What happened?! The humor is different - no clever jokes like in the first movie. The morals are all over the place, the heroine is more of a brat than ever and the stereotype of the other music genres are just insulting to each genre besides pop. The music chosen for each genre is also not representative for the different genres and who thought casting Rachel Bloom would be a brilliant idea for the second lead as Rock princes when all she seemed to have done are pop-parodies. I can't say anything about her acting qualities but she is not convincing as the queen of metal, rock or even pop-rock. The songs for each other genre then pop where butchers and instead of showing how beautiful all the different styles, cultures and people are, they made it sound sooo much alike. I'm more then disappointed.
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ivkmaganito6 April 2020With all that's happening in the world right now, this movie is perfect. I liked the first Trolls movie, but I LOVEEEEE this one!! I love animation movies in general but this franchise is definitely some of my favorites. I think I may be a bit biased because I love both Anna Kendrick and JT, and their friendship offscreen too. But one thing I didn't like as is the fact that Anna's vocals are still not as featured in the soundtrack, even though she is the lead character.
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clarkishome17 March 2020I had watched the first trolls and enjoyed The story, friendship, and music. I went into the second movie with high hopes and expectations. I understand the message that they were attempting to portray in the movie to all children, but doing so took some of the fun out of the movie. Kudos for the message that they were attempting to send to all children and adults, but doing so took some of the fun out of the movie. Overall, it was somewhat slow but still a fun watch. Whether your children get the message or not, they will still enjoy the movie.
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hero-in-blue26 December 2020You have George Clinton, Mary J. Blige, Kelly Clarkson and Ozzy but they're given minimal lines and terrible songs. Hollywood is filled with talented singers but then rely on a dud like Rachel Bloom as the "bad guy". Then it's all laced in social justice nonsense where segregated unity is the goal.
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kassagardner6 April 2020Fun feel good film for the family, My 6 year old Daughter absolutely loved it! Just what we needed, a little escape as we were planning to go to the movies to watch
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angryindividual14 April 2020This is all for everyone who loves music and loves the Trolls! Welcome to take this movie with a pinch of salt! It sets a mood swing for the audience to accept diversity in the most forceful way as possible. You'll never see the diversity in a different perspective than this pile of scales. You will walk across the film noticing a different set of pinch and needles and see less of a meaning. The ending is just the worst of it all. I had to regret that I wasted all my time. The soundtrack is glorious and you'll see some songs here and there out of context. Each path of music leads you to another source of problematic of fusion for this movie. It's not delivered well and so as this review.
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michaelkemp-9316912 April 2020This movie cannot decide if it wants to support individuality or group mentality. Early on there is a lesson about people being people no matter who or what they are. Then halfway through it explains the dangers of homogeneity. By the end, it tried to teach the old separate but equal thinking. I know it's a movie made for children, but there was no clear message. My 8 year old daughter asked me what the moral of the movie was, and I didnt know what to tell her.
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kwenchow21 May 2020This film start with the narrator talking about Branch and Poppy saving the trolls world in the previous film, and the introduction of a evil queen "Queen Barb" scene! As turnout, this film is about Poppy and Branch need to unite all the music trolls by defeat Queen Barb! Entire film full of music instrument flashing scene, and laughable scene! Make the film quite watchable! All the song sing in the film also quite connect to the scene! Make the film quite imaginable to watch! Laughable scene! Such as, Guy Diamond saying he is pregnant, Tiny Diamond pop out from his body right away! Branch and Poppy catching a fly look alike monster from Mr. Biggie! Father of Poppy eating the flyer reading by Poppy! Poppy throwing a stick from Branch's weapon box, the stick stuck at Mr. Dinkles nose! Mr. Biggie, Mr. Dinkles, Poppy and Branch singing at the Country Music Trolls kingdom! Hickory saving Branch, Poppy, Mr. Biggie, and Mr. Dinkles out of the jail! Poppy dreaming she eating Sushi! Tresillo challenge the K-Pop gang a dance-off! At the end, Poppy defeat Queen Barb by breaking her ultimate chord's curse! All the music trolls unite at last! Still have a post credit scene! The Grizzly troll whining about he missing the trolls music party! That's it! A must watch animation film!
