Trolls band together is the third instalment in this dreamworks children's animated musical franchise where by the trolls you used to stick on the end of your pencil in school have not only come to life but can in fact sing. This time around just as the Bergens Bridget and King Gristle (isn't that the yucky part of chicken?) are about to tie the knot, no fortunately not a noose because they appear in a film with James Corden.... They're interrupted by John Dory who it turns out is brothers with Branch que Branch backstory sequence. Long story short, Branch used to be in a famous band called Brozone (see what they did there) but they fell out (as all boy bands do once the money dries up) and now they're forced to come back together to save another member of the band Floyd who has been imprisoned by two of the tackiest cartoon character villain designs I've seen.
I'm not entirely sure what to say about this film except it's more of the same from the previous two Trolls films. It's a silly adventure film with some questionable covers of musical numbers that may have adults reaching for the earplugs. I think if I was 5.6,7 years old I would love these films, my favourite film franchise as a kid was Alvin in the Chipmunks something about the wildly high pitched medleys of classic songs was music to my ears back then and I feel like these trolls films fall into that same category, the category of kids films that young children love and that adults can't wait to end so they can take some paracetamol.
There's nothing offensively bad about these films they're just a bit childish which is fine for their intended target audience however on a more serious note here's where I feel there's a wider problem. Dreamworks at their peak were regularly releasing films from franchises such as Shrek, Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda as well as that partnership they had with the brilliant Aardman at one point. Now as much as I know they still have plans to add more entries to some of those beloved franchises (Kung Fu Panda for instance has a new instalment coming out early next year) the company's what I would describe as new generation of franchises just doesn't seem to be hitting the mark. I'm talking about the likes of Boss Baby and Trolls, these films are fine for kids but they have very little for adults to enjoy in as films like Shrek did and it's showing in the box office numbers (Last wish excluded). It's sad to see my personal favourite Animation studio falling but studios like Illumination are just making better animated films right now that have a wider appeal. With layoffs already having occurred at dreamworks as well as plans being drawn up to move their feature film production away from America completely it does worry me what the future may hold.
I'm not entirely sure what to say about this film except it's more of the same from the previous two Trolls films. It's a silly adventure film with some questionable covers of musical numbers that may have adults reaching for the earplugs. I think if I was 5.6,7 years old I would love these films, my favourite film franchise as a kid was Alvin in the Chipmunks something about the wildly high pitched medleys of classic songs was music to my ears back then and I feel like these trolls films fall into that same category, the category of kids films that young children love and that adults can't wait to end so they can take some paracetamol.
There's nothing offensively bad about these films they're just a bit childish which is fine for their intended target audience however on a more serious note here's where I feel there's a wider problem. Dreamworks at their peak were regularly releasing films from franchises such as Shrek, Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda as well as that partnership they had with the brilliant Aardman at one point. Now as much as I know they still have plans to add more entries to some of those beloved franchises (Kung Fu Panda for instance has a new instalment coming out early next year) the company's what I would describe as new generation of franchises just doesn't seem to be hitting the mark. I'm talking about the likes of Boss Baby and Trolls, these films are fine for kids but they have very little for adults to enjoy in as films like Shrek did and it's showing in the box office numbers (Last wish excluded). It's sad to see my personal favourite Animation studio falling but studios like Illumination are just making better animated films right now that have a wider appeal. With layoffs already having occurred at dreamworks as well as plans being drawn up to move their feature film production away from America completely it does worry me what the future may hold.