Trolls Band Together
There are some new trolls on the block.
When Branch's brother, Floyd, is kidnapped for his musical talents by a pair of nefarious pop-star villains, Branch and Poppy embark on a harrowing and emotional journey to reunite the other brothers and rescue Floyd from a fate even worse than pop-culture obscurity.
Wokeness: 20%
Overall Score: 60%
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NoWo
Tuned down wokeness, but forgettable albeit colourful bubblepop movie.
I wasn't into boy bands at the time, which is the theme of this installment of Trolls.
Come to think of it, the moniker is half right: they were not bands, just a group of singers/dancers, but they definitely were boy, not man, archetypes.
Also, stupid, as most bands were, and still are, boy bands. Meaning, 95% lads. But I digress.
Script written by AI, with incorrect number of fingers. Tries hard to be less woke, because wants to make money. 2010s level of woke, so, still barely sufferable.
Has Schumer (less disgusting absent the flesh and liberty to speak her own opinions), boss babes (relegated to secondary female and villainess), gender-dubious characters (but not expressly gender-bent), inept male power figures (but male heroes, albeit explicit left-leaning).
So, yeah, milquetoast. Concessions. Will be criticized by some for not going far enough, by normal people for being ideological drivel, and by all for being a tepid show at best.
Created: 11-27-2023
Woke 'r Not Official
It was actually pretty decent
Overall, this was an enjoyable film. I expected there to be really preachy wokeness, especially with the introduction of the baby troll birthed by a man in the previous film.
They sort of touch on that again, but it's only for a brief scene and they aren't super preachy about it. We were sure to have a conversation with our kids about the fact that it was make believe, and that men can't actually have babies.
This film is probably a lot more enjoyable if you had a boy band phase yourself in middle school in the 90's. I thought they riffed on that era really well, and my wife seemed to really get a kick out of all the puns.
Created: 12-20-2023