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deothor7 April 2020I still enjoyed Trolls 1 bit more. It packed bit stronger emotional punch.
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iamkeysersoze-132287 April 2020In this day and age, modern animated blockbusters genuinely have wonderful animation and voice work. Trolls 2 is no different however it's hard to find anything good in a film like this.
Trolls is a little over 80 minutes long and it certainly has it's enjoyable moments. It's just with studios constantly delivering hits like Pixar, Studio Ghibli, Laika and more. You'd expect something a little more in quality.
Anna Kendrick is a decent actress but her character is so unlikeable here. The voice work is all fine but the singing is where the flaws are at. The singing just has way too much autotune, it takes you out of the enjoyment. Some songs work fine well.
Overall Trolls: World Tour is 80 minutes of cringe with a very simple message. Messages are always prevalent in kids messages but this one just feels way to spoon feed and hollow -
chuckienoland10 April 2020We tried to watch Onward (Pixar) twice and my four year old asked to turn it off. I recalled the new Trolls film was for rent on Prime so we switched it over.
My kid is glued to the television with Trolls. It's keeping her attention and she likes the songs. The makers of the film had a certain target audience in mind when they made this film and I'd say it was highly successful.
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tillman-8987812 April 2020This film is just a colourful incoherent mess.
We were big fans of the first film in our house and have watched it numerous times. So when we heard there was going to be a sequel we knew we'd be heading to the cinema. Alas that was not to be, so when it was announced the film would be avaliable to rent via streaming we decided to rent it on Easter Sunday. I'm thankful that I didn't have to trek to the cinema to watch it but annoyed that I paid over £16 to watch it in the comfort of my own house.
The first film had character and charm, catchy songs, and a decent story that conveyed an important message. This film has none of the above. The storyboard consisted of nothing more than someone throwing an obscene amount of glitter at it and then craming as many songs as possible into it. And none of the songs were 'Get Back Up Again' standout.
Clearly the scriptwriters couldn't agree on whether Poppy was right all along or wrong all along as both are confirmed to be true. They then decided to tack a 'music comes from within' message to the end as an afterthought copying the 'happiness comes from within' one of the first film.
Obviously I don't expect an Oscar worthy movie from a Trolls film and there's always an element of copy and pasting the formula of the first film with sequels. But this film just missed the beat everytime. For example they reused the character pooping confectionary from the first film but completely omit the Bergen which is criminal.
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anintaflorence8 April 2020The movie shows we can all be different and still live in harmony. It'd be awfully boring to look and sound the same. Just like it was said in the movie 'if we all look the same, act the same and dress the same, how would anyone know we cool? I love this.
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kjproulx10 April 2020Well, this was an interesting watch for me. Even though I liked Trolls for the most part back in 2016, I still admitted that it was very average. Over time, I have looked back on it as being more and more mediocre, even though it had some fun moments. Upon seeing the trailers for the sequel Trolls World Tour, I did nothing but shake my head, thinking it looked like utter garbage. To my surprise, I watched it and actually thought it was a better film than the first. Sure, there are some heavy-handed messages and not everything works, that's for sure, but I think it's a great movie for kids to watch. Here's why (shockingly) I think all families/kids should check this one out.
Trolls World Tour pretty much uses music as a metaphor to replicate the real world for kids to understand. Instead of countries and certain characteristics dividing people in our world, it's the different genres of music. Spread out throughout the world, there's Country, Rock, Funk, Pop, Techno, and Classical, with many others in between. The writers decided to make Rock the villain, having their leader wanting to take over the world of music. Barb who runs Rock, wants to turn everyone into a rocker, to look and sound the same. Our main characters from the first film in Poppy and Branch, go on a mission to prevent this from happening. There are a few more complexities to the story that make for some great lessons for kids, so I won't dive into those.
I thought the messages throughout this movie were far better than the ones in the first Trolls, but like most movies made for kids, the metaphors themselves can get a little lost in translation. It's very clear what they are going for, but when younger audiences watch this movie, they probably won't quite get everything. Still, it makes for a basic outline of how our world sort of works, which is absolutely a plus. I thought the messages were a little too lost to the point that it actually hurt the movie overall, but there was still a lot to enjoy.
I will admit that the overuse of popular music in all genres was a little generic, but I guess the target audience probably doesn't even know most of the music being played, so I can also give a pass to that. Trolls World Tour has two goals in mind and I believe it accomplished both of them. It aims to be a pleasing, fun experience for kids, while also providing some very solid life lessons. If a film that's aimed at kids can pull off both of those, I truly believe it earns its place.
In the end, Trolls World Tour probably won't win over those who couldn't find any enjoyment in the first film, but it was a better film overall in my opinion. The animation is vibrant and fun to look at, the characters all have new arcs, and the world was expanded on, all of which are things a good sequel needs. Now available to watch at home, instead of releasing in theatres, Trolls World Tour may just be the perfect movie for families with little kids to enjoy together. -
mr_dylan_brown5 July 2020I was so excited to watch this one with my kids. The first movie had a pretty good plot, likeable characters, and some good songs. All of this combined with the premise of different genre music trolls sounded pretty cool.
But the plot is convoluted and moves and breakneck speed. Queen Barb is annoying and the music is just one long mashup with no actual songs.
Also, when I think of a female singer to introduce the country trolls I think Reba or Dolly Parton. Nope they used Kelly Clarkson. All of the genres are Pop doing an imitation of it. -
There was definitely a lot going on in the movie so it can be easy to lose attention from it. The music is phenomenal and I love the humor! The morales taught through it are important in the current climate and I strongly commend the writers for approaching them so tastefully
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lisafordeay8 April 2020Trolls World Tour is the sequel to the 2016 animated film which features the voices of Anna Kendricks,Justin Timberlake and James Cordon. This time a new group the rock trolls lead by a emo troll(Rachel Bloom) who wants the strings belonging to each genre in order for the rest of the trolls to follow the rock genre. But will Branch(Timberlake) and Poppy(Kendricks) who are trying to be more than friends save the rest of the trolls from the rock trolls.
The music is catchy,the cast is good and we also have a new song called The Other Side by Justin Timberlake and Sza. If you love the original one than check it out.
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sadrasamadzade23 April 2020One of the richest genres of music is rock and i donno why but everyone is trying to just make a bad picture of it children's minds and of course they grow up and they'll be the same people who say rock and metal music is satanic and one of the greatest genres of music is ruined in their minds by this cartoon and the idea of the rock music being bad. Im not saying that the children will get any of that but i believe the unconsciousness to be a powerfull thing.
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matitya-3393715 March 2023While I genuinely enjoyed this movie, it's not without its problems. Firstly, the plot takes a lot of mileage out of Branch having yet to tell Queen Poppy that he loves her. That ignores that in the first movie, when Princess Poppy is having her greatest moment of desperation and is ready to give up Branch helps her through empathy rather than being nauseatingly saccharine and then sings true colours to her and when he says "I see you're true colours shining through, I see your true colours and that's why I love you" he pauses, she looks at him, visibly realizes that he meant and continues the song. It seems that the very premise of this movie ignores that that happened.
Another thing which kind of bugs me about this one is how easily forgiven Queen Barb is at the end of the film. To be fair, the Bergens are fairly easily forgiven in the first movie but there 1) The Chef isn't, she's eaten by a giant carnivorous plant and 2) The Bergens were not themselves trolls but an entirely different species whereas Barb is herself a troll and 3) The Bergens believed themselves to be incapable of happiness if they didn't eat trolls and had to learn they were wrong. Queen Barb had no such equivalent excuse for seeking to destroy the other trolls' genres of music
That having been established, I do like this movie. First of all, the music is well-done which is essential in a movie like this. Secondly, I like how they showcased trolls from the supporting cast as having an important role and thirdly I like that this time it's Poppy who has to learn instead of Branch (even though I have some problems with the sheer extent of her naïveté in this film in relation to the first one.)
So it's definitely inferior to its predecessor but it's still pretty good
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